World Refugees Final Mix

Well, I was running during PT this morning, and hating with my gut (Actually, mostly my lungs, but my gut was involved) when I struck about an interesting thought. I asked Yuffie the other day about Ninja Skills. And didn't get a response. Considering I was asking a ninja, this is reasonable. I was going to ask her more about them, because hey, ninjas are awesome. Anyone who says otherwise is a pirate.
 

But, I'm getting off topic again. The point is, I'm wondering how magic ties into physical skills. Because you know, I can't just throw down a smoke bomb and disapear, or run up buildings. There's more than mortal strength involved. It might not be magic. It could be ki. If it's chakra, I will find a copy of Naruto and burn it,  but that's still a possibility. Hell, SORA CLEAVED BUILDINGS at the end of KHII. Did the Keyblade help? Probably. But as any physics course can tell you, you have to use energy to get energy. I'm assuming that they're inputing some unknown thing, that I'll call magic until further notice, to help them output more force, or achieve effects that should be impossible.

Of course, this difference in force output could be ascribed to unknown physiological differences too. For all I know, the people of RG have denser musculature as a result of some mineral in the water. Or, it could be that the very physics of other worlds allow for greater suspension of 'reality' as we know it, enabling feats beyond what you and I consider normal human ability. The reduced power of magic on earth seems to support this theory. However, until I can compare something 'physical' it is entirely possible that it just applies to magic.

Once we get past the basic metamagical-physics(?) of the issue, we hit the bits I consider more interesting. Implementation of 'Reinforcement' magic. It is entirely likely that different worlds have different variations of this technique, creating a unique plethora of ways to enhance oneself. Pursuit of all of these, or even a decent chunk would be something worthy of a lifetime of study.

Then, we get into the 'skills'. These are things that by all rights, should be impossible, but like magic, work anyway.  I'm calling them skills rather than spells, because they're what happens when Leon's sword does that glowy thing, and Yuffie's shuriken flies around, and come back. Are these things the crystallization of years of training and refinement of techniques, or are they accomplished more through force of will and magic?

Furthermore, is there a limitation to what can be accomplished via 'Reinforcement'? With enough time, skill, and training, could one become a literal super-man? Or, is this just what it sounds like, something that merely Reinforces that which is already there?

Drifting further off-topic, how far can magic be pushed? Song is an accomplished caster of Dream spells, and Merlin in the games is at very least capable of levitation and crafting a Bag of Holding, to say nothing of Ansem's accomplishments, or even Ren's attempting to recreate an entire world. The more I learn about magic, the more it seems like people put mental limits on what it can and can't do.

While we are not the masters of the True Magics from the Nasuverse (yet), there is no reason not to try and achieve impossible. Magic is limited, so far as I can tell, by only your imagination, and what you dare. It's a wondrous and terrifying realization.

And after spending fourty five minutes typing, I wonder if most of you have realized this.

TLDR, Ninja's are awesome. How do they do their tricks? Also, Magic is scary awesome.

So, hello again.

As some of you may have heard, I'm actually in the USAF.

I've kinda been hearing some odd rumors for the past couple of weeks, and for the most part, they're rumors. Probably. I don't know. As things stand, they don't compromise security or any active operations in anyway... That I know of.

So, because it shouldn't be important, and might not even be true, I can share some of it with you.

Also, as you all probably guessed, they're rumors about weird things. As in... well, I don't what to call it. Multiversal stuff?
Let's just say they're things you may find relevant.

First up on the grapevine, is the Great Gummi Custody Battle. The Airforce is arguing with the Navy on who gets jurisdiction, out in your guy's neck of the woods. This is kind of important, but it's basically politics. Yeah, it's gonna shape the future. But for now, it's basically bickering. No matter what though, this'll probably be something you're gonna want to keep an eye on, anyway. I think the Air Force currently has the edge, but I wouldn't count the Navy out just yet.

Next, the establishment of a base off-world... And I just felt like I read something out a Star Gate script. Anyway, this is something that's gonna depend on who get the shiny gummi-space permission slip. I've heard some spots suggested, Twilight Town, Traverse, Disney Castle, Radiant Garden. Well, I don't think that last one's there right now, but I've heard some one's organizing something to fix that. How's that going anyway?

Third big rumor, and I only heard this one recently. Dedicated anti-Heartless units. Special Forces tasked with hunting creatures of Darkness. I wouldn't sink alot of thought into this one. It's probably just some one blowing smoke. But, I'd listen for gun-fire and be careful if I were you guys, ok?

Here's an especially weird one for you guys, though: Apparently some general is organizing a Joint Forces Magi-Unit. In terms of credibility, I'd put this rumor above Area 51, but below Nessie. I mean, I'd start to take it seriously if it was going to be an Army, or Marine unit, but a Joint one? It's hard to get solid cooperation between services sharing a BASE, and who's jobs have them working together closely. Even then, they're still different units. A single JOINT unit? Oi, the paperwork snafu's alone would give people head aches, nevermind the culture clashing.

And to close up this little bit of rumor mongering, there's talk about modding the F-35 to be able to hand gummi-space. I doubt this one too. You  don't want to know how much money's already been sunk into development of the F-35. I mean, later they might make another model of it that CAN do G-space, but they're kind of behind schedule already. They need to finish the tweaking so that they can the fully functioning version ready for mass production. Then they can worry about modding it once they have it going.


Anyway, that's pretty much everything interesting that I can tell you guys. Thoughts on any of this?
((OK, Rumors are rumors. I've talked with the Mods a little bit about some of them, but we never made plans.  So, these may be true. Or, they might not be. They're rumors, after all.))E