| 8-Bit Theater | |
| Episode 205 | |
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| The even older style was summoning lines | |
| Superstring, Summoning, and You | |
| Date Published | Saturday October 19th, 2002 |
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Red Mage introduces the Hypercube.
Cast Appearing[]
Setting[]
- In a forest near Pravoka
First Mention Of[]
Script[]
| Red Mage | We don't have to carry that cumbersome armoire around with us. |
| Fighter | Oh yes we do! I shall never go back now that I have tasted of sweet, sweet invincibility. |
| Fighter | It tastes like varnish. Not many people know that. |
| Black Mage | Must... destroy. |
| Red Mage | That's the beauty of this plan. You won't have to give up the armoire's invincibility... |
| Black Mage | Am I the only one who can see that it's not actually invincible? It's just really heavy. That's it! |
| Red Mage | ...only it's incredible burden and spinal hazards. Interested? |
| Fighter | Spinal hazards are hazardous... sure! |
| Red Mage | We'll simply store the armoire inside an extra-spatial object! I happen to have a hypercube in case of just such a necessity. |
| Black Mage | HOLD IT! again. |
| Black Mage | Why are we even mentioning semi-regular polyhedrons and real space? |
| Red Mage | I've got an 8 in super-dimensional physics. What's your excuse, hm? |
| Cut to a flashback to a Black Magic college. A green spike is in a teacher's hat. | |
| Black Mage | (narration) I took a few summoning courses back in Black Magic college. |
| Black Teacher | Get this damn thing outta my hat. |
| Cut back to the forest. | |
| Black Mage | So I know a thing or two about accessing 16-bit dimensional planes. |
| Red Mage | Then you're no stranger to this... |
| Red Mage holds out a red sphere. | |
| Thief | Is that a... summoning materia? |
| Red Mage | Yes. Also known as a hypercube. |
| Black Mage | Or a "summoning cube", among magickal circles due to their extrapolation from the old style summoning squares. |
| Fighter | What's all this cube talk? It's a ball. Duh. |
| Red Mage | Technically speaking, it's a high dimensional cube that's distilled into our own 8-bit universe. It looks like a ball to us because we lack the 16-bit senses and spatial awareness to properly percieve its actual form. |
| Fighter | Well... yeah. |
Trivia[]
- Summoning Materia is a red sphere used to call summons in Final Fantasy VII.