Spirits and gods can use magic of a kind, but humans who can wield it are pretty rare. And even then, it's only things like being more spiritually sensitive, not summoning fire or lightning.
Where I'm from, humans can't use magic naturally, but we have technology that lets us borrow power from other sources. [she points to the choker on her neck.] At least, that's how I typically managed the whole "fire and lightning" thing.
"Typically" as in... that's how it worked for ages, and then something caused the entire nature of magic to change dramatically, so we can't do it that way anymore. I still wear this all the time, but the core's actually totally defunct.
The formula was something I'd been working on for years, with a few tweaks, but once I had that down, it was just a matter of applying it on a large scale. I'll admit I kind of got lucky on a few fronts, though.
Well, I had all the regular powers a ghost would have. Teleportation, phasing, messing with technology, telekinesis... And then a couple of extra things like summoning and banishing ghosts, casting and breaking curses... Just to name a few.
That was one of the reasons why I volunteered that time. I thought I was the best person who could find Lan Wangji's spirit and figure out what happened.
[and then daycare turned out not to be the afterlife]
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Why, is magic rare where you're from?
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[would turning on a washing machine count as controlling water...]
What do you mean by 'typically'? Is it different here?
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The entire nature of magic? ...Are you sure that's not on the same level?
[denji may be a zombie hunter but rita??? your entire world??]
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[rita: it was]
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I'd need access to whatever the source of that power is, as well as a way to directly interact with it.
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So I'll let you know instead if I end up finding something.
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... What kind of powers did you have before?
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That was one of the reasons why I volunteered that time. I thought I was the best person who could find Lan Wangji's spirit and figure out what happened.
[and then daycare turned out not to be the afterlife]
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What do you mean, ghost.
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I died a long time ago, so I'm technically a ghost now.
[she takes a bite of cheesecake]