harrowhark!!

[mukagen]

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w5, saturday post-trial!

[mukagen]

[ Wherever she is, he gives her a wave. True to her word: ]

Hey! So you wanted to talk after?

[bonetiddies]

[She's probably just hanging around wherever. She'll nod at him.]

Yes, we may as well.

[mukagen]

[ Nebulous location. We like that. ]

What specifically? Or did you have specific questions?

[ he will not be a meme or shitpost for today ]

[bonetiddies]

. . . Was Mahito the one voting for you? Or have you been voting for yourself?

[mukagen]

[ ..................... ]

... Vote. For myself?

[ HUH ]

[bonetiddies]

It seemed obviously Mahito's doing, and yet he's dead and it continues to happen.

Confirm or deny rather than gape, please.

[mukagen]

No, I have never voted for myself. This trial is actually the first time I've voted because of the situation.

w6; monday

[bonetiddies]

I need Beauregard's ribbon back.

It is frankly disquieting that you are keeping it in your bedroom.

[mukagen]

oh, actually, i moved everything outside a couple of weeks ago. it's kind of hidden in the garden, so i get people not finding it.

want me to lead you?

[bonetiddies]

Ah. That is less disquieting. But I think I can find it on my own, now that I know where to look.

Thank you. He drank the water last week and forgot she had been here, and now it's worn off and it's bad all over again.

[mukagen]

[ i... he... gojou is just closing his eyes at this text. ]

he needs to stop tasting stuff. anyway, if you can't find it, just text me again.

also, feel free to add anything to the mini shrine if you want.

[bonetiddies]

I'm not sure what I would add. But the thought is nice.

w5; tuesday

[bonetiddies]

[Look, wherever he is, she's approaching him.]

. . . Tell me about curses, in your world. Or however you would define your specialty. You ought to make it a pride indulgence - or I suppose another sin, if it would fit better. [. . .] I hope not lust?

[mukagen]

Harrowhark!

[ And the emotion that blares out is obvious elation and excitement, just cause... Well, he likes people despite not knowing them much. Anyway, this can be the rec room and he was playing a videogame. gonna pause. ]

Oh. Yeah, pride works out in this case if you don't mind blabbing about cursed techniques into it. [ sit, sit!! ] Feel free to share, too. Those Revenants are still on my mind.

... Did you want me to ramble or did you have specific questions?

[bonetiddies]

I don't know enough about what you do to ask intelligent questions. Please, talk about what you wish.

[Her emotion is genuine interest and curiosity. She will sit down for it.]

[mukagen]

Questions that haven't been answered before are good questions, I think. Even then, some will understand things differently, so I think all questions are fine.

[ Gojou says, as a teacher, but anyway. Let's see. ]

Simply, cursed spirits are created from humans naturally emitting cursed energy! And cursed energy is a power source drawn from negative emotions. It's what fuels the sorcery that helps us exorcise these spirits, at least for the few of us capable of controlling cursed energy.

The strength of a cursed spirit is dependent on the strength of the cursed energy, basically how deep those negative emotions run. With a focal point, cursed spirits can be catastrophically powerful. As an example, one of my students' sorrow and longing over his dead girlfriend bore a curse that has unlimited curse energy, which allows it to continuously use its abilities.

[bonetiddies]

[Her feelings at that are derisive.]

I hold myself to a higher standard than "all questions are fine."

[If he is a teacher, she is a nightmare student who wants to know whether A+s are being given out and we she didn't get one. But she is still interested.]

How is it that certain humans are capable of controlling cursed energy? Is it an innate ability, or something that can be learned?

[mukagen]

[ oh, but gojou loves that kind of student. they're so funny??? and he would purposely not give them A+s. there's amusement and approval since higher standards is good, but he goes on to explain. ]

It is innate and can't be learned. If it isn't in your bloodline, you wouldn't know about this layer of the world since you wouldn't be able to see curses at all. Cursed techniques, too, are innate and different per person. Sorcerer families have their trademark techniques that are passed down for generations, but you'll find outliers where a sorcerer is born from a non-sorcerer family. For those without a clan, it's all chance.

[bonetiddies]

It is similar for necromancers. I am not aware of anything like curse energy, but the energy of life and death is a layer of the world that can be seen and manipulated with the ability, if one is born with it. It is linked to genetics, though there is no guarantee of a child of necromancers possessing the ability, and the ability can appear among children who have no known necromantic ancestry.

w6, sunday

[mukagen]

i got a text and was told you'd probably want to see it.

did you want to check it in person or do you want me to type out what's legible?

[bonetiddies]

Let's talk in person. I will meet you in the kitchen.

[And she will be there in a bit!]

[mukagen]

[ keechin. ]

Hey!

[ He's just... Making food and feeding snacks to his dolphin in a tank on a rolling cart. ]

[bonetiddies]

[I have really bad news she doesn't care about the dolphin she doesn't care about animals at all it was all a ruse.]

Hello. Show me? And I'll show you what I have.

[mukagen]

[ it is okay the dolphin is here because Gojou was giving it a tour. don't look into its beady dead eyes, Harrow. ]

Here you go.

[ bam. ]

[bonetiddies]

[Hmm! Haha! Yikes! She just reads this, grim but not very surprised - though there's a little twinge about Pride. Haha!]

. . . May I take a photo of this so I can share with others? And I will share with you the ones I have seen, though I understand you may have already seen one.