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Added 2023-06-10 19:01:00 +0000 UTC“You ready?” Erick asked.
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Think about the scenario: the God of Magic can't talk to anyone about how magic actually used to be and his every attempt at communication being subverted with even Shades being unable to talk about Rift Magic. It's like going from a world that speaks English to a world that only says "Malkovich, Malkovich" when you try to speak with anyone. No wonder he went insane. --- I think Particle Magic brought back his sanity because it is the new Truth of Mana that only Knowledge knew about but she converted herself into a god-level anti-meme to prevent another Sundering. Why else would they sacrifice only Knowledge and not any other powerful god? Nobody else could keep knowledge even from the gods.
jj
2023-06-12 06:27:37 +0000 UTCAlright, allow me to try and compile what we know. There is an anti-meme in effect that actively alters peoples memories when certain information is verbally disclosed. It can affect the Fae and operate in the Dark. We can reasonably say that it is not the Script's doing because if Rozeta had established this anti-meme it would most likely work more like the Silencing the Script uses to actively suppress information being transmitted rather than retconning after the information is already disclosed. It is reasonable to say that the Goddess of Knowledge was aware of the Anti-meme and it subsequently stripped that knowledge from her only for her to regain it instantly due to being Knowledge, causing a negative feedback loop that rendered her catatonic. The Anti-meme triggered when Solomon voice voiced the idea that it was not a translation issue causing the Guile to have difficulty understanding what they were saying in relation to Rift Magic. There is some detail about rift magic that is actively being monitored for mentions of or adjacent to and then the surrounding details of the discussion and associated memories are altered by the Anti-meme to prevent rediscovering that info. We will assume in this case that everything before Guile mentioning he "recalled rift magic now" remained unaltered as that is where the conversation restarted presumably. We don't know if it messed with Erick's multiversal theory of magic. It's damn powerful at wiping info, but it's also seemingly dumb about what data transmission vectors it can detect that info on. You have to poke relatively hard at it before it reacts or it takes a minute to react to an ongoing discussion. I think it reacted when Solomon voiced certainty that it was not a translation error or Erick saying that Guile SHOULD know about what they were talking about. That certainty may be a key triggering factor. I'm thinking it may be possible to discuss the Anti-meme in a location with no mana. It seemingly has no issue operating in the Dark so it is likely less tied to physical reality than mana. As long as the subject does not come up while in contact with mana you may be able to retain the information after discussing it verbally. This is of course a complete guess as it was able to affect the memories of a Fae in physical form as well as the other people around them. Debbie is able to remember because she is literally unable to forget anything and the Anti-meme is not actively trying to wipe her out, only appearing if she tries to spread the information. Not sure how much Melimezargo is aware of the Anti-meme. He did regain his sanity after coming to understand particles but there's something fishy about this Anti-meme that makes me agree with my fellow commenters that Mel thinking this world is false may not be too far off the mark.
Pheonixarcher
2023-06-12 01:53:37 +0000 UTCThe magic is physical and affects physical words bring shared, so it's definitely not a part of the Script, 'cause the Mind Mages took care of that. The Red magic is probably the reason new Goddesses of Knowledge are Mad because this anti-meme causes knowledge to be lost, probably affects even gods and the Fae. Or is the Red magic the Goddess of Knowledge removing certain knowledge from everyone. Maybe no one can become a True Wizard because they can't purge this influence so they can't be set apart from the Reality to be their own reality. --------------In Nelboor, Kaffi says that Rifts have resonances and considering that the Red magic appears when discussing those, was the Sundering a Resonance Cascade into the New Cosmology?
jj
2023-06-11 21:18:34 +0000 UTC
