Audacious

Myriad Reality

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Ah, in that sense it becomes a philosophical question.

@Legend

*Shrugs*
It's a lot of questions. Are you sticking around?

Myriad Reality

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*Smiles*
Judge all you like, it just may not accomplish much.

@Legend

The only helpful judges are usually appointed. And even then, not always.

Myriad Reality

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Perhaps in a generalized sense, had the civilization taken a different route and used magic to instead neutralize predators. But it may also be costly, all the while conventional weapons can do the same job.

@Legend

I'm not going to judge. Home is weird compared to everywhere else I've been anyway. I'm sure other people could say the same thing about us.

Myriad Reality

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Ah, likely not. My hypothesis is that as their food supply dwindled, they turned to riskier arts. On a positive note, all other creatures on the planet had starved, so there was no natural threat to the population.

@Legend

*Blinks*
Positive from their perspective, sure. Though I doubt people that have access to magic like that would have any natural threats anyway.

Myriad Reality

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Artificial in what sense? They genuinely had no access to food.

@Legend

I mean caused by something they did. There’s no way they always existed that way, dangerous magic can’t be something people are born knowing.

Myriad Reality

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Some desolate locations can be just as fascinating. One society I observed had no means of growing food and instead had to channel rather dangerous magics to acquire meals.

@Legend

That had to be an artificially created situation.

Myriad Reality

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When the location is pleasant, I consider it the best of both worlds. Not all of them are so fortunate.

@Legend

Not every place is created equal, unfortunately.

Myriad Reality

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*Laughs*
Some of the dimensions I investigate are quite nice. I maintain a directory of those worth visiting.

@Legend

It’s common when vacationing to want to set aside time in the future to go back again.

Myriad Reality

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I don’t have a rigorous methodology for discovering such rituals. Uncovering those processes requires field work.

@Legend

*Raises an eyebrow with a slight smirk*
Sounds to me like you’re just vacationing to new places under the guise of science.

Myriad Reality

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It’s fascinating. Many cultures without significant technological growth have discovered remarkably complex and effective rituals in its place. That happens to be one of my current research focus areas.

@Legend

Focus huh? I took you for a lab scientist, not a sociologist.