[OOC] The Metacontinuity and Magic

[robkelk]

Okay, we have a handle on what the hardware does.

Back to the meat of my original question:

The story that I increasingly-laughingly refer to as "my current story" has Sailor Mercury by necessity and almost accidentally learning some magic that has nothing to do with the Silver Millennium. No, I'm not going to say what that magic is - yet - because it doesn't matter for this discussion. What does matter is that it isn't Sailor Mercury's canon magic.

It's specifically Sailor Mercury who's learning it, not Ami Mizuno.

Does Ami get the benefit of Sailor Mercury's knowledge of this new-to-her magic?

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And if somebody has more than one form, is the magic part of the person or the form that the person is in? (Sailor Mars with her precognitive abilities would say "the person", Sailor Jupiter would say "the form" - so this isn't even consistent within a single ficton.)

Ami uses her transformation wand to become Sailor Mercury.

Sailor Mercury learns a non-Senshi spell.

Sailor Mercury transforms back to Ami.

Ami tries casting the spell, and... what?

• It works perfectly
  
• It fizzles because Ami doesn't have enough power - the transformation wand is a Boost Device
  
• Nothing happens because it's Sailor Mercury who knows the spell (I think we've already said this one's unlikely)
  
• Other
  

Assuming the "math is magic" idea is correct, Ami definitely has the math - she routinely places at the top (or one of the top two) in the country in the practice exams.