2nd Wish | Voice

[saiyanscholar]

[Real-time conversation makes him feel pretty awkward a lot of the time, but for reasons, he doesn't think trying text is the best idea.]

Um, so out of curiosity . . . [Right, it's totally just curiosity, Jeffrey. Way to go.] When any of you guys get a new ability . . . about how long does it take you to get used to it to the point where you're not doing it by accident anymore?

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[gogoghostpowers]

Three years. And I'm pretty sure that's only because I got pulses that helped out with it.

Permavoice

[saiyanscholar]

Oh man, I can't keep doing this for years. [It's very inconvenient and potentially expensive.]

permatext

[gogoghostpowers]

Is it that bad?

What power keeps going off accidentally for you?

[saiyanscholar]

I suddenly got strength that I'm pretty sure is superhuman. Kinda leery about touching things right now. They keep on just . . . breaking.

[gogoghostpowers]

Oh, jeez. Yeah, that sounds like a bigger problem than what I had.

I wish I could help but...the only advice I have is 'hope for an echo that helps you control it better.'

[saiyanscholar]

[A small, nervous chuckle.] If I could get one like that before the rest of the family comes in for Christmas, that'd sure be helpful. Thanks anyway.

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[chalicejoker]

Depends on what it is...I was breaking stuff for a few weeks after I suddenly became really strong.

[Which is a pain when you work in a restaurant...]

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[saiyanscholar]

Weeks? Great. [Breaking stuff accidentally for weeks. Just wonderful.] Guess that beats years, though.

[Audio]

[chalicejoker]

Try breaking everything you touch and working in a restaurant.

[He sighs.]

Had to get a new phone, too.

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[saiyanscholar]

Yikes, that had to be rough. And just . . . even when I think I'm being careful, it's sometimes not enough. [New phone and new keyboard are on the list of things to get. Along with new dishes, glasses, utensils . . . and he broke the lid off the dryer, too. Super-strength is so destructive.] Gonna be awkward trying to explain this away when the family gets together for Christmas if I don't get a handle on it quick.

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[chalicejoker]

Yeah...a lot of it's just learning how to be really gentle really fast.

You can try telling your family you're just having an off day, but it doesn't work for very long or if the destruction's major.

[He got away with a few smashed dishes, but any more than that and suddenly he was faking a cold and skipping out on work just to avoid the obvious problems.]

[handwritten]

[moarnomsplz]

Like a few weeks? That's how long it took me before I could change on purpose with the first piece.

Permavoice

[saiyanscholar]

Seems to be a bit of a consensus so far. I'm gonna have to find a way to be discreet about this somehow, I guess.

... So you . . . transform?

[always writing]

[moarnomsplz]

Yeah! Other-me is a shape-shifter. He can look totally human but his real body is like this fuzzy blue centaur thing. With this long bladed tail. I got that first and then if something really surprised me it would just I don't know grow by itself. Like a defense mechanism or something.