close your eyes and offer up your prayers to the deep blue darkness;

[liberazoth]

[ i guess this one's a classic ]

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[faildeus]

[ interesting. faldeus notes down the similarities between magecraft and this boy's alchemy in the back of his head. well, it's to be expected that there would be some sort of similarities between them. even the atlas institute alchemists' have some things alike with mages.

on that subject... ]

While the Association has both of those things, they are technically neither of those. The closest thing that you could call it is an academic society of mages made for the purpose of defending Magecraft from disappearing. But in reality, what I just said is true in name only.

[liberazoth]

Only technically, is it... [ well, that doesn't sound suspicious or shady at all. ]

Why is it at threat of disappearing, though? Is ... that something you really have to worry about?

[faildeus]

It is.

[ he nods emphatically. ]

Unfortunately, that means people get lost in both protecting their craft and families trying to one-up each other. Honestly, the Mage's Association is just a den of vipers, and the only ones who thrive in it are the old, powerful families while us laymen mages are fated to disappear under the sands of time.

[ with a shrug and a sarcastic smile, he adds: ]

I suppose that's why they chose to add that to my "dislikes".

[liberazoth]

[ huh. so a mage who doesn't like the way the main mage body does things... ]

... wouldn't the craft be at less risk of disappearing if everyone stopped fighting each other?

[ he's so confused. is it disappearing because they keep killing each other in fantastic wish rituals, because they're too busy trying to one-up each other, or what. wouldn't all these problems be solved if they just ... didn't do that? ]