At 07:16 AM 2/20/98 +1100, you wrote:

Brendan wrote:

On Thu, 19 Feb 1998, Barry Cadwgan <bcadwgan@fl.net.au> wrote:

Bob Schroeck wrote:

goddesses -- and the nature of their power.  Do they channel it, or
generate it?  Even if it's inherent to them, is it necessarily

something

that would register on mundane sensors?

Well, at one level, Ifurita has 'dimensional' abilities, so presumably
she has sensors.  This is necessary if she's going to manipulate
spacetime effectivly.

Now, what might be interesting is if Ifurita's spacetime abilities
function by the same basic mechanisms -- if from a different source

-- as

the goddesses'.

That's an interesting idea.. However, given the source of the Goddess's
power (_behind_ Yggdrisl (sp) ), the metaphysical implications are
interesting..

        In Trials of Morisato 1 it was revealed that the goddesses and

earth

spirits all got their power from the ambient life energy of the world,

however

the goddesses needed it to be "Processed" first.  Yggdrasil processed the
energy for them normally, however while it was crashed they used

bracelet's of

synthetic moonrock to act as bateries to maintain their energy.

Hmmm.. I will probably be assuming that Ifurita gets power from the void
between the universes or some such technobabble.. 

Go with Void-space energy taps - theoretically, empty space holds oodles of
power, not quite real particles that normally don't interact with the
universe but (also theoretically..) could be 'harvested' from a subspace
distortion..one of the coolest sci-fi power sources I've ever come
across..and it's more solidly 'tech' than the much more cosmic void-between
tapping route..remember, Ifruita is pre-eye of god tech (though her energy
manipulators don't have any trouble duplicating it's effects on a small
scale, I don't see her having a power source that would require they eye's
effects to get..)
Just a suggestion..

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