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Post by Miroru on Jun 4, 2023 6:06:44 GMT
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"Ahhhhhhh, fuck me sideways."
Miroru muttered as she sat in the observation seats and stared at Zenkai's display. It wasn't that there was a problem with it- she actually thought it was pretty fucking hilarious, and perfectly in line with the almost terminal level of... well, zen that Zen displayed. But on the heels of her own exhibition...
Well, it made her look like one hell of a tryhard.
She had reasons. It was an invitation to show off, and she'd basically never get to show off that particular trick. It was useless in the field- in what situation did an orbital solar laser actually become something useful, after all? You can't capture villains with concrete-vaporizing levels of concentrated solar radiation- but she also knew it made her seem stronger than she was. She couldn't control all that energy at once, but that was the beauty of a directed solar weapon- she didn't need to. She only needed to control enough of it to point it in a direction and let it keep moving.
But put up against Zenkai's chill AF performance, and it made her look like an asshole. At least she felt like it did. So she pinched her nose and sank into her seat and tried to silence her anxiety as it kicked in and insisted she'd already gutted her reputation for good at UAU.
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Post by Thea on Jun 4, 2023 6:32:48 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","skullhover"] [attr="class","skullimg"] [attr="class","skulltitle"]間違い [attr="class","skulloverlap"]How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become? [attr="class","skullbody"]There was nothing for her to show. Thea considered signing up for the quirk demo but quickly realized there was no real visual component to it, nothing to present, and if she was honest with herself, she didn't even want to. Attention was a form of kryptonite to her. Nothing good ever came from exposure to kryptonite. No, instead she opted just to observe, though even that description was flimsy compared to the truth of what she was doing. Her mind was splintered in a dozen or so directions, the world around her distorted with the myriad versions of this place she'd seen in stolen memory. Even her own self-perception distorted like a funhouse mirror. She was Thea but also a hundred or so other people. [break][break] Only a sliver of her mind even bothered to take in her surrounding in times like these. To an outside observer, she would appear in a daze. Her eyes, glassed and hollow as they were, only further amplified this image, though that was simply what they looked like at all times; a side effect of her quirk. But even like this, she was still lucid, much to her chagrin. The Mentat wanted nothing more than to drift away in memory. [break][break] Her attention snapped to the present as the seat beside her filled with a new body. She'd hoped that maybe no one would want to sit there on the sound of how she appeared. Sadly solitude was never something that lasted long at UAU. Her mind gave a little more attention to the present and eyed the fox-like girl beside her.[break][break] “That's the girl from that time in the training grounds.” [break] “yeah, she looks pissed” [break] “So what, that's not our problem” [break] “Isn't she like, Farrins friend?” [break] “Still don't see why we should care.” [break] “I don't. Maybe if we don't move she'll ignore us?” [break] “Sounds like a plan” [break][break] Thea resolved to pretend she saw nothing and turned her gaze back towards the ceiling. Maybe if she was lucky, Miroru wouldn't even have noticed her looking.[break] [break] [attr="class","skullinfo"] Music[attr="class","skullcredits"] TAIKO![newclass=.skullhover]width:420px;-webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);filter: grayscale(100%);-webkit-transition:all 1s ease;transition:all 1s ease;-webkit-transition-delay:0.1s;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullhover:hover]-webkit-filter: grayscale(0%);filter: grayscale(0%)-webkit-transition:all 1s ease;transition:all 1s ease;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullimg]width:380px;height:200px;background-image:url(https://i.ibb.co/nrVgLSZ/Untitlesdffsdd.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;[/newclass] [newclass=.skulltitle]font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;font-size:50px;position:relative;text-align:center;color:#168D93;margin-top:-36px;margin-bottom:0px;text-shadow: -1px 0 black, 0 1px black, 1px 0 black, 0 -1px black;[/newclass] [newclass=.skulloverlap]letter-spacing:1px;font-family:oswald;font-weight:200;font-size:9px;position:relative;text-align:center;margin-top:-0;margin-bottom:-5px;color:#e8e8e8;text-shadow: -1px 0 black, 0 1px black, 1px 0 black, 0 -1px black;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullbody]div-align:center;text-align:justify;width:380px;font-size:10px;font-family:roboto;color:#e8e8e8;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullbody b]color:#168D93;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullinfo]width:380px;font-family:oswald;font-size:9px;font-weight:200;color:#767676;text-align:right[/newclass] [newclass=.skullcredits]width:380px;font-family:roboto;font-size:8px;text-align:center;[/newclass] [googlefont=Oswald] [googlefont=Roboto] |
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Post by Miroru on Jun 4, 2023 6:48:04 GMT
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Miroru registered Thea only after she slumped in her newly claimed seat and bemoaned her apparent fate. The glassy-eyed girl shifted, looked her way a moment or two. She wasn't sure what was passing behind those eyes- judgment? Consideration?- but whatever it was, she kept to herself as she shifted her eyes again to study the presentations further.
