Physics... How Do They Work? - 002 [audio]

[juniorganymedian]

[The quick, light breaths coming from the audio indicate that the person speaking is performing some form of physical exertion.]

My apologies for any brusqueness, but I require the assistance of a healer immediately. I have just witnessed a person leaping from the edge of the tower in the Fourth District of Traverse Town. I do not know if they could have survived a fall from such a height, but if they have, I suspect my own first aid knowledge and potion will be insufficient to provide adequate care for such traumatic injuries. I am making all due haste to the area at this moment. Thank you for your attention.

Comments

[wavesinherheart]

Did they jump, or did they fall?

[juniorganymedian]

They jumped, miss.

[Jeeves' experience with suicide among his fellow soldiers is, thankfully, limited. There are also some less grave alternatives.]

They may have thought they could escape the realm of dreams by dying.

[Which is something Jeeves has been contemplating since arrival, but he's not keen to test the hypothesis. Particularly when repeatability is an issue.]

[wavesinherheart]

It might have simply been the fastest way down.

[juniorganymedian]

[There is a small pause as Jeeves tries to figure out if this woman - Aqua, he recognizes the voice from his review of the communicator archives - is attempting humor. It seems unlikely.]

While I am certain an analysis of the available routes would doubtlessly prove you right, miss, a swift drop and a short stop are rarely conducive to carrying on activities after.

Threadjack whee

[unrecovered]

[What the actual hell.]

...that's normal where you're from, isn't it.

[You keypeople are so goddamn weird.]

*adds to the threadjacking* >_> [audio]

[battleborndr]

...Everyone's got their hobbies.

[Despite the nature of his comment, he does sound a bit perplexed.]

[wavesinherheart]

That's why you have to control it.

[wavesinherheart]

It's... not uncommon, I guess.

[juniorganymedian]

I beg your pardon, miss, but I was not aware you could control the fundamental laws of gravity in this realm.

[He means this honestly, but it's half a question. Because that's incredibly disconcerting if that's what she's driving at.]

[raisethemoon]

[That's actually fairly alarming news to Luna; though she herself can fly, she's perfectly accustomed to considering those who cannot. But perhaps she should not panic so quickly.]

Some of the humans can fly...or glide, at least. Didst thou see what they looked like?

[juniorganymedian]

[Humans that can fly and glide? They're nothing like humans he knows of.]

I am nearly to the site of the fall, Your Highness. All I could see was a shock of silver hair from the person jumping. I was not in the Fourth District. They lacked any form of wings or aerial aids from what I could see, though. I am uncertain how they might have managed any form of flight without these.

[raisethemoon]

With magic, naturally.

We have had several humans with silver hair, but I believe they have all wakened...I shall come to investigate, I believe.

[juniorganymedian]

[Naturally... Jeeves fears there is nothing less natural in his imagination than magic. He needs to make allowances for this world of dreams, though. The archives have shown it to be relatively common among the people here. And he'd been requesting magical assistance in the first place.]

I pray you are correct, madam. I will see you presently.

[raisethemoon]

[She nods.

Crack! A flash of blue light and hello, friend, she is here! She knows pretty much all of Twilight Town well enough to teleport through it by now.]

[unrecovered]

I didn't know breaking physics was a hobby.

[unrecovered]

...of course it isn't.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

I don't understand the problem.

[Edge doesn't distinguish between jumping and falling, unlike some of the others, because he once fell pretty much the entire height of the Tower of Babil, which stretches from the the Underworld to far, far above the Overworld, and the biggest problem after that was how to get out again.]

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[juniorganymedian]

[Jeeves has already come to the determination that universes beyond his own are completely insensible, but this is stretching beyond even that.]

On my world, sir, falling from such a height would leave the person dead or grievously injured. Princess Luna and I have encountered the gentleman who jumped now, though. He appears to be unharmed.

Please forgive my initial alarm. As with Agent Washington, I was unaware that the fundamental laws of physics as I understand them do not apply to certain persons.

[wavesinherheart]

Well, there are spells that can effect gravity. But I meant the fall, not gravity itself.

[wavesinherheart]

It just... makes sense. But if he'd fallen it wouldn't have been the same, really.

[juniorganymedian]

[Jeeves was already confused. Her reply only adds to this.]

I do not follow, miss. Presumably magic allowing flight or the slowing of a fall without the aid of wings or other devices would have some impact on gravity whether specific to the individual or to the world around them. Unless you mean to indicate this magic impacts the mass, surface area, or other aspect of the individual to slow them?

[wavesinherheart]

Ah... it would probably be best to show you? If you wanted, that is.

[juniorganymedian]

I would like to ensure the safety of the individual who jumped first, miss.

[While he is curious, Jeeves has a sense of priorities on the off chance the person really was attempting to take their own life for whatever reason.]

[wavesinherheart]

Alright. And if you do need a healer, let me know.

[juniorganymedian]

I will do so miss. Her Royal Highness, Princess Luna has agreed to aid me. I pray we will not require a second magical healer if, indeed, one is necessary at all.