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September 2021 TEST DRIVE MEME
SEPTEMBER 2021 TEST DRIVE MEME
OUR GAME IS OFFICIALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON OCTOBER 1st.
Reserves open on September 26th. Applications open on October 1st.
Welcome to another Deer Country test drive meme! Our test drive memes are open to anyone interested - regardless of whether or not you join our game!
All Test Drive Memes are game canon. Players can choose to keep their TDM threads canon or not. TDM threads can be used for AC and can be used as your writing sample for your application.
Our TDMs serve as a way to build into the actual lore and worldbuilding of Deer Country and we strongly encourage everyone to enjoy and participate! Current players are always welcome to pull prompts from the TDM to reference on the Network or bring into logs as well as tag out to new characters top-leveling on the TDM itself.
Characters will always be able to actively die during TDMs as this is an extremely dangerous world. You can still have this be game canon! Check out how character death in Deer Country works here.
If you have any questions about the TDM, please ask down below!
IMAGE DESCRIPTORS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE
Prompt One
[Image One: Skeletons running across the beach and crashing into each other.]
[Image Two: Apples being dipped into caramel and put on a sheet.]
Prompt Two
[Image One: A sketchy film reel of a well.]
[Image Two: An undead girl crawling up the side of a well with contorted movements.]
Prompt Three
[Image One: A massive whale bursting out of water to eat something.]
[Image Two: The inside of a whale's mouth filled with water and the back of its throat.]
STANDARD ARRIVAL
WELLNESS
SWALLOWED
CODINGReserves open on September 26th. Applications open on October 1st.
Welcome to another Deer Country test drive meme! Our test drive memes are open to anyone interested - regardless of whether or not you join our game!
All Test Drive Memes are game canon. Players can choose to keep their TDM threads canon or not. TDM threads can be used for AC and can be used as your writing sample for your application.
Our TDMs serve as a way to build into the actual lore and worldbuilding of Deer Country and we strongly encourage everyone to enjoy and participate! Current players are always welcome to pull prompts from the TDM to reference on the Network or bring into logs as well as tag out to new characters top-leveling on the TDM itself.
Characters will always be able to actively die during TDMs as this is an extremely dangerous world. You can still have this be game canon! Check out how character death in Deer Country works here.
If you have any questions about the TDM, please ask down below!
Prompt One
[Image One: Skeletons running across the beach and crashing into each other.]
[Image Two: Apples being dipped into caramel and put on a sheet.]
Prompt Two
[Image One: A sketchy film reel of a well.]
[Image Two: An undead girl crawling up the side of a well with contorted movements.]
Prompt Three
[Image One: A massive whale bursting out of water to eat something.]
[Image Two: The inside of a whale's mouth filled with water and the back of its throat.]
WHEN: End of September to mid October
WHERE: The Farther Shores/The Boardwalk
CONTENT WARNINGS: N/A
WHERE: The Farther Shores/The Boardwalk
CONTENT WARNINGS: N/A
You're one of the lucky ones. Your journey is smooth sailing and you wind up exactly where you're supposed to: on the Farther Shores. You grow out of your squid body without a hitch, either with the help of another Sleeper or one of the Wakers, and you get to discover this new world. All new Sleepers might take some time to find their bearings. It might be tricky to remember how to use your body parts the way you're supposed to. You might stumble around the beach or forget how to talk - but don't worry! It'll come back to you sooner or later.
Hopefully, you've found something to wear, either in your Welcoming Bag or otherwise, and can start familiarizing yourself with your surroundings. Maybe you help some other squids out on the beach. Waking up sucks! You feel for the little guys. And hey, maybe you're hoping one of those squids is a good friend...Stranger things have happened.
SEASONAL DETAILS ON THE BOARDWALK
The Boardwalk is quite the spectacle this time of year. Pumpkins have been stacked on spikes lining the Boardwalk with grotesquely realistic carvings of faces decorated on them. Massive white linen has been hung in the air to look like ghosts floating back and forth against the ocean wind.
Delicious smells waft from the Boardwalk as fresh donuts, candied apples, and hot apple cider are sold at every other booth. One or two booths are set up offering Face Painting, Natives explaining to new Sleepers that face paint was integral to the survival of Trench sometimes - especially during the month of October. "We do it to disguise ourselves from roaming spirits and hungry beasts."
