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that's the mindset to have.
i think most of us try to have that mindset, really.
us being the 'lost souls'. people like you and me.
not here of our own will.
we're stuck here, so best to make the most of it.
and the best way to do that is get as many answers as possible.
i think most of us try to have that mindset, really.
us being the 'lost souls'. people like you and me.
not here of our own will.
we're stuck here, so best to make the most of it.
and the best way to do that is get as many answers as possible.
Cloud? It's Levi.
Normally I wouldn't reach out about this, but you're the only person I know who might be able to help.
Dr. Yue doesn't appear to be available anymore, and I received a note from the Daitengu recently asking me to get another examination.
They didn't use any emoji, so they must have been serious about it.
Do you happen to know any good doctors or nurses?
Normally I wouldn't reach out about this, but you're the only person I know who might be able to help.
Dr. Yue doesn't appear to be available anymore, and I received a note from the Daitengu recently asking me to get another examination.
They didn't use any emoji, so they must have been serious about it.
Do you happen to know any good doctors or nurses?
yeah, it's me.
and that does sound like daitengu when they're being serious.
mmm.
normally i would direct you to sublieutenant dyer - emily, i mean. she runs a clinic on the side that some of us volunteer with.
but i'm going to take a guess and assume this condition isn't exactly common.
and that does sound like daitengu when they're being serious.
mmm.
normally i would direct you to sublieutenant dyer - emily, i mean. she runs a clinic on the side that some of us volunteer with.
but i'm going to take a guess and assume this condition isn't exactly common.
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Well, if you recall, I can control lightning.
It's generated by a mutation in my heart -- it's a normal thing that all human hearts do, but because of my status as a meta-human, mine behaves... slightly differently.
It can cause damage if handled improperly. To myself and to others, but mostly to myself.
The good news is that it's been handled through normal cardiology in the past. Dr. Yue hooked me up to a monitor and provided me with some medication to help handle it, but, again, it seems like she's disappeared.
It's generated by a mutation in my heart -- it's a normal thing that all human hearts do, but because of my status as a meta-human, mine behaves... slightly differently.
It can cause damage if handled improperly. To myself and to others, but mostly to myself.
The good news is that it's been handled through normal cardiology in the past. Dr. Yue hooked me up to a monitor and provided me with some medication to help handle it, but, again, it seems like she's disappeared.
vanished, huh?
yeah, that... happens, sometimes. seems people can come and go like the wind here, sometimes.
if you've already got medication and the like, then emily should be more than happy to give you a check-up and make sure everything's functioning properly.
i don't know the extent of her medical expertise, but, i've never heard a complaint from anyone who's gone with her.
[ A beat, before responding. ]
a metahuman...
is that someone who has magic natively, in your world?
yeah, that... happens, sometimes. seems people can come and go like the wind here, sometimes.
if you've already got medication and the like, then emily should be more than happy to give you a check-up and make sure everything's functioning properly.
i don't know the extent of her medical expertise, but, i've never heard a complaint from anyone who's gone with her.
[ A beat, before responding. ]
a metahuman...
is that someone who has magic natively, in your world?
[sublieutenant emily dyer. they mark the name down in their head and make sure to bring it up the next chance they get—perhaps at the hopefully-upcoming introductory post for any new members of the sutoku alliance. the rest of it, then, is a little more complex.]
If you believe the propaganda, meta-humans are meant to represent the next stage of evolution for humanity.
We make up roughly 10% of the population, or so I've heard, and all of us have some sort of mutation that grants us extrahuman abilities.
I've known people with enhanced strength, shapeshifters, pyrokinetics... that sort of thing.
I wouldn't really call it magic. Magic probably doesn't have drawbacks.
If you believe the propaganda, meta-humans are meant to represent the next stage of evolution for humanity.
We make up roughly 10% of the population, or so I've heard, and all of us have some sort of mutation that grants us extrahuman abilities.
I've known people with enhanced strength, shapeshifters, pyrokinetics... that sort of thing.
I wouldn't really call it magic. Magic probably doesn't have drawbacks.
i guess you're right.
at least, not any that don't probably happen with any group that seems to have more abilities than other people.
all the standard exploitation.
[ Admittedly, this metahumanity did sound a bit like... well. Best not to bring that up just yet. It was a complicated subject in the best of company. ]
point being, it's all a part of who you are, right?
guess that does explain a few things.
at least, not any that don't probably happen with any group that seems to have more abilities than other people.
all the standard exploitation.
[ Admittedly, this metahumanity did sound a bit like... well. Best not to bring that up just yet. It was a complicated subject in the best of company. ]
point being, it's all a part of who you are, right?
guess that does explain a few things.
Let's say that there are people who don't necessarily agree with the way humanity is evolving.
I don't know if it's exploitation so much as it is a public relations nightmare.
I could go into it more, but I'd rather not bog you down with politics from a world that isn't yours.
Yeah. Ultimately, it's just who and what I am.
Can I ask what it explains? I could also just tell you, if you have any questions...
I don't know if it's exploitation so much as it is a public relations nightmare.
I could go into it more, but I'd rather not bog you down with politics from a world that isn't yours.
Yeah. Ultimately, it's just who and what I am.
Can I ask what it explains? I could also just tell you, if you have any questions...
but those people have pretty vested interests in how it should, right?
i get it.
it might be politics from a different world, but it's still politics. and that's something i unfortunately am getting better at understanding.
if you need someone to listen to it, i don't mind.
[ Sutoku has been... 'good' to Cloud in some respects. ]
you seemed like you were trying to avoid getting into the weeds on some things, back when we first ran into each other.
i would, too, if i had been in your shoes.
i don't know if i have any questions about it, really. i guess, other than, well.
anything we can do to help? beyond making sure emily keeps you healthy, i mean.
i get it.
it might be politics from a different world, but it's still politics. and that's something i unfortunately am getting better at understanding.
if you need someone to listen to it, i don't mind.
