Non. It is only those of you who arrived late who have seen any such change in layout and perception. Mm... as for modifications, we had not thought to change the place much. Sadly, the answer to that is unknown.
So this study has always had a hidden cell attached. [Well. It's somebody's kink.]
For the most part it seems to refuse to let us adapt this place to our preferences, excluding moving the books around. [He has so many stacked in his room. And the living area.] But as it consistently appears with desire, perhaps the initial blueprint comes from you four, drawn in from the moment you entered.
[Until something else took over.] What happens when you walk to the bounds of the visible area?
[Or do. Alhaitham would be right to be waryβ Lobelia simply won't press the issue.]
Mm... but I do understand your point. It is entirely possible that the four of us shaped this place, however unintentionally... and that the rest of you may, in due time, leave your own imprint as well.
As for walking beyond the bounds... ah. We always return to where we began. A loop, neat and inescapable. I can only assume there is some peculiar magic at work. It would make sense, non? Given how thoroughly our perceptions have already been twisted and tampered with?
That seems to be much of what this operates on, but that does confirm you're kept within the area the same way we are--your cage is just larger.
Anyway I'm saving time here, as the rest of the convo will probably be a very simple confirmation that the darkness also wasn't something they observed and then idle chatter. This is where they start getting into the differences of French and Fontainian probably.]
At some point, Lobelia stepped out to grab a bottle of wine and a couple glasses. Alhaitham has been kind enough to bless him with his continued presence this afternoon, so why not settle in?
After pouring a glass for them both, it's right on back to studying.]
...By now, you have me wondering what sort of place Fontaine is. I have always enjoyed traveling, but I've yet to cross into more distant skies.
[That Lobelia's willing and interested to veer into similar topics of study after all the plot talk does keep Alhaitham in place, eventually nursing a glass of wine with him.]
They're fond of their technical advancements. [They also blew up their research center.] Do you like swimming?
[dropping the french loanwords in these tags because they're yapping on le honhon baguetteβ]
Wow! I can only imagine.
[And imagine he does. There are varying levels of technical advancement around the Skydom, but Lobelia is aware their are worlds where technology has made even more significant leaps.
Swirling the wine in his glass, he tips his head back to gaze at Alhaitham.]
Swimming is one of my favorite things to do, as it happens. I grew up near the mouth of a vast inland sea... I swam at every opportunity and would stay out late enough to earn the ire of my parents.
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Oh? Then I'm sure you'd appreciate that Fontaine sits upon a raised plateau with a sea. For those of certain constitution it's even possible to breathe underwater.
[Hard to tell if that applies to people outside Teyvat, but.] You could say their city is very connected to hydro, the way Sumeru is to dendro.
[Now there's a fascinating possibility. It's not easy to study and document how sound travels within deep waters, so imagine if one could simply breathe underwater? Now he's almost jealous.]
Hydro... Am I right to assume you refer to a water elemental? And dendro would be... earth?
[The root (ha) word is "tree", so that's his best guess.]
[We don't think about how people manage to talk down there.]
Right on the first, for the second... dendro is more akin to plant life, whereas geo covers all rock and soil. I suppose you could combine them to represent all of "earth".
The other defined elemental energies are pyro, cryo, electro, anemo. You can consider them basic properties that make up the world, either in a pure energy or tangible state.
It wasn't my area of study. Most humams can't use elemental magic innately. This Vision is what would normally allow me to use it. It shows up one day, supposedly to those whose ambitions are recognized by the gods.
[He tips the glass forward slightly.] Is your audiomancy a sort of wind magic or something else entirely?
[Lobelia humsβ that sounds familiar. He thinks of how the Tower found him, how their paths intertwined thanks to the whims of a being much greater than himself that demanded enough destruction to clear the path for the beginning of a new world. It's always some divine sort setting these things up, isn't it?]
You know... I refer to it as magic, but you might consider the manipulation of sound to be grounded more in the practical. It's physics more than magic, isn't it? But we risk spilling into philosophical debate if we split hairs over what qualifies as magic and what doesn't.
