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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[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? )

[wrackful]

( Just getting my head around all the weird crap the bugs are doing to us. )

[Not that he's going to be able to get his head around it. The list keeps getting longer.]

( You probably just need more practice. )

[inflori]

( I was practicing, sort of. With Nate. He's asleep now. )

[wrackful]

( Yeah, who isn't asleep now. )

[A bitter aside, more than anything. They're not asleep, obviously. But so many are, and Murphy's still hurting from the ones in his brood.]

( You can't just use the mirror? What do you need someone else for. )

[inflori]

( The fuck am I gonna do with a mirror, walk everywhere holding it in front of my face? )

[wrackful]

( I meant for practice, dumbass. )

[inflori]

( Can I use it to practice beating your head? )

[wrackful]

( Hey, just trying to help. )

[inflori]

( Right. And what's in it for you? )

[wrackful]

( Nothing. )

[inflori]

( Oh.

That's the nicest of pile of bullshit everyone's ever said to me. Thanks, Murph. )

[wrackful]

( Anytime.

Have fun with your screwed up face. )

[inflori]

( You're so annoying. )

[wrackful]

( Yeah, it's been said. )

[inflori]

( Fucking surprise. )