Typo: "Some theorise that it could be due to a resonant frequency mismatch, similar to the assume cause of battery degradation." Assumed.
Ah, my mild dyslexia led me down a wrong path. Obviously I was conflating "Physology," into "Physiology." But I was pretty close on micrology, which, in itself seems to be very fine scale telekinesis. Also important to note that visualization magic acts directly upon the brain of the subject, not as something actually perceived in the world. Means my guess about the Princess wearing a glamour might be way off as any photographs of her would reveal the truth behind the illusion. It also raises questions about the interaction of visualization magic with a technological entity like Justin. This depends on if your AI's have biological components in their processor cores, or if their design structure mimics a human brain - but much faster and not led astray by hormones and limbic response.
Bet you'd have really enjoyed my last couple of comments in Nov/Dec! My own fault for falling behind, yet, in a couple of days I've blown through over four months of story, so I'll be caught up by next week. Probably. Laura's nephew* is coming to Ireland next week and will be staying with us, so I may lag again since we'll all be cruising around the island.
*I haven't accepted my "Uncle" status yet. I've never met the man, been married to Laura for 7 years and he's 25.
The interaction of magic with an AI observer is something I should touch upon at some point. That'd be interesting!
The princess' spell was similar to what you were thinking, just not as 'big' as her entire appearance or clothing; I was thinking it was more along the lines of magical make-up: hence her looking almost unnaturally beautiful to Lola (and anyone else there). Casting a spell to tweak one's appearance is likely faster and easier than applying make-up, and is certainly easier to remove once you get home and want to go to bed. In this case it isn't a replacement face or anything so deceiving - think of it more like Photoshop airbrushing but in real time, in real life.
Typo: "Some theorise that it could be due to a resonant frequency mismatch, similar to the assume cause of battery degradation." Assumed.
Ah, my mild dyslexia led me down a wrong path. Obviously I was conflating "Physology," into "Physiology." But I was pretty close on micrology, which, in itself seems to be very fine scale telekinesis. Also important to note that visualization magic acts directly upon the brain of the subject, not as something actually perceived in the world. Means my guess about the Princess wearing a glamour might be way off as any photographs of her would reveal the truth behind the illusion. It also raises questions about the interaction of visualization magic with a technological entity like Justin. This depends on if your AI's have biological components in their processor cores, or if their design structure mimics a human brain - but much faster and not led astray by hormones and limbic response.
Bet you'd have really enjoyed my last couple of comments in Nov/Dec! My own fault for falling behind, yet, in a couple of days I've blown through over four months of story, so I'll be caught up by next week. Probably. Laura's nephew* is coming to Ireland next week and will be staying with us, so I may lag again since we'll all be cruising around the island.
*I haven't accepted my "Uncle" status yet. I've never met the man, been married to Laura for 7 years and he's 25.
The interaction of magic with an AI observer is something I should touch upon at some point. That'd be interesting!
The princess' spell was similar to what you were thinking, just not as 'big' as her entire appearance or clothing; I was thinking it was more along the lines of magical make-up: hence her looking almost unnaturally beautiful to Lola (and anyone else there). Casting a spell to tweak one's appearance is likely faster and easier than applying make-up, and is certainly easier to remove once you get home and want to go to bed. In this case it isn't a replacement face or anything so deceiving - think of it more like Photoshop airbrushing but in real time, in real life.
AI/magic interaction would be interesting.
Here is where I should have responded with "Illusion Snapchat Filter."