008 - [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[So, surprisingly, Darin hasn't been at his forge as much as he always is. In fact, for those of you who have been (un)lucky enough to know him, he's spent most of his waking life this last year (that's right, year) in his forge working on something or other. But today, he's sitting in the living room in his house in Heropa. He's poring over what appear to be a number of full body medical scans and, while he appears to have turned on his comm intentionally, he's still taking a moment to look over those scans one last time.]

[When he looks up, he removes his reading glasses and rubs his eyes a bit.]

So...hey. I have a really weird question that I'd like to pose to the imPort populace. I know we all come from diversified worlds and have unique powers and everything so, I figure I'm just gonna toss out an open call. Cast my line and see what I get.

Does anyone out there specialize in mana? Like...magical energy in the body? Or any other sort of...bodily...energies?

"Bodily energies" sounds really weird, doesn't it?

Ugh...that's gonna be stuck in my head now.

Anyway, if you know or know someone that has any ding dong idea about what I'm talking about, I've got a few...maybe kinda pressing questions to ask you. Maybe.

On that note, I just realized I've been here for a year. I know that's like a drop in the bucket for some of you but still...I can't believe it's only been a year. Anyone up for drinks or something later?

Comments

vid

[h2no]

A year already, huh? Shit! It went by so fast!

[seeing as he can't help with the mana thing:] I'm down to get shithoused. Congrats on the full 12 months!

Re: vid

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Right? And I didn't even die once!

I'm willing to bet some people had a bet going.

Anyway, I feel like heading out tonight. Know any really good bars?

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[h2no]

Don't say thaaaat!

[...he is actually genuinely surprised.]

Which city? You're payin', right?

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

I'll pay. Uuuuuh, Heropa or Nonah. De Chima's a little too busy for me, I get recognized too much in Maurtia Falls, and Jeopardy gives me the worst case of heebie jeebies.

[VIDEO]

[patchricide]

[SHE'S NOT EVEN SAYING ANYTHING.]

[SHE MADE A VIDEO REPLY OF HER JUST MAKING THIS FACE.]

["BODILY ENERGIES" SURE DOES SOUND LIKE A WEIRD POWER, HUH? WHO HAS A WEIRD POWER LIKE THAT ONE, ANYWAY??]

Re: [VIDEO]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin looks up briefly from his work on the coffee table to see who responded.]

[Hopefully it's someone who knows a thing or two about what he's talking aboOOOH SHIT!!]

[Darin lets out a Hank Hill-esque "BWWAAAHH" and flips the coffee table, papers, documents, books, and everything go flying and he's diving behind it for cover.]

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[patchricide]

How, Darin?!

How did you forget what my exact abilities are?!!

[On the upside, hey, she doesn't think there's any reason he wouldn't ask her! She just thinks Darin has goo for brains.]

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

I didn--[Wait.]

[If he says he didn't forget, then she'll want to know why he didn't come to her with this in the first place.]

[But if he says he forgot, that's like...top of the list of things boyfriends shouldn't do.]

[He has to play this carefully.]

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

I...didn't forget. You're just...you know. Busy. Acclimating to being a part of Aegis and everything.

I wanted to see if I could crack this nut on my own. You know. Challenge myself.

Because you'd have this thing solved in an afternoon.

video

[pidgewidgeon]

[ Pidge just stared at the video for a moment before speaking. ]

You realize you just described Allura's powers right?

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

[He hurriedly switches this to private]

I know! I know I just described Allura's powers. There's a reason I'm not asking her specifically about this!

video//PRIVATE

[pidgewidgeon]

Uh huh. And what reason is that?

Re: video//PRIVATE

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Because the charts and the scans are mine.

And she worries about me enough. I know how she is. If she can't figure out what the energy is she'll try and draw it out of me and that...

That's not a risk I want her to take on my behalf.

video;

[redcosmedic]

Nice to see my scans are being put to good use.

Re: video;

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I really appreciate you getting me a copy of these. I've been going over these like crazy though and I'm just...at a loss.

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[redcosmedic]

No reason to keep them from you, was there? You are the patient after all.

[monster_san]

I don't know if my magic works quite like that. [YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MP, RIGHT DARIN? MAGIC POINT MANA COUNTER.] But congratulations on your anniversary here.

What's your favorite thing to eat at work?

[She's too young for drinks, but SHE'LL DO YOU A BENTO BOX, DARIN.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

You know magic? [THAT'S MORE OR LESS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.]

Oh man, favorite thing to eat...?

I think I'm a fan of hamburgers the most. It's like a steak on a bun! My world's got nothing like that!

[monster_san]

Yes, I can use wind magic. It relies on the strength of my will, so I don't know it's quite the same--but it might be useful to know about?

Burgers? I like them too, they're quite fun.

[so the next day he'll find a lunchbox with teeny little burgers topped with shredded lettuce on little toasted bread circles, and a few little things of condiments he can dip them in. plus a bag of crunchy potato sticks for the fries.]

video

[melodramagic]

[ Sabrina cants her head, eyeing Darin curiously. ]

What about magical energies?

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

I'm looking for someone who can teach me how they channel magical energies from their body into...spells? I guess?

Like, how do you take the energy from inside and expel it.

...Expel. Ex-spell?

Hrm.

video

[melodramagic]

[ The wording is a bit confusing, although Sabrina thinks she understands what he's saying. ]

So you want to learn magic you mean?

Video

[shesalittle]

[Karolina's skin shifts color continuously as she gathers light in one hand and then arcs it to the other before letting it dissipate.

She's. Kind of a showoff about her powers, when she has an excuse.] Energy like that?

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[forgeabettertomorrow]

WHOA!!

What the hell was that?!

[shesalittle]

Bodily energy? [She laughs a little.]