You hear rumors of something known as The Black Parade coming soon and there seems to be a festive buzz about the event. The weather has gotten a little too chilly to enjoy the beach in bathing suits, but there are other ways to take a bit of a break before committing your life to the terrors of Trench! In the evening, natives will go out to the beaches and set up cozy bonfires in clusters. They will throw in batches of incense to keep the beaches safe and fill the air with the warm, comforting scent of cinammon. Smores are generously enjoyed around these fires. Stick around and you will hear some natives telling stories about Legendary Ghosts. They might ask you if you know any stories like that too.
But of course, they give a caution about ghost stories: "Careful. You'll never know when you'll start living a ghost story yourself..."
Hopefully, you've found something to wear, either in your Welcoming Bag or otherwise, and can start familiarizing yourself with your surroundings. Maybe you help some other squids out on the beach. Waking up sucks! You feel for the little guys. And hey, maybe you're hoping one of those squids is a good friend...Stranger things have happened.
The Boardwalk is quite the spectacle this time of year. Pumpkins have been stacked on spikes lining the Boardwalk with grotesquely realistic carvings of faces decorated on them. Massive white linen has been hung in the air to look like ghosts floating back and forth against the ocean wind.
Delicious smells waft from the Boardwalk as fresh donuts, candied apples, and hot apple cider are sold at every other booth. One or two booths are set up offering Face Painting, Natives explaining to new Sleepers that face paint was integral to the survival of Trench sometimes - especially during the month of October. "We do it to disguise ourselves from roaming spirits and hungry beasts."
You hear rumors of something known as The Black Parade coming soon and there seems to be a festive buzz about the event. The weather has gotten a little too chilly to enjoy the beach in bathing suits, but there are other ways to take a bit of a break before committing your life to the terrors of Trench! In the evening, natives will go out to the beaches and set up cozy bonfires in clusters. They will throw in batches of incense to keep the beaches safe and fill the air with the warm, comforting scent of cinammon. Smores are generously enjoyed around these fires. Stick around and you will hear some natives telling stories about Legendary Ghosts. They might ask you if you know any stories like that too.
But of course, they give a caution about ghost stories: "Careful. You'll never know when you'll start living a ghost story yourself..."
WHEN: Always - this monster permanently exists in Trench
WHERE: Near the Wayward Station in a Well
CONTENT WARNINGS: Bodily contortion, nail trauma, being trapped, possible drowning, "child" appearing monster.
WHERE: Near the Wayward Station in a Well
CONTENT WARNINGS: Bodily contortion, nail trauma, being trapped, possible drowning, "child" appearing monster.
You are pulled beneath Trench and into the currents that circulate throughout the city. You are jostled through the complex sewage system or waterways and get tossed between the stone tunnels until finally you're spilling down into a deep, deep well. You hit the still water at the bottom, easily a hundred feet down, and everything is finally quiet. The water here is quiet and still: nothing like the hurdling ocean water and channels you were pulled through. Up above you can see a perfect circle of light: the opening to the Well.
Another soul is plopped out next to you. Perhaps a familiar face or someone you've never met before. It's good to know you're not alone. Still - how to get out? There's some low pressure in the Well weighing down on you, but more than that, the pressure seems to dull abilities almost completely. You can't just fly out or zoom up the walls as you might normally be able to. The walls are made out of wet cobblestone and they are slick and difficult to get a grip on. You're sooner to destroy your nails than make it even halfway up. And it's a long way up.
Maybe there's something around you that might help? Being thrown into the Well at least comes with the benefit that your Welcoming Bag is floating in the water with you. Maybe there's something useful inside or you can use your new Omni to send a distress call. Or use your Omen to try and help someone find out where in this godforsaken place you are.
Your Welcoming Bag isn't the only thing floating around in the water with you. A human skull bumps into you before sinking down under the water. Something slides through the water beneath your feet, wisps of hair glancing over your ankles.
Suddenly the heavy sound of stone sliding against stone comes from above. Someone is sealing up the Well. Your light is running out and just as the last sliver of light casts across the water, you see a humanoid-looking creature peering at you from the other side of the Well. Then everything goes dark.
Torn fingernails rip across your arm and you're yanked underwater. The moment your blood surfaces, even just a drop of it, you're revitalized with your power (if you have any). For those who are warmblooded and common, you will find that you can suddenly at least see in the dark almost perfectly. You can also see a distinct pattern along the stone wall that could be more easily climbed than anywhere else. Now the challenge is to just try and get there.
