Fifteen Bells: [ACTION/WRITTEN]

[simplestgift]

[Archie woke up yesterday.  How is this new?  Well, after getting some fairly critical stab wounds from Grell, he was put on a ventilator and kept under sedation for a few days.  The ventilator was exchanged for a less impressive-looking concentrator yesterday and he was taken off sedation.  He spent yesterday sleeping anyway, since anesthesia doesn't generally leave you bright-eyed immediately afterward.

This morning, he is talking and eating Jell-o, which is a new experience. The most important bit comes written on the journal network in wobbly handwriting courtesy of the heart monitor clipped on his finger.]

I have been informed that I may have visitors. I'd like to know everyone is all right.

Kennedy

[Anyone who comes in will find him looking predictably weak and pale but lucid and in good spirits, or possibly catnapping after a dose of painkillers.

OOC: Purely for the sake of mercy, Archie is unaffected by the event.]

Comments

[simplestgift]

I think I understand. There's something different between magic and witchcraft, though I can't put my finger on it.

[consultmybooks]

Yes, there is. It's a difference that's even harder to puzzle out here. But I suppose I could phrase it like this.

"Magic" is something anyone can do, with the right materials to hand and enough stubborn willpower. "Witchcraft" is something only a chosen few could manage, like Willow or Tara. Something you're born with.

[simplestgift]

I thought something more along the lines of magic being [he waves a hand] a part of the world around you, somehow.

[consultmybooks]

The energy is there for anyone to make use of, yes.

But until it is made use of, it might as well be air.

[simplestgift]

What does it do when it isn't being used?

[consultmybooks]

Nothing at all. Sometimes it reacts to other factors - the Hellmouth, or a particularly powerful demon, or a Slayer. But otherwise, nothing.