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Magic and Mystical: Interviews

Nothing felt quite so good as to have a project on its way. If this one features slightly less graphical and arbitrary annihilation of all sense and reason to the universe so that his will and desires may stand paramount in all creation, it's no less important or relevant for all that.

Aibghalien has set aside a few of what appear to be practice areas for interviews and assessments, hoping these are large enough to use for any demonstrations necessary. If not, the courtyard outside allows plenty of space for particularly pyrotechnical displays.

[OOC: Those willing to help interview may start their own threads for people to comment on (but Abby would like to get your own lists!) If your character would have come, but you aren't able to thread it out for any reason, just put the information in the Handwaved thread for later compilation.]

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Simon... was starting to remind him vaguely of a companion of his from prior times. And that reminder stopped him from ending the demonstration. Instead, he took a prudent step back even as he continued to watch with interest.

Quite the prudent step indeed, as with one final increase of yelling volume and another burst of green energy, the barrier shattered, and Lagann staggered forward. The drills spun down, and the cockpit hatch opened as the drills retracted. Simon gave the pointy-eared man a lopsided grin. "How's that?"

Luckily the barrier had no literal physical existence to pepper the area with shrapnel. Aibghalien held one eyebrow arched for a long moment as he attempted to reconcile the demonstration with known or conceivable laws of energy.

After a few working theories came to mind, he smiled. "Exactly what I'd asked for, and certainly food for thought."

Don't think too hard about what just happened, elf-guy. Logic and reason have no place in what Simon does.

There's a sigh, and Simon flops back into his seat. "Alright. As I said before, that willpower-energy stuff was mostly used to power robots at home, though a few vehicles utilized it as well."

Everything has underlying logic and reason! And only the application of study and experimentation can uncover them!

"What level of tiredness or exhaustion are you currently at?" he inquired, continuing to take mental notes.

That...was a good question. "I feel a little winded, like if I'd ran a short distance, but that's not quite normal," he answered, looking at his hand. "At least, compared to previous instances..."

"Well, this is a testing environment. I would imagine your willpower would be more focused and easier to draw upon under actual combat conditions." He nodded thoughtfully as he paced around the spot where the wall of force had stood not long ago, peering at it as if he could see something that wasn't there.

"Oh," Simon answers, adjusting a bit in his seat to a more lounge-like position. "That makes a lot of sense, yeah." The man's pacing was a bit odd, however. A few moments pass before Simon's curiosity gets the better of him.

"...what're you doing?"

"Examining the lingering magical auras to better understand what exactly transpired here," he said. "Your ability did not register as magical, but as only certain magics are capable of penetrating a wall of force, I am attempting to reverse-engineer an understanding of your power by analysis of the effects."

"Ohhh..." was Simon's answer, but his tone and the blank stare on his face made it rather obvious that the explanation went way over his head. Gonna have to dumb that down, Abby.

"If you punched down a brick wall, you would leave brick and mortar debris," the elf clarified. "You punched down a magic wall, so you leave magical residue. I'm looking at it to see what I can learn from it."

"Oh! Okay." The leftovers would be marks of energy that would appear to be quite malleable - used to enhance evolution. A sort of all-purpose energy, to put it one way.

And the elf stroked his chin as he considered the residue. "Interesting. I'd love to observe you in an actual exertion rather than a manufactured event."

Simon chuckles a bit sheepishly. "Yeah...admittedly, things are a bit more impressive in an actual fight." Just a little.

"Inevitably so. There's something about mortal danger that inspires people to give their all," he said drolly, though a smile twitched at the corners of his lips.

That got a smirk out of the pilot. "Oh yeah. I suppose if you get the chance during a fight where we can deploy, look for a bigger robot that matches Lagann here," he answers, patting the side of the small robot. "This thing's just the head of what I usually pilot."

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