text from a cell phone;

[cursedtolive]

If this whole thing is real and we're getting memories and things from our "past lives", I think my past self was either really paranoid or an assassin. idek what I'm supposed to make of getting (echoing???) a concealed knife out of nowhere but since that's all I've got I might as well make the guess?

On one hand that's a cool idea and all because that's like the difference between being a zombie ninja and being zombie guy at Best Buys, but on the other hand idk if I really want to remember being crazy or a killer. Ugh.

What am I even supposed to do if mad killer past me takes over my mind or something. I don't think even my brother can laugh off something like that.

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[phoenix_temple]

[Welcome to her life, Benjamin. Why do you think she got so jumpy when she thinks you're not looking. She takes a moment to put a hand on his shoulder.]

It'll be okay. I'm sure. [Even if she really and actually just saw someone get stabbed last week and definitely had to do magic to stop that from being a bad thing.]

[cursedtolive]

Do you know what's going on?

I haven't read or listened to everything, yet! But it doesn't look safe. What's going on, Anais?

[phoenix_temple]

From everything I was told, we're... reincarnated or something, from people who might not even be from Earth. The police are aliens or something.

I kinda wish I understood more, but it's just been a mess. Your body might end up changing, or you might end up getting weird magic powers... like I did.

[cursedtolive]

Past lives, right? This is crazy. Like you'd only find it in the sci-fi games that Jerry plays at his friend's house.

-- Wait. You got magic powers?

[phoenix_temple]

[She smiles sheepishly and shrugs.]

Apparently that's a thing that happens a lot. It doesn't make any sense, but... it's happening.

[cursedtolive]

...

[a dramatic whisper]

You're a witch.

[phoenix_temple]

[Shove. 8|]

Look, it's weird, okay? But now you're weird, too.

[cursedtolive]

Excuse you, I am not weird.

I just have a weird membership and a knife now.

[phoenix_temple]

No, you're weird now.

[She gives a beat. She didn't realize he was actually keeping the knife, she thought he was smarter than that. She holds out her hand.] Knife.

[cursedtolive]

I hid it in my room because what a thing to carry around.

[phoenix_temple]

Give me. [Srsly what if you hurt yourself.]

[cursedtolive]

No, it's my weird thing!

I'm fine!

[phoenix_temple]

It's your weird thing and you're totally going to hurt yourself with it.

[cursedtolive]

Am not. I don't have it! I told you I put it away.

[phoenix_temple]

Benjamin, it's a knife. You're too young for that.

[cursedtolive]

Anais you have magic powers and you're way too old for stuff like that!

[phoenix_temple]

Wow. I am not. You know witches are old crones, right? I'm still about five decades too young to be a witch.

[cursedtolive]

Then you're a magical girl.

[Like from Jerry's anime]

[phoenix_temple]

I am not a magical girl.

[cursedtolive]

Totally a magical girl.

One day you're going to have a random sparkly transformation and get really frilly.

[phoenix_temple]

Oh god. I hope not, that seems really impractical.

[cursedtolive]

Things tend to go wrong.

[he's kind of not an optimist[

[phoenix_temple]

I think magic at all is where I want to stop all the "wrong."

[cursedtolive]

[He looks up at her. Then he sighs with a shrug.]

Well, it's not gonna stop.

Since when did things ever stop for us when they sucked?

[phoenix_temple]

Well, if I'm being optimistic, we tend to do well considering our situation.

If I'm not, we're probably screwed.