[ Sutoku has been... 'good' to Cloud in some respects. ]
you seemed like you were trying to avoid getting into the weeds on some things, back when we first ran into each other.
i would, too, if i had been in your shoes.
i don't know if i have any questions about it, really. i guess, other than, well.
anything we can do to help? beyond making sure emily keeps you healthy, i mean.
Oh... well, yes, I guess that particular secret's out. Haha.
I just want to make sure I know my own limits before I commit to something too dangerous.
I suppose... if there's one thing you might be able to do to help, could you not spread this information around?
About my heart, I mean. And what might happen to it.
It's not something that absolutely needs to be a secret, or I wouldn't have told you, but... I don't want people to worry about me.
Unless, well, it's their job to do it, I suppose.
I just want to make sure I know my own limits before I commit to something too dangerous.
I suppose... if there's one thing you might be able to do to help, could you not spread this information around?
About my heart, I mean. And what might happen to it.
It's not something that absolutely needs to be a secret, or I wouldn't have told you, but... I don't want people to worry about me.
Unless, well, it's their job to do it, I suppose.
well, it is my job to worry about you.
but if you're handling it, and you know your limits, i won't push the subject.
just make sure you get a checkup by dyer.
especially if you plan on volunteering for anything risky in the future.
[ By 'risky', he's making sure she knows that this should be done before any planned operations in the near or distant future. ]
beyond that is outside my wheelhouse.
unless you're going to be looking to train up cardio so it's not as much a problem?
[ A beat, and then. ]
i appreciate the trust, levi. really.
but if you're handling it, and you know your limits, i won't push the subject.
just make sure you get a checkup by dyer.
especially if you plan on volunteering for anything risky in the future.
[ By 'risky', he's making sure she knows that this should be done before any planned operations in the near or distant future. ]
beyond that is outside my wheelhouse.
unless you're going to be looking to train up cardio so it's not as much a problem?
[ A beat, and then. ]
i appreciate the trust, levi. really.
You've done more than enough to earn my trust, Cloud.
I'll check in with Dr. Dyer, and I'll make sure that's the first thing I do.
You know how I feel about making myself a liability.
[they consider the idea of training...]
Building up cardio has always struck me as a bad idea, since exercise usually means... well, exertion.
But if I have someone who doesn't mind watching me to make sure I don't hurt myself, it could work.
I'll check in with Dr. Dyer, and I'll make sure that's the first thing I do.
You know how I feel about making myself a liability.
[they consider the idea of training...]
Building up cardio has always struck me as a bad idea, since exercise usually means... well, exertion.
But if I have someone who doesn't mind watching me to make sure I don't hurt myself, it could work.
[ What in the- ]
uh.
hey.
you're right, i don't know you. who is this?
and what... exactly have you heard?
uh.
hey.
you're right, i don't know you. who is this?
and what... exactly have you heard?
[ ...Oh. Oh no. ]
nice to make your acquaintence, rengoku.
someone wanted you to check up on me, huh?
can't imagine who that would be.
[ That's... sarcasm. But it's definitely not going to come across through text. ]
nice to make your acquaintence, rengoku.
someone wanted you to check up on me, huh?
can't imagine who that would be.
[ That's... sarcasm. But it's definitely not going to come across through text. ]
[ An 'old friend', huh? ]
well...
i can't say i was expecting him to do things this way, that's for sure.
he has a bad habit of dragging other people into things.
that said, i'm guessing you might have suspected something like this from the start?
well...
i can't say i was expecting him to do things this way, that's for sure.
he has a bad habit of dragging other people into things.
that said, i'm guessing you might have suspected something like this from the start?
[ Hmmm... ]
well, if you don't mind waiting a few weeks to get started.
i do have a training hall for sutokus where they can get ready for big combat operations.
i can't imagine we won't be able to work in some cardio there.
build up your endurance a little bit.
maybe make it so you aren't worrying about your heart all the time.
but, uh, definitely get the all-clear from dr. dyer first, yeah?
well, if you don't mind waiting a few weeks to get started.
i do have a training hall for sutokus where they can get ready for big combat operations.
i can't imagine we won't be able to work in some cardio there.
build up your endurance a little bit.
maybe make it so you aren't worrying about your heart all the time.
but, uh, definitely get the all-clear from dr. dyer first, yeah?
I like that idea.
I definitely don't mind waiting to get started. I'll be using that time to get as clean a bill of health as possible, after all.
I'll probably be starting my training with Marie around the same time, so I can just make a regular schedule out of it.
Let's do this, Cloud.
I definitely don't mind waiting to get started. I'll be using that time to get as clean a bill of health as possible, after all.
I'll probably be starting my training with Marie around the same time, so I can just make a regular schedule out of it.
Let's do this, Cloud.
huh.
clever thinking, i got to say.
no, he's not a friend. it's— complicated.
[ There's a beat, before the next message. ]
you could tell all that by his...smell?
clever thinking, i got to say.
no, he's not a friend. it's— complicated.
[ There's a beat, before the next message. ]
you could tell all that by his...smell?
Edited 2022-09-14 04:23 (UTC)
And the feeling of his body!
( not like that. definitely not like that-- )
I apologize, it sounds very strange!
I was a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, where I come from.
I grew very adept with my senses!
Of course, in this place, they are not quite as they were!
Tell me, have I misjudged him?
( not like that. definitely not like that-- )
I apologize, it sounds very strange!
I was a member of the Demon Slayer Corps, where I come from.
I grew very adept with my senses!
Of course, in this place, they are not quite as they were!
Tell me, have I misjudged him?
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