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[blitzcheer]

magic question

say there's something that keeps someone alive in their world and if it doesn't exist, they don't

do you think it's possible to still exist in another world without it? like there's any chance that they just can

or does something have to keep them there on purpose

i get this is weird but i don't know a lot about magic

anyway thanks

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[hellofishies]

there's always a chance for anything at all!

why are you asking?

[blitzcheer]

[ why you gotta ask him like that!! ]

just overthinking things

[hellofishies]

thats never good.

what things are you overthinking?

[blitzcheer]

[ His response comes slowly, but: ]

i didn't know how someone can stick around somewhere when that's not what they're supposed to do you know?

someone said anything is possible in other worlds but it's been hard to wrap my head around

something like that doesn't just leave you

that's why i wanted to know what other people thought about it

[hellofishies]

none of us are supposed to be here

are we? we're all supposed to be somewhere else

where do you think you should be?

[blitzcheer]

i don't mean i shouldn't be here more than anyone else

it's not like that

[ He doesn't know why he's struggling to just come out and say out. He's trying to find alternatives, and it's delaying him in his responses. ]

[hellofishies]

then what's it like?

[blitzcheer]

by not existing i mean...they fade. they disappear. without the other people around to keep them there

[hellofishies]

but why would someone disappear without other people to keep them there? people are themselves with or without other people, right?

[blitzcheer]

not these people. without them, they can't exist

[ But, he'll send a more private message next: ]

i'll explain it in person if you want to know. i'm not trying to be confusing but it's hard to talk about in public

[hellofishies]

a lot of things are confusing

do you want to talk about it in person? I can come by

[blitzcheer]

sure. i'm in my dorm room. 204

[hellofishies]

dont be startled it I pop in

[blitzcheer]

[ It takes him a second to realise what she could mean, and even with the warning--

yep, Tidus is still going to jump in his place on the bed because people popping out of nowhere is weird!! And immediately shift by the wall, like he was just getting comfortable, sitting his dualis phone by his side. ]

I didn't jump.

[ Said with the most faux innocence ever. ]

[hellofishies]

Yes you did. [ She says it with a very amused look on her face combined with a gentle smile. Most people jumped when she did that and if she's honest, she finds it amusing.

Probably a bit too amusing. ]

But I'll pretend you didn't if you want!

[blitzcheer]

... I'll let you think that I did.

[ This is his position on reality and he's sticking with it! But now that he considers it, there's something he's never thought about asking before... ]

Can you teach other people how to do that?

[hellofishies]

Oh? Just let me think so? [ She laughs and shakes her head. ]

No. I don't even really know how I did. Except I died and then I could. [ It's said nonchalantly and with a tiny bit of a smile touching the corners of her mouth. ] Do you want to teleport?

[blitzcheer]

...Yeah?

[ That's a yeah for 'Do you want to teleport?, but he's staring at her, stuck on that part about dying</>. ]

Uh... You died?

[ Died died? ]

[hellofishies]

Well, I can take you with me when I teleport! But I don't think I can teach you. Unless you have hidden powers.

[ Psychic ones. But she's pretty sure he doesn't. She chuckles at his question though and shrugs like death is really no big deal. ]

Twice! [ The first time was much worse than the second. ] The first time was my fault. The second time was an accident while trying to save KK.

[blitzcheer]

I can do magic if that counts?

[ No expert, but that's a thing, right? He's still more puzzled about this whole dying thing. Twice. ]

Is that...normal where you're from? Dying, then-- [ he waves his hands nonsensically in the air in front of himself ] --coming back?

[hellofishies]

Oh! [ She claps her hands together. ] What kind of magic? Could you teach me magic?

[ She shakes her head at his question. ] No. Not at all. The first time I didn't know we'd come back.It was an accident that the others don't like me to talk about. [ She doesn't mind talking about it though. It was the other FreakAngels that found the entire situation hard to deal with. They hadn't known whether they should blame themselves, blame her, or a mix of both. So they just avoided her for the most part. And she knew it. Which was why she was so open about talking about it. ]

But we're the only ones that come back and we're not sure if we always do come back. [ A momentary darkness sweeps over her face at that as she remembers Connor and what he'd just done. Stupid silly boy, she really did need to get back. ]

[blitzcheer]

Hey hey, I asked first. [ He gives with a small laugh.

But really, this whole dying thing is more on Tidus's mind now than anything about magic or special powers. ]

The others? Are you part of some kinda group?

[ Or part of something that was different, right? If they were apparently coming back from the dead and that wasn't a known thing. Sure didn't sound like a case of being an Unsent, anyway. ]

[hellofishies]

Maybe I could. We could try? [ She doesn't think it'd really work but hey, they could try. Maybe they'd get something out of it. At the very least it might be fun. Or funny. Mostly funny.

She nods at his question and then, because he's gotten a bit more used to her powers, she just puts an image in his head. ] Caz, Jack, Kait, Karl, Kirk, KK, Luke, Miki, Mark, Sirkka, and [ she pauses for just a second on the final name and there's a hint of sadness in her eyes when she says it that she tries to hide by looking down ] Connor. FreakAngels! We all have the same powers. Well, mostly. I have more because I died and I experimented.

[blitzcheer]

[ 100% likely to be funny.

Tidus will get used to abrupt images in his head someday, but there's a bob of his head as the imagery enters behind his eyes -- which thankfully, he understands what's going on, so he doesn't mind it as she lists out the names, doesn't freak out beyond that initial surprise. He does catch the flinch though, even if it's not something he's going to immediately question; just give some particular interest of which one was Connor in that imagery before moving along with her introduction. ]

Did you guys pick that name? [ What a weird name. ] What's your story?

[ People who randomly come back to life and have powers? Colour him curious. ]

[hellofishies]

We got called freaks and we got called angels so we combined them. With a slightly over-dramatic flourish she spins around and lifts the jacket she always wears up onto her shoulders so that it shows the logo and the words FreakAngels on the back. ]

We made jackets! [ And she loves hers even if she usually wears it off the shoulders most of the time. With doll parts attached. ]

We were all born on the same day, at the same time, with the same eyes, same hair, and same powers.