"I... ugh. Sorry. It's- Thea, right?" Miroru sat up and tried to shake her frustration. "I didn't notice your name on the demo roster, or I would have made a point to say hi. You just here to see the sights? Learn what you can?" Miroru settled back into her seat and rubbed her temples a moment. "Probably shoulda taken a page out of your book. Starting to question if showing off was even worth my time or just shot me in the foot. Zen seems pretty sure it's the latter, if his own performance is any way to judge. And you didn't sign up at all." She chewed the inside of her lip. "Mighta played the wrong hand, here." A glance to Thea. "Is that why you didn't sign up to demonstrate?"
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Post by Thea on Jun 4, 2023 7:30:45 GMT
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“Zen's a fucking moron. Don't compare your performance to theirs.” [break][break]
Her eyes turned back to Miroru. While she held no special consideration for her, Thea's dislike of Zen was enough to warrant a response. She immediately regretted it; now she had no choice but to participate in the conversation. Her mind angled more toward the present, not entirely, but enough so that Miroru's image was solid enough to get social queues from.[break][break]
Thea slumped further into her seat. “I just like watching things. Kinda, It's complicated,” It wasn't. “Like, I need background noise but things like TV and radio or whatever don't cut it.” What she meant to say was crowds were the easiest place to steal memories. She was like an addict, always looking for their next fix. “And well. Like, my quirks not much to show. It's not visual, ya know?” It also didn't help that once people grew aware of it, she'd lose access to all the fresh new memories this school had to offer. She knew they'd find out eventually, and in some ways, she was excited about it, if only for the fact that it would bring the solitude she craved. For now at least, she had other priorities.[break][break]
“I wouldn't worry if I was you. Nobody really cares what you did up there,” She wasn't lying. Most people didn't care for the displays at a talent show; they were mostly there for the performer themselves. “People who were going to like you will like you still, people who weren't... Well, fuck them.” Thea turned her head toward the fox-girl. “I don't think you wanna take pages from my book. It's kinda shitty.”[break]
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Post by Miroru on Jun 6, 2023 1:32:40 GMT
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Theirs? Miroru caught that and wondered. Was Zen enby? Worth asking later.
She caught Thea's eyes as they turned back, noted that queer glossy, distant look they had, despite holding a perfectly cognizant conversation. Quirk factor? Maybe. Not something she felt digging about, but an interesting thing to be aware of.
"... no, actually, I get it," Miroru offered as Thea discussed appreciating background noise. "For me, the whole world's got this... background buzz. Electronics, people, engines, the magnetic field of the planet, it's all there, all fluctuating, all the time. I dunno if it's the same as your deal, whatever it might be, but adding something substantial, like some people having a conversation or something... it helps to have something of substance to half-focus on so that the rest fades out of note." It wasn't the same, not really, especially with Thea's addiction to theftiness and stealery of the memorial varietals, but she was trying to connect at least, and offering up a bit of insight into her own situation.
"You think?" Miroru chirped, hopeful. "After going all out, I felt like I'd made an ass of myself." She listened- and covered her mouth with an abrupt snigger at Thea's curse. "Get out of my head! That's exactly what I was thinking."
Her head tilted, though, at the last bit. "Is it? In terms of experience, or do you think you treat other people lousy? I haven't seen you be an outright asshole yet- blunt, sure, but nothing awful. Being blunt and keeping to yourself isn't what I'd call shitty, at least..?"
