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Is ♞ even on the network's character map, or: event related, at -5.

[The video feed is focused on a pretty egg-shaped gem, colored blue and swirling black. It's sitting on the keyboard, and Sayaka's face is level with it, staring at it. She's not blinking. From the angle, you can't see her (normally violet) collar.]

It's right there. But I keep thinking it's over there. [She waves a hand into the camera's view, dismissively at some-direction.] But it's not, but it feels like it.

Maybe this is what happens when one of us uses too much magic.

It's driving me crazy.

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[What. Dead-eye stare go.]

From what I know, they provide anything you need to survive there. And it seems like you're pretty in need of it.

[BUT WHATEVER headshake here.] If it's a certain kind of magic, I might be able to help though.

"A certain kind?" Uhm...

_{[Sayaka looks down at her soul gem, a contemplative frown on her face.]}

What kind?

I guess you could say it has to do with your mind-- or your psyche, or your soul, whatever you want to go with it. We call it Persona; a manifestation of your innermost self given physical form. I have medicine that can suppress that power.

It'll cost you though.

_{[She snaps back up to stare at the camera at the word 'soul' in particular. Way to be obvious, Sayaka.]}

So you can make it just, stop being physical? With medicine? And that fixes it, just like that?

_{[This is mind boggling, but she is really.. tempted..]}

[Oh welp that got her attention. Hm.]

It doesn't stop it from being physical, but it basically keeps it from going out of control. It's the power going crazy and out of our control that could potentially kill us, so it keeps the power under control. It decreases your life span, but given the fact you can't die here, I don't think that'll be much of a problem.

You said it would cost me.

_{[She's still mulling it over, but it's definitely important hearing that part. _{..making deals before knowing the real price is something she really doesn't want to do again.}]}

Of course; nothing comes free. [He sighed and propped his arm up, leaning his cheek on the palm of his hand.]

There's not exactly much we can do with currency in the tower though, so how about I just collect an IOU and call in a favor later?

Oh! ..Well, that's not so bad!

_{[Comparatively.]}

..should I find you somewhere? I don't know if I could stand traveling that much like I'm feeling now...

[Chill gurrl, he don't give a shit about entropy.]

Just let me know where you are. I have to run back to my room and grab the medicine, but it shouldn't take too long. And if you're already freaking out about this stuff, it's probably best you stayed put.

_{[This is the part where she relays coordinates like awesome.

And then leans on the keyboard while waiting because asdkjh; this event is misery.]}

[And OFF he goes to the dormitory floor to dig up his pills.

After a unspecified amount of time, Jin returned to the library with the bottle in hand, making his way over to the blue-haired girl, holding the bottle out to her.]

Try it out.

_{[There's innumerable lines of nonsense characters piled up on the screen of Sayaka's terminal, from where she's hunched upon it, holding her soul gem to her forehead like you'd hold an ice pack.

The shake of pills in a bottle get her to sit up and stop languishing before Jin even speaks, and she takes the bottle with a thoughtful expression.]}

Wow, it looks like normal medicine. I almost expected it to be like... a paper seal, or something.

_{[She gives the bottle a light shake. Yeah, that's a pill sound alright. Easily taking off the top (ha, child proofing) she takes out a capsule, and just sort of - holds it awkwardly.]}

...So, what is it? 'Pop one a day to keep your soul nice and not freaking out?'

[Jin did give a curious glance at the nonsense characters on Sayaka's screen, but shrugged it off for now as he watched Sayaka hold the capsule.]

Basically. It's just like a normal prescription; don't take it regularly, and you're screwed.

[It's just in this case you risked getting choked by a giant personal demon version of your id.]

Oh.

_{[Should she... just take it herself? Or would it work if she applied it to her actual soul gem...? How does this work even.

On a whim, she holds it near her soul gem a moment, like you would prime a Grief Seed to clean it. It does nothing, of course, and with an embarrassed look she simply takes the pill. WHO NEEDS WATER TAKING IT DRYYYY--

...

..nothing seems different yet.]}

Uhm. Thanks, by the way.

[When she just held it near the...bauble, whatever apparently it was very important, he just kind of stared. The look of derision let up at least when she actually did swallow it.]

No problem. [As long as there's payment at least.] Name's Jin, by the way.

_{[The disconnect still hasn't gone away, but the placebo of having taken the pill at all has her able to push away some of the freaking out.]}

Jin, got it. I'm Sayaka. Sayaka Miki.

Good to know.

[Because normal people said "nice to meet you.]

Let me know if you need anything else.

[And ooooff he gooeeess.]

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Is ♞ even on the network's character map, or: event related, at -5.

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I'm gonna nominate it for an Oscar [Video-->Action]

[and action is remains]

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there now we can have one less thread jfc