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[Qubine's been a leader before. He's spoken publicly with his clan before. But as he prepares to announce his running for Guardianship, he can't help but feel a bit nervous. The idea of appealing himself to strangers, mostly of whole different species, is new to him. As the video feed begins, he lets out a calming sigh, accompanied by a soft, low growl.]

Greetings...Genessia. I am Qubine, leader of the Kalma Clan in Sornieth. I'd like to announce that I will be running for Guardianship of Fayren. I'll admit, this "election" system is new to me. I had become my clan leader by fate...or by circumstance. Whichever you wish to call it.

[He pauses. He shouldn't share too much about himself, lest he bore his audience to death. He ponders about some of the issues he's read about. He's looked at the other nominations and has noticed a rather disturbing trend.]

I couldn't help noticing that some of the other candidates want to steer away from magic. Why?

Now, don't get me wrong. I understand that medicine has its benefits, and I realize that medicine can cure some things that magic cannot. After all, were it not for Orphne's study of medicine, we would not have been able to purge the plague that crippled my former clan for over a year. Still, magic has been an important part of our lives, and can heal most basic injuries far more quickly than medicine. Even for the most severe cases, magic can help stabilize the sick or wounded while the medicine works on the root of the problem.

Therefore, while I would support the improvement of medicine, I will not support the elimination of magic. Especially if it's done in the manner that these Hands of Decay that I've read about have strived to eliminate magic and its users.

[He pauses, letting out a breath once again. He can feel himself growing bitter, something which won't help his campaign.]

Well, I'll keep my introduction short for now. If there's anything you wish to know about me, you are welcome to ask.

[And then he ends the feed.]

[OOC: Reposted after deleting my last one for some improvements. Sorry for any confusion.]

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Will you be able to help Fayren and it's current situation? I admit I don't know a lot about it and I'm still new to this place but I think that someone in charge of Fayren should have experiance with the area and all the people who live there. You should be able to relate to everyone there if possible.

Magic and not.

The world shouldn't be forced into extremes. There will always be people who are scared or need comfort, figures to look up to.

[Belle thought of Liora and smiled softly.]

They need hope, as well as actions to improve their situations. The people need a voice and you need to be their voice and not just your own. If you can do that. Be a voice for those who are unable to have a voice, I think you'll do well.

Only, it takes more than just talking about it.

[She wants to help but she's noticed that so many people here close off their minds to things that they can't understand. If that understanding can spread then people can really begin to help each other; be them a person or a dragon or a robot.]

The situation regarding this Chimera infection? I will do what I can. I'm no medicine expert, so no doubt I'll need assistance from people who know more about it. I have visited all the cities in this world, and I find myself more attached to Fayren than any other. The real question is whether the people can relate to me...but that is something I will have to work on.

This world is far less "extreme" than where I'm from. So as long as it doesn't reach that level, we'll be fine.

[Qubine is torn on whether he likes the relative peace of this realm, though. On one hand, it's nice to not have to worry about the Beastclans. On the other, it is kind of boring.]

I will certainly take action when necessary. I don't take threats lightly. Ever. You can thank the "extreme" conditions of Sornieth for that.

[He pauses to take in her words. Speaking for people, giving them hope. He's never thought that way. He's used to telling it like it is, urging his clan to steel themselves for the worst. Belle's words almost make him think that Liora might be a better candidate, if only she could get over her self-esteem issues.]

I thank you for your advice. I will certainly keep it in mind.

I'm kind of confused what the huge push back against magic in the main city is about. So sayeth the medical professional.

[ She waves her hand to indicate that's her, even if her voice indicates disbelief at this whole situation. ]

Though I'm looking at yours. You got the memo that the Chimera Infection is basically the common flu for people with magic, right? [ 'Cause that was in the newspaper. They sent over a bunch of medicine to Fayren to deal with it. It was a thing. She was involved in it. ]

Hmm. Could the Chimera Infection be the cause of this desire to decrease dependence on magic?

[He bows his head with a sigh.]

Really? You make it sound so simple. Well, if you medical professionals believe that you have the infection under control, then I'll leave you to it.

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Whoa, a dragon in charge of the magic-town? You got my vote, man! Er. Dragon-man. Dragon. Guy.

[He has to resist the urge to let out that exasperated sigh.]

...As I've mentioned in my speech, my name is Qubine. Be sure to remember that when the time comes to vote.

[It won't do any good to forget the name he wants to vote for in the polls.]

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Yeah, yeah, I got it. [names, psh, who needs names]

Thank you for considering my views.

