[Accidental Video] Sloth effect!

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

*This is a video post of Rita. Sleeping. Or at least trying to sleep more. It's also well past the time she's usually up in the day.

... She's not even muttering anything entertaining. Though this might be the first time people have observed that she tends to just sleep in the same clothes she wears all the time.

Who dares bother her?*

Comments

[mad_puppeteer]

And here I would speculate the greatest magic researcher would be up and about by now. What ails you?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

...

Can't get any inspiration today.

Place is too damn weird with how magic works...

[mad_puppeteer]

Oh? Care to elaborate?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Two fundamentally different sources of magic that shouldn't be able to exist together work in perfect equilibrium here.

The kind of situation that involves is quite literally impossible by every measure I can devise.

[mad_puppeteer]

If such a contradiction exists, perhaps a new form of measurement is needed.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Don't know many I've tried, to no avail, so far...

[mad_puppeteer]

Then perhaps it is time you seek the assistance of another. Someone with knowledge you do not possess to assist you.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... That's the thing. Every world's magic seems to just work here. Even when it shouldn't.

[mad_puppeteer]

That is the conundrum. In my world, only three people in the current time can use magic. The rest rely on Ars Magus and Ars Armagus. Perhaps this world, in a sense, provides a catalyst for all sorcery.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Seems obvious. But how it works is beyond me at this point.

[mad_puppeteer]

Then you simply give up?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

At least until I get a new idea.

I could try making something that exploits the dual existence of the two forms of magic, or mixes in someone other world's forms somehow.

But I just don't feel that today, so...

[mad_puppeteer]

Would you say you feel unmotivated then?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Dunno for sure... But perhaps, yeah.

[mad_puppeteer]

I would suspect you are not the only one experiencing such a lack of motivation. Perhaps it has to do with the coral.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... You could be right. I'll have to look into that tomorrow.

*At this point, Rita's officially gone to self-awareness.*

[mad_puppeteer]

Do share the results of your research.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

We'll see what comes up.

action;

[ofthefullmoon]

[ Well. This is ... odd. She doesn't usually see Rita much during the day, since she's always busy researching something, but after seeing this Estelle is quite concerned.

So, she opens the door a little, and pokes her head inside. ]

Rita ...?

Re: action;

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

What.

*Rita shifted a little to acknowledge Estelle's presence...*

action;

[ofthefullmoon]

Are you okay? You seem ...

[ tired? listless? exhausted? lazy? ]

... unlike yourself?

Re: action;

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... Just questioning what the point of things is.

action;

[ofthefullmoon]

What kinds of things? I'm sure there's a point to anything you can think of ...

Re: action;

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

My research just... Seems to keep going nowhere and in circles.

After a while, it really does kinda get discouraging...

action;

[ofthefullmoon]

B-But-!!

[ NO, NO. RITA MORDIO NEVER GIVES UP. NEVER. ESTELLE WILL FIX THIS. ]

But you're the Rita Mordio! You're the most renowned researcher in Aspio-- no, in all of Terca Lumireis! [ yes, boost her ego, Estelle. that'll help. ]

If you give up on your research now, who would have a hope of succeeding with it?

Re: action;

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

What if the problem just isn't solvable, Estelle?

What then?

action;

[ofthefullmoon]

Every problem has a solution! You know that better than anybody, Rita!

Re: action;

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... I just don't know anymore. This place... It's doing things that by all rights aren't possible. Every bit of evidence I gather verifies that it shouldn't be possible - but it happens anyways.

action;

[ofthefullmoon]

Rita ...

[ She is not used to her best friend having this kind of mentality ... and as such, it's really hard to form a response to any of it. ]

... So then, what will you do if you won't continue your research?

Re: action;

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... I don't even know.

I just wanna sleep right now...

action;

[ofthefullmoon]

Maybe some rest will be good for you, then ...

[ She doesn't like suggesting that when this whole thing seems suspicious, but if that's what Rita wants to do ... ]

Re: action;

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

T-thanks, Estelle...