After my previous post, it is quite likely that some of you are thinking "Why does this idiot think magic is involved?"
How can it not be?
How can a being like Slender Man come into existence from belief, if magic did not give heed to the original belief? Why can magic not exist, if belief is all that is necessary to make it real?
In any case, we have verified proof that Slender Man is using some form of mental manipulation to create and control his proxies. I, strangely, know much of the principles and fundamentals of magic, although I possess none of my own.
Magic comes in five varieties and five types; the varieties are not the same as the types. The varieties of magic are mental magic, physical magic, elemental magic, metamagic, and temporal magic. The types of magic are human, spirit, demon, devil, and divine.
Luckily for us, divine magic doesn't function in this world; at least, it doesn't anymore. I cannot identify if the world we know as Earth carries its own magic, though, if it did, it would likely be either spirit or human.
The different types of magic are called different names by the different practitioners. Martial artists refer to human magic as "ki" or "chi", while mages refer to it as "mana" or "source". The reaper spirits refer to their magic as "reiatsu", whereas the healer spirits call it "nometsu". Never try to tell what sort a mage is by asking them what they call their magic, though; the devils call their own magic the same as ours, in an attempt to trick us into believing that they are going to help us.
I only felt the Slender Man's power once, and it wasn't enough for me to identify his magic type, though I doubt I could have in the first place. Damned bastard gave me a headache for three days from that one touch of his magic. I doubt he's divine, and I know he isn't human. That leaves spirit, demon, or devil.
Even if you don't have magic of your own, you can access natural magic around you. Natural magic is a sub-division of each type of magic, and is ambient in the environment.
The different varieties of magic, however, are simply what form the magic takes. The type has little to no impact on the variety. Physical magic primarily uses defensive and medical spells, making it ideal for a shieldmage or healer. Elemental magic is offensive, and elemancers (I didn't make the name) tend to specialize in a specific element in order to squeeze out as much power as possible. Mental mages do indirect attacks, forcing people to turn on their allies by dominating their minds; mental mages are fond of traveling with a posse of their "hive" members. Metamagicians are the least offensive of the varieties, only able to amplify or weaken magic as it goes on around them; however, metamagic practitioners often pick up some basic elemental magic in order to defend themselves.
Temporal magic is forbidden to all; even the devils, with their evil hearts and minds, are warned against practicing it, or even studying it in great detail. If Slender Man truly is time-traveling, then we are potentially dealing with a threat that cannot be slain with simple human magic. I will not speak anymore on this subject, for fear that some idiot with a spark of power will try to travel back in time and undo the creation of Slender Man. Infinite paradoxical sequences, anyone?
Now that you know more about the various types and varieties of magic, you can now begin to search for the incredibly few humans who have true magic. A large number of martial artists say that they have access to ki, but, after some research into that (a couple years ago), I have determined that they aren't actually using magic. They are manipulating their muscle density with an entirely physical, as in, non-spiritual, manifestation of power. There are likely a handful of people, maybe a couple dozen, in this world with access to true magic.
One last little tidbit of magical theory. Prophecy is magic-dependent, but it isn't magic in and of itself. It depends on access to spirit magic in a rather unique bond with one of the most powerful spirit beings in existence: Lady Fate.
Now that I have told you all a bit of magic, I'll leave you with my well wishes.
Happy Halloween, everyone.
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