Jacobo_Curious
Dark Magician Girl
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- Sep 16, 2002
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Well, it's been a while since I've been on the SRP forum. Ever since I had to leave somewhat unexpectedly and my favorite thread of all time, Pleasure Kingdoms, faded away. It's based on a weird twist between a more sexual Slayers and a mesh of Ancient Greek philosophy, but trust me, it's fun. Everyone seemed to think so, anyway.
So I've been refining the concept, and I'm going to try again. I'm notifying the people who've played before, and anyone who didn't play the first version, please feel free to join.
Old threads:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=160397 (main)
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150472 (ooc)
OVERVIEW:
(You don't really have to read all of this if you don't want to. Your character might not really know all of it anyway -- but then again, they might. Don't worry, this thread really is light-hearted. But it's got a good story too. I hope all of you readers will find the complexity enjoyable...)
This SRP thread is more of a sexual ORP thread than anything else. The world is in a fantasy realm, with humans and the fae races, and all sorts of mystery and magic abound. What makes the place so interesting (and so worthy of being on the SRP), however, are the monsters. The monsters of this world are filled with hunger -- for power, for money, for destruction, and more than occasionally, for the opposite sex.
To explain this phenomenon, one must delve into how the power of Magic functions. In this world, there is a physical realm and a spiritual realm. The soul does in fact exist, but it is not different for each person; rather, it is simply the core energy which is drawn from the whole "Consciousness" (the entirity of all creation) in the spiritual realm. Within each human and fae resides a spark of power known as Consciousness -- the pure power of creation. Certain individuals, who happen to have a stronger spark of Consciousness than others, are able to extend their power to affect the outside world. They are Magicians.
Monsters, on the other hand, are not drawn from the Consciousness and its patron, the Mother Goddess. They are drawn from the Void -- the pure, black hole of emptiness, and its patron, the Lord of Destruction. This curses monsters with cravings that they could not control even if they were intelligent enough to resist (and many are). Humans and monsters must constantly battle, and the humans always win -- for darkness is merely an absence of light, and the light always pushes back the darkness. Yet, simultaneously, when light exists, so must shadow, for there is a symbiotic relationship between humans and monsters.
That relationship is the Crystal.
The monsters constantly absorb. And they hunt humans because humans emit energy constantly by the light from their Consciousness. As the monsters absorb, they grow spiritual feedback in their bodies, and when the monsters are defeated and their bodies distingetrate, sucked inward and destroyed by their own internal vaccum (so to speak), they leave behind a Crystal. Thus, the older and more experienced monsters leave behind larger Crystals, as they have absorbed more spiritual energy. Crystals are used as currency almost as often as Golden Suns, Silver Moons, and Copper Stars are, and they can be important spell components for enchanting magical items.
That, of course, infuriates monsters that care about their dead. Which, admittedly, isn't that many monsters. Unless they happen to be related.
Then again, monsters aren't that different from humans. Humans seem to have the same characteristics as monsters, but many humans refuse to believe it. Though the explanation above of Consciousness and Void is taken as the correct one (by humans, of course), it may be that humans have more to do with the Void and monsters more to do with the Consciousness than either would realize. After all, how could any creature be born of only a Goddess or only a Lord?
Those questions, however, will be answered later in the story. ^_^
At any rate, on to more specific matters of Magic. There are three recognized types of Spell-Casting: the Fighter's Trance, the Elemental Magic, and the Summoning Magic. About fifteen-percent of the population of humans (and, presumably, monsters) have the capability to acquire magical abilities. All these magic types are usable by both humans and monsters to equal effect, except for one part of Elemental Magic -- that will be explained later.
The Fighter's Trance involves anime or video game-style martial arts or weapon attacks. Projections of pure spirit for use in fighting -- think anything from Rurouni Kenshin's abilities with the sword to Ryu Hoshi's Hadouken from Street Fighter. You know the stuff. Most adventuring fighters worth their salt have some abilities or projection attacks like this, or they'd never win against magic-users.
The Elemental Magic is comprised of five spheres -- the Four Consciousness Spheres and the Void. The first four are, of course, the Ancient Greek elements of Fire, Air, Water, and Earth, and comprise the human elements of Nature (instinct), Mind (the ego), Faith (empathy), and Trade (or dignity -- according to Piers Anthony's Tarot trilogy). Void, however, is the power of pure annihilation, and is not normally acquired by even the most powerful of Elemental Mages; it comprises the human element of Art, the expression of need and desire in a language without words. Void Magic can only be learned by those who "sell their souls to the Devil", basically -- those who ally with monsters and join the Lord of Destruction.
