DAY 006

[inflori]

( Hey. )

[ Petre is unusually quiet when he reaches out to the station as a whole. All the fellow hosts, awake or currently resting, get a pressing nudge that won't relent until he has their attention. ]

( Is anybody's powers changing, sorta? Like. In a way that you don't even know they are. )

[ There's reluctance to show any true uncertainty in his voice. Misato told him that wanting everyone to think you were a threat was only a sign of your weakness... or something like that. All he knows is that this feels like showing vulnerability. He doesn't like it, but he's more curious than proud right now. ]

( ... I keep changing whenever I look in the mirror. )

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[100mitsubishis]

( Any improvements? )

[inflori]

( What? )

[100mitsubishis]

( On your face. )

[inflori]

( What the fuck is wrong with my face? )

[100mitsubishis]

( Where do I start? )

[How can someone be this easy to bait?]

[wrackful]

["Powers" is a topic Murphy doesn't know if he wants to confront, but it's becoming clear he's going to have to. Might as well start here.]

( Changing what, your face? )

[inflori]

( ... Yeah. And my hair too. I think sometimes I'm taller, then I just got back to normal. )

[wrackful]

( And you can do all that whenever you want. )

[inflori]

( Yeah. Why? )

[narcissithstic]

(What was it like before?) [Could he just reach across the station and find that answer on his own? Absolutely. But as always when it comes to Ren, it's a courtesy when he chooses not to.]

[inflori]

[ Sup, did you miss Petre sulking at you because you don't give him 100% of your attention ]

( What do you mean. )

[narcissithstic]

[Well he missed Petre. The rest, though....]

(I mean that you claimed your power has changed. That it— and what it's left you— are unrecognizable.

And I've never seen you use your power before.)

[inflori]

( Yeah, you say that like you want to see it. )

[greentech]

( Nope, I can still just turn invisible.

Uh, changing how? )

[ That sounds ominous. ]

[inflori]

( You can turn invisible? Are you still physical or something? )

[ Can you be a ghost. He wants to know. His short attention span will eventually bring him back to the original question.

Maybe. ]

[greentech]

( Yeah. I don't phase through solid matter, just not visible with the naked eye. )

[inflori]

( So not like a ghost. )

[ That would've been cooler, but you work with what you've got. ]

( Do you use it to spy on people? 'Cause I would. )

[batmotif]

(Can you be more specific?)

[Concerning "change", he means. Untrusting as he is of everything around him, this qualifies as something to definitely pry into even if they've never spoken before.]

[inflori]

( My face. It literally changes.

But not like - I can shapeshift, I know that. I've done it since I got here. But I had to concentrate, and now I'm not. It's just happening. )

[batmotif]

[Okay, shapeshifter. Not the first he's spoken to, so Bruce successfully waves aside the wave of skepticism that threatens to breach the surface. It might still echo faintly, regardless.]

(You mean it takes less effort, or it’s happening when you don’t want it to?)

[inflori]

( Both? But I don't want it to keep happening when I don't - want it to. )

[ Repeating words, eyy. ]

( What if we have another mission and someone sees it. )

[deployed]

( Into anyone you recognize? )

[inflori]

( It's still me. )

[deployed]

( What changes? )

[inflori]

( My hair? How old I look, I think. )