savetheearth | Entry #A-4: "Ante" [February 21, Text]

Though the police and the Blood Keys obviously represent a threat to many numbered individuals, I have a question about organized religion, and what pulses might mean when framed within certain philosophical contexts. No matter how natural it might feel, if there really is another being nudging its way into an existing consciousness, changing a person's aptitudes, physical attributes and even their personality... there have to be at least a few churches that would consider that demonic possession, right? Has anyone tried to reconcile what's happening with influential religious practices, and do we have any resources for assisting anyone who might wind up the subject of an attempted exorcism? Those still happen today, they can be extremely dangerous, and I'm concerned about the possibility of frightened numbered people seeking out such assistance, or being subjected to it by their families and communities. Thinking you're crazy is one thing, but sincerely believing that the devil is wielding you as an instrument is another entirely. Probably not something that the FAQ page can successfully assuage, for the most tenaciously convinced.

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Not to mention you'd have to explain how you are managing to grow them in New Jersey out of season.

p much lol

ppl barely bought the farmers cousin story in october

People are shrewder than we tend to give them credit for as a general rule. It could be worse. I could be turning blue and sprouting wings, but it's looking like I was human in my other life, as well, sans extraordinary powers.

p sure ppl have that

not both i dont think but i kno 4 a fact some1 has wings

Even if they weren't real examples, they sound like they could be, and that's the only point I'm trying to make. That, thus far, I can actually pass for a normal person.

[He actually can't, but that's just because he's freaking weird.]

me 2 tbh

gotta wear contact when i go out but otherwise im good rn

i think i was a normal human 2 actually

"normal" i had superopwers but i looked p much the same as any1 else

What's the deal with your eyes, Roxy? I take it they're an odd color, given the typical range.

u just used my name

liek i kno i told u but thats weirdn me out idk why but it is

anyway theyre pink

1st time i told ppl they tried 2 convince me i had pinkeye

like the disease?

but no the irises r pink

Sorry. I like learning names and I try to use them to make sure I never forget. Something about assigning each one to their number, you know? If your hair is very light, you could just say that you have albinism.

i have blond hair but im not pale enough 4 that and anyway i had brown eyes b4

thank god 4 rush order mail

Hopefully nothing more ostentatious will come up, though it's a definite possibility. Do you know anyone else in the city who is from the same reality you are?

few ppl

10ish or so i think

hbu

10? That many? I don't think there's anyone, but that's just as far as I know.

plus minues 2 but yeah

oh man thats p unlucky

r mb lucky but considerin ur minimum risk lvl its probbly unlucky 4 u

I've come close to dying a couple of times, now. I think if it was going to happen, it would have been one of those times. Ultimately I'm a pretty lucky guy.

u realize thast not how that works right

like its not "oh id didnt kill be the last times it wont kill me this time" whether u die i s like

indepenedent of if u died before

No... in this case, it definitely works like that. You'd have to trust me when I say so.

k listen up

ive died

trust me u can 2

I know I can die. Just that my risks are not the same, anymore. If you've died, are you from the same place as Octavia?

afaik yeah we both remember fish hitler n stuff so

So you know Eri, too. Why is Octavia so obsessed with him if she hates him so much?

k i think i might kno but theres something i need 2 clear up 1st i dont think i actually knew tavia in her past life bc i dont remember her

we just remember knowing the same person

anway u know how tavia was an alien

they have this thing called blackrom which is hate romance

so u hate some1 a whole lot and then u 2 make out

i think thats their thing but idk exactly

[It doesn't quite hit Roxy that maybe it wasn't exactly her job to tell L these things in Tavia's stead until after she sends the message, but she dismisses it. It's not like Tavia will ever find out, right? And even if she does, she won't be too mad.]

[Tavia was... really, really forthcoming when they spoke. L honestly doesn't think that she'd mind and is therefore getting pretty bold with his questions. As long as people keep answering them, no harm done, right? The worst that can happen is that he'll be asked to scale down a bit, or answer a question or two of his own... but surprisingly, and happily, no one seems too invasively interested in the mysterious texter who wants to know all these things.]

But she has a boyfriend, right? Named Alan? Doesn't that complicate the situation?

well yes

from what i remmeber trolls could have normal romance+hatedates together and it wasnt cheating

like u were supposed to have both

but idk how alans gonna feel about that

theres actualyl 4 knds of troll romance but this sit is complicated enough already u kno

I don't mind complicated. What are the other kinds?

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