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[electrod]

Name: Reno
Date: early July
Format: Text

[ If there's a working network around here, it would be a stupid mistake to not use it. And while he's not above just reading the backlog, he can't find some information he's actually looking for

time to act clueless on the network, apparently ]

so, i'm here to add to the pile of the "dumb shit newbies ask"

they really just let us loose on the city, huh? while i don't mind being left to my own devices, that whole looming threat of going fucking crazy— that's an unfun part about it

how did this bonding work out for you guys, when you first got here?

been wondering— everyone is talking about the importance of capital 'B' bonding, but how about that tempbond potion? aside for the price obviously. are there any downsides for prolonged use? something to watch out for? limit with how many people you can drink that with?

if there are any parties where we meet, drink a round of shots or two, and then drink these temp potions to get through the moons and all the feral shit— just sign me in. if there are none, then consider it a suggestion

Comments

[evanescent]

Psh! [a scoff.] Like you could here anyway! And get your ass kicked again? My bodyguard's still here, you know.

[Zack too, but she doesn't want to drop that information right away, in the event Reno doesn't know.]

[apocryphas]

you've been here for five minutes, do you even KNOW any bars?

[ Because she definitely doesn't. She looks like someone who wouldn't be served either. ]

[rightfoot]

I'm a witch who is only bonded to monsters. I can't be certain about any power boosts for different types of bonds.

I've been bonded for nearly a year and it's not actually very intrusive, personally. And to be honest, the longer I've been bonded, the better everyone is at managing that aspect, too. I guess it depends on you and who you're bonded to.

Honestly, people make a bigger deal about it than it really is. It's not like they can read my thoughts.

[electrod]

[ The joys of internet, unknowingly soliciting an ancient 7 years old (homunculus) to drinking ]

There's a shitton of them on the way from Coven to Haven, and then some. I always remember important landmarks

[electrod]

[ While the records from other Mirrorbounds seem to mostly confirm Coven's information, they also give additional context that the lecture lacks. The lecture was after all made by people who led their whole lives as what they were.

So yeah noting that all down until he fixates on the last paragraph, honest on it like a goddamn hawk ]

no shit, seriously? so it's not just a cautionary tale— was the witch a local or mrrbnd? is your gf okay?

[hoboagogo]

yeah the magic builds up in them and then they fucking explode. mirrorbound i think? i didn't know the guy. but we seem to get hit with the magic build up and the feral cravings more and faster than the locals do.

yeah shes alright. takes more than that to really get to her.

1/2

[greekrevival]

Just got here with the lattest batch.

Hold on.

2/2 voice;

[greekrevival]

[ The voice from the watch is definitely that of a teenager, but it's maybe more serious than one would expect. Serious, and annoyed. ]

That's much better. Hope you don't mind, the text-to-speech function's been a little...unreliable, so far.

[evanescent]

That's the spirit!

And that's right. [A pause, and then:] I don't know. I guess it's a little like a transfer? You have to have some kind of connection, right?

[spaghettimonster]

I GOT HITCHED WITH A FRIEND. IT WENT WITHOUT A HITCH!

AT LEAST. UNTIL SHE LEFT. THAT'S A WAY THEY'RE NOT THE SAME.

TEMPORARY BONDS JUST WEAR OFF... REAL BONDS, THEY LAST UNTIL BROKEN. BY ENDING IT, OR LEAVING. OR REALLY LEAVING.

[Thank goodness neither of them ever felt that across their bond. It's uncomfortable to imagine... and a terrible place to leave the answer.]

OH, AND I NEVER FEEL MUCH ACROSS TEMPORARY BONDS. REAL BONDS... YOU MIGHT DREAM OF EACH OTHERS' MEMORIES.

[electrod]

fucking thank you! someone finally gets it!

[ The amount of "just do it, don't think - imagine!" has been grating on his nerves. But if this guy nearly exploded from avoiding the issue, it at least explains the attitude.

"With practice," he says, hmm ]

Shitty position to be in though sounds like Witches have more on the stake in this. I take you have finally found someone you tolerate?

[grandspark]

Hmph. [If a non-committal noise could sound vaguely amused...]

It's a strange kind of connection. [a beat] But you don't find it all that strange, do you? [Perhaps even...familiar?]

[electrod]

[ Quiet groan ]

Mr. first-class asshole is here? [ Oh. Awesome. That's just great. But hey, at that's one less surprise to run into in the city. ] So many SOLDIER boys around...

[ Ah, yes, he met Zack. ]

[darkcharge]

[ That's the entire reason he nearly exploded - he hadn't thought that the Bonding thing could even remotely be that important. Of course he also had another, more personal reason for it. So, no. Vanitas doesn't entirely trust the Coven and what these native people say. ]

Most days. Though I suppose you could say we have always been connected. Now it's just a felt connection.

[electrod]

[ Last time he answered a voice-message it backfired horribly, but at least here he can tell the voice is of no one he knows.

Oh, and that's possibly a kid too. ]

...I didn't even know it has function like that, woah. [ The more you learn ] Image quality is crap, but then the watch surprises you with tricks like that.

[ A beat. ]

Still wondering when I will wake up, you?

[electrod]

That's literally how everyone described you.

[ Ah, past tense— ]

But you don't need anyone to compliment you, you can just look in the mirror. Bet the feathers fit your image too. Though that addition still sounds like pain...

How long have you even been here?

[evanescent]

[Either Zack or Sephiroth, then.]

Even so, you're short on Shinra loyalists here. So I'd behave, if I were you. Call a truce.

[evanescent]

No, it isn't so strange. [there's a smile in her voice, slow-blooming but there all the same.] I've had a lot of time to get used to it. It's not so bad. Understanding someone and having them understand you... that's a part of being human, isn't it? It's the same with Bonds.

[electrod]

We keep to ourselves, and you guys keep to yourselves. Like boats that pass in the night— sounds perfect. [ As said before, he really has no reason to take any action. Petty grudge non withstanding... and speaking of that ]

You better keep your boy on a leash, princess. If he goes after me or my partner, his ass is grass.

[ Bold statement from someone who got his ass handed back to him by said "boy" ]

[electrod]

[ Statistically speaking "science" has done plenty of terrible things. ]

"I will require one soon" that suggests you're nearing the limit. So it's a choice between a state of permanent discomfort, or survival.

[ Heh ]

So speaking of records, how long have you managed without a Bond till now? The info we got told about three months is the time when the unwanted side-effects start to show. It wasn't told for how long they can be managed.

[electrod]

Sounds like you two already got history before the magic marriage happened.

[ huh ]

[electrod]

so we're either that ~~special~~ or... the locals lived their whole lives with this shit, got better at managing it a long time ago

but that makes me wonder, how often do locals go feral, or explode. morbid curiosity or fascination with statistics, take your pick

[ it is morbid curiosity ]

1/2

[darkcharge]

[ MARRIAGE!? What what what!?

No one's phrased it like that! ]

[darkcharge]

Yes, even if he didn't know of it until recently.

However, save for the couple of months that I put off bonding, I've always been connected to another.

[ In other words, he had kind of enjoyed that time. ]

[boneofsword]

Sharing specific traits, for example immunity to substances or elements. Unfortunately it also shares weaknesses as well.