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[nightwild]

I'll try to keep this short- The other guy said a lot about the big monster, but it sounds like there's other monsters now...

[There's a long pause as Fauna tries to organize her words. It's hard to post all this, especially when she's doing it from a hospital bed, but... It's important to get it all out there.]

People are turning into monsters, it sounds like. The "Black Beast" beat me in a fight and took my Seeds- items from my world. So... I'd bet people changing is related to that.

These monsters are called Wishes. They're... Well, they're what they sound like. When someone makes a wish, they're given incredible power and the ability to grant that wish. But someone flooded with power while thinking about their wish just makes people go crazy. They won't stop until that wish is granted, and even then, the wish might just keep growing, and they'll never stop. They're out of control, from their own wish and the power they've been given.

You can't beat them with fighting- None of you have the tools to do that. The only way to stop it is to stop the wishes they made in the first place. Either make them not want it anymore, or grant the wish so they don't need to wish for it anymore, or strengthen their heart so they can resist the temptation of the power and the wish. Those are how you can get it under control, and stop the monsters...

Their powers come from the wish they made, though. So be careful. You can't beat them with fighting, but they sure can beat you.

[There's another pause. Was that everything? She does want to keep it short and to the point. No need to ramble nonstop.]

So... figure out their wish. Help them with it, or help them overcome it. Weaken the wish so it doesn't have a hold over them, and let them come to their senses.

... That's all. I'm in the infirmary if you guys have any questions about it.

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[jaganshi]

[ Yeah yeah yeah there's all this useful information here that Hiei will need later, but seeing as he doesn't quite understand how much he needs this for future reference at the moment...

He is primarily here to be a hater. ]

Do you ever intend to claim a victory here? Or just advertise your defeats over and over?

[nightwild]

[Fauna, the most predictable person in Aldrip, stares blearily at her screen.]

... Is someone calling themselves "hamster legs" seriously trying to talk smack?

[jaganshi]

[ TCH! ]

A side effect of living with Urameshi.

You are avoiding the question.

[nightwild]

... Look, I get you're trying to pick a fight and all, but I'm not going to start shit with a guy called 'hamster'.

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[despitethenora]

[There's rustling in the background, because Aloy loves to keep moving through a phone call. Sorry for the skeptic, Fauna.]

I've never seen a wish do anything but make people emotional. You're sure there's nothing we could get our hands on to use?

[nightwild]

At least, where I come from, a Seed can only be destroyed by the power of another Seed. So I'm the only one who could do it.

[There's some implications there, huh? But Fauna just moves on.]

But that's how it worked where I come from. I don't know how different they'll work here, with that Beast involved.

[despitethenora]

And the beast seems like a bit much to tackle yet.

[Just musing. Hey, she's been told she can't fight one thing, she has to weight what other fights she could pick.]

Do you figure all the seeds are deployed? We couldn't try to get in, reclaim some, and bring them back to you to use.

[nightwild]

The thing is... I only had three.

Are there more than three people transforming?

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[melnik]

You were just carrying something that volatile around with you?

[ What he's hearing is that this just became way more complicated and it's her fault. Fortunately, it also strikes him as irrelevant to harp on that point now when it's already over and done with.

Not to mention it already seems like she's taken a beating. ]

Never mind. Sounds like we've got our work cut out for us again. Something tells me when people become monsters they won't be so willing to spoon feed us info on their wishes. Any tips?

[nightwild]

What else was I going to do with them?

[She sounds defensive, but... no, he's trying to help. Don't get too mad. Just... Work with him.]

Their powers are related to their wish. So if you look at their powers, and what they do with it, it can be a big hint. Or you can talk to the people they're close to. Get to what's been eating them.

And you can just try talking to them. The Wishes are emotional. They've been given more power than they could handle. A lot of the time, they'll start shouting about what they want, because no one can stop them.

[melnik]

[ It's fine. He could think of a couple of less than understanding answers to that question, but he's prepared to let it go instead of nitpicking further for now. ]

Great. We're being attacked by a giant dragon and our only recourse is to play charades with our mind-controlled friends. We should have all kinds of time for that!