[She doesn't think he understands, not really, but she isn't interested in arguing. Perhaps, given time, he might one day see but it didn't sound like his home world gave him a healthy predisposition. Belle had hope and she'd continue to watch the elections to see how they turned out.]

I hope that we don't come to fighting, if it can be helped but I do understand.

[The war had been thick in France when Belle left home.]

Considering that humans...and most other species...are smaller than myself, it would be difficult for me to fight.

[At least without the overkill.]

[She wonders why it is that he focuses on that particular topic.]

I wouldn't know. I know very little of fighting or it's methods.

[Belle is sure that size isn't the only important aspect of any fight.]

How is it that you're able to use this devices so well? If you truly are so large?

[True enough. But she seemed to focus on discussing fighting (or the lack thereof).]

My device seems to have been made to match my size.

I see. I hadn't known that the devices did that.

[Which leads Belle to believe that whatever brought them here knows them each very well. It's interesting and a little unsettling.]

Thank you for speaking to me but I really should be going. I hope that we are able to speak again, and I'll listen for you through the elections.

Fair enough. Until next time then...

Magical medicine is better than medicine and magic.

[It was hard to tell when she kids and when she doesn't.]

I'm kidding, of course, but it can be what keeps many people alive also. Such amazing leaps people can do by simply studying it and running tests.

Combining medicine and magic can be quite effective, especially when the disease is magical.

[Such as the plague was. Once they figured that out, making the medicine was the easy part.]

It didn't even spread to Genessia City, so I hope not. It looks like the only people who are talking about it are newbies, too.

[ She shrugs. ] Between Heals on Wheels, the GSRF's contributions, and Guardian Haller's decontamination at the subarchway, it's pretty well-contained and taken care of.

All right, I'll scratch it off my to-do list.

[He's kind of surprised and jealous that they contained it so quickly. Then again, they likely had more experts on the job, and the infection was just a "common flu." The plague back home was hella more serious and took over a year to fight. Perhaps Qubine had been influenced and sore from that.]

[Interesting candidate. He'd liked Xander well enough, at first, but there was a disquieting amorality about him, what with his casual embrace of dark magic; a taste he knew Qubine didn't share, if his dislike of necromancy was any indication. How odd and almost unfaithful, he thought, to like a dragon better than a man. Strange world. Speaking of magic, he'll chime in.]

To answer your--hopefully un-rhetorical--question, I think it's because magic has a spiritual dimension medicine, technology, and other wholly material things, don't. Magics abuses can go farther and cause more ruin. In my experience, it rarely goes the other way, much less in such degrees.

[In Qubine's mind, necromancy was a field of magic all on its own. He's perfectly fine with Shadow-based magic. And then there was Plague-based magic, which Qubine isn't fond of either, but he has seen some good done with it.]

Spiritual, huh? I suppose one could look at it that way. In Sornieth, we are hatched with an alignment to one of the elements, and thus inherit the ability to control said element. Some call it magic while others may not. I believe it depends on how the element is used; whether it's cast like a magic spell, or if it's more of a physical nature.

While healing spells are not based from any of the elements, they do accelerate the body's natural healing process, making it just as natural as any elemental "magic" we do.

Hah, "suppose"? I thought all magic had its roots in conforming outer objectivity with inner subjectivity. Something not quite natural about that; suppose it's a question of whether it's the "un-" or the "super-" variety.

Goodness, the body's natural healing capacity must be supernatural indeed to restore whole limbs, as I've heard some sorcery capable of doing. This elemental control, then, how does it function?

Perhaps. I wouldn't call that "not natural," though. The elements are all around us, whether we see them or not. We can "subject them", as you put it, as we will, with enough practice.

[He raises his two right eyes.]

I don't know where you heard that from. Unless you humans have the ability to restore lost limbs, in which case I could be jealous.

[Not something he enjoys admitting, despite the fact that he's heard some impressive things about humans, in spite of their tiny, harmless appearance.]

You want to know how the elemental control works? Well, it's as simple as picking up an object within your reach, really...

[He picks up a small (but perhaps large to Ted) pebble, delicately holding it in front of the screen between two claws before carelessly tossing it aside.]

But if you want a more subtle example...my element is Ice. You know that ice is just frozen water, correct? And there is always water in the air, in the form of a vapor that cannot be seen. The vapor rises to become clouds, and when the clouds become heavy enough, the water falls as rain. Or hail or snow, if the temperature is cold enough. I simply take the vapors, and mold them into ice.

