UN: ThreeCoffins

[improbablenotimpossible]

Hello. This is Arthur Bell, RA of Aube 3 and TA for the science courses in the afternoon and evening classes.

I'm open to offering tutoring in chemistry, biology, and physics on weekend afternoons and during breaks if you are staying on campus during holiday. I am fluent in quite a few languages if you feel more comfortable learning in your native tongue - not counting my own native English, I am fluent in German, French and Spanish, while I can carry on a conversation in Japanese and Italian.

And on a less business-like note, I am wondering if there is anyone else at the academy with an interest in mysteries or detective stories - book, film, etc. I'm looking for recommendation and others to discuss the mysteries at length with.

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UN: Epicyon

[heromedal]

Hello, this is Rex.

[ Just in case, yah know. Hasn't been in the dorm for the past couple days, but that's normal Rex. ]

I can't say I've much experience in fictional cases, but I occasionally examine unexplained events (typically from the perspective of those with no understanding of magic) and attempt to reason what truly occurred.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Ah, solving cold cases and phenomenon can be entertaining - though too often other investigators are so wrapped up in their bunkum and balderdash theories that any attempt to illuminate the truth of the matter gets dismissed out of hand.

[heromedal]

True. Additionally, not being able to investigate the situation personally renders it all speculation- but they can be interesting thought experiments to keep me occupied sometimes.

It can be quite confusing when the speculations of those who are not part of the Real World put forth conjecture upon the involvement of magical influences they don't understand as well.

[improbablenotimpossible]

If I have to hear another ridiculous guess about the Ripper murders I will scream.

And I do not like to guess - it's a shockingly terrible habit, one no one should get into. Especially on matters so remote. You look at the evidence and form the theories, and it's best to only bring in magic when mundane answers cannot explain all the evidence.

[heromedal]

Jack the Ripper I could not even begin to speculate on. The data is simply too muddled at this stage.

It is a curious point you make though- that it is moreimportant to be a sceptic when you know that magic is real. There is a horrendous tendency to say 'it's magic' in response to nearly everything, as if that explains anything, from the magical community. Very frustrating.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Police work was quite poor in that era.

I suppose that is an artifact of my being introduced to the supernatural relatively late in life. I considered myself a man of science first and foremost.

[heromedal]

Sorry if it is rude to ask, but is that a first-hand opinion or based on your studies of the time?

[ Immortals, you gotta ask. ]

Personally, I try not to make a distinction. The pursuit of truth is science embodied. Magic is no less scientific than any other field of study- it simply widens the scope of topics. That said, conventional science is more common on Earth and should be the first assumption.