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[ladyofluminosity]

[Luci's voice comes on over the network, and she sounds pretty excited.]

I got something back! Not just some vague feeling or a maybe memory, but an actual power! This is completely unexpected! I didn't think in my wildest dreams that I'd be able to use magic or anything like that, especially like this!

It started earlier, and since then, through lots of experimentation, I've been able to figure out the following: I can make things brighter, and I mean REALLY bright, but not darker; I can make little balls of light in my hands, but I'm not sure if they just stay there or if I can do anything with them--I really don't want to accidentally break something in my room; also, this--

[The video turns on to a bright, glowing blond's face. And arms. And yeah everything. It's almost like there are dancing lights underneath her skin. Meet Luci, resident goody two-shoes, overachiever, and now human disco ball.]

Which is really cool, but I haven't actually figured out how to turn it off yet. So, um, help? Anyone?

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[ladyofluminosity]

Maybe looking at what exactly I was doing might do the trick. I tend to do this a lot, taking an age-old problem and seeing if I can figure out a different way to come to the same conclusion. I was looking at a rather lengthy problem and managed to solve it in fewer steps, then this happened.

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[ladyofluminosity]

So like hazing?

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[mood2wiingiing]

sort of lol.

[indy_wannabe]

That suits you, I'd say.

[ladyofluminosity]

How so?

[Video]

[italktofish]

OUTRAGEOUS! Once you get that under control, you'll be a hit at parties!

[So says the big guy sitting there by a fish tank and pointing at the video feed like he's trying to show the fish the light show.]

Have you tried thinking really, REALLY hard on a switched-off light bulb? That could work!

[Video]

[ladyofluminosity]

That's assuming I actually do parties.

Tried it, doesn't work. I'm wondering if I'm missing something.

[Video]

[italktofish]

But there's nothing like a good party to cure what ails you!

Have you tried clicking your heels together three times and wishing REALLY hard? How did you start it in the first place?

[Video]

[ladyofluminosity]

I wouldn't really know.

I did, and it didn't work. I was studying, then this happened, so I'm not really sure what caused it.

[indy_wannabe]

It sounds like you need to master it in your own way, on your own terms.

[ladyofluminosity]

On my own terms. Hmm.

[She sits there for a moment, arms crossed over her chest. The screen flashes white before going back to normal. The lights appear to be gone.]

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[somesayinfire]

Maybe she was a being made entirely of light. I mean, no rules saying that the people we used to be had to be human, right?

That still doesn't answer why you were a being made entirely of light, but it's a start! Maybe. Call it a thought experiment.

[indy_wannabe]

Looks like that helped.

[ladyofluminosity]

It did. You said the exact right thing to get me to figure it out. I realized, all this time I had been telling it what to do, when it occurred to me: I was being terribly impolite.

[indy_wannabe]

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That's also very like you.

[ladyofluminosity]

I really should have thought to ask it to turn off sooner instead of just telling it.

[indy_wannabe]

At least it worked out in the end right?

[ladyofluminosity]

Although how to trigger it at will...

[indy_wannabe]

I imagine just find the right formula and the rest will come easy.

[ladyofluminosity]

I'm wondering if it would take that much, though. That seems like an awful lot of effort to be really useful. There must be a shortcut.

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[argents]

You're so calm! I definitely would've freaked out by now. What have you tried so far? To turn it off.

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[ladyofluminosity]

I can assure you, I may look calm, but I am definitely not calm.

Lots of things. Thinking about light bulbs, darkness, outright telling it to stop. Nothing seems to want to work.

[indy_wannabe]

I have a feeling pretty soon it'll be completely natural to you.

[argents]

Could've fooled me. Let's see... maybe think about how electrical currents work. Like via switch.

[ladyofluminosity]

Going a bit more technical, I like it. Let's see.

[She sits there for a moment or two, then makes a face.]

No go.