NPC CONTACT
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andernach & fearolc ▪ While the Bonded pair are particularly busy - between their everyday work for the Coven and Parliament, and looking for answers to new arrivals' questions - they've placed a mailbox outside the Coven gates for anyone to leave a letter for them. These can be non-urgent queries, updates for Nessie or Mhairi, requests for in-person appointments, etc.
You can also reach them both by watch now! They've gotten their own, and will answer at their earliest availability. However, if your message or request for them is time sensitive, it's always recommended that you seek them out at the Coven itself, especially to reach Miss Nessie. Relaying messages through Parliament can be difficult, but this is also an option, if Mhairi is currently attending a session.
If you wish to interact with Nessie and Mhairi outside of the intro logs, please comment here. You have the option of handwaving the IC interaction to OOCly ask what questions your character might have for them, for us to summarize an answer for, or you can request an IC thread. Simply specify in your comment's subject IC or OOC, comment to the specific NPC you'd like to contact, and we'll respond accordingly. If you're looking to speak to both, please respond to the toplevel below.
Face-to-face IC interactions are granted in special OOC circumstances, such as follow-ups to quests, investigations, or a previous thread. OOC "handwaving" of a face-to-face interaction is still good to go!
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Dearest Princess,
You'll be right happy to know I may've got an answer for this one! Might not be the one you'd be happy to hear, but at least it's a question I've some familiarity with. I didn't pay too much attention in theory classes - I'm more a hands-on learner, and lectures put me to sleep - but there's one thing the Coven drills into its students more than anything else in the whole entire world.
"Magic comes at a price."
It could be that 'price' was the lot of you's native magics (or powers, whatever you'd like to call them) (incredible abilities?). Normally, magic's price is on a smaller scale - most everyday spells just tire you out, the price being your energy. Nothing a good nap and some proper food won't fix! Much larger and powerful spells require materials as their price, else it'll drain their caster of too much energy. It's not too specific, so most Witches buy a jug of animal blood and use that if they need to. Blood's powerful in magic, you see.
Other spells require more specific materials and handling - divination's usually the culprit here. I've joked it's the alchemy of magic and gotten a number of dirty looks, so I wouldn't say you should say that around in public, but it's true. Difference lies in how many times you can use a material though; alchemy tends to be one-use only, since they're transformed into something else, be it by actual creation or by potionmaking. Divination, on the other hand, has materials with an unlimited amount of uses, long as it doesn't break or anything like that. Crystals, cards, candles. All those kinds of things.
But back to the topic at hand: magic has a price, and that might be the answer here. We'll keep looking into it, of course, and should the trend continue we'll have no choice but to accept it as the most viable theory... Not like we can ask the world Talam herself, or talk to magic, or anything like that after all!
I hope that helps even a bit, dearest. Spread it among the rest of you if you would, too - I'm sure you're not the only one worried about your magics. Actually, if I recall, a few others seemed a bit at a loss about it back when you lot arrived...
Ever yours,
Miss Nessie ♡
P.S.: I'm right grateful for the offer of your help, dearest. If you could drop off some seasonal fruit tarts from The Ringing Bell over in the Shopping District, I'd be happy as a clam. Haven't had the time to go myself, but I've been craving them!
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Miss Nessie,
Indeed, this theory does not sit well with me, but you have my gratitude for taking the time to explain it regardless. If all magic has a price as you say, I shall have to hold onto hope that magic can be bought back at a price somehow as well.
[Probably a foolish thing to think, given how little she knows about the laws that govern this world's magic, but she'd go insane if she didn't try.]
I will pass this message on to my my fellow travelers when I have processed it myself. I do not imagine it will be well received, but if we are to offer any assistance in returning our selves to our proper places, it is better to have a starting point at least than to fumble around in the dark.
I left your tarts with the young lady who was attending to the kitchen when I stopped by. I assume she has informed you by the time you read this letter, but I shall mention it here just in case.
With sincerity,
Princess Zelda