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Okay, question.

[No wait, he pauses, before saying "aw, to hell with it," and turns on the video instead. He's done trying to be anonymous to even the other number club members.

This is someone some people from LCHS or Thunder Corp or just from somewhere may know, except... different. Aside from the deeper voice, Miles' face is more angular, his bones slightly more prominent than before. Basically, he looks like an older teen instead of someone who's just fifteen.]

Okay, now's the question.

What kind of physical changes did these echoes, pulses, whatever-you-call-them give you? As in you personally, and not what you've seen so far on the network. Hair, eye color, that kind of thing. I know some people are turning into robots and we've got a guy with feathers and wings now. It doesn't have to be as big as those changes. Even little ones, as long as they're from echoes.

... Let's just call this scientific curiosity. I'm not about to sell anyone out to some crazy lab or our so-called enemies. I just want to know.

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[ The background looks like a nice hotel (because it is.) ]

My hair used to be brown, but then it changed to this. [ She lifts a portion of her hair between her fingers, dark blue with pink stripes. She rubs it a few times before letting it fall. ]

And I turned into a zombie once, but it was temporary.

I can hear two peoples voices in my head. Not like the 'coocoo- looney bin' kind, the 'other living human beings having a chat up with me in my head' kind. Are you talking about that?

[Scientific curiosity. Right. He totally buys that. Except that he doesn't. But whatever.]

My hair went from blond to white.

Okay, hair I can deal but... zombie? How does a person even come back from that?

[Aaaand he raises an eyebrow.] Wouldn't that qualify as something different elsewhere? Unless it's something new added to your brain itself.

Nope, because I distinctly remember never having had this happen until after seeing that huge fucking snake. Unless you're thinking like- some sort of computer chip or the like literally adding itself to my head then I'm not sure- haven't gone to get it checked out since I'd like to stay out of the crazy house.

[Barest trace of a dragged, idle scoff.

In a rather English accent:] This is me not putting on an accent.

I've lived my whole life in New Jersey.

[That's gotta be awkward.]

And I'm guessing people looked at you funny just for that.

... And yet you sound like you're supposed to be from the other side of the Atlantic.

[What the hell???]

Well I doubt it's something physical. Maybe something mental or whatever.

What got changed on you? You don't have horns or weird teeth. [At least from what he can see.]

[Well, you'll learn for yourself one day, Miles.]

And ask annoying questions. So what's your deal? [Totally not annoying, right?]

[~~Everything~~.]

Still trying to figure that out myself.

i have horns, yellow blood, and weird eyes.
actually my eyes changed twice... and now im blind in one of them.

I have nothing super interesting, except, well.

[He picks up a photo in a frame on his desk next to him. It's him with Yoko at her tennis competition last fall, his face a mask of mock-surprise, pointing at her medal like he can barely believe it's there.]

[However, it's unavoidable to notice that the man who appeared in the video feed looks about ten years younger than the man in the picture, even if they're obviously the same person. He puts the photo down and gives a wan, amused smile.]

Yep, now I'm barely old enough to be my own kid's dad. At least I have a nice, ready-made excuse in the form of plastic surgery.

[... Oh crap. It's almost like his own problem. Except he doesn't have the excuse of plastic surgery, because how the hell do you even handwave Miles' age problem?]

So changes in physical age happened to you? I'd say that's "super interesting" since it's still drastic enough.

[ Akira uses the bathroom mirror to respond, he's standing in front of it, having a small dilemma of his own before he finally talks. ]

My eyes changed, and it messed up my vision somehow. I thought I'd gotten a concussion. I see lights floating all over my vision. No one else can see them, but..

[ Akira leans over the sink to get closer to the mirror, an up close and personal look at his eyes. They're solid black irises, so dark you can't see the pupil. Floating around in the darkness are gold lights that are bright enough to reflect rings in his eyes. He points to his eyes. ]

I can see those lights. But. Everywhere.

Can you lift cars or fly?

Thank god no. Do I look like a superhero stereotype?

Define "weird eyes". [Or eye? Or would pointing that out not be PC?]

[URGE TO SNAP... but no. Nope no temper here.]

My deal is that I'm trying to figure something out.

Did you watch the news reels from the snake fight? Everyone could be a superhero stereotype.

Well, I mean, it's a big deal to me, and now I can fight. But I'm not sure how much anyone who's not me would care about it. Except my daughter who, and I quote, is "sick to death of hearing about it."

[He gives finger quotes and then shrugs.]

I wish I knew why, but better not to look a gift horse in the mouth or anything.

Because they're in your eyes themselves... [A simple statement, not a question.]

I was in the snake fight. I saw people superhero-ing all over the place.

But I really doubt I'm a superhero stereotype. [He's a mage stereotype instead hurr hurr hurr.]

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