The girl in the Well with you is violent and ferocious. She will try to drown you or break your body as quickly as she can and will use the dark and the water against you. She cannot be killed, but she can be temporarily stunned and thrown back. Once you begin climbing, she's quicker out of the water, crawling up the wall after you in spastic, contorting motions. The only true way to stop her is to get out of the Well and seal it back up. You realize that whoever had originally closed the Well wasn't doing it because of you...They were doing it because of her.
If you fail to seal the Well afterwards, the girl in the Well will haunt you. She will endlessly stalk people and drag them down into the waterways of Trench. She travels primarily through water and must be confined to the Well or else. The Well is located in the Trenchwoods close by the Wayward Station.
Another soul is plopped out next to you. Perhaps a familiar face or someone you've never met before. It's good to know you're not alone. Still - how to get out? There's some low pressure in the Well weighing down on you, but more than that, the pressure seems to dull abilities almost completely. You can't just fly out or zoom up the walls as you might normally be able to. The walls are made out of wet cobblestone and they are slick and difficult to get a grip on. You're sooner to destroy your nails than make it even halfway up. And it's a long way up.
Maybe there's something around you that might help? Being thrown into the Well at least comes with the benefit that your Welcoming Bag is floating in the water with you. Maybe there's something useful inside or you can use your new Omni to send a distress call. Or use your Omen to try and help someone find out where in this godforsaken place you are.
Your Welcoming Bag isn't the only thing floating around in the water with you. A human skull bumps into you before sinking down under the water. Something slides through the water beneath your feet, wisps of hair glancing over your ankles.
Suddenly the heavy sound of stone sliding against stone comes from above. Someone is sealing up the Well. Your light is running out and just as the last sliver of light casts across the water, you see a humanoid-looking creature peering at you from the other side of the Well. Then everything goes dark.
Torn fingernails rip across your arm and you're yanked underwater. The moment your blood surfaces, even just a drop of it, you're revitalized with your power (if you have any). For those who are warmblooded and common, you will find that you can suddenly at least see in the dark almost perfectly. You can also see a distinct pattern along the stone wall that could be more easily climbed than anywhere else. Now the challenge is to just try and get there.
The girl in the Well with you is violent and ferocious. She will try to drown you or break your body as quickly as she can and will use the dark and the water against you. She cannot be killed, but she can be temporarily stunned and thrown back. Once you begin climbing, she's quicker out of the water, crawling up the wall after you in spastic, contorting motions. The only true way to stop her is to get out of the Well and seal it back up. You realize that whoever had originally closed the Well wasn't doing it because of you...They were doing it because of her.
If you fail to seal the Well afterwards, the girl in the Well will haunt you. She will endlessly stalk people and drag them down into the waterways of Trench. She travels primarily through water and must be confined to the Well or else. The Well is located in the Trenchwoods close by the Wayward Station.
WHEN: Can happen any time someone goes too far out into the Pthumerian Ocean
WHERE: Middle of the Pthumerian Ocean
CONTENT WARNINGS: Being swallowed alive, travel inside a beast, possibility of killing a beast, organ-centric horror.
WHERE: Middle of the Pthumerian Ocean
CONTENT WARNINGS: Being swallowed alive, travel inside a beast, possibility of killing a beast, organ-centric horror.
Like many Sleepers, you might get swept further out into the ocean before you're swept towards the Farther Shores. It's not the ideal scenario and immediately puts you in a vulnerable position. When you break the surface this time, you're in the middle of an unusually calm ocean. Where are the waves? Where is the commotion of the ocean? Although you're completely alone, you don't feel alone.
Pressure is building up beneath you. Something is coming towards you. You can feel the water beginning to churn about and you need to start swimming. Now. Still too disoriented from reincarnation, you probably don't have enough sense of self to use any sort of powers to get out of the situation. There's a tremendous roar, and suddenly, the world is going dark all around you, walls of red coming up on every side. Massive white stones jut out at you and it takes you a moment before you realize what's even happening.
A monster is about to swallow you whole. It's significantly bigger than you to the point where you've washed down its throat without a single injury. You don't even know what swallowed you, but you're sliding down the throat and through its body within seconds. You somehow get tossed to a strange part of its body and land on a fleshy surface and discover you're not the only thing this creature has eaten. Other Sleeper(s) are nearby, and maybe even some pets, all more shocked than hurt.
