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[mysterzie]

WHO "Adra" & YOU
BROADCAST Fleet-wide video!
ACTION Starstruck or waystations.
WHEN Tomorrow, April 19th. (Which means post-shuffle.)

Okay, as it turns out... it's really hard to get in contact with people when you don't have their names or their ships or their numbers. But—I'm trying this responsibility thing and I want to give those powers back. The ones I had to borrow last week? But I can't find any of you! Good job. Bunch of winners here.

[ SIGH. ]

Right, okay, I'm not who I look like, either. Not... Adra. Actually asked him beforehand, too, so fuck off about that. But if you gave your powers away last week, that was me. Let's see... Allen, Katara, and, uh, two short blondes. About so-high. [ Yep, there's a motion here for Steffa and Shirley's heights. SURPRISE, SHIRLEY. ] Let me know where you are, and I'll give them back. Like I said I would.

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[mysterzie]

[ That stops him up. He had actually begun to literally fade away before he snaps back into clarity. ]

What?

[hearsthesea]

[That's...also something. Stay focused, Shirley!]

Why didn't you just ask me about my eres, when you asked everyone else? You said you were going crazy, but I don't understand.

[mysterzie]

Oh.

[ He frowns, squares his shoulders. He's preparing for yelling, for a fight. ]

If I don't take in powers, it's like... my body starts eating itself or something. I can't think, it hurts, things stop making sense. That's powers withdrawal. So I just... when I saw your powers, I just took them. Then it started easing up enough that I realized I could try asking.

[ He looks away. Explaining addiction to something he can't control is never comfortable. ]

You can't ask back home. That's just a one-way ticket to a dealer compound.

[hearsthesea]

[That sounds pretty horrible, actually. Shirley can't imagine what that's like, and it's partially out of respect that she leaves it at that.]

I see...thank you. I hope it doesn't get so bad again.

[mysterzie]

I'm not going to wait that long again.

[ Which... doesn't bode too well for the Fleet after this little mishap, but maybe he'll handle it better next time. ]

[hearsthesea]

Do you still have others who are willing to lend you their power?

[Allen seemed pretty mad when he brought up this person, so Shirley fears she may have made things a little worse.]

[mysterzie]

One. Maybe. Who knows, maybe word will get around.

[ He'll take Steffa's offer for now, but he isn't holding his breath that this won't be necessary all over again. ]

[hearsthesea]

That's a start. If you get that desperate again...I might be willing to lend you my power again, if it's really that bad. And if you ask.

[She sounds a little unsure about it - but she's forgiving, not a saint.]

[mysterzie]

Your power was weird. I could hardly get the hang of it.

[ Elemental manipulation is definitely not part of his own set. It's... foreign. Given time he would pick it up, but it's never going to feel right. ]

I mean—ugh, fuck. I'll ask next time.

[hearsthesea]

Good.

[She's not really sure what to make of the comment about her powers. Does he mean her eres are different from what he's used to, or is it because she's the Merines? It's not important enough to ask about, but she does wonder.]

Thank you, for answering. I appreciate it.

[mysterzie]

Yeah... well.

[ That's all he says! That's it. He fades away now. Leave him alone he just wants this to be over. ]