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[opheliac]

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alright, u stupid hunk of junk. are u going to start sending my messages now or what?

isha.

i dont know if ure here. i mean, ive looked through this a million times and i cant tell what kind of username u'd make for urself. i thought maybe scuttle butt, but. i dont see it.

[.........]


or maybe u just dont know how to use these yet.

but

if ure seeing this, its me, jinx. and im here. im not in aldrip, but im on my way there. i need u to either find a safe place, or find an adult.

if u find someone, show them this message and stick with them, ok?


if u want to try writing to me, there should be a keyboard that will pop up for u and itll show u the alphabet. the letters are not going to be in order, but thats ok. its supposed to look like that.


then u press whatever letter u want. start something short. like "hi". then press that little arrow besides the smiley face. or u can use that smiley face button and send one to me if thats easier. think of it like its an arcade game. i know it looks intimidating at first, but ure smart. i know u'll figure it out.


if u come across vander at all, just keep ur distance from him for now.

if hes here.

i dont know what the rules are when it comes to. him.

but everything is going to be ok, i promise. love u, kiddo.


and everyone else

look for a 7-8? year old with braided blue hair like mine. and shes dressed like me, too. she has big golden brown eyes. if she doesnt talk to u, thats normal, she doesnt speak. this place gets pretty jacked, and i just dont want her hurt again. and i know the council or the big wigs have a knack of bringing dead people here sometimes and

[...]

she might be really lost and confused. so. if u find her, please watch over my kid until i get there.

and same goes if u see a beast who doesnt look like hes from here. not the typical aldrip kind of monster. just stay away, dont attack, and let me take care of him.

if any of u see my sister vi, please dont tell her where i am. its important that we stay away from each other. i know shes just going to try and find me

but

trust me. its for the best. she needs to learn how to move on from me.


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video call me.


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can u read this now, silco? so what do i do next? u told me to walk away, and i tried that, but now im back here. if this isn't what u meant by breaking the cycle, do i need to move away to rumpitur? please keep talking to me, i dont want u to go away again.

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[laserguy]

okay i'll take a look there.

yes you're here and i'm talking to you now, so you're definitely real and alive. [As 'real' as anything can be here, but that's not what he's going to focus on. Besides, something sinks in his stomach, because what happened to Jinx?? She went back home and... has another friend of his died? He hates it--]

we can say it's both.

but what do you mean?? she cares a lot about you. what happened between you two?

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[opheliac]

boy, where do i start, huh? my sis became an officer. decided to be the very thing who killed our parents.

i was a wanted criminal back home, still am. funny how thats still the same here and this place, huh? but vi teamed up with her girlfriend to hunt me down, to put me behind bars and rot away. went as far as polluting the air with poisonous gas who made a lot of my people sick. talk about obsession.

but i gave them what they wanted, they wanted to smoke me out. so i came out. and we fought. and after aaaalll that, she still couldnt do land the final blow at me.

most stuff happened between us. like my other dad coming back from the dead, didnt gamble for THAT to happen. she and i were ok after that... both kinda decided to... put what we had in the backseat and focus on him. focus on trying to get him better. but... then he died again. my little girl died with him.

and i realized then... people will continue to die if they get close to me, no matter if i do it on purpose or not. because im a jinx and thats my magic.

so i cut vi out of my life. and i need cut *u* out of my life, too. and levi, silco, ragna, everyone here... i have to leave u all behind before all of u will die because of me too.

[laserguy]

[Vi and Caitlyn poisoned the air...? Just to get to Jinx?? That's... that can't be right, but he doesn't wholly doubt Jinx either. There just must be some deeper explanation. Maybe she just thought it was poison. Or... something. He wants to ask about that, but Jinx's talking about so many things, a lot of it so wild, that Scott doesn't know where to start.

Her dad coming back. Then dying again. And a little girl dying with him-- is that 'Isha?' It makes sense and explains why Jinx is so worried and asking about her. But as Scott reads the final parts of her message, he finds himself hurriedly responding to that instead of anything else.]

don't cut me out of your life, i'm fine-- i've been fine. i can handle it. your curse hasn't affected me-- it really hasn't affected levi or ragna, right? it's not you.

[opheliac]

yea, NOW it hasnt. my curse could be buying its time. or. just trying to make me FEEL everything is ok and safe when its not. maybe it wants me to feel comfortable with everyone before u get taken away from me.

ure one of the first friends ive made here, scott. and i dont... want something horrible to happen because *i* changed my mind about walking away when im supposed to.

[laserguy]

it sure is taking its time because nothing has happened to me and i've been here for as long as you have.

[Nothing happening to him is pretty relative, but Scott doesn't care right now.]

i'm not abandoning a friend just because i might get hurt. and look shitty things happen in this place even if they don't know you.

[opheliac]

ugh!! all of u are starting to become a real pain. im *trying* to save ur sorry butts from me, because i *know* how this goes and know how this ends, but so far, u squish for brains keep yapping how me backing off is stupid or my curse wont change anything.

dont u *want* to have a happy life? without me messing it all up?

[laserguy]

yeah because we're right. also what sort of friends would we be if we just went 'okay jinx, never talk to us again, even though you really don't want that either.' and all because of a curse you think you have.

we're all stubborn assholes. that's why we're even friends in the first place.

[opheliac]

guess that just means i need to start making ur lives a living hell.

[laserguy]

yeah yeah, bring your worst.

just don't forget that i bite back. :p

[opheliac]

oh yeah, buddy? i bite AND scratch. so i'd watch it.

[laserguy]

well i bite, scratch, and kick.

i will just stubbornly sit at your cafe if i have to.

[opheliac]

sheesh. if ure going to do that, at LEAST give the cats some treats.

[laserguy]

sure whatever.

so. we're on the same page now, yeah? no kicking me out of your life.

[opheliac]

yea yeah, fine, fine. this is starting to get old anyway.

[laserguy]

good. i mean i'll probably stop by anyway at some point with some sandwiches or shit, after i take a look around for isha. i haven't forgotten that.

[opheliac]

that little rascal might not be here. maybe it's for the best. aldrip isnt the safest city around.

[laserguy]

maybe not, but she'd have someone here that would still do her best to protect her, right?

[opheliac]

of course she would.
thanks for taking the time to look around, scott.

[laserguy]

c'mon, we're friends.

we've been so for over a year.

i still wanna ask about you and vi. but later.

🎀 soon??

[opheliac]

yeah, later. or go talk to my sis. she is "further in the timeline" than me. she can tell u what happened.

🎀

[laserguy]

[Yeah, it seems like it'd be best if he caught up with Vi later... especially if she's further on in their timeline.]

just. don't completely push her away.