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Post by Thea on Jun 6, 2023 19:05:58 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","skullhover"] [attr="class","skullimg"] [attr="class","skulltitle"]間違い [attr="class","skulloverlap"]How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become? [attr="class","skullbody"] Get out of my head. [break] The words burned in her ears despite their intent. She'd heard it a thousand times before. Each instance replayed in her mind distorting Miroru's words into a cacophony. The edges of Thea's vision distorted as the currents of her mind threatened to pull her under, a veritable riptide of memory from the single most powerful source; Thea herself. She relived it all. Her hand slapped, weapons drawn, fingers curled to fists. It always ended the same way, people don't trust someone they can't lie to. People get violent with someone they can't trust. [break][break] “Yeah, It's something like that.” She responded without really hearing what the Fox had said. Part of her mind replayed the memory swiftly, she pulled the words from the memory so as to give the illusion of having paid attention. “It's more like...” She paused awkwardly. There was no reason to go into detail. No reason to think this girl actually cared, or that even if she did, she'd continue to do so later. [break][break] “But yeah. Going all out made you look like a badass, ya know.” Thea smiled a rehearsed smile. Looking at Miroru, all she could see was the shifting form of her face, the myriad faces all mouthing the same words "Get out of my head". “I know I wouldn't want to mess with you.”[break][break] Already Thea was exhausted of the conversation. She could barely stand to look at Miroru's face and decided the girl's respect wasn't worth the discomfort, no ones was. She melted further in the chair, counting the seconds until she could leave. “Yeah, I have a way with pissing people off. They like to act all nice and stuff but, ” a listless breath escaped her lungs as she unconsciously brought her hands together, pressing her thump into her palm. “I just don't like liars, ” She was one. “And heroes lie more than god. But don't you worry, I've only been here a few weeks, people'll start calling me an asshole sooner or later. Hell, you might be the first.” She threw a coy smile to soften the comment. Unlike Farrin and Zenkai who seemed ill-fated enough to like her as if by design, there was no such link here. If fate had plans for them, they were yet to be told.[break][break] [break] [attr="class","skullinfo"]; [attr="class","skullcredits"] TAIKO![newclass=.skullhover]width:420px;-webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);filter: grayscale(100%);-webkit-transition:all 1s ease;transition:all 1s ease;-webkit-transition-delay:0.1s;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullhover:hover]-webkit-filter: grayscale(0%);filter: grayscale(0%)-webkit-transition:all 1s ease;transition:all 1s ease;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullimg]width:380px;height:200px;background-image:url(https://i.ibb.co/nrVgLSZ/Untitlesdffsdd.png); background-repeat:no-repeat;[/newclass] [newclass=.skulltitle]font-family:verdana;font-weight:700;font-size:50px;position:relative;text-align:center;color:#168D93;margin-top:-36px;margin-bottom:0px;text-shadow: -1px 0 black, 0 1px black, 1px 0 black, 0 -1px black;[/newclass] [newclass=.skulloverlap]letter-spacing:1px;font-family:oswald;font-weight:200;font-size:9px;position:relative;text-align:center;margin-top:-0;margin-bottom:-5px;color:#e8e8e8;text-shadow: -1px 0 black, 0 1px black, 1px 0 black, 0 -1px black;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullbody]div-align:center;text-align:justify;width:380px;font-size:10px;font-family:roboto;color:#e8e8e8;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullbody b]color:#168D93;[/newclass] [newclass=.skullinfo]width:380px;font-family:oswald;font-size:9px;font-weight:200;color:#767676;text-align:right[/newclass] [newclass=.skullcredits]width:380px;font-family:roboto;font-size:8px;text-align:center;[/newclass] [googlefont=Oswald] [googlefont=Roboto] |
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Post by Miroru on Jun 8, 2023 20:41:39 GMT
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She didn't quite go into more detail, curbing herself before she did, and dropping a compliment instead. Which Miroru appreciated, and flashed an unrehearsed smile colored by a bit of flush. "Aw. Thanks. And you can mess with me, just not when it's sunny, mostly. Though really, that's only so useful. It's not like orbital strikes are all that useful for everyday villainy and street level crime. So I've put a lotta work into, like. Hand to hand and conditioning and stuff."
