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"Job placement" microfiction
Bad Alias:
Why didn't Peabody use mind magic on Harry when Harry went to Peabody's office?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on May 24, 2020, 05:30:44 PM ---Why didn't Peabody use mind magic on Harry when Harry went to Peabody's office?
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Peabody tried to get his ink on Harry but that failed. Apparently Peabody needs the ink to be successful or he decided it was just too risky to try it without his ink. A good reason to assume he used it most of the time.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on May 24, 2020, 06:04:04 PM ---Peabody tried to get his ink on Harry but that failed. Apparently Peabody needs the ink to be successful or he decided it was just too risky to try it without his ink. A good reason to assume he used it most of the time.
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I think Peabody did need his ink, that is why he tried so hard to get Harry to sign some papers with his pen and ink. Without the ink, the subject/victim is aware that someone is trying to get in their head..
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on May 24, 2020, 07:01:00 PM --- I think Peabody did need his ink, that is why he tried so hard to get Harry to sign some papers with his pen and ink. Without the ink, the subject/victim is aware that someone is trying to get in their head..
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Not as good as Molly.
g33k:
I don't think we know enough to know if Peabody "needed" his ink, or if the ink just made his magic harder-to-detect (and thus less risky, more pervasive), or what the exact mechanisms were.
Harry dismissively labeled Peabody a "bureaucromancer," and I think in some ways that isn't far off, and ink is a central feature of his magic. In the SummerKnight bit quoted above, Peabody appears to have used magical ink on himself. Presumably, a different kind of ink, but still ...
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