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I was on the Walkers' rooftop this morning, and I managed to sense the Odeon theater fire before it actually happened. I just didn't trust my instincts yet, and.... Well, fortunately there were no deaths reported in the news.
Val dropped in briefly. I can now safely say that I've pitted a finger against a raven's beak in a wrestling match of sorts. For whatever that's worth. Crazy-ass bird.
I had to leave (PI case to attend to), but asked Val to remind me to talk to her about the CyberRealm. Her response indicated she'd been there before. Interesting. On my way out, Val made a comment about not messing with traffic lights to get there on time.
Val's comment about not messing with traffic lights got me thinking, as I was driving, about all the ways I could mess with traffic lights:
* A rudimentary combination of the most basic aspects of Correspondence and Entropy could be combined to find the "path of least resistance" via a map and coincidental magic.
* A similar combination of magic could be used to "go with the flow," which could start off being coincidental but then get more and more vulgar the longer it was kept up.
* A slightly higher level of Entropic magic alone could be used to coincidentally have good luck with the lights, though that would get progressively more and more vulgar as more and more green lights were seen with nary a red in sight.
* Some apprentice-level Forces could be used to reroute electricity within the traffic light, causing it to be green instead of yellow or red. That'd be coincidental, easily explained as a circuit changing inside the light unless you did something crazy with it.
* Some apprentice-level Forces could be used to simply make an illusion of the traffic light over the actual traffic light, changing what it was that people saw. Coincidental, again, because it's an illusion that no one would really notice unless it was poorly executed or blatant/excessive.
* Some disciple-level Mind magic could trick a person into believing they saw the traffic light being red instead of green, causing traffic going across the street to stop and allowing me to carry on through the intersection. Coincidental, probably, depending on how distracted the driver is to begin with. Probably not the safest way to do that, either.
* Some adept-level Forces magic could be used to manually switch all lights in a large area to the desired colors. That be kind of tricky, but doable, and could go either vulgar or coincidental, depending on how much attention people are paying and how it was executed.
* Some adept-level Forces magic could be used to create illusions over the existing traffic lights in a larger area. That'd be pretty tricky. That'd also be bordering on vulgar magic, depending on how it was done and how much people were paying attention.
So... 8 different ways that I could currently use to mess with traffic lights by various means, various spheres and sphere combinations, and various degrees of risk for backlash. But, having used Entropy in the past to run lights... Let me tell you, it is a real act of white-knuckled faith doing that sort of thing. I wouldn't recommend frivolous use. And, honestly, the much more subtle magic is often much more preferable
Val dropped in briefly. I can now safely say that I've pitted a finger against a raven's beak in a wrestling match of sorts. For whatever that's worth. Crazy-ass bird.
I had to leave (PI case to attend to), but asked Val to remind me to talk to her about the CyberRealm. Her response indicated she'd been there before. Interesting. On my way out, Val made a comment about not messing with traffic lights to get there on time.
Val's comment about not messing with traffic lights got me thinking, as I was driving, about all the ways I could mess with traffic lights:
* A rudimentary combination of the most basic aspects of Correspondence and Entropy could be combined to find the "path of least resistance" via a map and coincidental magic.
* A similar combination of magic could be used to "go with the flow," which could start off being coincidental but then get more and more vulgar the longer it was kept up.
* A slightly higher level of Entropic magic alone could be used to coincidentally have good luck with the lights, though that would get progressively more and more vulgar as more and more green lights were seen with nary a red in sight.
* Some apprentice-level Forces could be used to reroute electricity within the traffic light, causing it to be green instead of yellow or red. That'd be coincidental, easily explained as a circuit changing inside the light unless you did something crazy with it.
* Some apprentice-level Forces could be used to simply make an illusion of the traffic light over the actual traffic light, changing what it was that people saw. Coincidental, again, because it's an illusion that no one would really notice unless it was poorly executed or blatant/excessive.
* Some disciple-level Mind magic could trick a person into believing they saw the traffic light being red instead of green, causing traffic going across the street to stop and allowing me to carry on through the intersection. Coincidental, probably, depending on how distracted the driver is to begin with. Probably not the safest way to do that, either.
* Some adept-level Forces magic could be used to manually switch all lights in a large area to the desired colors. That be kind of tricky, but doable, and could go either vulgar or coincidental, depending on how much attention people are paying and how it was executed.
* Some adept-level Forces magic could be used to create illusions over the existing traffic lights in a larger area. That'd be pretty tricky. That'd also be bordering on vulgar magic, depending on how it was done and how much people were paying attention.
So... 8 different ways that I could currently use to mess with traffic lights by various means, various spheres and sphere combinations, and various degrees of risk for backlash. But, having used Entropy in the past to run lights... Let me tell you, it is a real act of white-knuckled faith doing that sort of thing. I wouldn't recommend frivolous use. And, honestly, the much more subtle magic is often much more preferable
