>What exactly is the limitations of our own power over fate?
>Your power over fate is one that is hard to define, even for you, and it's been your for many centuries. You're not all powerful, obviously. You can't wave your hand and alter the fate of everyone around you to worship you like the superior being you fancy yourself, but no one's that strong, not even that Yukari. .... You think.
>You power essentially works by 'pushing' someone's fate to where you think it should be, to some extent. You can't completely change someone's fate, but you can make alterations to it. For example, if you sensed that Minako's fate was to "Die in childbirth", you could push that fate to become "Will survive giving birth to twins." You would not be able to affect anything about the children themselves, though.
>Which brings up another limit. In order to sense the fate of someone, you must be in proximity to that person; within the same room, essentially. And you must know their name. At the moment, you would only be able to sense the fate of the women around you, and not, say, Patchouli.
>There are some difficulties in sensing someone's fate, as well. The easiest way to do this is for the other person to be willing, and you must have something of theirs, like a strand of hair, a tooth, a toenail. If the person is unwilling, or unaware of your intent, you would require more powerful biological agents from that person; blood, bone, sexual fluid, a finger. Except in the case of normal, unpowered humans, those require only the former reagents to discern their fates. Stronger beings require stronger materials.
>And you cannot sense that person's entire fate at once, you must be specific. "How will this person die?" "Will this person ever marry?" "Will Marisa ever stop stealing Patchy's books?" Each question must be asked, and the answer received, one at a time.
>There are also some people whose fate you can neither affect nor sense. These are largely the insane, but children also. Not that you'd meddle with the destinies of children, anyway, even if you could. You're not sure why you can't affect children, but centuries of living with Flandre have given you a theory as to why you can't affect the insane. Like their minds, their fates are unstable, in a state of flux. They, along with certain other individuals, exist outside the influence of fate.
>"Hmm....Well, perhaps you can figure out what the source of this strange magic might be? Or perhaps what it is?"
>Well, we are waiting for Reisen, so it's not like we have anything better to do. A true lady of morals always keeps her word after all.
>"I will try. The magic is erratic, suggesting someone either untrained or weak. I should be able to localize it."
>She holds out her scroll again, but Rei interrupts her before she starts another spell, "Now wait a second here, Byakuren, why not us? Why's this magic affecting Remilia, Wriggle and Minako, but not you or me?"
>"I can only speculate, at this point. It is possible there is some factor present in newly formed vampires that is absent in elder ones, such as Remilia. It's also possible that your power offers you resistance to this kind of magic. As for myself, I'm even less certain. I have but one theory, and it seems extremely unlikely." That said, she unrolls her 'scroll' again, but does not start chanting right away. "Minako?"
>"Yes, m'lady." The winged youkai closes her eyes and spreads her wings out, her face slightly squenching in concentration. After several seconds, her eyes open again. "Nothing, m'lady."
>"Thank you." Byakuren begins reciting another spell.
