[open] december will be magic again

[kingsroads]

Who: everyone!
When: the evening of D15
Where: A small meeting hall on the moon, close to the portal to the carnival
What: a whole bunch of show-offs meet up to show off their magic, people interested in magic come to learn about said magic, and other people show up to see if something inevitably gets set on fire. (aka mage club)
Warnings: none so far, will edit if needed.

The meeting hall is a large open space, with hardwood floors and a rustic decor. A few chairs and tables are scattered around, though there aren't enough for the amount of people who'll hopefully show up. Some food has been set out: mostly finger foods (tiny sandwiches, fruit, veggies & dip) though there are some savory options and plenty of home-baked cookies, courtesy of Rin. Drink wise, there's water, hot chocolate, hot tea, and a few bottles of wine because tipsy magic sounds like an awesome idea and this is what happens when the alcoholic makes the dinner menu. Aside from the food table and the few tables, there's not much of anything in the room: plenty of open space for showing off or getting out of the way of someone who wants to show off.

One of the doors of the meeting hall leads to the outside. There's a wider, 'backyard' sort of area with plenty of room for people to cast magic as large and impressive as they want. A fire pit stands outside also for warming your hands and other fire-based magic. Please don't set the building on fire.

This is all very informal. If pressed for details, Strange would have told anyone to just come whenever, stay as long as you like, and so on and so forth. The emphasis is on learning about each other's magic, displaying one's skills and talents, and helping anyone who wished to learn magic decide on a path for them to take.

Showing off is just a given.

( ooc: This is an open mingle log! Feel free to make your own top-levels & tag around! )

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[lonesomewanderer]

"Ours is hidden behind a Veil that keeps our magic separated from the rest," he says with a touch of longing. Magic had been that simple for this man to restore to his world. If only it could be as simple as smashing a few mirrors for it to pour into Thedas. At least Solas has found someone who actually appreciates having magic around so fully.

"It grows thin in some parts and damaged, but it remains intact." Unfortunately. Solas would see to changing that.

[kingsroads]

"There must be a way to change that," Strange mutters, unintentionally vocalizing what's on Solas's mind. Because there has to be. A world where magic always remains out of reach and magicians have to settle for scraps sounds downright horrible.

"I have heard horror stories from Lavellan about what would happen if the Veil were destroyed. But surely there must be a way for the Veil to be torn down and everything not go to hell."

[lonesomewanderer]

"That is my intention," he says with confidence. Though for him, if it required all to go to hell and the world to be rebuilt in the ashes, he would still go through with it. He knew the path he walked would be plagued with death.

"Many fear magic and what lies in the Fade, but the two realms are intertwined in many ways already."

[kingsroads]

Blissfully unaware of Solas's plans to flip the table and say fuck everything, Strange nods at the man. "Besides, it's better if the realms are intertwined," he states, despite knowing next to nothing about the world of Thedas. "Magic shouldn't be cordoned off, separated away for no one to use. Yes, it is dangerous, but it's that danger that makes it so beautiful in the first place."

Yes, there might be demonic possession. But isn't that a small price to pay for magic to be accessible to everyone?

[lonesomewanderer]

"My thoughts precisely. It causes more harm keeping them separate than any perceived good that has been done." That he's found some common ground with the arrogant man before him is odd, but that means he is a source of information. Something that could aid him in his plans to come. "Your magic was kept hidden behind mirrors? Entirely?"

An odd parallel to the Veil that Thedas had.

[kingsroads]

"Of a sort." And because this is going to take a while, Strange starts explaining. He talks with his hands as he does so, gesturing as he speaks.

"Magic in England is tied to one man: the Raven King. While he ruled in the north, magic flourished, and there were plenty of magicians. However, after he left the land, magic started to fade away and decay. For some reason, only myself and another man were able to access English magic, though many wanted to." Strange can't help it: he sounds a little smug at that, even though he has no goddamn clue why he was the one who could access magic in the first place.

"In my studies and experiments, I found that the mirrors served as doorways to faerie, a land full of magic. By breaking all the mirrors, I was able to return magic to England."

[lonesomewanderer]

His brows furrowed at that. "All that magic was tied to one fae? How did destroying the doorway that allowed the faerie and magic into your world create a stronger connection?"

He would think dismantling everything that allowed them into Strange's world would have stopped magic entirely rather than release it. A doorway, not a barrier like the Veil if Strange was describing it correctly.

[kingsroads]

Who's ready for Solas to get real annoyed? Because that smug smile is still on Strange's face as he explains,

"The Raven King isn't fae. He's a human, raised in faerie, but returned to the land of his birth. As for destroying the doorway, the magic was hidden behind the mirrors. Destroying them united the realms and let faerie flow into England and vice versa."

He's trying to say all of this in a matter of fact tone but Strange's admiration and idolization of the Raven King is obvious on his face and in the tone of his voice.

[lonesomewanderer]

That smug look of Strange's does nothing for Solas' mood. That and he has a hard time believing that a human, of all things, could become so intricately tied to magic. What an odd world this man must come from where humans played such a role in the magical. It was backward, as far as Solas was concerned.

"What happened to this Raven King once the mirrors were destroyed?" If his realm was suddenly merged with that of the mortal then Solas can only imagine the kind of transition the man faced.

[kingsroads]

And poor Solas is going to have even more of a headache. Because to Strange, Solas's question makes no goddamn sense, a sentiment that's writ large on his face.

"Nothing?" Strange answers, with a little confused tone in his voice. Should something happen in the first place? Strange doesn't know, but it seems to him like nothing should happen if the realms were united. At least, nothing would happen to the Raven King, something happened to England herself as it gained an influx of magic.

"I saw him some time after I broke the mirrors and he seemed fine." Strange saw the Raven King for all of one second. This isn't changing his opinion.

"Truth be told, I think he wanted it to happen." It's a pet theory of Strange's, something that goes nowhere, born from the arrogance of a man who thinks his actions could garnish the attention of a long-gone fairy monarch. "If he didn't want anyone to find the roads, he would have sealed them off better."