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[bestfuneralever]

im pretty sure fantasy amish land is not wh ere i was suposed to end up but when in rome~

'sup dollfaces? im klaus & were gonna play a game.

2 truth & a lie:
1. i didnt have a real name until i was 10yrs old
2. im right-handed
3. my mom is a robot

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[bestfuneralever]

[S I G H
Time for trauma bonding or something, he guesses!!]

its a long dumb story that we barely even know the truth abt
my shitheel dad found 7 ~*~special~*~ babies w/ powers & made a lil child superhero army
0/10 stars wld not recommend

[vecna]

[Well now we’re just in eerily familiar territory. There’s yet one more long pause before replying.]

I can’t imagine it was pleasant. Where I’m from, you could say there was a similar situation, and it wasn’t very fun for the children involved.

What kind of powers? “The Seance” is a flashy title.

[bestfuneralever]

on the one hand im sad other ppl dealt w that shit
on the other im not surprised at all
the world is shit water is wet news @ 11

its pmuch what it says on the tin
i talk 2 ghosts
hate it

[vecna]

Well, isn't it just good to know that human nature doesn't really change, even across universes?

[That's a terrible comfort at best, so it's safe to say someone's being wry.]

Ghosts? You speak to the dead? That sounds like it could be useful.

[bestfuneralever]

smthg like that

my dad thought so
but theres just smthg abt waking up @ 4yrs old bc a woman covered in blood is in ur closet screaming n no1 else can see or hear her that u just kinda never get over
esp when u keep being locked in a crypt for like 10hrs at a time by ur dad

[vecna]

[That is a downside. The stuff of nightmares — and Henry would know. And while it’s a lot to unpack, the conclusion he arrives at is relatively simple. He can relate to it, too, in his own way, a way that makes him impossibly bitter if he thinks on it for too long.]

It sounds to me like your father was more interested in treating his children like tools, not family. Not people.

No offense.

[bestfuneralever]

haaaaa
BINGO got it in 1

none taken trust me
i hated the guy but at least hes dead now

[vecna]

Meaning... you're free to do what you want. [Yes? No?] You even have a proper name now.

[bestfuneralever]

yeah i guess i mean i left the academy years ago
it still feels pretty surreal

[vecna]

[MUST BE NICE!!! A pang of envy, just a little -- it's hard to consider his stay in Solvunn as "freedom", though he supposes it is a step up from how things were.

Still.]

I imagine thinking back on it feels like a different life altogether. So what did you do once you were free?

[bestfuneralever]

yeah 4 sure
pretty sure i got blackout drunk at a club n slept on a park bench lol
that was a while ago and ive done drugs since then

[vecna]

[Lovely.]

I should have phrased my question differently. I meant: what is it you do now? Do you still go around speaking with the dead?

[bestfuneralever]

oh i mean i can? its not like smthg i can turn of & off
theyre just always there screaming and pawing at me
i prefer not to tho hence the drugs

[He's probably not the useful tool you might expect, bud.]

[vecna]

[Just one that needs honing. That's what all the scientists back at the lab likely would've thought.]

Even now?

[bestfuneralever]

ur sounding a lil 2 interested here...

[vecna]

Sorry. Like I said: similar circumstances. It's hard not to try to compare and contrast.

[bestfuneralever]

its fine i get it
its a weird life and even weirder 2 find ppl that get it
im just kinda shit at what i do
and im fine w/ keeping it that way

[vecna]

Strange abilities rarely manifest in the way we want to, when we want them to. And sometimes they're hard to wrangle into something useful. But I don't mean to imply that you don't have plenty of practice under your belt.

In the end, you should do with them whatever you please.

[bestfuneralever]

"hard to wrangle" is sure one way to explain it lol
oh idk my levels of practice have fallen a lot over the yrs im basically a disaster

[vecna]

[Sounds like wasted potential to him. But Henry's outlook on life isn't one that suits a passive approach.]

If you're happy with that, who am I to judge?

[lol]

That said, the Summoned are all skilled in their own way. Maybe someone can help you.

[bestfuneralever]

hey i can dig that vibe~

mmmaybe
but i just got here gonna try to adjust a lil more to whatever the hell is actly goin on here

[vecna]

You're in Solvunn, aren't you? "Fantasy Amish land."

[bestfuneralever]

haha yeah thats the one

[vecna]

Then you just happened to land in the most communal of all the factions. Lucky you.

[Good thing this is brain-text so he is allowed to feel a little sarcastic about that comment. He eases on.]

Ask for help and someone will provide. You might just be expected to tend to their goats in the future.

[HE'S BEEN THERE]

[bestfuneralever]

how CoNvEnIeNt for me!

[It's always nice when he has GOOD luck for once!]

goats arent so bad