VIDEO; UN: RATCHET

[neveroutwrenched]

[When the cat Ratchet had talked to told him about magitek, he’d assumed it was a joke. When he was gifted with a piece of ‘jewelry’ to utilize it, he was absolutely sure he was being pranked. But here he was, using what basically looked like a cat collar as some kind of communication device, sending out transmissions to who knows where to who knows who.

It was definitely comical.]

Alright so, what’s the deal? ‘Magic’? That’s gotta be a joke right? This is just some kind of holographic technology, or some kinda, I dunno, modified radio wave, or...well I mean, I don’t really know exactly, but, one thing I do know - [He pauses, laughing, almost more at himself than anything else at the absurdity of it.]

...is that magic is not real.

Comments

text; un: anonymous

[skelepun]

[This was too good.]

tell me something buddy, you a popcorn fan?

[neveroutwrenched]

Uh....no?

[Mostly because he doesn't know what the hell you're talking about.]

[skelepun]

great, more for me.

video; un: strongfish91

[aspearation]

Oh yeah, magic's a real joke!! C'mere and let me show you how much of a joke my spear is!

[ Undyne don't threaten the newbies. She laughs though, so is she being serious? Is she joking? ...a little of both?! It's like a choose your own adventure. She does, however, brandish a glowing blue spear that hums to life in her hands, though. ]

If this ain't magic, you tell me what it is.

[neveroutwrenched]

I...well, I dunno, but it could be...it could be anything. A hologram or a hard light projection or...a phone app.

[Okay, it probably wasn't a phone app. But it definitely wasn't magic.]

video | username: olivia

[winces]

[ having grown up with magic rather commonplace in her world, olivia can only imagine that shock ratchet must be feeling... she hazards it might be quite similar to the feelings she'd had to contend with back in places like perdition's rest, and even woodhurst, with all those machines and technology far too advanced for her own world to even comprehend.

and, of course, the idea of multiple universes.

so the smile she gives him through the network is small, sympathetic. ]

It's... quite a lot to take in. I'm sorry.

[neveroutwrenched]

[It was honestly a more confusing response than the others; less laced in sarcasm and more...apologetic. It's a little disarming.]

So...you believe in this stuff?

[He wasn't even sure what 'stuff' he was talking about...so far all he'd really seen is some incongruous technology and heard a lot of talk about things that didn't really make sense. But calling it magic? That seemed like a bit of a leap.]

video; un: G.SLQHV

[twinpeak]

—What? C'mon, magic's pretty cool stuff. Aaand, uh, you're gonna attract the whole magic using crowd on our team with a video like this, you know.

[neveroutwrenched]

Lots of things that aren't real are cool...although, uh, I'm starting to get that it's a little bit of a touchy topic around here, huh?

[That didn't make it more believable, but at least he knew what NOT to bring up in the future.]

So is everyone around here...like, what? Magicians?

[Because that's what he was getting from 'magic using crowd'.]

video; un:odinson

[deemed]

You must be a great scholar, to claim so boldly that a thing outside your experience cannot be real.

[#sarcasm]

[neveroutwrenched]

Okay, you don't need to be rude about it.

audio■ un: virtuoso

[fourscores]

Magic is very much real, and that hardly touches upon what can be done with it.

[neveroutwrenched]

Okay, then I have to ask...what can be done with it? [A brief pause.] Assuming it's real. Which I'm not saying it is. But if it was.

AUDIO. UN: LOKI

[selfimage]

[ there's a little ho-hum. ]

Please, tell me more.

[neveroutwrenched]

Pretty sure that's all there is to say.

AUDIO | username: huntsman

[dishearten]

These seem like rather bold words, for a talking cat.

( how can you get more magical than a talking cat. )

[neveroutwrenched]

I'm not- I'm not a cat.

[Honestly, the cat part was less insulting than the talking part. As if that was something unusual.]

I don't know why everyone keep saying that...I've seen what cats looks like. And every one I've met has talked just fine.

audio; un: cardmaster

[fateality]

[There's just laughter. Lots of laughter.]

[neveroutwrenched]

[Ratchet waits, not very patiently.]

Are you done?

video; un: urahara

[predomination]

[holy shit it's a cat person.]

[cheerfully] Come on now. There's really not that much difference when you get down to it. They're applied the same way.

[neveroutwrenched]

That's actually...almost a fair point.

[Shrugging]

But I'm pretty sure this magic stuff is just some kind of technology or science with a very misleading name...

text; un: shitpost king

[hedonistic]

don't let the haters get u down, bro

ur commitment to skepticism in the face of falling thru a crack in dimensions, getting jewelry that transcribes text straight from ur brain, and having teammates like walking talking skeletons is totally admirable

keep on keeping on, friend
adversity builds character, or so i hear

[neveroutwrenched]

All of those things can happen with regular, explainable technology!

I mean....maybe not the skeleton. But that sounds made up.

video; un: coolskeleton95

[boneafide]

So if magic not being real is the one thing you do know, but it is real, does that mean you don't know anything?

[ accidentally brutal sorry ]

[neveroutwrenched]

[ouch]

I didn't say it was the only thing I know.