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Sender: Phantom
To: Everyone
Subject: Healing Magic

Good evening. I write to ask if there are any amongst us dreamwalkers who may be able and willing to teach the healing arts.

The ability to mend wounds and cleanse poisons is a valuable skill that can help us prepare for unexpected events. Owing to the varied forms of dreamwalkers, I believe that magic would be more effective, as well as more accessible, whether drawing from magical aptitude or from our own dreamotion energies.

Please let me know if you are interested in teaching. I can offer some compensation for your time. I also encourage fellow prospective students to write in, I shall keep you apprised of any developments.

Thank you for your perusal, and I wish all a pleasant sunset.

Phantom

[ ooc: Sometimes I render Phantom's network posts with 𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔱 to emphasise his handwriting and/or way of speaking. It's opt-in since I understand it can be kind of illegible! Let me know via PM if you want the 𝔣𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔶 𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔱. ]

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Well I think it depends on the caster. They cast spells by drawing in energy from the world and manifesting it into magecraft.

[ It's a tedious process. That process can be dangerous too depending on the type of magic you want to use. ]

Magecraft is the type of spells magi like to use. I usually start by making a magic circut and focusing on that.

[ Hm, so it's not so different from Arts drawing upon the power within Originium. Phantom nods. ]

Then, what are these circuits? [ They sound like technological implements. ] Would you be able to use it to channel positive energy, perhaps?

Magic circuits are something a magi is born with. I'm not a proper mage so I have to make them myself.

[ He's so bad at magic it's kind of miserable really. ]

A family with a stronger bloodline for magic would have more magic circuits. It's not something you can just ask for.

[ Inborn affinity, then. Strange that they would be called circuits. Phantom closes his eyes in thought. ]

Would weaker circuits affect a person's ability to use magical tools?

I think so. There's a lot of things that get passed down through bloodlines. Teachings, spells, family heirlooms. A proper mage might even have their own workshop.

[He'd like to know more about these things that Phantom is describing. ]

What kind of purpose does a magical tool have? It seems to have more use than just magic if you're asking me.

These tools would enable the individual to accomplish feats that they would otherwise not be able to.

[ He meant it more as a general term, but that's his understanding of it. ]

Certain tools require some level of aptitude from the wielder.

The magi call those things mystic codes. I have one with me right now.

[Shirou holds up his left arm and it's covered in some kind of red cloth that looks more like a seal.]

Do you see this seal? It's the shroud of martin. I don't really know if it's similar to those magical tools you described.

[ Phantom looks at the cloth on Shirou's arm. It seems rather ordinary, though he supposes he can't judge other worlds' tools by their appearances. ]

What is its function? [ Is it like his Infection Monitor? ]

It's supposed to seal away my magical potential. I know that sounds counter productive when you're a mage but if I don't seal it away it'll destroy my body. So that's why I can't properly cast spells.

[...There's a good reason behind it at least. It's not his fault that he's being hindered like this. ]

Have you ever seen anything like it before?

[ Phantom frowns and folds his arms. This is not unfamiliar to him. ]

Why would it destroy your body?

It's magic that's too strong for a human to withstand. I guess this thing is more like a weapon.

Do you have any magical weapons? [Phantom seems to know a lot about these things so it wouldn't be weird if he had magical tools of his own.]

[ Something doesn't really add up... ]

You said you did not have good magic circuits. How would you have magic that is too strong for you to handle, then?

Someone entrusted this magic to me. It was the dying wish of a warrior who fell in battle and gave up his life hoping that I'd be strong enough to match up to it.

I can't allow myself to be so weak when others are depending on me. I hope that answers your question.

[ It does, but it only raises more questions. ]

What do you intend to do with this magic, then?

I want to fight so that I can get the holy grail's power. It's a legendary artifact that's said to grant any wish.

[ He's really going on a really vague legend here but he wants to believe in it. ]

With that kind of magic I don't think we need to endure this kind of pain anymore. It's the only way. Is there something powerful enough to grant wishes in your world?

Only a miracle can grant a wish, and no such thing exists in Terra.

[ He's sure of that. But: ]

But you are unable to attain this 'grail' in this world, yes? Then could you perhaps remove this magic from your body for now?

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