Finally, Summoning Magic is based on the Totems that are worshipped by both humans and monsters. The totem that represents humans is simply God (usually portrayed as the Mother Goddess, though not always), of course, but the monsters tend to worship all sorts of different animal and beast archetypes, and few worship the Lord of Destruction himself. In fact, most truly intelligent monsters hate the Lord -- he cursed them with their desires. No summoner ever known has ever been able to summon the human archetype, God -- many attempt to specialize in animal or monster totems. Summoners travel constantly to various altars in order to attempt to persuade new Totems to join them -- and only if the Summoners are found worthy (usually if they have a personality similiar to the Totem) do they acquire new powers. Summoners sometimes are changed to resemble their Totems slightly, allowing for a bit of anthropomorphism while still remaining human (or monster), and for some powerful Totems (such as the Golden Dragon) there are full temples where would-be Summoners are trained.
In conclusion, I would like to quote the Introduction to the Elements at http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/AGEDE/Fire.html#LS:
"The dominant Qualities of Fire and Water are Warmth and Coolness, which are the powers of separation and union. Therefore Empedocles taught that Love (Philotês) and Strife (Neikos) are the two primary forces in the cosmos, which bring about all transformation through their mixing and separation of the Roots (Elements). (Although Love and Strife are the conventional English translations, it would be more accurate to say Affinity, i.e. friendship, and Difference, i.e. disagreement.) Empedocles naturally identified these Powers with fiery Ares and sea-born Aphrodite.
Love and Strife are each responsible in Their own way for a "coming to be" and a "passing away": Strife creates Plurality by dividing the One, and Love creates Unity from the Many. A proper balance of both is necessary in an ordered cosmos."
Simply put, the fifth element, Void, is a yin-yang type deal, combining both creation and destruction. From nothing comes a desire for something, and from something comes the inevitable nothing. The cycle of these causes purification, killing that which should not live and creating that which should, growing a tree and pruning it for better growth, even though that tree will never reach the heavens – searching for a perfection that does not, cannot, should not exist.
According to the movie The Matrix, the first Matrix was a perfect world created based on human dreams – a world without conflict, with no war, where everyone understood each other, where everyone was happy – and that world died, because nobody would accept it as reality. Striving for things that can never and should never be achieved is the most important part of life, and simultaneously that of the least use. “Hope” and “boredom” may be more similar than many realize.
Empedocles may have been right – Love and Strife, Consciousness and Void, are both necessary in an ordered cosmos. Thus, that makes the key, the fifth element, a perfect ordered cosmos, a universe within itself, boundless creation and ceaseless pain. A spiral to nowhere, a game of life and death.
Now wasn't that fun?
So I've been refining the concept, and I'm going to try again. I'm notifying the people who've played before, and anyone who didn't play the first version, please feel free to join.
Old threads:
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=160397 (main)
https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150472 (ooc)
OVERVIEW:
(You don't really have to read all of this if you don't want to. Your character might not really know all of it anyway -- but then again, they might. Don't worry, this thread really is light-hearted. But it's got a good story too. I hope all of you readers will find the complexity enjoyable...)
This SRP thread is more of a sexual ORP thread than anything else. The world is in a fantasy realm, with humans and the fae races, and all sorts of mystery and magic abound. What makes the place so interesting (and so worthy of being on the SRP), however, are the monsters. The monsters of this world are filled with hunger -- for power, for money, for destruction, and more than occasionally, for the opposite sex.
To explain this phenomenon, one must delve into how the power of Magic functions. In this world, there is a physical realm and a spiritual realm. The soul does in fact exist, but it is not different for each person; rather, it is simply the core energy which is drawn from the whole "Consciousness" (the entirity of all creation) in the spiritual realm. Within each human and fae resides a spark of power known as Consciousness -- the pure power of creation. Certain individuals, who happen to have a stronger spark of Consciousness than others, are able to extend their power to affect the outside world. They are Magicians.
Monsters, on the other hand, are not drawn from the Consciousness and its patron, the Mother Goddess. They are drawn from the Void -- the pure, black hole of emptiness, and its patron, the Lord of Destruction. This curses monsters with cravings that they could not control even if they were intelligent enough to resist (and many are). Humans and monsters must constantly battle, and the humans always win -- for darkness is merely an absence of light, and the light always pushes back the darkness. Yet, simultaneously, when light exists, so must shadow, for there is a symbiotic relationship between humans and monsters.
That relationship is the Crystal.
The monsters constantly absorb. And they hunt humans because humans emit energy constantly by the light from their Consciousness. As the monsters absorb, they grow spiritual feedback in their bodies, and when the monsters are defeated and their bodies distingetrate, sucked inward and destroyed by their own internal vaccum (so to speak), they leave behind a Crystal. Thus, the older and more experienced monsters leave behind larger Crystals, as they have absorbed more spiritual energy. Crystals are used as currency almost as often as Golden Suns, Silver Moons, and Copper Stars are, and they can be important spell components for enchanting magical items.
