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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[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Oh hell no, of course I'd check. That's a given.

Just wouldn't talk about it in a group text. )

[100mitsubishis]

( I can't help if you're a pussy. )

[♥?]

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( There we go, now the conversation's officially been rounded out to 'shit that should never be in a group text.'

Gold star for effort. )

[ There's definitely the sensation like he's rolling his eyes, but he's obviously amused despite himself. Teenagers. ]

[100mitsubishis]

( Blow me, flyboy. )

[Watch out, Sam, there is every possibility that Kavinsky is starting to really enjoy him. You know, as a person.]

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( In your dreams, Hart. Talk to me in like five years. )

[ There's every chance that Sam has already done the same. Except actually as a person. A person who desperately needs a friend who actually cares about him and can maybe show him there's another path to things, but same thing. ]

[100mitsubishis]

[A pity. He plans on dying young and beautiful.]

( 'Kay. )

[inflori]

( Thanks for joining this conversation to be completely fucking useless. )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ You're welcome, Petre. But no, all right, Petre hadn't been the one to start the dick conversation, and there's the faintest trace of apology as Sam pulls back a little and refocuses. ]

( When you say are anyone's powers changing, do you mean does anyone else have the ability to physically change themselves, or does anyone else have powers that are evolving in a way they don't really know? )

[inflori]

( ... The second thing. I don't think anyone else can change themselves like I do. )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Then yeah. Sometimes it seems like as soon as I think I understand something about it, it's doing something different. )

[inflori]

( Like what?

You do the healing thing? )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Like I thought it was just healing, but it turns out I can do the opposite, too. )

[inflori]

( Really? )

[ That would be his interest perking up. ]

( What happened? Did you hurt somebody? )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

[ Why doesn't it surprise him that Petre's more interested in it now that he knows Sam's ability can hurt people, too. Still, he answers easily. ]

( Yeah. They tried to hurt me, and my ability gave it right back to them. Goes back and forth on whether it happens when I want it to or just because. )