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[wicka]

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[duracells]

i don't think that's true

i didn't really know him, no. but a friend of mine did

[ not naming names, not trying to make this any worse. but also, he needs to send a text... ]

i've heard lots of good things about him though
i think might iggy might need a friend when he comes back

[ because he will come back. dom sounds like he needs that reassurance - both that he'll see iggy again, and that he's needed. ]

[wicka]

He has a lot of friends
He's a really good guy
I was an ass to him and he forgave me every time
No one does that

[duracells]

he sounds like a really good friend

[ ... ]

any idea who might not be so friendly about him?

[ present company excluded. ]

[wicka]

i don't know
it's like he got along with everybody
and even if somebody got upset he didn't care
or he found a way to make it okay again
i don't think i've ever met anyone like that

there's just this guy he made fun of a lot
but not to his face

[duracells]

[ sounds a lot like someone he knows, actually. ]

but where this person could potentially see or hear it?

[wicka]

maybe?
but like he's also harmless

you know the old guy with the funny beard?
goodsir

[duracells]

vaguely, yeah.
isn't he a surgeon?

[wicka]

Yeah I guess
He's a doctor anyway
He seems pretty chill but he's from a billion years ago

He has this boyfriend called Tim BTW
That one's uptight as fuck
Got all pissed off at me because I called Goodsir old

[duracells]

[ interesting. ]

how old's tim?

[ none of this is relevant in neon's opinion, but keeping a line open feels important. ]

[wicka]

No clue dude
But he has the personality of a geezer
He said I was worse than Satan

[duracells]

than the devil?
from the bible?

[wicka]

Yea
So like the Tim guy died and came back
Then he made this network post about how he was an angel and burned down the chapel because he was mad at god I guess
And I was like dude, u totally turned into Satan
And that pissed him off and he was like no ur worse than Satan or whatever
It made no sense
He's weird

[duracells]

[ long pause. ]

this tim guy know anyone from the first round of murders?

[wicka]

No idea
I didn't really pay attention to him after all that
Sorry dude

[duracells]

nothing to be sorry about, i was just curious.

[ ... ]

oh, hey
i've got a question

[wicka]

Yea?

[duracells]

were you born a werewolf or were you bitten?
assuming that's how that actually works and it's not a bunch of urban legend nonsense.

[wicka]

[ Oh no, his heart is racing. ]

Why are u asking

[ Another person who thinks he might be a monster. ]

[duracells]

[ breathe, dom. neon's not pointing any fingers. ]

my friend who died
his head is still missing
i guess i was just wondering if you might be able to help me track it down.

i know we all seem to have lost our powers, but it got me thinking
is being a werewolf really a power, or just a natural state of being?

[ if neon was able to tap into whatever it is that influences dom's ability to shift, then it stands to reason that it must be some sort of "power" or supernatural ability, but neon's not the type of person who's quick to draw conclusions without asking some questions first. ]

[wicka]

I lost all the stuff I could do
Like I don't hear heartbeats anymore
I'm just normal
I guess that doesn't really make me useful anymore

[ ... ]

I was bitten

[duracells]

if you put it like that i guess we're both useless.

[ which, like. neon can't say he doesn't feel that way without his powers, but he also has enough awareness to know that's not true of either of them. ]

here?

[wicka]

U don't sound like ur useless

I was a kid
My dad was with me when we got attacked
He died and I became
This

Ur not gonna tell the others are u?

[duracells]

you should see me next to my family.

[ found family, anyway. ]

why would i?
that's not my business to tell.

[ not his business, end sentence. but sue him, he's curious. ]

i'm sorry about your dad, though.

[wicka]

Why do u say that?

Thank u

[ For his sympathy, for not saying anything. He's been in a near-constant state of panic. That people might attack him the moment they find out he's what the game was named after, and - that he might have hurt people. That thought aches, it makes him sick, it makes him think of that night his father died, it makes him think of his mothers who'd be devastated that everything they've done to keep him and others safe was for nothing.

He wishes he never came here. He wishes he could have rescued his friends from this stupid cult and this horrible game. Iggy would still be alive, Ren wouldn't have gotten sick, Melissa wouldn't be mourning her friend. He wouldn't be scared all the time. ]

[duracells]

i kind of drew the short straw when it came to the power lottery.

[ one day he will realize his worth to the team but today is not that day. ]

yeah.
how've you been otherwise, though?
before this whole shitshow started, i guess.