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[thekidsare0kay]

hey uh.
ii thiink ii'm gettiing 2iick or 2omethiing.
they called me down two the iinfiirmary and diid 2omethiing wiith my collar, but now ii feel liike 2hiit.
probably not a good iidea two 2ee me for a biit.
ju2t two warn you.

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[thekidsare0kay]

no, ii don't thiink thii2 ii2 contagiiou2.
and ii don't thiink 2oup 2iill help.

[guiltapalooza]

You think it's related to getting your collar changed? What did they do?

[thekidsare0kay]

ii don't know, but iit 2tarted after that, 2o that'2 probably iit.
they changed the colour from blue two yellow.

[guiltapalooza]

Blue to yellow... Mine's been violet since I got here. I've always wondered if the colors were supposed to mean something.

Have you been feeling any other effects?

[thekidsare0kay]

well, iif they call you down for 'emergency maiintenance' you can tell them two pii22 off, ii gue22.
but the result2 of that miight be wor2e.

ii don't thiink 2o, ju2t diizzy and my power2 goiing weiird.

[guiltapalooza]

I might have to take the risk. My powers getting out of control could be catastrophic.

Are you sure I can't do anything? I could at least bring you a book to read or something while you recuperate.

[thekidsare0kay]

how cata2trophiic?

nah, ii'd ju2t burn the book.
my ance2tor ii2 takiing care of iit, wiillow, thank2.

[guiltapalooza]

Let's just say if I really wanted to, my whole planet could go bye-bye. Ordinarily I don't get anywhere up to that level of power, but if my collar were tampered with... I just don't want to think about it.

Oh, ouch, I can't condone book-burning. My little library dwelling heart shrivels just thinking of it. But I'm glad he's there for you! That does make me feel better, he's a nice guy.

[thekidsare0kay]

oh, 2o the cata2trophiic level of cata2trophe.
good two know.

iit'2 not my thiing, eiither.
and yeah, he'2 not bad.

[guiltapalooza]

Yeah, the word catastrophe was very intentional and well-placed. Good thing yours aren't quite so world-ending.

I think he worries about you kinda. I know trolls don't have family, but sometimes you really act like it.

[thekidsare0kay]

dangerou2 enough, though.

ii gue22. ii don't thiink our relatiion2hiip could be called normal, though.
ii mean, mo2t people never meet theiir ance2tor2.

[guiltapalooza]

I know. But you'll get through this okay. We've had worse things happen before, that's for sure.

Pfft, who needs normal? Nothing about this situation is normal. If it works for you, that's what's important.

[thekidsare0kay]

ii hope iit doe2n't get wor2e.
that'd be ju2t my luck.

that'2 true.

[guiltapalooza]

Luck is such a bitch, isn't it?

At least you aren't alone. And Aradia's here. Way more Aradia's than is strictly necessary, at the moment, actually.

[thekidsare0kay]

the biigge2t.

yeah there 2ure are a whole lot more aradiia2 than average twoday.

[guiltapalooza]

Maybe it'll turn around a little while you're here. It's not all completely bad.

Is that normal, for her? I don't really get how the whole time thing works.

[thekidsare0kay]

you're a pretty optiimii2tiic per2on, aren't you?

iit happen2 from tiime two tiime, yeah.
ii don't know about normal, but duriing the game 2he generated dozen2 of alternate tiimeliine2, and all the ver2iion2 of her came to help u2 fiight the fiinal bo22.

[guiltapalooza]

Guilty as charged. Or at least I try to be. Thinking of all the ways everything could end badly just makes me go all babbly and incoherent, and that's fun for no one.

Gosh, I knew she had to be heroic, but that's a lot of heroic. There isn't anything bad that happens from her having all these clones, is there?

[thekidsare0kay]

ii don't know, iit 2ound2 cute.

uh...

[guiltapalooza]

No, not cute, just majorly embarrassing. Well sometimes people tell me it's cute but mostly I just think it's embarrassing.

There is something bad, isn't there? I knew it. Just tell me.

[thekidsare0kay]

ii thiink that'2 the defiiniitiion of cute two everyone el2e.

well, ba2iically everyone iin any of the alternate tiimeliine2 ii2 doomed.

[guiltapalooza]

Oh. Yeah, good point. I do think it's cute when other people are embarrassed. Maybe just cause it's novel to see it on someone else for a change.

... I didn't think of that, but it has to be that way, doesn't it. Or the timelines will interfere with each other and, eesh, paradox. That must be hard to live with.

[thekidsare0kay]

exactly!

yeah, that'2 how iit work2.
there'2 the alpha tiimeliine, and then all the others are doomed tiimeliine2.

[guiltapalooza]

It is cute when you and Aradia talk about each other. Very novel.

I think I hate that word doomed already. I'll be thrilled when all of this is over.

[thekidsare0kay]

waiit, no, diid you ju2t call me cute?

ju2t thiink, my tiitle ii2 the mage of doom.
thiink how much ii mu2t hate iit.