Looks like you've been had. But it's far from the worst. Everyone's okay and there doesn't actually seem to be anything inside of the monster that's interested in hurting you. Avoid the stomach acid and figure out the insides and you might actually just make your way out of the creature without incident. Most of the monsters who swallow Sleepers don't seem to even realize what they did, and you can usually find your way out the way you came in. Along the way, you might discover some other interesting things inside of the body such as swallowed ships with interesting resources, some of your items from home or other people's homes...And of course, you'll probably find a lot of skeletons of creatures swallowed long before you. Not everything can figure their way out of a massive creature.
You can always hack your way out of the creature but that's gory and tough work. These are behemoth beings and even cutting your way out won't necessarily mean you killed it - but it probably does mean you're going to really piss it off. Then again, it's so big, will it really even bother to fight back?
The situation can be admittedly disgusting. There's nothing fun about swimming up a creature's bloodstream or having to navigate its intestines. Some creatures are bigger than others, making the journey far more complicated. Others are smaller, easier to escape. If you upset someone's stomach, you might even just get puked up and that might be one of the simplest ways to get out of dodge.
The monsters can look like anything and be nearly any size. The Pthumerian Ocean is massive and contains massive beasts and lesser Pthumerians. Once your character has gotten out of the beast, they will find that they are much closer to the Farther Shores. They might even wind up beaching the creature they're in if they're really lucky! Navigating the creatures isn't too unlike navigating a complex cave. The only difference is the walls around you are some sort of organ.
Pressure is building up beneath you. Something is coming towards you. You can feel the water beginning to churn about and you need to start swimming. Now. Still too disoriented from reincarnation, you probably don't have enough sense of self to use any sort of powers to get out of the situation. There's a tremendous roar, and suddenly, the world is going dark all around you, walls of red coming up on every side. Massive white stones jut out at you and it takes you a moment before you realize what's even happening.
A monster is about to swallow you whole. It's significantly bigger than you to the point where you've washed down its throat without a single injury. You don't even know what swallowed you, but you're sliding down the throat and through its body within seconds. You somehow get tossed to a strange part of its body and land on a fleshy surface and discover you're not the only thing this creature has eaten. Other Sleeper(s) are nearby, and maybe even some pets, all more shocked than hurt.
Looks like you've been had. But it's far from the worst. Everyone's okay and there doesn't actually seem to be anything inside of the monster that's interested in hurting you. Avoid the stomach acid and figure out the insides and you might actually just make your way out of the creature without incident. Most of the monsters who swallow Sleepers don't seem to even realize what they did, and you can usually find your way out the way you came in. Along the way, you might discover some other interesting things inside of the body such as swallowed ships with interesting resources, some of your items from home or other people's homes...And of course, you'll probably find a lot of skeletons of creatures swallowed long before you. Not everything can figure their way out of a massive creature.
You can always hack your way out of the creature but that's gory and tough work. These are behemoth beings and even cutting your way out won't necessarily mean you killed it - but it probably does mean you're going to really piss it off. Then again, it's so big, will it really even bother to fight back?
The situation can be admittedly disgusting. There's nothing fun about swimming up a creature's bloodstream or having to navigate its intestines. Some creatures are bigger than others, making the journey far more complicated. Others are smaller, easier to escape. If you upset someone's stomach, you might even just get puked up and that might be one of the simplest ways to get out of dodge.
The monsters can look like anything and be nearly any size. The Pthumerian Ocean is massive and contains massive beasts and lesser Pthumerians. Once your character has gotten out of the beast, they will find that they are much closer to the Farther Shores. They might even wind up beaching the creature they're in if they're really lucky! Navigating the creatures isn't too unlike navigating a complex cave. The only difference is the walls around you are some sort of organ.
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
That, and she could pretty much right a book about being socially awkward.
"Oh, yes, because we're actually not even anywhere near Japan! We're in a totally different dimension! That's kinda how I could tell that you're not from around here! Well, that and what you're wearing is different from what regular people wear. But there are a LOT of us that started off where you did!"
She stuck out her hand. "I'm Luz! Luz Noceda, from Connecticut in the United States to be exact! Pleased to meet you!"
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
"It's not what regular people usually wear, because it's my hero costume. My hero name is Deku."