She didn't say anything when Thea looked away, just relaxed into her chair and looked forward as well. She was quiet after the bit about how people tended to act. "... I can get that. People do that a lot. Do it around people they think can do stuff for them, more. Like the kid they want to provide instant shade wherever. Or hide them so they can sneak into locker rooms. Or get them a hookup with their hero dad." She snorted, squirming the tip of her foot into the ground. "And yeah. They really fucking do. Lie, I mean, heroes. It's... awful."
Miroru looked up and back at Thea at that last comment. "I don't think so. You seem like- you might get misunderstood a lot. Maybe even you'll do some things that feel awful. But I don't get a scrap of malice off you. If you hurt people... I think it'll be on accident. Or because it's for the best somehow. So of all the things you might be... I don't think asshole is going on the list. And if I'm wrong... I dunno, Thea.
Even assholes deserve friends."
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Post by Thea on Jun 10, 2023 23:38:23 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","skullhover"] [attr="class","skullimg"] [attr="class","skulltitle"]間違い [attr="class","skulloverlap"]How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become? [attr="class","skullbody"]There was no malice to detect. Malice was not something Thea found to be at the core of her issue. Hypocrisy, sure; she certainly was guilty of that, but something else was wrong with her head, something she couldn't quite place. Though even that was a lie, she could place it precisely, and it fit into the palm of her hands precisely.
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“Even assholes huh,” her response was almost dripping with venom.
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What made this girl tick, she wondered. Was this genuine nicety or some charade? It wouldn't be hard for her to find out; she could just rip the truth from Miroru like so many others before and so many more to come. "No one is that nice." Her hand twitched reflexively, anticipating what would come next. Her body knew the score before she did; the chorus in her mind agreed, but only Thea herself could pull the trigger, not that she'd ever turned up a chance to do so before.
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Another student walked up to the stage and addressed the audience who it was didn't matter at all to the Mentat, though it offered just the chance she needed. "Oh, check out this smuck. His display is gonna be so stupid," She spoke in faux excitement, a rehearsed cadence from another life. As she spoke, she went to tap the Miroru on the wrist. An innocent gesture of excitement that carried with it the payload of her quirk.
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It wasn't malice. Something more like greed, an excuse to feed the hole in her stomach on the memories of another. A reason to feel vindicated in her indulgence. Besides, whatever it was that made her this way, whatever secrets she was hiding. This would put her words to the test. Do assholes deserve friends?
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Post by Miroru on Jun 10, 2023 23:58:33 GMT
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"Aw, I'm sure it won't be... THAT awful... probably..? I mean he made it past the exams, so he's gotta have something going for him, right?" Miroru theorized quietly. "... though I guess there's no guarantee that "something" is public speaking, huh?"
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Post by Thea on Jun 14, 2023 17:28:38 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","skullhover"] [attr="class","skullimg"] [attr="class","skulltitle"]間違い [attr="class","skulloverlap"]How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become? [attr="class","skullbody"]Brightest lights always held back darkness. The mentat had seen it before, the amount of violence it took to make one peaceful. The amount of sadness it took to brighten a smile. She took the truth and a part of her subject's mind with it. A small fragment in time that would persist. She tucked it away in the back of her mind along with all the others. Another voice in an endless crowd.[break][break]
“Oh, it's gonna be bad, just not as bad as like your family,” she failed to hide a sly grin. The scale tipped, and she found herself comfortable knowing she held more hards than those around her. She had no reason to do it, flaunt that she now knew something she shouldn't. It just felt good. It made her feel alive.[break][break]
“God, you're really just trying to undo all the harm they did, aren't you? But at least you know that all this shit about heroes being the best of the best is a lie. At least when it comes to being good people.” She turned to the fox-girl. Hollowed orbs stared through her, into her, beyond her. It was like looking in a funhouse mirror for Thea. The first few minutes after taking a memory came with the heightened perception of self that expanded into the source of memories, like a would in two bodies. Instead of compassion, it bread contempt. The hate she felt towards her self not directed outwards as if to say "I don't trust me, and now you are me."[break][break]
“Stop being so fucking lonely. Didn't you just say even assholes deserve friends? Why the fuck are you excluding yourself.” Insecurities merged, the chimera mind was always a mess of emotions until it sorted itself out. Thea never wanted to sort it out. She craved the catharsis. The thousand minds within her were caged and locked in perpetual motion locked as they were in a single frame of time. Only now did they find release in the disillusion of self and the rising of emotion.[break][break]
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Post by Miroru on Jun 15, 2023 1:09:07 GMT
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Miroru's eyes slid sideways in a familiar suspicious glance- but it dissolved into something of a relieved smirk. "I don't think anyone here could put on a performance THAT rotten." She leaned back in her chair, appearing to pay attention to the show out of politeness but transparently engaged fully with the conversation.