[As another demonstration, he holds his talon in front of the screen. His claws glow a light blue, and a coat of frost begins to cover his gold gauntlet.]

[Konoka claimed the ability to make a person whole so long as their bodies weren't completely destroyed. Clearly something more than nature as such was at work in magic; hence the distrust.]

[He's seen magic a few times, but he displays the requisite noises of astonishment to see it again. Magic shows are always entertaining.] Charming! That'll be handy in the summer, I bet. Does that mean, then, that in a drier climate, it'd be less potent? Then there's the question of where the coldness comes from, or how one forces the atoms therein to move so slowly as to solidify. Indeed, force, I think, lies at the heart of the matter, and its lawful--or unlawful--use. It's one thing to use matter on matter--to work on its own level, like a man besting another man in, say, a sword fight fair and square with his own strength of arms.

But suppose one man, through some mystic operation of will, made the other fall on his own sword, and secured victory that way? Then the game has changed to the tune of something sinister. One wonders whether one is working with nature, or else imposing some kind of compelling dominion. The latter, I think, would explain sorcery's discomforts. Technology, as far as I know, has always worked with. Magic...a very different story.

The energy might be less potent in a drier climate, but we can rely on the power within us to compensate. Fae dragons in particular are very good at absorbing the energy from their surroundings and storing it. Then they can rely on those power reserves when the surrounding energy is less potent.

It's easy to distrust something that you don't understand. And indeed, magic may very well work differently in other worlds. But then...does everyone understand medicine? A mix of chemicals that may have different effects on different creatures, that we may not even know about until we try it. But more people seem to trust medicine anyway. Why is that?

[Ted's heard the "don't understand" maxim a few times, and the sheer gap between that reality cracks him up]

Ahahaha, is that right? I'm afraid my own experience has been quite the contrary. No one understands a whit of the world, yet I think we've all grown very comfortable. I'd wager next to no one fully understands these communicators, yet we trust in them easily enough. Goodness, can't you see that we occupy a world fueled almost purely by faith? Are dragons the other way, then? Do they require something like omniscience before they get comfortable?

Oh, probably because medicine is, presumably, overseen by regulatory authorities that take their jobs very seriously. A bad batch of drugs has dire consequences for all involved. Magic has no such oversight and doesn't look to be headed that way any time soon. Indeed, how could you? Mysticism likes to flout scientific scrutiny at every turn. Those who would like something more exacting are bound to be confounded.

But understanding or not isn't the thing. It's a question of depth; of what level one's operating on. Is one working with nature, playing by mutually held rules and wrestling it into a desired outcome, or is there a subtler operation at play? That subtlety, I believe, lies at the heart of magic's wariness.

Ah, so you have faith in everything despite the lack of understanding of it, and somehow magic is the exception.

[At least that's the message he's getting here.]

Why worry about whether we're working with nature or some subtler operation when you can simply have faith in it?

It's a matter of what the faith is in. I do not know how many pieces of technology work, backwards and forwards, but I trust, nonetheless that they will and am nearly always satisfied in that. What I do know is that even their most flagrant abuses, however much they may damn a soul, are in an of themselves natural abuses. They fall within nature's confines, even if that can go very far.

Is it not in magic's mystery that the concern lies. Plenty of mundane things are mysterious enough, hence why it's just as easy to accept magic as technology on those grounds. It's inner workings are no obstacle for laymen, at least in ordinary use. What does concern is its penetration. Magic goes deeper, and can work directly on the soul, charming and beguiling. You can see, I hope, why people would be concerned about something that can touch the bedrock of being in a way the strictly material never can.

So it's the effect on the soul that bothers you. Do you mean the souls of the caster or the target? I can assure you that magic can only be taxing on the soul of the caster, except possession or what not. Which is not within the abilities of our dragonkind, mind you.

[Except Erebus, but given that Liora has stated that Erebus's power is "darker than shadow," Qubine has doubts that it's Shadow-based. There's only one other possibility for that.]

Or just in general, but our world was a little advanced when it came to medicine.

[It was only advanced because of Magical boys and girls though.]

All depends on what it is and how it works.

Haha, yes that is what I was getting at with the "spiritual dimension" thing. But there's also its compulsion; it invites elements of pride in manipulating so directly. Reading Faust can tell you all about that sort of temptation.

Huh! Good to know dragons have souls, at any rate, and can't do any damage to another. Directly, at least.

[Sort of. Given that Earth had to wipe out pretty much all of them, it's a dark mystery what had corrupted said souls so thoroughly.]

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