His face brightened and returned to something like normal when she mentioned where she was from. That was one of the harder state names to pronounce, but he remembered it. Of course he did. He was a huge fan of the hero All Might, whose trademark moves were named after US states. Naturally, he had looked up all of them.
"That's on the eastern coast, right?" he blurted out.
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
"A hero? Wait, is that something like a job where you're from? You even have your own hero name?"
That was pretty surprising for Luz. Here, well, heroes were just heroes, that was it. Maybe they'd have a cool uniform, likely they just wore what they wore though.
"Yes, it is! It's close to New York, actually. And you just got here, so...I'm guessing you're probably pretty confused right now, huh?"
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
"But," he mumbled, "You're from the United States... They have lots of heroes there..."
Of course he started with denial, but that was falling apart pretty quickly. He couldn't help it; the worry started to show on his face. How could he feel confident when the discrepancies were staring him in the face? He wasn't just far from home, he was far from his version of Earth entirely. Another dimension, as she said.
"No way... It can't be true... I asked the locals about a few things. They said it, but I didn't believe it..." Both his eyes and mouth widened in disbelief. "I'm really in another world?!"
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
"Um. I suppose? There's...a lot of dimensions we're talking about there."
And she really didn't know how to get into all of that without knowing what sort of world he came from and what he meant by "hero." She was pretty sure he didn't mean a regular old hero like a doctor or fireperson, based on his clothing. Nope, he likely meant something different, and how different a world he was in now looked to be the reality that was sinking in for him now.
"Oh, trust me, it can be and is true. You're in another world. Trust me, I know it's a shock: this is, what, my third time going through it. But I'll try and explain things as best as I can, ok?"
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
But some of the shock on his face was replaced with concern. He closed his mouth and frowned. No matter his own problems, he was the kind of person who was distracted by someone else's.
"It must have been really hard on you..."
He invited her to speak about it without actually asking for something he thought was highly personal. She could detail as much or as little as she wanted.
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
Luz sighed. "At first, unlike here, it wasn't so bad because I still had the ability to go back when I wanted. That was even the original plan. But then things got very complicated and big, and the second time was completely without warning, just like you. It was all about learning the rules, how things worked and being prepared."
Which she had NOT been, but was definitely more so now. You can see it in the way she held herself, and in the staff in her possession.
"But that's me. How are you feeling, Izuku-kun?"
She knew some of her honorifics, thanks you.
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
"To be honest, I've been out of my element for most of my life. Always struggling to learn anything not in a book, stuff that came easily to everyone else. But I always had people who supported me, and people I looked up to. They... They aren't here..." his voice trailed off quietly.
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
She was, of course, glossing over Eda being here and then not, but that would have just depressed her, so she was trying to tell him what would help.
"You'll find other people here though, who will help in their own way. Trust me, I bet you have a LOT to learn here. I know I still do."
Re: Izuku "Deku" Midoriya | My Hero Academia | OTA
"They talk like they have magic here too. I guess it's real after all. We don't really have magic in my world, just genetic powers. We call them Quirks."
Not Quirks or their mutations or whatever, but actual magic. If they didn't have hero school here, did they have... magic school...?
"Thank you, Luz-san. You're already one of those people helping me. At least this isn't a deserted island or something. We even have phones, sort of."
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"In my actual world, magic isn't something you can do, not like the other world I wound up living in by accident. Lucky for me in this world that I can, but that's sort of irrelevant if we have magic by blood now."
His world sounded interesting, though she wasn't sure how she felt about powers being genetic. That meant you could never have any at all if you weren't born that way.
"Oh trust me, you'll like this place WAY more than the last one where some of us lived. Less monsters, less nightmare fuel, the ground isn't opening up, it's better all around."
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"You mean less earthquakes?"
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"Um. Well. Earthquakes tend to be a little less devastating than what was happening to the two, but that is the best thing to describe them, yes! Honestly, it's really lucky I can fly. Now that I think about it, what are YOUR hero powers?"
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He could count the number of people he'd met who could fly on one hand.
"My Quirk is super strength." It wasn't, but that's what he'd registered it as with the government and his school, and it's what he and All Might told everyone. Even his mom. Only a handful of people could be trusted with the secret of One For All.
"But tell me more about your flying, how does that work?"
Midoriya was so curious, his hands unconsciously mimed holding a notebook and writing in it. His classmates always saw him whipping out a notebook when he learned a new cool thing about someone's Quirk. Of course, other than his hero costume, none of his possessions had arrived here with him.