"What's the deal? You hear the rumors?" She wasn't mad- as her expression had read, she seemed relieved to have someone else that knew. "No, probably not. They didn't really spread past the Association. So- does that mean you were, like, picking through my memories while we were talking?" Curious, not upset. Apparently not a girl who feels like she's got that many secrets. "That's a hell of a trick for a hero if so- it'd take a ton of the guesswork out of identifying perps." She considers, then glances over. "Am I close?"
She turned back to the stage. "... you do think they're awful, don't you..? Be honest? Nobody seems to want to believe it." She stares towards the stage, doesn't see it. "He's on a fucking pedestal, and unless someone with a louder voice or a higher approval rate calls him out, I don't see the public buying it as anything but a smear job."
Trying to fix things... Miroru nodded slowly. "Kind of. Yeah. It feels like shit, knowing everything you had growing up was stained with... corruption. I owe society a debt for the blood money my father milked off of it. I'll start paying it back by proving I'm a better hero than he ever was.
And then I'll tear down his false fucking temple and bring it down on every last one of them."
Pause.
"Metaphorically speaking. He's still about six inches this side of being vain enough to expect literal worship."
A slow exhale. A nod. "Yeah. It's bullshit. I can't think as it serves a purpose. Why not just be like. "You've all proved you've got the potential to kick asses- we're gonna sift out the fucking monsters in your ranks before they get a chance to ruin society from the inside out"?" She griped quietly. "Would have sounded a lot better."
The bit about loneliness surprised her more than the bit about her family. She looked back wide-eyed, hair floofing, before frowning a little and screwing her lips up. "For your information, I'm not excluding myself. I just have too much work to... go out and party or... whatever people are doing. I need to use my time to be the best hero I can be. I've got to outshine my dad, or I'll just be the bitter kid who couldn't cut it at the family agency and tried to sink the ship out of petulant misery. I deserve friends like everybody else does." She slumped in her chair, pouting faintly. "I'm just too busy to make any."
I can pay no price too great for justice.
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Post by Thea on Jun 19, 2023 0:54:11 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","skullhover"] [attr="class","skullimg"] [attr="class","skulltitle"]間違い [attr="class","skulloverlap"]How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become? [attr="class","skullbody"]"Close, that's what we'll go with." Thea suppressed her surprise. It wasn't often that someone put it together and didn't immediately push her away. She dropped any pretense of pretending to watch the show on stage. Whatever was going on there could wait till later, or maybe even never, if the performances were as bad as the social suicide happening on stage.[break][break]
The memories replayed in her mind. She lived them a few times. Not because she wanted to but because this was the fastest way for the enco of Miroru in the mentat's mind to dissipate. She had to strip down the memory into its barest elements and file it away. It was dehumanizing in a way; she had to rationalize away everything she took in, no matter how much it contained.[break][break]
"There are some rumors but none that compare to the truth. Turn out your PR is pretty airtight, Ma-" The word turned to ash in her mouth, the same taste she got when saying her own but more potent somehow. It was the price she paid for trying to twist a knife she had no business knowing. "Ma'am" she added at the end to cover the mistake. Her heart sank for a moment, a feeling not her own. "She sure has feelings. Damn it, go away." [break][break]
Thea let the fox speak, words being such a poor communication medium that she grew bored part way through despite her interest. It wasn't anyone's fault. The more she had to absorb, the more her mind throttled time until she'd done so. Voice, especially under emotion, was writhe with information. Memories, writhe with context.[break][break]
"He was a piece of shit. Probably thinks he's right and doing all of it for your own good. Monsters always justify themselves." She spoke from experience, both stolen and lived. [break][break]
"You're gonna outshine him in misery? That's fucking stupid." She scoffed at the idea. "I'll be fucked before I let the shadow of my family do that to me." She'd gone no contact with them years ago, if you count mind erasure as a form of no contact.[break][break]
"Besides, no one's really too busy. Shit, you could be at a party right now if ya wanted to. All work and no play, as they say." She leaned toward the fox, an uncharacteristic mannerism seeping through the cracks as she folded the last bits of memory into herself. "What do ya say?"[break][break]
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Post by Miroru on Jun 19, 2023 1:19:19 GMT
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Miroru's face tensed, as if bracing for a blow, as Thea started that word, but- it never came. She relaxed slowly at the switch to a new word, and nodded, quietly offering, "I got emancipated, and changed my name. So by now, everyone who's met me only ever knew Miroru." A pause, and she snorts in sudden amusement. "Ma'am. You know, if you take it that way, he got my name half-right twice. I kept the last part, and the first bit..." Mam. It WAS kinda funny.