[Buuuut he does have other types of magic up his sleeves. He flashes Alhaitham a mischievous smile.]
Put your hand in my pocket. It won't bite, promise.
Depends if what you use are tools or the sound itself, doesn't it?
[Alhaitham quirks a brow, but assuming this will be some sort of example in audiomancy he leans forward to dip his hand into the pocket. He's watching Lobelia's face rather than his hand.]
[Blind faith! He loves it!! Alhaitham can reach... and reach... but Lobelia's pocket seemingly has no end. Magique.]
The sound itself is what matters to me, of course! But depending on what you use it for, a conduit or vessel to contain the sound is necessary. That is why I favor conch shells, after all.
[Look if something bites him he can just punch Lobelia. Even if it'd be kind of deserved after Lobelia's blind faith left his puppet soaking in the well for hours.
Alhaitham, man with no shame and more of the bull of his darshan than most people know, will absolutely crowd up into Lobelia's space as he stretches him arm down into that pocket and pats for some sort of bottom.]
Huh. [Fascinating. He barely refrains from grabbing the side to turn the pocket out as he drags his hand out.] And the deeper the vessel the longer the sound can be held, right?
[Ah... With such enthusiasm, Lobelia almost wishes something would bite Alhaitham while he's digging around in there. Vore pockets...]
Not quite. I can retain sound within the conch for as long as I wish... but the deeper and more complex the inner structure, the more sound can be contained within it. That's the catch.
There are limits to how much a single conch can contain, [file sizes plague us all] but tell me: did you have something particular in mind? It sounds like you're looking for a solution.
[makes alhaitham a walkman with a conch or some shit]
Mm, not a specific one. My music player was missing when I arrived so there's nothing to save sound into anyway. But I was curious about your ability to reuse a device without erasing what was on it previously.
[Honestly? Probably. Alhaitham will be heading home with an OOPArt music player.]
Mm! It would be a simple matter to add onto the existing sounds without overriding them. As long as the vessel has enough 'room' to contain the sounds, more can always be added.
That's correct! I could fashion you something that would suit your purposes... but in order to allow you to capture sound without me invoking a spell, latent magics would be needed. I can experiment, but I doubt I have enough unfettered access to my magic to make it happen here.
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For the most part it seems to refuse to let us adapt this place to our preferences, excluding moving the books around. [He has so many stacked in his room. And the living area.] But as it consistently appears with desire, perhaps the initial blueprint comes from you four, drawn in from the moment you entered.
[Until something else took over.] What happens when you walk to the bounds of the visible area?
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[Or do. Alhaitham would be right to be waryβ Lobelia simply won't press the issue.]
Mm... but I do understand your point. It is entirely possible that the four of us shaped this place, however unintentionally... and that the rest of you may, in due time, leave your own imprint as well.
As for walking beyond the bounds... ah. We always return to where we began. A loop, neat and inescapable. I can only assume there is some peculiar magic at work. It would make sense, non? Given how thoroughly our perceptions have already been twisted and tampered with?
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That seems to be much of what this operates on, but that does confirm you're kept within the area the same way we are--your cage is just larger.
Anyway I'm saving time here, as the rest of the convo will probably be a very simple confirmation that the darkness also wasn't something they observed and then idle chatter. This is where they start getting into the differences of French and Fontainian probably.]
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At some point, Lobelia stepped out to grab a bottle of wine and a couple glasses. Alhaitham has been kind enough to bless him with his continued presence this afternoon, so why not settle in?
After pouring a glass for them both, it's right on back to studying.]
...By now, you have me wondering what sort of place Fontaine is. I have always enjoyed traveling, but I've yet to cross into more distant skies.
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They're fond of their technical advancements. [They also blew up their research center.] Do you like swimming?
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Wow! I can only imagine.
[And imagine he does. There are varying levels of technical advancement around the Skydom, but Lobelia is aware their are worlds where technology has made even more significant leaps.
