[ during the orientation for the magic training, Sakura listens carefully. idly, she finds herself wondering how old the twin fae girls are. their appearances suggest girls similar in age to herself, yet if they are truly faeries, magical beings, could it be that they are actually far older? Sakura Matou is still not quite certain what to make of everything. a new world, technology far beyond anything she has known in her world, and magic as an open part of life and society. the magic/tech division in Magisteria is not exactly foreign to her, given that there was a division in her own world, too, although not one so obviously... factional, as it were. mages in her world were an underground society, and technology was a part of life. here, they are both overwhelmingly dominant elements of society around which all else seems to be structured.
there's a lot to that, and she listens carefully as the fae girls describe the ideological differences which characterize their Institution. ]
Concern for the environment and industrial Bios...
[ she speaks the words softly, beneath her breath. once the orientation has concluded, Sakura can be found walking about the apartment complex grounds and looking highly contemplative as she ruminates upon all that she is hearing.
if only her senpai were here, or her sister -- they would be brilliant and heroic, but instead, fate or fortune or the universe has chosen to transplant Sakura here, in this world where it seems something will be expected of her. how strange, how ironic. born a mage into a family of mages, and yet she was never formally taught, was she? there's a dark bitterness in the pit of her stomach which she suppresses as she thinks of herself being taught magic formally, albeit magic of such a different variety than that which she has known all her life. (but has she truly known it? did her impossibly talented sister not criticize her for not even recognizing the legacy of the great Zelretch? Rin would not struggle with these magical challenges, no...)
for her mentors to be girls who appear no older than herself, no pain nor suffering nor creatures penetrating into her body: and yet, perhaps she is starting over, a new beginning. perhaps she must necessarily see it this way, and accept as such. she must live up to the standards of her sister and her senpai. she must. ]
Ah -- but what about the technology is hurting the planet? This world seems full of beauty, energy, life...
[ she needs to grasp the situation, gain an understanding of it. that's what her sister would do, were she here. Sakura doesn't think of it as her strong point, but anyone who encounters her will find her willing to talk about all that's on her mind since the orientation as she readies herself to begin the rune challenges -- a mage reborn. ]
meet the magic npcs
there's a lot to that, and she listens carefully as the fae girls describe the ideological differences which characterize their Institution. ]
Concern for the environment and industrial Bios...
[ she speaks the words softly, beneath her breath. once the orientation has concluded, Sakura can be found walking about the apartment complex grounds and looking highly contemplative as she ruminates upon all that she is hearing.
if only her senpai were here, or her sister -- they would be brilliant and heroic, but instead, fate or fortune or the universe has chosen to transplant Sakura here, in this world where it seems something will be expected of her. how strange, how ironic. born a mage into a family of mages, and yet she was never formally taught, was she? there's a dark bitterness in the pit of her stomach which she suppresses as she thinks of herself being taught magic formally, albeit magic of such a different variety than that which she has known all her life. (but has she truly known it? did her impossibly talented sister not criticize her for not even recognizing the legacy of the great Zelretch? Rin would not struggle with these magical challenges, no...)
for her mentors to be girls who appear no older than herself, no pain nor suffering nor creatures penetrating into her body: and yet, perhaps she is starting over, a new beginning. perhaps she must necessarily see it this way, and accept as such. she must live up to the standards of her sister and her senpai. she must. ]
Ah -- but what about the technology is hurting the planet? This world seems full of beauty, energy, life...
[ she needs to grasp the situation, gain an understanding of it. that's what her sister would do, were she here. Sakura doesn't think of it as her strong point, but anyone who encounters her will find her willing to talk about all that's on her mind since the orientation as she readies herself to begin the rune challenges -- a mage reborn. ]