Thread:Silver-Haired Seireitou/@comment-3045936-20140609045441/@comment-3403804-20140615220852

A Kido Master could comprehend the existence of any of these techniques just fine, they might even be intrigued. After all, Magic itself Works in ways which others cannot comprehend, that's the entire function of Magic. This curse is basically the same as the Muken in that sense, it's something that most could not explain, and would not truly comprehend. But that's neither here nor there. Sei.

Magic can be defined as something that Exchanges a step for something else. For instance, rather than using flint and stone to create a flame you Exchange that process With an incantation to receive the same effect. In this case, such a curse would skip Your entire Train of Logic and would be exchanged With something else that is symbolically related. Knowing the subject is not always neccessary for spells to work. Your argument would be eligible if this was a Zanpakuto or Hakuda technique.

Magic by and large operates under a separate set of laws than do most other techniques. I think I have a way to explain more or less how the curse works.

Hakuda has been extremely important to Sei all his life, and he seems to have practised it for a few millennia. Therefore, the essence of this Craft within Seireitou would form a thread spanning all those years from when he first started training. The sorcerer then flings Seireitou Down this thread onto a certain point and then "ties" the thread in a knot to disable further progress.

I must however state, no, this is obviously not absolute, and although it might cause a general weakening effect, it can only tie or untie the thread, it could not destroy the thread completely. That would require a much more powerful spell. How far the sorcerer could "throw" Seireitou also varies on the prowess of the spellcaster. Seireitou's knowledge of Hakuda would still be intact, the curse only affects his ability to perform these amazing feats. To defeat the curse, you could do one of the following.

1) Seireitou could simply continue training as normal, although the curse would attempt to prevent his Development, if his will to change and improve was powerful enough, the curse would gradually weaken until it broke completely. Though that's a very roundabout way of doing it, although a potentially very interesting story idea. If he excelled at this step, he could find up an even greater master of Hakuda than he was before.

2) The curse works by tying something close to your spirit in a metaphorical "knot" in order to attempt to cripple the target. Another powerful spellcaster could use the same Methods, find the "knot" and forcibly untie it, at which point the victim would be restored back to their usual self without any severe repercussions.

This is a curse that would be impossible to cast in combat, most curses are very longwinded spells, who might easily contain several dozen verses to cast correctly, not to mention various components connected to the intended victim. An ideal foci to ensure maximized chances of success would be as an example, a dojo gi that Seireitou had worn for many years. Using such a foci, which would undoubtably be very difficult to get their hands on, could make the curse incredibly powerful.

This particular curse also happens to be very advanced. It's unlikely that many would be able to cast it, even less likely that they could use it With enough potency to affect someone like Seireitou.