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[metaphorbia]

[ David has used mobiles before, but posting to a public network? It's been ages. So he ends up staring kind of hard at his comm with the feed on, debating what to say. He hopes it makes him look pensive and thoughtful; mostly he looks like a dumbass. ]

So - okay. One question. A lot of questions, but let’s just go with one for now. Is it really true that people cope okay with their powers? And every ImPort gets them?

[ He shifts a little in his chair. Very awkward, a little uncomfortable. He knows he’s asking basic questions, but he just has to. At least he looks friendly enough, though his ragged, patched clothes give him away. Kid’s from a post-apocalyptic world and it shows. ]

Where I’m from, absolute power corrupting absolutely is really, really literal. So getting to keep the superpowers without the psychopathy just seems kind of nuts to me. Awesome nuts. Like - nuts with pop rocks in them. Pop rocks exist here, right? I haven’t had those in ages.

[ Focus, David. He needs to focus. ]

What kinds of powers does everyone have? And do you have trouble with it at all? I mean, if you don’t wanna tell me, that’s fine. I’m just a little bit jealous.

[ And excited, too. Even in this situation, David can’t help but be the world’s biggest superpower nerd. ]

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[metaphorbia]

[ David's eyes widen a little at that. Sparks, don't just talk about something consuming the world and expect him to let that go.

He'll focus on the more comforting part of that response first. ]

I guess if everyone has powers but nobody's crazy, then they could defend themselves.

[ Plus David is severely overestimating how strong his own abilities are. ]

[selfconducts]

[ Dire shit does make for a grim, though effective, ice-breaker. Baal smiles thinly, but nods. He can tell you all the Great Darkness sometime if you wanna hear it, David, but perhaps it's best saved for not-the-first-conversation. Maybe. ]

I think anyone that's mad here probably arrived that way. With or without their powers. [ He pauses. ] Not that I can know that for certain. This place may not do anything but delay the inevitable, but that's not the worst thing.

[metaphorbia]

[ Okay, but he's gonna ask one day. Just saying. ]

Delay's okay too. Delay's better than what Epics usually get.

[selfconducts]

[ The rest of the Pantheon might still have their doubts, but Baal has a lot to say about it. A lot. ]

I won't complain about it either. Extra time's better than what a lot of people get.

[metaphorbia]

... Two years, you said. Has anyone gotten longer? Figured out an exception? Other than coming here.

[selfconducts]

[ Baal shakes his head very matter-of-factly. ]

Two years exactly. Often it's less. [ He pauses. ] But for circumstantial reasons.

[metaphorbia]

What kind of circumstances?

[selfconducts]

The standard reasons. Usually murder.