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She wanted to talk more about that strength of his in a moment, but since he'd asked her this specifically, she knew she was going to have to demonstrate. Luz gestured to the staff in her hand.
"This is my mentor's staff, what's known as her palisman sits on top. The palisman can come and go when it wants, but when it's on top of the staff, it becomes one with the staff, and gives me the ability to fly on it, like, say, a witches' broom!"
Which was, in Luz's estimation, pretty fun!
"But the other way is, well, this."
She went into her cape and pulled out a small cowboy hat. She then put the staff down and placed the hat on her head. Luz's body disappeared and was replaced with a crow that was flapping it's wings wildly. It circled around Midoriya a moment before coming down on the ground and then, using its wind, sweeping the hat off. Luz was back in her body, hat in her hand.
"See? Technically, not 'true" flight, but still able to fly!"
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"Amazing! So your hat and your staff are like your support items!"
He glanced over at the rest of the Boardwalk, but other than a few pleasant exclamations of surprise, no one was coming over to reprimand her unlawful use of powers on public property. Given that Midoriya was now in another country, he supposed the rules were different here than in Japan.
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"Thank you, thank you! Yup, that's pretty much what they are! Not as cool as having the powers be innate, but I like them!"
She did note, however, Midoriya looking around.
"What happened? Did you spot someone you know?"
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"Ah, no. It's just that I wasn't sure if cutting loose like that would get you in trouble here. Back home, using Quirks on public property is prohibited for safety reasons."
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She gave him a look. "Oh, now that I think about it, do you know what kind of blood you have?"
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"I-I'm type O. Some locals asked me, but I didn't want to just tell them. I thought it was because they had blood Quirks or something." Luz was hardly less of a stranger, but whatever, it counts!
Of course, he was entirely wrong about what people here meant by blood type.
Hint: She'll smell like milk
"No Midoriya-kun, I'm not talking about your blood type. When you were brought here, you were pretty much reborn, like most people were, and that means you have blood in you that fulfills different things, considering what kind you have. Let me show you."
Luz looked at the ground a moment, then found a piece of glass and, with wince, cut her arm and sprinkled a few drops onto one of the blank papers she used to draw glyphs.
"Bring the paper to your nose, and sniff it. What do you smell?"
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Too late. Cutting herself with something off the ground? Did she want to die of an infection?? He snatched the glass away and tossed it on the ground. He was wearing gloves, so it didn't hurt him.
"You don't know where that's been!!"
He was only used to seeing someone hurt themselves in training or combat. He was also being a hypocrite: In his first days of high school, most of his injuries were due to his release of too much power--on purpose.
"I have disinfectant. And it smells like--milk?" ...What??
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That being the case, he was probably right, maybe. Luz wasn't even sure if you could GET an infection the regular way, but her mom would have been yelling at her for the very same reason.
"Shush. Smell, ok? I'm not doing this because I'm into cutting."
Good, good, he was catching on.
"It's also not night, because if it were, you'd see that the blood was glowing too. I could have probably just told you about the blood, but I figured you might have a hard time believing me. But that's one of the things that happened when you came here: your blood changed. That means you'll have access to other kinds of magic besides what you can already do. I'd suggest finding a sleeper like us to tell you which you have if you're not too squeamish. What blood you have is going to be important in how you live here."
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"I believed you about the magic, right? Even before you showed me. Guess I'm not type O anymore. But I could feel it, that I'm different, from the moment I woke up on the beach. I just didn't know how. It's more of a confirmation than a shock."
Still a shock, though. His voice shook slightly, but it steadied when he said, "Hold still."
Of course he was concerned that his actual blood was changed, but he had blinders on when it came to helping someone else. He removed his gloves and held them under his arm. His right hand was covered in scars. He doused his fingers in rubbing alcohol and prepared to do the same to Luz's cut.
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"I wanted to make sure you saw it with your own eyes. I know I'm probably nothing more than a stranger, a younger kid just saying stuff from most people's point of view. It's important you see how different we've all become."
She'd keep the "we might all actually be squid people" theory to herself. One thing at a time.
Luz was still, but definitely looked at him squinty eyed when she saw the scars on his hands. She lightly brushed her hand over them, then gave him her wrist and looked up at him.
"How long have you been a hero?"
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