Twelfth ♠ Anonymous Text

[save_the_souls]

Who: Allen Walker (anonymous)
Broadcast: Text, Anonymous
Action: Nope.
When: Today

[Things have been going well for Allen the past month. Very well. And while that was certainly a good thing, he couldn't shake the anxiety that it meant something was about to go horribly wrong. Because you know, because it usually did for him. ]

[So he here was, trying to at least put a few of his fears at rest- especially after this latest round of augment malfunctions. Just what if the next round of malfunctions were less benevolent in nature? In truth - he didn't really expect any good answers. There almost never was when he sought out help. Still, there was always a chance. And at least he'd feel like he was doing something]

[The text post that is put up is anonymous, purposefully typed out not to sound like his own wording.]

i have a question.

is there anyone here who knows about stopping or containing demons or things like them? specifically possessions.

thanks.

Comments

[gunslinger]

Jeez is someone around here possessed?! Maybe throw them in a bath of holy water or something and when the demon comes out, kill it with fire!

[ This one has watched too many movies. ]

[save_the_souls]

[JR...........]

that only works in movies.

[gunslinger]

What, you tried it?

Hey as far as I knew, before coming here, movies and books were the only places demons existed!

[save_the_souls]

i've touched holy water before. it doesn't do anything.

lucky you

[gunslinger]

Oh yeah. Lucky me.

[ LIVIN' THE DREAM. ]

I don't know anything about exorcisms... But could something like meditation help?

[save_the_souls]

i've tried that....but i'm really bad at it.

[NOT THAT IT DOESN'T HELP. HE'S JUST REALLY BAD AT IT]

[gunslinger]

Well hell then I got nothing.

Did someone here do something to you or was this an adventure you brought with you?

[save_the_souls]

it happened back in my homeworld.

i promise i'm not contagious.

[Not that he actually thinks Jr. would truly think something like that, but hey he supposes it's a concern some people would have let's not be too familiar with Jr. here]

[gunslinger]

That still sucks.

[ What a poet. ]

[save_the_souls]

ha

yes it does

[It's okay it sums it up perfectly]

[gunslinger]

[ He can be good at that. ]

How does someone get possessed, anyway? It's not necromancy or blood magic, is it?

[save_the_souls]

i don't know. i don't remember it happening.

i know it spread genetically? there's a mutation that somehow got into my DNA. and it's...apparently rewriting everything. thanks to the augment its frozen for now, but if it started up again...

[Yeah, it's gonna suck]

[gunslinger]

A mutation? I know more about that sort of thing... Are you sure it's possession, then? What you're talking about, maybe it could be treated medically with an enhancement or signal block. I mean, I don't know about the tech here...or if ether would help...but I could try to scan you.

[save_the_souls]

I don't know exactly what it is. That just seems to be the best way to describe it.

[Wait what. The information catches him enough off guard that he doesn't even try to design his style of words]

You can scan on the genetic level? What's a signal block?

[gunslinger]

Not anywhere near the level of an Observation Realian, but I've been surprised before on what it's caught. Lots of unknown variables here, so I couldn't promise anything.

I say signal block, but it's more like re-programming. You could use nanites to intercept the mutation and mimic it, tricking it into thinking it's still spreading while the nanites mutate harmlessly and observe it. It mostly buys time until the nanites can learn more. Someone would have to know what they're doing, though. Nanotreatment can be dodgy.

[save_the_souls]

I don't know. I've never even heard of nanotreatment before...

[Paradisa had more advanced medicine than his home, but it still wasn't THAT far ahead in general. Still, the explanation makes sense to him. If it were possible...]

But it's worth looking into it. It sounds better than being shoved into a pool of lava. [Seriously, the hell Pearl]

[gunslinger]

Of course you couldn't stay anonymous. Unless you want to wear a bag on your head.

Text > ENCRYPTED VIDEO

[save_the_souls]

Uh- of course not. Hold on.

[He moves to encrypt this conversation, before switching on the video, almost reluctantly- mostly from how their last conversation ended. But sure enough, it's Allen. He seems to be sitting in his room, that is permanently decorated for halloween]

...Hello Jr.

ENCRYPTED VIDEO 5EVA

[gunslinger]

[ HE SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED. ...Actually he's not, after the initial spittake, if he just thinks long enough on it. He has to switch to video just so Allen can get the full view of dis face. ]

...You're a dumbass.

[save_the_souls]

[Welp that awkward goes away for ANNOYANCE]

Hey!

Why am I a dumbarse?!

[gunslinger]

Dumbass! Because you could have just told me from the get-go. I mean, come on.

[ All the shit he knows about Jr.?! DIS FACE TIMES A MILLION. ]

[save_the_souls]

Sorry! I was going to tell you eventually anyway, even if you gave more stupid ideas like the holy water bath!

[gunslinger]

[ HOW VERY DARE WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS ANYMORE. MOVIES NEVER LIE. ]

At least I gave ideas and didn't try to burn you at the stake! Don't I get any credit around here?

[save_the_souls]

Well, I'd be amazed if you tried to burn me at the stake since that's old fashioned even in my time period.

And you're getting credit! The nanomachine idea is a good idea if there's a way to do it!

[gunslinger]

Yeah well don't go looking up surgeons in back alleys or anything. Come get me if you do find someone who knows a thing or two about nanotreatments so I can at least translate for you.

[ And make sure Allen doesn't get taken advantage of by creepy quacks. ]

What would they do in your time period?