Swirling the wine in his glass, he tips his head back to gaze at Alhaitham.]
Swimming is one of my favorite things to do, as it happens. I grew up near the mouth of a vast inland sea... I swam at every opportunity and would stay out late enough to earn the ire of my parents.
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Lobelia lore unlocked: he wasn't orphaned as a baby. Because this is anime that's significant.]
Oh? Then I'm sure you'd appreciate that Fontaine sits upon a raised plateau with a sea. For those of certain constitution it's even possible to breathe underwater.
[Hard to tell if that applies to people outside Teyvat, but.] You could say their city is very connected to hydro, the way Sumeru is to dendro.
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[Now there's a fascinating possibility. It's not easy to study and document how sound travels within deep waters, so imagine if one could simply breathe underwater? Now he's almost jealous.]
Hydro... Am I right to assume you refer to a water elemental? And dendro would be... earth?
[The root (ha) word is "tree", so that's his best guess.]
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Right on the first, for the second... dendro is more akin to plant life, whereas geo covers all rock and soil. I suppose you could combine them to represent all of "earth".
The other defined elemental energies are pyro, cryo, electro, anemo. You can consider them basic properties that make up the world, either in a pure energy or tangible state.
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[Lobelia turns his inquisitive eyes on Alhaitham, narrowing them with a grin.]
You would fall into one of those categories, no? Which one might that be?
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Dendro, then. IntΓ©ressant. Have you always been magically-inclined, or was there a 'trigger' that sparked your growth?
[Magic tends to share similar frameworks across worlds and universes, Lobelia has come to realize.]
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[He tips the glass forward slightly.] Is your audiomancy a sort of wind magic or something else entirely?
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[Lobelia humsβ that sounds familiar. He thinks of how the Tower found him, how their paths intertwined thanks to the whims of a being much greater than himself that demanded enough destruction to clear the path for the beginning of a new world. It's always some divine sort setting these things up, isn't it?]
You know... I refer to it as magic, but you might consider the manipulation of sound to be grounded more in the practical. It's physics more than magic, isn't it? But we risk spilling into philosophical debate if we split hairs over what qualifies as magic and what doesn't.
[Buuuut he does have other types of magic up his sleeves. He flashes Alhaitham a mischievous smile.]
Put your hand in my pocket. It won't bite, promise.
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[Alhaitham quirks a brow, but assuming this will be some sort of example in audiomancy he leans forward to dip his hand into the pocket. He's watching Lobelia's face rather than his hand.]
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The sound itself is what matters to me, of course! But depending on what you use it for, a conduit or vessel to contain the sound is necessary. That is why I favor conch shells, after all.
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Alhaitham, man with no shame and more of the bull of his darshan than most people know, will absolutely crowd up into Lobelia's space as he stretches him arm down into that pocket and pats for some sort of bottom.]
Huh. [Fascinating. He barely refrains from grabbing the side to turn the pocket out as he drags his hand out.] And the deeper the vessel the longer the sound can be held, right?
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Not quite. I can retain sound within the conch for as long as I wish... but the deeper and more complex the inner structure, the more sound can be contained within it. That's the catch.
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[Imagine if Tevat's magic records held more than one song... he could have a playlist for the whole day.]
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[makes alhaitham a walkman with a conch or some shit]
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Mm, not a specific one. My music player was missing when I arrived so there's nothing to save sound into anyway. But I was curious about your ability to reuse a device without erasing what was on it previously.
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Mm! It would be a simple matter to add onto the existing sounds without overriding them. As long as the vessel has enough 'room' to contain the sounds, more can always be added.
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Interesting. In that sense it's like a roll of film. As long as you're starting on a blank section you can continually record more.
[Spincrystals are generally smaller and it'd be more of a hassle to carve them sectionally anyway, so this simile makes more sense.]
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That's correct! I could fashion you something that would suit your purposes... but in order to allow you to capture sound without me invoking a spell, latent magics would be needed. I can experiment, but I doubt I have enough unfettered access to my magic to make it happen here.
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