un: black

[marmoron]

[The video feed opens on a black and red motorcycle that's looking a little roughed up, but in decent condition.]

Got this from one of the folks in town.

[Keith turns the phone in his hand to show his face.]

Anyone know a spell to make it fly or anything else interesting?

Comments

UN: fundirection

[hippocarnival]

Isn't driving it interesting? [It's a motorcycle and that is inherently cool.]

Uh, I don't know any but I think you'd want to do rune inscriptions for something like that?

[marmoron]

Runes, huh.

[He's looking thoughtful at that.]

Used to have a bike back home. Guess the novelty's worn off a little.

[hippocarnival]

Yeah. Since you're working an an object, I think runes are supposed to be better for giving it effects if it's not already magic? [He hasn't had a rune class, he's trying to remember what he heard from basic introductions of magic years ago. He's maybe not the most reliable source, here.]

It'd be so easy to get around if you could fly...

UN: Epicyon -Text

[heromedal]

Not a spell but hypothetically doable.

[marmoron]

how?
i'm all ears

[heromedal]

That depends.

Do you still want it to function as a conventional motorcycle?

[marmoron]

as long as i could still use it to get to places
wouldn't be of much use if all it could do was hover

[heromedal]

Well you could replace the front wheel with a levitation system and the back with a propulsion system would be my first thoughts for conversion but if you want to get to places where magic is not common knowledge it wouldn't do you much good. Unless we added a stealth component, but I've been able to get that to work at low speeds only so far. At that stage, it'd probably be easier if I made something from scratch.

[ Watch how he transitions from 'you' to 'we' to 'I' in two sentences. He just likes helping and building stuff. ]

If retaining the same appearance is a consideration and having some subtlety, I'd likely design some sort of forcefield projector into the wheels so it drives on what appears to be thin air. Wouldn't impact its conventional utility in the slightest and would at least look like flying.

[marmoron]

[Woah that's more involved than Keith was expecting. There's a short delay as he considers this before responding.]

so i take it you're an engineer or something
have you ever worked on something like this before?
what would you be asking for in return?

[heromedal]

I dabble, no and that depends on if it is for personal use or to assist the academy's goals.

[ He dabbles, he says, as he sends over a quick sketch of concept 1 and concept 2. Concept 1 looks a little like something from Star Wars (though he's never seen Star Wars, it's coincidence) and concept 2 is mostly math and arrows. ]

If it's for personal use, I'd think of something. If it's for work, I don't see the point in depriving people of resources of their own to increase our own capabilities.

UN: techdoc

[tadeadshi]

not a spellcaster but I could make that happen

[marmoron]

yeah?
how would you go about it?

UN: Bananice

[playitagain]

I'm not any use with spells or anything but I think it looks very cool on its own! ♥

Have you named it yet?

[marmoron]

[Hhe honestly has no idea how to even respond to this at first....]

thanks??

[THAT'S A START. SURELY.]

am i supposed to name it?

[playitagain]

You should definitely name it!

Maybe... Speedster-san!