[ The frustration is not so much directed at her... just the situation. Here's to another Aldrip-style shitshow. ]

If you're sure that we can't fight them, then I suppose we have no choice. Here's hoping we don't destroy each other in the process.

[nightwild]

I'm sure.

[She got all kinds of shit kicked out of her, so her voice is weak. But she still sounds certain.]

Even the weakest Wishes are pretty much immune to whatever bullets the cops had. If you could somehow damage them, anyway, you wouldn't be able to destroy the Seed that's giving them power.

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[followyourstar]

Fighting doesn't work?

I thought it was just like what I'm used to, but I guess there are more differences than I thought.

[nightwild]

[Fauna's responding via audio because she doesn't have the power to tap and poke at the tiny display right now...]

I mean... You can try. But you can't destroy the Seeds. The best you could hope for is killing the person who got stuck with it. You'd be killing people just for... having a wish.

[Her tone makes it clear that she does not think that's an option, and clearly no one else would do that, either?]

Not to mention, they're strong, anyway.

[followyourstar]

I had a feeling they'd be. I didn't expect to do much fighting anyway. I'm a better shot than I used to be, but I doubt I'd stand a chance against anything out there.

[They quickly decide it's best not to touch on that first set of comments. She's not wrong, but it's not always that easy, either. Or maybe it's better to hope that if it is that easy for her, they might be able to handle this on their own after all.]

And just out of curiosity, what do you mean by the wish continuing to grow?

By the way, if you need me to switch to voice, I will. My voice is just a little, uh, different. So I stick with text.

[nightwild]

Don't worry about it. It's just hard to type right now.

[Or always. But that's not the point.]

It's like... If someone wants money, right? They use their powers and take the money they wanted. But now that they have it... They still have those powers. They usually decide then that they want more money. And that wish grows out of control like that, never being satisfied.

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[conflictresolution]

Tried playing the hero and ended up making it a worse situation. Do you have anything else to show for yourself?

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[nightwild]

Dunno. Have you done anything to try to help, or are you just here to talk shit at someone else for having the balls to try when you don't?

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[conflictresolution]

Is that what you called what you did? No plan, no assistance, just all balls.

Can a person be affected by more than one of these scattered seeds you so thoughtless took into 'battle' with you? Can they be collected and removed before infection?

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[uncommonsense]

[ the whole thing’s really damn serious sounding. between what she had read earlier and now, things were way too dangerous for someone without any magic or mind powers or anything to be out and about.

—sheesh. she can’t help but feel a little useless at the moment. ]

The wishes… can they understand us? It doesn’t sound like they’re all that willing to talk.

[ …speaking of. ]

Are you alright?

[nightwild]

They can... but they're not really willing, usually.

[Haruhi, huh... Well, now she feels bad, but.]

I'm fine. I just let my guard down. Eight heads is harder to fight than I thought.

[uncommonsense]

[ --she can't just mention eight heads! now she wants to ask if someone got a picture or a video!!

but, she's not that tactless. not at the moment, anyway. even though she wants to see it, she's gotta wait for when it's a little safer.

so then. ]

I can come by if you don't mind the company. Maybe help in thinking about how to deal with them?

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[mightymorphin]

... hey, Fauna?

what happens if they wish for something unobtainable? like a better relationship with their mom? or a million dollars?

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[nightwild]

...? They'd get power for it. I don't know about the relationship... Probably brainwashing? But money's easy. There's all sorts of ways someone might get money. Walking through walls, or duplicating stuff... One guy I fought once wanted money, so he turned into a dynamite monster. Blew up walls and safes and stuff. Robbed a bunch of banks.

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[mightymorphin]

So they get powers based on the wish, huh...?

[There's a brief pause as Morph mulls that one over.]

Can't say I'm much of a therapist, but I'll just hope no one's wishing about the 'better relationship with their parents' thing. That one I'm really unqualified for.