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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 hardly needs to imagine, himself - he'd lived under ten years of Steelheart trying to make everyone and everything fear him. David included. ]

I ... yeah. You're right. I probably don't have the same weakness. That's. Really bad actually.

[ If he doesn't have the same weakness, he needs to find it. Stat. So that other people can take him down. ]

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[d33tached]

If you are unaware of your own weaknesses, I would suggest that you work to discover them quickly.

[Otherwise, people will be able to take him down.]

awesome, friended you back

[metaphorbia]

Yeah uh. Definitely. Good call. That's gonna be a new one.

[ He's used to figuring out other weaknesses, not his own. ]

[d33tached]

Tread carefully, then.

[Not that he particularly cares, but he is quite curious to see what will come of this kid.

[He's one not to make an enemy of, anyway, with powers like that.]

"David Charleston". That's the name attached to your network posts. Is it correct?

[metaphorbia]

[ Look, he just wants someone to know his weakness besides himself. Or this could get ugly. ]

Yeah, it's really mine. I saw you could make these things anonymous but. This place seems a lot safer than back home.

[d33tached]

True as that may be, [And he doesn't doubt it, exactly.] this world certainly is not without its own dangers. [Probably in ways most people can't even imagine, he thinks - at least that's how it feels to him.]

[metaphorbia]

Well yeah. I figured. But - man, I dunno. David Charleston isn't a distinctive name anyway.

[d33tached]

[D33's not exactly a master at anonymous posts (he's never made one), and a name like "D33" is certainly not inconspicuous, but that's a whole other can of worms.]

Not to anyone in this world, perhaps. It might be should anyone from yours arrive.

At any rate, the danger I speak of is far more unavoidable than anything brought about by having your name out as public information. Most do.

[metaphorbia]

[ Ah, well. That's true. But he thinks it'll be all right even so. And he'd rather the Reckoners find him if they show up. ]

What's the danger then? What's so bad about it?

[d33tached]

The documented entitled "Notes" details a three year history of events that have effected this world in a variety of ways.

Bodies, minds, and memories have been altered. The very world around us has been altered. Truly, there is no predicting what sort of catastrophe will present itself next, but scarcely a month goes by without some sort of calamity.

[Luckily, one can't truly, permanently die here, but that doesn't really make what happens any less exhausting.]

[metaphorbia]

[ Calamity, eh. If it hasn't caused the apocalypse yet, it can't be that bad. And yet . .. ]

So keep on my toes. Like a sloth in ballet shoes.

[d33tached]

[...Right.]

I will leave you to that, then.

[metaphorbia]

[ LOOK. look. metaphors are not David's superpower. ]

What's the worst thing you've run into so far?

[d33tached]

[What's the worst thing he's run into? So far, he's seen fires, floods, clones, an episode where a close friend killed hundreds of people by turning them into plants, being thirteen again, and losing all of his memories.

[None of it compares to the feeling he gets when someone he cares about gets ported out, though. That is by far the worst thing about this world.

[He's not about to admit that, though.]

As I've said, there is a history of such events detailed in the Notes document that I forwarded to you.

Believe it or not, it's something that one becomes quite accustomed to once they've been here long enough.

[metaphorbia]

Okay, I'll read the list. But I wasn't sure if I ought to look out for something in particular.

[d33tached]

I don't believe that I or any ImPort would be able to adequately prepare you for what may come in this world. I can only give you what information has already been made public.

[He could tell him about how Atropos had recently been discovered and how that means the world is probably going to get eaten just like the last one did, but he doesn't really feel like thinking or talking about that. Sorry, David.]

[metaphorbia]

... But you've dealt with worse. Weirder.

[d33tached]

Worse is sure to come, I'm certain.

As I've said, one learns to make do.

[Nothing surprises him anymore is basically what he's saying.]