scary: karlach

[turbulency]

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[ablazement]

That's the ticket.

[gazes.]

Cults are a reoccurring problem. I'm starting to wonder if it's just me? Am I the problem?

[turbulency]

[ eats a leaf ]

Did you do anything to invite bad karma?

[ablazement]

I didn't eat my veggies as a kid.

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Oh. [ solemnly, ] Maybe it is you.

[ablazement]

[help]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. So you know Shorty, then?

[turbulency]

[ grins at her before blinking

... ]

Shorty? You mean Satoru?

[ablazement]

Yeah!

[ok]

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[ help

he laughs ]

I bet he loves being called that.

[ablazement]

[that is why she does it because he had such a complex about it]

He tried to distract me by talking about cellphones, so yeah, I think so. [she's amused.] You guys buds?

[turbulency]

[ nods ]

Yeah, classmates. We've known each other three years, so I know how annoying he can get.

[ablazement]

Aw, that's the sound of a good friendship.

[what kind of friendship is it if you don't constantly call each other annoying]

Just general school, yeah? You're not studying something specific?

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[ yeah! ]

We study jujutsu—basically how to exorcise curses. They're kind of like monsters.

[ablazement]

[she goes O:!!!!!!!!!!! at this]

Whoa. Really? What's that like? Gods, wish you could show me how it's done.

[turbulency]

[ KARLACH YOU ARE SO CUTE!!! he doesn't expect the enthusiasm, blinking at her ]

My technique is pretty simple. I can manipulate and control curses that I've defeated.

[ hmmm ]

Satoru's technique is really interesting. It relies heavily on physics, but he can mess with space, and create powerful blasts.

[ablazement]

[she just really likes combat stuff!! and monsters, she loves beating the shit out of monsters. she would be horrible re: jujutsu because it requires like, focus and some measure of Being A Wizard, but she'd try really hard.]

Like a bunch of familiars all at once. I've got a friend who can do that. [sort of.] Wait, so it's different for everybody? He can explode things with his mind?

[...]

Maybe I ought to not call him short.

[turbulency]

[ she can do it... if yuji can do it, she can do it!!

he snorts ]

Yeah, your technique is determined at birth. Satoru's is one of the strongest of our generation but... Right now he's just a shrimpy teenager.

[ablazement]

[THAT'S TRUE wow. she'd love yuji. they are same.]

Like to point out you are also a shrimpy teenager. [she is teasing!!]

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[ HUH? ]

... It's hard to tell with our uniforms on, but Satoru's way shrimpier than me.

[ablazement]

Stiiill does not stop you from also being one!

[nudges him, gently.]

But I figure you and him, if you're learning this sort of shit, you're knee deep in trouble all the time. So maybe shrimpy isn't the right word.

[turbulency]

[ he doesn't care what people think of him.

but also please think he is buff and cool, please please please. ]

... Yeah, I guess. [ "trouble" haha ] I want to say we're probably not normal teenagers, but it seems like everyone here has experience with trouble.

[ like you! ]

Were you able to resolve your problem before you got here?

[ablazement]

[you are so buff and cool geto]

We are a group of weirdos. Every one of you I've talked to would fit right in at the camp back in my world.

[amused!!]

Which problem, the cult? Not yet.

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[ thank you ]

So you've got unfinished business.

[ablazement]

Think most of us do. But yeah. What about you?

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[ thinks about it ]

Yeah, I was just about to graduate high school.

[ablazement]

[pauses...]

Okay, I know school, but what's high school? Is that related to the shit you do?