"Oh, I'm absolutely sure he does. He's completely convinced this is all his story, that he's the hero. Everything he hates, it's because he, in his infinite wisdom, thinks it's wrong." Like his daughter's body. And gender. And her moronic idealism.
"Oh, hell, if all I wanted was to be more miserable. I'd have had that medal years ago." A quiet pause. "But I know what you mean. I don't intend to be miserable forever, I'm just.
Scared I'll waste this opportunity if I don't do my best."
Thea wasn't WRONG about technically having time. She struggled to find productive ways to spend all her time, after all...
She blinked as Thea leaned in, but didn't move away, instead leaning closer conspiratorially. "You mean- bail on the tour and go find a party?" She glanced around a moment, then murmuring, "Do you think we can find one that easily?"
I can pay no price too great for justice.
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Post by Thea on Jun 19, 2023 2:28:43 GMT
[nospaces] [attr="class","skullhover"] [attr="class","skullimg"] [attr="class","skulltitle"]間違い [attr="class","skulloverlap"]How do we forgive ourselves for all the things we did not become? [attr="class","skullbody"]For a solemn moment, Thea considered offering her services—just a quick touch at a meet and greet, then bam, happy family. She'd considered doing the same for herself since the day her quirk manifested. [break][break]
It was the one rule she had, or at least the one rule she followed. Changing memories and knowledge was one thing, but changing behavior was something else entirely. If loving your child wasn't enough catalysts for change, what could she do other than pour love into memories that had none? Her own parents were proof enough of that.[break][break]
"Please, I know a lot of people that deserve that medal more than you. And you don't seem the type to let 'opportunity', " She rolled her eyes at the word, "Go to waste. Half the classes here are a waste anyway but don't tell them I said that."[break][break]
"you're not really gonna miss the tour. I took it last year," she lied. "I'll guide you around in no time," she lied again. Not willing to fully explain what her quirk did, it was easier to avoid the truth. Part of her wondered if she would somehow lead Miroru down a dark path. The other part didn't care. If this girl was willing to trust the mentat, Thea would see how that would take her.[break][break]
"I know a few places. Lots of secret hideaways for pretty much every subculture you can imagine. You drink?" The answer only changed how illegal the place would be, not if they served alcohol. [break][break]
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Post by Miroru on Jun 19, 2023 3:00:19 GMT
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"... yeah, I know," Miroru replied, looking a bit confused. "I'm just saying I'm definitely more miserable than my celebrity pro hero father. Everything goes his way, he doesn't think he has any problems at all. I'm not... saying I'm the most miserable ever. I *have* some perspective."
"HALF? You really think so? What sorta classes do you think I should avoid?" It was less an ask for instruction as an attempt to peek at Thea and see what she thought wasn't useful. Miroru trusted her own judgment to suss out what she could use and what she couldn't, but if she could get Thea talking about her thoughts on the matter, maybe she'd learn a little.
"Okay. I'm pretty sure between the internet and a good pair of running shoes, I can acquaint myself later, anyhow, and without getting bounced between classmates that could very possibly eject spikes if startled."
Drink? It was a good question. She shook her head. "Or. Well. I never have. Do you?"
I can pay no price too great for justice.
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