Dead Tired 1 (Dead Tired #1)

by RavensDagger

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‘There’s no time but the present.’

There is no skill greater for the budding scientist than that of observation! To properly draw factual conclusions, one must be able to observe reality as it is.

Agreed. Far too many people seem to be incapable of seeing reality as it is.

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"One of the greatest mistakes someone can make, is to accept the truth as being true without first testing the potential for it not being so."

The scientific method called for certain steps to be done in a certain order. First and foremost, the researcher had to have a question that they wanted answered, or an observation they needed confirmed.

“Fear, from a necromancer’s touch To remove the healer’s clutch With strength despotic And power necrotic I cast upon thee, Chill Touch!”

Spells cast by limberic! I love this.

Not that I’d skip the experimenting, of course, it was just a good idea to have multiple corroborating sources

Being aware of one’s hypocrisy is important, I always found.

Take note of changes turned random events into scientifically valid observations.

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A Warlock Test Subject of the Archon of Science, Fenfang “The Limpet” Fang, Level 16.

warlock, as anyone ought to know, is a practitioner of magic and sorcery that uses the power of another to power their own magical and supernatural feats. That is, instead of understanding the weave of magic enough to manipulate it—as a wizard would—or using some inner strength to force magical phenomena to occur—as with a sorcerer—a warlock instead begs and grovels for some greater entity to act on their behalf.

“Bending magic with the weave’s equation Turning my mind into iron persuasion Into this earthly plane I bring powers arcane And by my will, I cast Prestidigitation!”

Trust people. But verify that they’re not idiots.

I think the U.S.A. has drastically failed at this. 49% of our populace voted for trump's second term in office.

“You don’t need to see his identification.” The guard blinked. “We don’t need to see his identification.” I smiled gently. “This isn’t the maid you’re looking for.” He eyed Alex, eyes narrowed, then looked to his companions. “That’s not the maid we’re looking for.” “We can go about our business,” I added. The guard stepped back after giving the merchants and the limpet back their papers. “You can go about your business.” “Move along,” I muttered. The guard waved us on. “Move along.”

Nice homage to "STAR WARS."

After a quick back inn forth (oh hohoh!) with the gentleminn (I’m dying here! Hoh!) at the front desk, we were giv-inn a very nice suite on the topmost floor inn exchange for a few bars of gold and a couple of witty remarks.

And the puns keep come-inn!

“To feel the world’s fabric To know the weave most elaborate Power dispense And give me sense I cast upon myself, Detect Magic!”

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“There used to be a lot of religious organizations around back in my day. I always found them somewhat annoying, but for the most part tolerable. See, I have nothing against organized religion. It’s the gods I have problems with.”

Rather the opposite for me. Gods being nonexistent; it's the organized religions telling their followers to convert everyone to their faith which cause problems.

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A mage fought by knowing their enemy and preparing accordingly.

That’s one of the hardest lessons to learn as a scientist, that no matter how clever you are, more often than not, you’ll still never see the entire picture, and because of that, you’ll always be just a little bit wrong.”

“You know how the undecided tend to want to do all sorts of things? One day they want to be a farmer, the next a great scholar, the next a politician? I never really outgrew that.”

I completely understand. I suffer the same affliction.

An abjuror, or a mage specializing in abjuration, is one that uses magic to cast protections upon themselves and their allies.

A conjuror or conjurationist is a mage that can tap into the magic of the plane itself in order to press the weave into other dimensions and pull things from there.

the next school would be Enchantment. This is a strange one. Or so I’ve always found. The school’s main ideals seem to be split two ways. Part is focused on Enchanting objects and such, that is, making them more powerful and increasing their usability. Another part, not quite as great, is focused on Enchanting people.”

“Divination is the school that governs the ability to perceive things.

Evocation. The casting school, one focused almost entirely on pure destructive capabilities.”

“Illusion is similar to Enchantment, though instead of twisting a person’s mental faculties, you change their perceptual ones.

Necromancy. The magical science of the soul.

“You can do good with nearly anything, if you’re creative enough. You can hurt people with nearly anything too, and that doesn’t require nearly as much creativity.

“Transmutation. A school focused on transformation via the application of very precise magic.

Artificers use machines to enhance magic, and magic to enhance machines.

Chronomancers can manipulate time, and tend to erase their own existence too often to create a proper school.

Clerical magics are about the worship ...

Alchemists take simple ingredients and turn them into mag...

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“My father wasn’t an exceptional man. But he had his moments. He always told me, ‘Son, there isn’t a problem that you shouldn’t tackle with your wits before hitting it with your fists.’ That stayed with me.”

My father told me, "There are no laws, if you don't get caught." Probably, not the best advice.

“How long have you been a goddess for?”

“For how long have you been a goddess?”

I didn’t want to know, I wanted to chase the knowledge.

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“The scientific method is meant to promote the learning of new knowledge and the sharing of that knowledge.

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