Two, Actually

[hollystrike]

Who: Katie and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Vanquish
When: Now-ish? Though this should have been put up like a month ago, whoops

Hey I've got a question:

Who else has the personnel augment?
What do you do with it?
Are we really meant to act like counsellors?
Do you act as your ship's therapists?
Or do you just really like the nice room you get?
What do you do with the nice room?
I turned mine into a blanket fort.
Should I post a sign saying THE DOCTOR IS |IN|

[Actually, it hasn't been a blanket fort in months now, but psh. IT IS IN SPIRIT, OKAY.]

This is obviously a very important and singular question.
Less important: do you know anything about souls?  Know any soul magic?

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[takingkarabusiness]

Hey! I have a personnel augment. I'm not sure I work as a counsellor in any official capacity but I try to help people out when I can. Mostly Winn uses my office for his workshop.

You should definitely post a sign.

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[hollystrike]

[She switches to video to match. It's only polite; her accent is mid-west British and she's a cheerful sort.]

Then I shall. Maybe it would encourage more visitors. What sort of workshop does Winn have?

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ they're well-matched, then, with her cheery california accent ]

He's an inventor, but he also does other crafty things as well.

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[hollystrike]

Oh, inventors! [Her eyes light up. Seriously.] My favourite kind of people, really. I'd give anything to have a mind that creative.

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[takingkarabusiness]

He really does some amazing things; you should ask him about them sometime!

I'm Kara.

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[noprophecies]

i know a little bit about souls and soul magic

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[hollystrike]

[At soul magic she switches to a private filter straight away. This is the real question she had, and involves an issue that she doesn't want to make public.]

Define a little bit. Can you practice any?

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[noprophecies]

[the switch to private is a surprise; she honestly thought it had just been a throwaway question; guess not]

it is not called soul magic where i am from, but rather falls under a form of forbidden blood magic. i have never tried to cast it, but i have had it cast upon me

[she hesitates, then adds]

i know more than i should. in theory, i can cast some spells. it depends upon the spell itself

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[hollystrike]

[Katie has a habit of being very, uh. Obtuse. And oh, damn. Forbidden blood magic raises all sorts of alarms. She bites her lip, considering options before she responds.]

Are you cursed, then? Or was it a temporary spell?

How much do you know about souls? Can you perceive them?

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[livesfastdiesung]

me!!!
i haven't done anything with it though...
the only thing i've done is turn my room into a practice room ＼(;´□｀)/

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[hollystrike]

[BLESS. She's never gotten over emoticons they're so cute--]

For singing? That sounds pretty worthwhile! I keep mine as an extra room for my cat m^._.^m

[Don't judge her she's from the 90s.]

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[livesfastdiesung]

and dancing ヾ（〃＾∇＾）ﾉ♪
i have a fish that really likes it too so she hangs out with me!!

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[hollystrike]

A fish in a bowl, or do space fish not need water?

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[cloakand_danger]

I know something about souls. Why do you ask? [Of all the suspicious questions...]

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[hollystrike]

I have an exam with some very difficult questions coming up.

[A blatant lie as a response probably won't help with that suspicion, huh.]

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[cloakand_danger]

[Yeah, not so much.]

Manipulating souls can be just as dangerous for the one doing the manipulating as for the owner of the soul. It's a bad idea.

[It's also immoral, but he knows better than to just assume that argument will hold any weight with someone who's even bringing the topic up.]

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[hollystrike]

[Well, then. That's a little more promising, because it indicates his knowledge goes a fair way. At this point, she puts a filter on the conversation.]

I'm the worst kind of manipulator, truly. What if I told you I merely wanted to find someone who could set a soul to rights?

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[paraclete]

I can't say I'm surprised to see you asking about souls.

[That's vague, perhaps even by his usual standards—he's been sparse, of course, not necessarily in the sense that he leaves often, but he does a lot of nesting inside his own quarters. He has never been unkind to or curt with Katie in passing, but that's how he keeps it: in passing.

He really isn't surprised, though. She's been one of the most fascinating and unsettling beings he has ever felt. He's just elected to keep his mouth shut.]

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[hollystrike]

[She's noticed. Things were different when she was younger. These days... of course, her previous time on the Fleet was more than ten years ago for her, and some of the memories are vague at best, so now she tries to remember if they ever talked about souls.

Best way to work it out is ask, right?]

Why aren't you surprised?

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[paraclete]

You seem the type. [And his clarification:] Very striking. [...His version of clarification. If she remembers him having been reticent in the past, that certainly hasn't changed.

Ahem. Well.]

Though I don't know much about you.

[What on Earth, is what he means, his own winded wonder. It contributes to his reluctance.]

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[hollystrike]

And here I've been so forthcoming, too.

Do you know much about souls?

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[collegedropout]

I wonder why you would be asking about souls.

[:| Katie what are you up to.]

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[hollystrike]

I wonder. Is your memory truly that short?

[Man, she told you she was gonna look into solutions.]

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[collegedropout]

I don't know, I've suffered a lot of concussions.

Just - be safe. Safe is good.

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[hollystrike]

Safe is boring. Are you at the bar today?