That, of course, infuriates monsters that care about their dead. Which, admittedly, isn't that many monsters. Unless they happen to be related.
Then again, monsters aren't that different from humans. Humans seem to have the same characteristics as monsters, but many humans refuse to believe it. Though the explanation above of Consciousness and Void is taken as the correct one (by humans, of course), it may be that humans have more to do with the Void and monsters more to do with the Consciousness than either would realize. After all, how could any creature be born of only a Goddess or only a Lord?
Those questions, however, will be answered later in the story. ^_^
At any rate, on to more specific matters of Magic. There are three recognized types of Spell-Casting: the Fighter's Trance, the Elemental Magic, and the Summoning Magic. About fifteen-percent of the population of humans (and, presumably, monsters) have the capability to acquire magical abilities. All these magic types are usable by both humans and monsters to equal effect, except for one part of Elemental Magic -- that will be explained later.
The Fighter's Trance involves anime or video game-style martial arts or weapon attacks. Projections of pure spirit for use in fighting -- think anything from Rurouni Kenshin's abilities with the sword to Ryu Hoshi's Hadouken from Street Fighter. You know the stuff. Most adventuring fighters worth their salt have some abilities or projection attacks like this, or they'd never win against magic-users.
The Elemental Magic is comprised of five spheres -- the Four Consciousness Spheres and the Void. The first four are, of course, the Ancient Greek elements of Fire, Air, Water, and Earth, and comprise the human elements of Nature (instinct), Mind (the ego), Faith (empathy), and Trade (or dignity -- according to Piers Anthony's Tarot trilogy). Void, however, is the power of pure annihilation, and is not normally acquired by even the most powerful of Elemental Mages; it comprises the human element of Art, the expression of need and desire in a language without words. Void Magic can only be learned by those who "sell their souls to the Devil", basically -- those who ally with monsters and join the Lord of Destruction.
Finally, Summoning Magic is based on the Totems that are worshipped by both humans and monsters. The totem that represents humans is simply God (usually portrayed as the Mother Goddess, though not always), of course, but the monsters tend to worship all sorts of different animal and beast archetypes, and few worship the Lord of Destruction himself. In fact, most truly intelligent monsters hate the Lord -- he cursed them with their desires. No summoner ever known has ever been able to summon the human archetype, God -- many attempt to specialize in animal or monster totems. Summoners travel constantly to various altars in order to attempt to persuade new Totems to join them -- and only if the Summoners are found worthy (usually if they have a personality similiar to the Totem) do they acquire new powers. Summoners sometimes are changed to resemble their Totems slightly, allowing for a bit of anthropomorphism while still remaining human (or monster), and for some powerful Totems (such as the Golden Dragon) there are full temples where would-be Summoners are trained.
In conclusion, I would like to quote the Introduction to the Elements at http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/AGEDE/Fire.html#LS:
"The dominant Qualities of Fire and Water are Warmth and Coolness, which are the powers of separation and union. Therefore Empedocles taught that Love (Philotês) and Strife (Neikos) are the two primary forces in the cosmos, which bring about all transformation through their mixing and separation of the Roots (Elements). (Although Love and Strife are the conventional English translations, it would be more accurate to say Affinity, i.e. friendship, and Difference, i.e. disagreement.) Empedocles naturally identified these Powers with fiery Ares and sea-born Aphrodite.
Love and Strife are each responsible in Their own way for a "coming to be" and a "passing away": Strife creates Plurality by dividing the One, and Love creates Unity from the Many. A proper balance of both is necessary in an ordered cosmos."
Simply put, the fifth element, Void, is a yin-yang type deal, combining both creation and destruction. From nothing comes a desire for something, and from something comes the inevitable nothing. The cycle of these causes purification, killing that which should not live and creating that which should, growing a tree and pruning it for better growth, even though that tree will never reach the heavens – searching for a perfection that does not, cannot, should not exist.
According to the movie The Matrix, the first Matrix was a perfect world created based on human dreams – a world without conflict, with no war, where everyone understood each other, where everyone was happy – and that world died, because nobody would accept it as reality. Striving for things that can never and should never be achieved is the most important part of life, and simultaneously that of the least use. “Hope” and “boredom” may be more similar than many realize.
Empedocles may have been right – Love and Strife, Consciousness and Void, are both necessary in an ordered cosmos. Thus, that makes the key, the fifth element, a perfect ordered cosmos, a universe within itself, boundless creation and ceaseless pain. A spiral to nowhere, a game of life and death.
Now wasn't that fun?
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