othellovonryan: (Its not actually sarcasm)

Re: Day 53....later...

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2023-01-04 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nods.] It would probably be better if you do. If I do, he will definitely know something is up.

I can teach you a few basic tricks. [Because he Always Has To Know How Something Is Done.] But Korone would be a good one to ask. She apparently really likes magicians too.
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Re: Day 53....later...

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2023-01-04 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
So you know how a bunch of worlds have it so humans don't have magic at all?
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Re: Day 53....later...

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2023-01-04 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes.

So obviously, magic doesn't exist, but some people make it a whole thing by doing things to make it seem like magic does exist through a mix of trickery and physical skill. Misdirection, smoke and mirrors, playing tricks on the eyes, things like that.

Like this is an extremely basic form of it, but its the concept. [He's gonna do that trick where someone looks like they're pulling off their own thumb.]
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Re: Day 53....later...

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2023-01-07 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
That is an exceedingly simple trick, but I feel it covers the basic principles of it. Everything is like that, but gets ticked up to like a hundred.
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Re: Day 53....later...

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2023-01-07 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
To be fair to magicians.

It does take a lot of skill to do bigger things. Like I could do and follow more complex tricks, but that is specifically because I am a ninja and I can follow the insane dexterity and speed some of them have.

In the end, what they do is trickery and deception, but I will give them enough credit to recognize some of it is quite hard to pull off.
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Re: Day 53....later...

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2023-01-07 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
He does. He almost gets as excited for magic shows as he does Jupiter Jim. You could probably figure out why he does if you ask him, we mostly bicker if we get into too deep a talk.
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Re: Day 53....later...

[personal profile] othellovonryan 2023-01-08 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
Really, getting him to talk about himself and his interests is a good first step for any courting. He loves a good brag.