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[anotheroldsoldier]

Name: Bucky Barnes
Date: Dec. 7
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Does anyone else think it's strange that we go from a mist that makes people go feral, to a blizzard that shorts out witch magic, including on the wall, in less than a few months? And we don't have a clue what's going on in the city we practically turned upside-down these days.

It all seems a little suspect. The timing of it.

How vulnerable is this city going to be if these periodic short-outs turn into a prolonged magical blackout?

[Hey look, it's Captain Paranoia with fresh conspiracy theories. What's the Aefenglom version of a tinfoil-hatter?]

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[ragefield]

Bet that witch from the other city's still got a bug up her ass. Isn't she some sort of magical savior?

[anotheroldsoldier]

Thought I heard that one got arrested, though who knows, there could be more of her out there. She probably didn't come here alone.

[ragefield]

She might have had a partner. If she was able to do that much to their city, she couldn't have done it all alone.

Or maybe a sympathizer has some other plan for us. All I'm saying is it's a bit too easy of a coincidence. Getting rid of one threat doesn't mean the rest learn their lesson.

[anotheroldsoldier]

That's my thought. It's too much of a coincidence in this short a time span. I'd always wondered what this place would do if their magic got shorted out, and now we're finding out. It's concerning.

[ragefield]

I don't know much about magic, but it might be an experiment.

That... We could just be in the target zone. I guess it's lucky that not all of us need magic the same way. Not that I'm crazy about the reason why, but half of the city seems to be calmer then the other half.

[anotheroldsoldier]

A test of Aefenglom's current defenses?

Isn't that always how it goes around here? One side's usually better off than the other. All of the shit that's happened is just driving a bigger wedge between the Witch half and the Monster half of the general population.

[ragefield]

Or a test to see if magic can be manipulated on a wide scale? Maybe they aren't trying to turn it off.

Well, it'd probably be easier to make things equal if one side weren't literally the monster half. I'm not sensitive, but it doesn't exactly give you a lot of confidence.

[anotheroldsoldier]

Maybe. I don't know what else they'd be trying to accomplish, though. It's hard to say when nothing's been confirmed anyway.

Ain't that the truth. And it doesn't fucking stop. I've been here for months and I'm still feeling like I'm about to crawl out of my own skin.

[ragefield]

You never know what the purpose could be. They could be trying to control witches and only got that far. It's usually about control with people like that.

Great. And there's no cure? No offense to the natives, but I'd rather just be myself and not a freak version.

[anotheroldsoldier]

Without confirmation as to who's actually behind this, we can shoot theories into the breeze all day. It's driving me crazy.

[That's actually the beginning of the end of his spider changes driving him crazy, but you know.]

Not that I know of. You think you got it bad, I have six eyes.

[ragefield]

Shooting theories is at least shooting something. I feel like I'm running in circles here.

[Wait.]

Six? Really?

[anotheroldsoldier]

I know the feeling. It's a sad day when shooting infected creatures in a blizzard is a good time.

Yeah. Two of them are supposed to be there, to be fair.