Addressed to the Admiral but viewable to all

[wandthief]

Dear Admiral, I wish to be sent back to my world.

People here are quick to threaten and attack but if I offer help of any form - and I have numerous times - they either reject it or ignore it. I understand about learning patience but they prefer others suffer prolonged illness or injury instead of taking some extra help? Isn't that just simple cruelty?

I am sure you can pick and choose what powers to return to me. If I could perform simple healing spells and make healing potions then I feel I could be of a great help to the overstressed infirmary staff. However, as they are all ignoring me - unless it is to insult or threaten - then I come directly to you, since I am currently wardenless.

If the answer is no then you, dear Admiral, are as cruel as the rest and do like to see people suffering here. That would not surprise many of us here.

So, I wish my basic healing powers returned or send me back to my home.

I completely understand that this is not an ultimatum considering you will likely say NO to both - but then they had better not expect any sympathy from me if they complain again that people are hurt and dying and they can't cope when it can be fixed more easily in the aftermath with a little magic.

Comments

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly sure most people like to be able to trust their doctors.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

So you keep saying but again, I am not claiming to be a doctor. Do you think I would randomly cause harm to others with healing spells? It's not even possible. Well, it may be... but...

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

No, but you'd be capable of everything a doctor would be. You'd be in a position to withhold treatment as much as give it - just like wizards do. They say 'oh, you need our help' - then take it away and let people suffer.

Not to mention, you already declared yourself 'untrustworthy'. And now you want people to trust you. Well, you're good at burning your own bridges.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

People can change.

You do have a very negative view of.. everything, don't you?

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

I'm just realistic.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

So by that you mean to say you have no imagination.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

I mean to say I live in the real world.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Mm. You would be one of those special kind of Muggles who wouldn't need their mind erased upon seeing something fantastic as you would tell yourself it simply didn't exist in the real world.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

Or, magic is just a mundane, every day thing in my world and not at all fantastic, so excuse me for being unawed at your amazing power.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

In my world all of that is hidden and so if you witnessed just one spell or saw one baby dragon your mind would be tampered with by a team of wizards. This is the kind of thing I wanted to stop - and I am labelled as the villain.

It is nice to know that in some world somewhere it can be considered 'mundane'.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

It's mundane, but the wizards still have to know the city is in charge. Not them. They never will be.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

I do not like that attitude... Never will be? That makes it sound as if you think you are all superior to wizards.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

No, I mean that wizards will never have a right to power in the city just because of their magic.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

But they can be the leaders? Equally?

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

They have enough power at their disposal already.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

So in your twisted mind you think that those with individual power shouldn't be in power?

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

Yes. They can't be trusted with it. Some people have too much power to be in power.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

So you automatically assume that they will misuse their power.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

Or, that magical power has no bearing on political power and shouldn't.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Exactly... Which means they should have an equal chance to lead as much as anyone else.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

But surely they've got more important things to deal with like their own power and being a vital line of cosmic defence.

Or are your wizards not quite that important?

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

The wizards in my world are hidden away. The general non-magical population think they are a myth. That we do not even really exist outside of fantasy stories.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

Maybe if there was a dungeon dimensions to protect the populace from, they'd appreciate you more. For all that I do say about wizards, they're good at what they do; researching into the Disc and keeping us safe from it's more... cosmically dangerous elements.

I just don't think they should have political power. It's like giving a General political power - they've already got an ARMY at their disposal, giving them the civic authority too is stupid. Same with magic.

[wandthief.livejournal.com]

Things are very different in my world. You cannot understand unless you are both a wizard and from my world.

Not that many other wizards in my world understood how very restricted they'd let themselves become either. Most are apparently happy in their safe little bubbles, as evidenced by those books that I read. Nothing changes. Nobody wants to go outside of their tiny comfort zone.

[pleasesmirk.livejournal.com]

No matter of whether I can understand or not - you still speak like a wizard. Constantly thinking that magic can be a solution and how can we possibly manage without your great power to help us and achingly, achingly patronising.