fandomhigh | Intro to Magic, 5th Period (Week 5: 10/04/06)

"Here's the simple definition: What goes around, well, it comes around. I've got a handout on the material, but up on the board, there's a short bit ~~copy/pasted from the handout link~~ about karma that you guys oughta read. The handout's way Eastern philosophy, if you're into it."

On the board -
Karma is a sum of all that an individual has done, is currently doing and will do. Individuals go through certain processes and accompanying experiences throughout their lives which they have chosen, and those would be based on the results of their own creations: "karma." Karma is not about retribution, vengeance, punishment or reward. Karma simply deals with what is. The effects of all deeds actively create past, present and future experiences, thus making one responsible for one's own life, and the pain and joy brought to others. In religions that incorporate reincarnation, karma extends through one's present life and all past and future lives as well.

"So, think about it. Cast a naughty spell or a curse? You may get karma slamming you for it. Heck, sometimes you get karma slammed back at you for things you didn't do, if you believe that whole 'sins of the parents will be visited on the children' thing. Which? Yeah, been there and done that, with a whole heaping pile of badness.

What I want you guys to do is group up and chat about karma. Or if you think karma doesn't or shouldn't exist? Talk about it. Some people do think 'do what you wanna and screw everyone else,' after all. But what I'd like you to do also is to talk about what kind of bad thing you'd curse your worst enemy with. Then come up with the karmic repercussions that fate could visit on you, write the whole thing up, and turn it in. Color me curious."

OOC: You do NOT have to write this up and turn this in. It's just something to give your character a focus for interaction. OTOH, if you'd like to, I'd have fun reading it.

I do not have gmail access during the day, so it's best to ping me in the OOC thread for this course if you need anything.

Course Syllabus & Roster

~~Wait for the OCD threads, please.~~ Ready to go!

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Sakura pat him on the shoulder. "You're thinking too hard," she chided lightly, and squeezed his shoulder.

"Well, we are in a class," he pointed out, smiling, then rewound in his thoughts. "... What about you? You wouldn't, er, curse anyone, would you?"

Sakura stared blankly at him for a moment before breaking out in fits of giggles. "Curse someone?" She asked incredulously between giggles. "Me?" She bapped him lightly. "You're kidding, right?"

"I- I don't know that," Alphonse answered, looking flustered. "... Or maybe I do, 'cause I couldn't see you doing that, either. But, well... people 'round here have done all sorts of crazy things."

Sakura smiled, and pat Alphonse on the shoulder. "I'm not cursing anyone," she said.

"I know, I know," Alphonse said quickly. The edge of his mouth quirked into a slight grin. "Or at least hope you don't plan to. I have no idea what your cards are capable of."

Sakura thumbed her chin in thought. "Well then sometime I'll have to show you," she said, grinning. "...Most of them are real tame; I'll have to leave a few to your imagination."

"You've shown me the Dash card," Alphonse reminded her. "That's about it. I dunno what the others do."

Sakura smiled, steepling her fingers. "There's element cards; Windy, Firey, Watery and Earthy..." She digs into her bag, extracting the cards and setting the ones in question out like Tarot and tapping to them. "Then there's more ... specific-use cards. Illusion, Create, Change..." She sets another few cards out. She frowns at Change for a good long moment, then moves on. "The cards I use most..." She taps Windy. "Windy, Fly, and Jump." She adds Fly and Jump to the cards on the desk. Soon, there will be no room left.

Card Seminar, whee!

Alphonse looked down at the cards with heavy interest; aside from the Dash, he vaguely remembered seeing only one other card (something to do with rain? It was hard to say, as the moment only lasted a few seconds), and something like this seemed, well... fairly amazing. It was very different from the other magical types he'd seen. If the name of the cards were as to-the-point as the Dash was-- which he remembered as being a speed amplifier-- then these cards? Were just... yes, 'amazing' was the only word he could think of to describe it. It truly was, to him, and it was rather ironic, coming from someone who had grown to really dislike magic in general.

But as far as Alphonse was concerned, Sakura didn't screw up.

Hoping she didn't mind, Alphonse turned some of the cards to face him and studied them closely. "Wow, you're lucky," he finally said, almost as a murmur. "These can do almost everything, can't they?"

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