5. Voice. Cellphone.

[flamberge]

[Hello Network! It's your favorite not!teacher, Mr. Locke, here with a very, very pressing inquiry.]

How might plastic protect against magic?

[No really. He wants to know. Someone please explain how this works because he has no idea.]

Comments

[voice]

[nekromanteia]

And would that be hypothetical, or are we being tested on this?

[voice]

[flamberge]

[SIGH]

Yes, it's the test that determines whether or not your presence will be requested in summer school.

Voice

[heymiki]

[.........................]

Mr. Locke, I don't think any plastic could work against magic...

At least, if you're talking about the plastic that we have in this city.

Voice

[flamberge]

[DON'T JUDGE HIM WITH YOUR VOICE, MIKI.]

I've no idea where the plastic may originate from or any other relevant details aside that it was used in an ancient war to defend against magic.

Voice

[icy_heavens]

... I don't see why it would.

Voice

[flamberge]

Nor do I, hence the reason for my inquiry.

[He sounds as unsure as the next guy cause plastic? Defending against magic? What even...]

[text]

[vanisland]

Why should magic have to follow the same rules as anything else? Maybe the fact that magic can't do anything to plastic is just an inherent law of magic.

Voice.

[flamberge]

Can something so powerful as magic really be rendered ineffective by something so simple as plastic?

[Is magic even strong? Well, if movies are anything to go by... Ugh, he feels dumb even thinking any of this.]

[Audio]

[glorifiedtrash]

That depends! How much have you had to drink today?

[Audio]

[flamberge]

Two large coffees, one small tea and a bottle of water.

[See the lack of alcohol. SEE?]

[not_good_not_wicked]

It doesn't, as far as I can tell.

[flamberge]

I've received a pulse which claims otherwise.

[Maybe the woman in that was just pulling his leg, despite her fanaticism on the subject.]

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

It'd depend heavily on how the magic works, I'd think.

Ballistic plastics would logically help against raw force-type effects, heat-tolerant plastic should help against fire... But other than that, it's hard to say.

[flamberge]

I, unfortunately, lack the knowledge of the magic itself.

That much I am aware of, but how plastic could be capable of doing so against an unnatural force like magic and doing so well enough to be used in combat is where my uncertainty rests.

[Nevermind the fact someone needed to defend against magic in a war.]

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Having some troubles?

What'd you break now?

Voice.

[flamberge]

No and nothing. This a simple, if odd inquiry, nothing more or less.

[Text]

[professorwolf]

It could be that because plastic is a modern and manufactured material, that some kinds of magic wouldn't be able to understand it and thus penetrate or affect it? The way iron would with fairy type magic and such things.

I sincerely doubt that it would work against everything going on here in the city, though. Wherever did you get this idea?

Voice.

[flamberge]

Man-made materials not being understood by a supernatural element does hold a certain amount of sense to it, however... You're knowledgeable on fairy magic?

[Sorry, Lyall, that just stuck out way too much to ignore.]

And it had come from an unexpected pulse this afternoon.

text

[needsmorezippers]

...Science? Magic? Are you being serious?

Voice.

[flamberge]

Completely serious, yes.

[gogoghostpowers]

...Is this on next week's exam?

[flamberge]

[...]

If you can provide an answer with chemical reasoning, I'll give extra credit.

[Keywords: chemical reasoning.]

[stavros]

It could be that plastic is unnatural and magic is considered natural, but it could also just be the nature of the artifact itself. Why do you ask?

[flamberge]

Another person had mentioned the same theory, so it may hold the most water.

[He hmms thoughtfully.]

I received an echo in which someone mentioned that polycarbonte, or plastic, was used in defending against magic in an ancient war.

[Voice]

[dododo]

What exactly does this Echo entail, then?

[Voice]

[flamberge]

It was a memory of an individual stating how plastic had been used in an ancient war to defend against magic.

voice;

[miraclemiko]

Ummm...

[What.]

What?

[Yup.]

I don't think plastic actually works that way...

voice;

[flamberge]

[SIGH. Though 'What?'does sum everything up very nicely.]

Nor do I. The idea itself is the very essence of nonsensical, however some may say the same on the existence werewolves and angels.

[And he's met the former and technically is the later so...]

[lightsoflife]

Plastic? Where did this come from?

[flamberge]

From an odd, if nonsensical pulse.

[voice]

[neonnerd]

[...that is not a question he can say he ever expected to hear.]

I'm going to hazard a guess that this question was prompted by an Echo?

[voice]

[flamberge]

[It's not a question Richard ever expected to ask, honestly.]

Your assumption would be correct.

[voice]

[boredallready]

Isn't plastic supposed to do like everything? So that could be how.

[voice]

[flamberge]

Plastic is hardly so miraculous a material that it could do everything.