text via phone;

[pheromonecoffee]

[Attached is a photo of something that looks remarkably like a gun. No, Matt has not become the proudest new member of the NRA.

He's freaking out a little bit because he has officially had the most fucked up day of his life a little over a week ago. He has never felt more pain in real life or in a memory than when that monster ripped through his persona. And he's not sure it won't happen to him now if he tries to use one again. And that thing... was inside his head? Waiting to break out again? This is not what he asked for. But no one's getting that, right? So he keeps up the deadpan humor and sarcastic attitude because he has nothing else to fall back on.]

Heads up. So there's a monster summoning system that requires you to shoot yourself in the head. The same summoning system knocks you out for a week after you use it. So don't try it at home. Also, apparently I am a harp-playing robot if the "Thou art I and I am thou" thing is to be believed.

If we ever have awards, I at least want a nomination for "most unnecessary side effects to a power."

ETA: Please don't actually shoot yourself in the face. At all.

This is seriously fucked up.

Private text to Phillip

The monsters you summon--they're called Shadows.

[OOC; And trigger warning that Matt is explicitly mentioning that this summoning is p much faking suicide in at least one thread so be careful of that.]

Comments

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[pheromonecoffee]

I'm fine.

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[dead_black_eyes]

Even if it's a fake gun, the ritual could be psychologically damaging.

[Text]

[pheromonecoffee]

My psyche is intact.

[Text]

[dead_black_eyes]

I feel like being compelled to ask others not to shoot themselves indicates otherwise.

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[pheromonecoffee]

Because it put me in a coma for a week.

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[dead_black_eyes]

And you don't see anything worrisome about that.

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[pheromonecoffee]

Of course I do. That's why I said not to do it.

[Text]

[dead_black_eyes]

Does that warning extend to you?

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[pheromonecoffee]

I'm not trying again any time soon.

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[dead_black_eyes]

What is your name?

Re: [Text]

[pheromonecoffee]

Matt. Why?

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[dead_black_eyes]

Because I don't know it yet. It isn't an unfair question, considering I know you shot yourself in the head with a fake gun and put yourself in a coma for a week.

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[pheromonecoffee]

Most people would consider that asking for too much information, actually.

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[dead_black_eyes]

Most people also don't mind giving out at least a fake or code name over this network. I never ask expecting more than that.