[b]Alright, reply train starting. Pardon my absence, I was sleeping the day off since I was sick.[/b]

[i]Damn this quoting system[/i]. 

[quote=Imperfectionist]
Mm, my idea for Ouramancers is that if a bloodline that has gained such abilities continues to practice the mysticism they originated from, every child in that line who would have been a general Magestrava become Ouramancers instead. So, they are much rarer than the general populace, but the numbers are altogether more predictable, as there are only a few families in each area who boast such power (maybe magic, specifically Ouramancy, is more common among these families, as well?).:)

 As for your character background, do you think you might be able to blend it with mine a little? After all, my character's family is one of the few in Lismos with the "gift", as it were, and yours (she? he?) would have to have observed it in action somewhere, right? What if they knew each other before being enrolled in the Academy? I always like it when characters have pre-established rapport.
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Right, right. Family traditions are the long-road to gaining Ouramancy traits, but they're also much easier to maintain/survive through over having demons and/or celestials bothering your family for a few centuries. It's probably best to think of Ouramancy as an "evolutionary" response in a bloodline to be able to deal with higher beings, as if contact with them also has mutagens get shoved into their reproductive organs. Unfortunately, having said gift subjects them to a crippling overspecialization, it seems.

Sort of like how the highly evolved birds of the Galapagos wouldn't survive outside of their part of the islands, or how Pandas wouldn't survive if they weren't so cute (LOL).

Anyway, hmm... I can see the backgrounds being blended, yeah! Though I would prefer if the characters themselves do not know each other directly, as my character is planned to be seeking out Ouramancers to help her family out with their... problems. It's perfectly reasonable that she'll know of the premier Ouramancer families in Lismos, and that she and her family would be seeking their help. Inversely, it would be known that her family is having quite the problem with demons. 

[quote=Shifter_Master]
I get the unfortunate feeling I live in a different time Zone then the majority of you, why do the good ones always have to be out of synch T^T
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Oh, don't you worry, aside from the fact that I slept for 18 hours today, time zone means absolutely [u]nothing[/u] to me. I live in Texas, but I essentially run on GMT +9, yet I also maintain contact with friends in GMT +/- 0. So if anything, you'll probably almost always have me to roleplay with :P\

[b]While on that note, for the convenience of everyone else, what time zones do y'all live in?[/b]

[quote=TheHangedMan]
Sepcarim are simply born with [i]more[/i]. More control, more tolerance, more sensitivity, etc. when it comes to using these energies. They were born with bodies that were crafted through chance that can specifically handle their abilities.

In theory, a Magestrava can do what a Monk and Syker can, but again, only superficially. It will take more than a miracle to reach what they can do with ease. As for Shamans, they are more sensitive to the movement of Nature - their perception of it is largely different from everyone else's, be they Magestrava or not. They can see and interact with it on it's basest form, which is a gigantic living organism. Basically, they can see the Circle of Life and ride on it.
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So ultimately, it's a form of innate talent/natural genius versus hard work/learned genius within a specialized field. So does this mean that, like Ouramancy, the traits of Sepcarim are inherited through a bloodline's affinity toward said traits? Likewise, would that qualify Ouramancers as a form of Sepcarim? 

I can see a slight irony here, where a Magestrava might find theirself jealous of a Sepcarim's innate and ridiculous control of a branch, easily and thoroughly controlling something they can only dream of having such fine power over; whereas a Sepcarim might be jealous of a Magestrava's flexibility and potential, covering the majority of fields that they can't even hope to find proficiency in.

[quote=TheHangedMan]
Just keep in mind that Akasha-Deviancy is the absolute highest epitome of all magic studies. Talent, hard-work and luck mean nothing alone when it comes to this branch; you have to bring all three together, but even then it's not guaranteed. It is the ultimate goal for every Scholarly inclined Magestrava, and I will put you through hell if you even attempt to study it - that's just how difficult it is.
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Type-Moon references abound (okay, perhaps not)! So that makes sense, many a Magestrava's ultimate goal would be to reach the sum-total of knowledge, the Akashic Records. But it's such a hard road that they may strive to only scratch one facet of all-knowledge—that is, mastery over one school or another.

It's rather understandable that someone trying to learn... Well... [b][i]EVERYTHING[/i][/b] will be put through hell if they tried to learn. While this isn't my character's goal, I'm looking forward to see if anyone will be attempting this arduous task.

Makes me wonder just what it takes to be a [i]teacher[/i] in this field. Or maybe they're secretly divine beings having fun and posing as teachers. Hah.

[quote=Shifter_Master]
*Snip*
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That sounds... really fantastic, lmao. Can't wait to see what you produce! He'll be a fun character to be around, no doubt. I can clearly see that Imperfectionist's character, having some degree of contact with the true and only weilders of Akashic-Deviancy (higher beings, that is), would be a go-to for someone looking to control it, themselves.

Sounds like Imperfectionist will have quite a lot of people going after their character for different reasons. This'll be fun!

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@Imperfectionist & @TheHangedMan

Sorry, Imperfectionist's confusion on the Fae may have me in part to blame, in that some of the things I have theorized might have mixed together with what TheHangedMan has explained of them. I have no questions of my own on the creatures, as everything that's said about them makes a great deal of sense to me.

In other news, I started reading the Dresden Files, since I have a feeling it might help me out a bit, lol~