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[worldlyafflictions]

Who: pep!pep!
Where: Dorms and elsewhere
When: Day 52

[Busy busy]

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[sleeplessknight]

Can't be worse than the past few days, huh.

[malignstar]

Yeah...

Well, here goes nothing.

[ Thus turning around to flip up his ponytail and expose the odd brand on his neck. Upon first glance, it appears to be something of a tattoo, a pentacle imprinted in bright red atop the skin. But any closer inspection reveals that that "tattoo" is actually a deep scar burned into the flesh with the skin beneath it raised in what was probably a very painful welt. ]

This is what I wanted to talk with you guys about.

[sleeplessknight]

[stands on her tiptoes to get a better look.

makes a bit of a face, too... seems painful]

What's up?

[malignstar]

Any idea what it means?

[sleeplessknight]

It's a star?

[malignstar]

Pentacle. They're associated with the occult. You know, dark magic. I mean, they symbolize magic in general. But probably not the neutral kind when outlined in red and branded into your skin.

[sleeplessknight]

So it's... bad?

[malignstar]

I don't know yet. But usually, yeah.

[sleeplessknight]

[considering this for a moment]

Do you think you're like... magic?

[malignstar]

... I don't feel magic.

Then again, it sounds like this place stole people's powers along with their memories.

[sleeplessknight]

Wait, what? Did you have other powers before?

[malignstar]

[ He's got lots of fun powers ]

Not sure. It's all hypothetical without memories. But uh wings aren't really normal.

[sleeplessknight]

Well... yeah, but... maybe it's 'cause we're from different worlds? Angel has wings too.

[malignstar]

Maybe she's got magic too.

[sleeplessknight]

Oh... I guess we could ask her.

Do you think you might be from the same place?

[malignstar]

I don't know. But I don't think so. She already has someone from home here.

[sleeplessknight]

So?

[she fails to see how this is an issue]

[malignstar]

So?

[sleeplessknight]

That doesn't mean you couldn't also be from their world, does it?

[malignstar]

I haven't heard anything about being in either of their memories.

[sleeplessknight]

I mean, maybe you didn't know each other, but...

[shrugs]

Anyway, I guess it doesn't matter, since it's all speculation.

[malignstar]

Yeah, just a lot of guessing.