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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

text; (un: aragaki)

[hoboagogo]

i havent heard of temp bonding parties but shit, go for it. sounds like a good time.

[fauns fuckin' love parties ok even if he, personally, isn't a huge fan. its a weird time.]

anyway the downside is you gotta pay for em and drink them every day
upside of bonding is that its done and dealt with

when i bonded i just asked one of the first guys i talked to once i got here. he was a witch, so i suggested bonding so we didnt have to deal with the crazy or exploding thing. its worked out pretty well. still bonded like a year later.

[electrod]

yeah, that's a massive downside. i'd be fine with paying once a month tho, when the shit is going to be worst

anyway— so you literally just grabbed someone you barely knew and went at it? gotta say that's a ballsy move. great it worked out for you in the end

[hoboagogo]

if your a witch or know any might be time to start learning how to brew

yeah. it aint been that big of a deal. not like we're married or anything. and the whole feeling-sharing thing isn't too intrusive, but he might just be repressed as fuck.

[And. Shinjiro is repressed as fuck also.]

i dunno how deep they went into it but its all about witches burning off their magic and monsters eating it. i dunno how much one temp a month would help. guess itd be like getting one meal a week. yeah your eating but your still gonna starve to death.

dunno much about the witch side of it though

[electrod]

well shit, shame im not a witch. but that makes all you say more relevant, since— same wagon. gotta say, if you put it like this it's easier to stomach

those i talked with put way more emphasis on the feeling side of things. finding your soulmate, sharing dreams and all that stuff

anyway, how about two monsters or two witches working? i know it's a possibility but that sounds like a starving option too

[hoboagogo]

i got a monster bond and a witch bond. the monster i'm bonded with has two witch bonds, too. so it works out ok. But it feels different, i guess? Not bad, but it definitely isn't the same. more filtering magic back and forth rather than me straight up taking it.

i think people can get away with it but i dunno. two witches is more of a problem i think because they just keep building up magic. but they can like get familiars and just constantly cast and burn it off or something.

apparently last month one witch just straight up exploded after not bonding for a while. gf said it was pretty brutal when she saw it

[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.

[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 ]

[hoboagogo]

im guessing its something to do with rolling outta the mirrors. we aint from here and its gotta find a way to make us fit. plenty of us dont have whatever powers we had back home, too

i aint heard of one happening but a lot of them dont seem to build up magic. theres a lotta natives who aint witches or monsters but all of us are one or the other.

[electrod]

tch, the mirrors won't let us stay normies then

has anyone tried to break them, see what happens then?

[ Because that's a completely logical thing to do ]