Chapter 267: Mysterious Disappearances
An explosion of feathers and blood, contained in a small glass box, marked the end of yet another experiment with Programmable Magic.
"Chickens... no good..." Sam sighed.
They were in Kir’s kitchen/dining room, and the curtains were shut to keep the riots of light down as the experiments continued.
"We’ve gone through rabbits first, then pigs, and now chickens... I think we’ve confirmed that animals without mana can’t handle even a simple program." At least this time he had the foresight to build a container... the smell of pork and rabbit was still somewhat present.
The problem wasn’t applying the magic, a piece of paper and some mana would burn the spell into whatever was underneath with surprising accuracy, it was powering it. A being with no capacity for mana would explode with the amount of draw even a single-set program had, building up until their bodies were rent apart by the unfamiliar energy.
For the tests, Kir had chosen a program that would render such creatures silent with a toggleable on/off condition. He hoped the opposite would be just as easy to program for Sam. Ironically, in a way, he had succeeded in making them silent...
"Or maybe it’s the lack of mass... we could try a horse next-"
Sam suddenly punched him. "No... Don’t kill... horsies..."
"Alright, no horses," Kir reassured them. They’d insisted on watching, so Kir promised to run his experiments before they had to go to work. Even if they couldn’t work the forge, Sam still ran the smithy’s shop with the other apprentices and occasionally Goro.
Even with all the blood and viscera they weren’t easily phased.
"I’ll let you know when I’m ready to try again," Kir said.