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[learningtolove]

[There's a lot of grumbling as the audio starts. Beast is hardly going to show himself off to the populace at large right off the bat, given his startling appearance. That's a good way for people to turn up with the torches and pitchforks. There's a lot of muttering in his deep, growly voice.]

No--No--No! That's not right-- Maybe if I-- Oh da--

[And the audio cuts out. It's restored a few minutes later and this time he at least seems to be certain he's recording.]

I was wondering if anyone here is familiar at all with magic and curses?

[Might as well get a general sense of what everyone here thinks about the subject before he decides to reveal himself as a big, possibly scary monster.]

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[onebadapple]

Why hello again! Are you settling in alright, Beast?

[learningtolove]

Yes. I have a good-sized house, even if it is much smaller than my castle at home.

[onebadapple]

So long as it's cozy I find that a cottage can feel even grander than a castle.

[learningtolove]

That's an interesting perspective.

[Beast's always thought he who has the biggest castle gets the most bragging rights.]

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[idontgetpaid]

Only from what I read in storybooks.

[ Magic hasn't really been a thing he's had to deal with yet. ]

[learningtolove]

You'd be amazed how much they get right in those tales.

[Namely, be nice to mysterious old beggar men and women. If you're not, bad stuff is bound to happen.]

[idontgetpaid]

Yeah? Is that maybe coming from personal experience?

[ It's just a guess, but given that he'd been asking about magical curses in the first place... ]

[learningtolove]

Yes. I got cursed long ago and I'm still looking for a way to break it.

[Granted, he knew how to break it, but falling in love and being loved in return doesn't just happen every day. He might have stood a chance with Belle....but that option was no longer on the table.]

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[bombashbunny]

I'm familiar with magic, more on a theoretical level than on actual usage.

If you mean magical curses I'm not so sure such a thing exists where I am from, but I have heard of aether imbalance causing illness. Sometimes people confuse that kind of illness for a curse.

[learningtolove]

What's aether?

[He asks curiously.]

[bombashbunny]

Aether is... [ She paused, considering how to word it. ] Aether is the energy behind magic and life. It flows in the world around us, and it flows through us.

[ Her expressions were very subtle, but she looked as if she were uncomfortable as she began again. ] In my original home there was a sort of incurable illness you could get if you were exposed to too much light aether. Over time you would basically turn into a statue made of white marble before you... changed.

[learningtolove]

That sounds horrible!

[Hey, at least as a beast he could still move around and reason like a human being, though he did worry he was going to lose a lot of that if the curse became permanent.]

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[blueberryprincess]

Intimately.

[ Oh, boy does she have stories for you, good sir. ]

[learningtolove]

Any luck in breaking them?

[He sounds so very heartbreakingly hopeful.]

[blueberryprincess]

[ She wants to tell him. She wants to point out that he'll be fine, and that he'll have an amazing life with Belle and have a son. But she's not sure how badly that'd ruin her own timeline, and for now, decides to maybe not risk it. ]

I...grew up on a prison island. There was a magic barrier around it to keep the residents on it. It had to be taken down with the same wand that put it there. That's my experience.

My best friend put a love spell on someone, back when we thought we still had to be evil like our parents taught us, and he went swimming in an enchanted lake and the spell broke.

Spells can be broken, it's just knowing how to do it. Knowing the counter-curse, or the rules behind it.

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[moviemagic]

Mostly in storybooks, personally. But you never know what can actually exist where I was from.

[Thanks, mother. She would like to know more about the world beyond what she is allowed to know.]

Do you like that sort of thing?

[learningtolove]

No, I was more asking based on...personal experience.

[He's still reluctant just to come out and say what happened to him, given how often the reaction tends to go poorly.]

[moviemagic]

Okay, got it. Won't aks more as that would be rude of me.

But yeah, unless someone wanted a career that involved magic, then I don't think magic exists where I'm from.

[Yet magical girls do exist so...]

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[smudging]

Are you trying to curse someone, or have you been cursed yourself?

[learningtolove]

.......I got cursed.

[He sounds reluctant to say even that much even though he was the one to bring up the topic, but forethought has never been Beast's strongest suit.]

[smudging]

Powerful magic if it works between dimensions.

[ Despite his clear reluctance, Blue lets her curiosity get the best of her. ]

What type of curse was used on you?

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[affection_for_research]

I'm familiar with magic. I've been studying it for years, but I only have a passing knowledge of curses.

[learningtolove]

So you wouldn't have any good methods for breaking them then?

[affection_for_research]

I might know a few methods. I've studied legends and magic for eight years, things that most people consider fiction. Whether I'd know a method of breaking a curse would depend on the type of magic used and the type of curse.

[miniholmes]

Magic? [ This seven year old sounds so skeptical ] Why would I care about Magic when there's science?