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[ghostlocked]

[It's late when Harlan folds and decides to go to the network for a distraction. He would vastly prefer not to do this, but, well. That's why it's called folding.]

cant sleep.
tell me stories.

[ooc: feel free to threadjack and use this as a sort of storytelling free-for-all!]

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[ghostlocked]

lmao. i wouldnt call the rest of my guild the little ppl.
since im technically guildmaster im more useful stayin behind. im better at magic than most of the guild but that doesnt mean im better in the field.
its not like im in peak physical condition or anything. im a one trick pony.
plus i just like guildmaster shit better. i like runnin shit. training newbies. dealing w. clients. that kind of shit.
and i get to swoop in for dramatic rescues sometimes. lol. thats fun too.
yeah they will. but i think we got time at least.
gimme a sec on that list.

[It takes him a little while, but he does eventually drum up a spell list, which he sends along. Good luck, George.]

obvs thats missin the gritty details but an overview should work.
lmk what u wanna learn or if u have qs.

[toiletseat_girl]

I guess that makes sense.
I'm just the type who'd like to be out there more.
Like during the Null invasion.
I knew I was going to be most helpful at the Clinic, but I still wanted to be out there.
Dramatic rescues sound like fun!
Ok.
[she waits (mostly) patiently for the list]

I know I should say cure wounds.
But I'm gonna say chromatic orb.
Or why not both?

[ghostlocked]

hey ur prefs are important when it comes to what ur gonna be most useful doin.
doesnt matter what ur skills r if u hate what ur doin.
if u want to be out doin shit and u dont suck bad enough to be a liability go for it. its ur decision.
ok fun was the wrong word. my bad.
like its fun sure but if the situation is dire enough that a team needs me to swoop in i guarantee im not walking into anything fun.
its typically nbd bc again im better at magic than most so cleanup isnt too rough.
but if theyre calling me in someone is hurt or dying or the team is trapped somewhere or w.e. a million other terrible scenarios.
what i meant was i like getting to do that.
and i like getting to go out when im needed but im glad its not my regular gig anymore.
anyway yeah i can teach u both.
chromatic orb might be a lil easier for u to learn rn. cure wounds is a diff kind of magic we havent covered yet.
o i shouldve mentioned. idk when or if ull get good enough to cast blight but that spell doesnt work on the null.
theyre machines. it only works on natural shit.
tellin u that bc i think ud like that spell. lol.

[toiletseat_girl]

I don't hate the Clinic.
I like it. I'd like to learn more.
It's just that I feel like a liability.
Like everyone else is out risking their asses and there I am, nice and safe.
The problem is, I do suck.
I can admit it.
And it makes sense to like that.
You're helping people.
That's a good thing.
You can? Cool.
I'm always up for more and different magic.
I'll get good enough.
Sucks that it won't work on the Null, though.
From the description, yeah I would. ;)

[ghostlocked]

kiddo ur still young. uve got time to be better at shit.
it took me a long time to get to where im at now.
and takin risks on the front lines isnt always the best way to contribute. theres no shame in hangin back and playin support.
lvl of risk isnt a good measure of whether or not ur useful.
anyway weve gone on this tangent long enough.
tell me abt betty.

[toiletseat_girl]

I have nothing but time.
I guess. I just wanna do what I can to help.
However that is.
[there's a pause]
Betty was another Reaper.
She was there the day I died.
She'd been a Reaper since the 20s.
But she was so.
Full of life.

[ghostlocked]

was?
y past tense?

[toiletseat_girl]

[there's a long pause]
She hitched a ride on someone else's afterlife.
Never saw her again.

[ghostlocked]

[Harlan has the barest awareness that this is probably something that George doesn't want to talk about.

But she offered it in the first place, and remembering a friend is, at worst, bittersweet, so he's going to press.]

thats something u can do?

[toiletseat_girl]

[George thought of her as more than a friend, but good luck getting that out of her]

No.
The afterlife kind of.
Exploded.

[ghostlocked]

uh.
come again?

[toiletseat_girl]

It exploded.
I don't have a better word for it.
It was a flash of light and some wind.
All other afterlives sort of faded into lights that went into the sky.
Not this one.

[ghostlocked]

what do u mean afterlives? idt i get how this works.

[toiletseat_girl]

In my world, everyone has a soul.
Reapers take the soul before they die.
Then we send them to the afterlife.
No one knows what it is because we don't get to go there.
Not until we nab the lucky millionth soul and stick them with the job of being a Reaper.

[ghostlocked]

right. i got that much.
but u said afterlives. plural.

[toiletseat_girl]

We don't know where they're going.
Maybe everyone has their own personalized heaven.
Maybe they all wind up in the same place.
We just don't know.

[ghostlocked]

so which thing exploded?

[toiletseat_girl]

The White Cliffs of Dover.
Which made sense.
Irish immigrant at an Irish bar.
Betty just hopped right on in after him.

[ghostlocked]

did her hopping in make it explode?
thats fucked up.

[toiletseat_girl]

I've gotta assume that, yeah.
Nothing else makes sense.

[ghostlocked]

given what uve told me yeah. that seems like the case.
im sorry abt ur friend.
hey whatd u lose for this event?

[toiletseat_girl]

So am I.
My voice.
It's more annoying than scary.
How about you?

[ghostlocked]

lucky u.
sorry.
that sucks. im glad u didnt end up w. anything scary.
i lost my magic.

[toiletseat_girl]

Are you serious?
They took your magic?
That's bullshit.

[ghostlocked]

yeah.
its been rough. lmao.
my fucking focus doesnt even register as anything anymore.
im scared it wont come back.