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[lifetothefullest]

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[evocation]

uh
don't join the una
they brainwash people

[lifetothefullest]

In the psychological sense, or the magic/advanced technology/etc sense?

[But yeah, he's heard nothing good about the UNA and is going nowhere near them.]

[evocation]

uh
maybe both?
i don't know
they isolate people from their families and shit
and there's been all this stuff online about families getting people back and talking about how different they are

[lifetothefullest]

Sounds sort of like a cult.

[Which reminds him--]

Someone in the safehouse told me there was possibly some sort of a cult here that was interested in the blue glow we have. Have you heard anything about that?

[evocation]

oh, yeah
this guy named ball met with some of the displaced a while back and said he thinks we're touched by gods
he said opening the gates would prove it
there's a cult putting up shrines to us and shit, making paintings of stuff we've done
they're all over new amsterdam if you want to look
anyway, basically they believe in seven gods and they think us and our powers are proof of them

[lifetothefullest]

Is Ball the leader of this cult, or just from it? You said he met with some of us, so does he know who some of the individual Displaced are?

[Just getting an idea of how much of a problem this could be.]

[evocation]

he's the leader
here
he's dead though
so that sucks

[lifetothefullest]

[He's reading through this, but it's a lot even for him, so he'll ask while still reading--]

Do you know who the leader is now?

[evocation]

i have no idea
i don't even know if they picked a new one
do cults pick leaders like the pope or is it line of succession?
who knows

[lifetothefullest]

Depends on the cult and their ideology, structure, that sort of thing.

[evocation]

i was kidding, dork

[lifetothefullest]

Obviously, I shouldn't assume you actually meant it when you ask a good question.

[He really hopes it comes across in text that he's joking.]

[evocation]

wow
are you saying i can't be serious?

[lifetothefullest]

I'm sure you can; you looked pretty serious when I found those cargo pants.

[evocation]

that's because cargo pants are a nightmare

[lifetothefullest]

They were totally in fashion when I was a teenager.

[evocation]

ugh
my condolences

[lifetothefullest]

Thanks. The 90s were a frightening time.

[evocation]

i'm gen z, so i was safe

[lifetothefullest]

Yeah, but you had crocs.

[evocation]

i don't know what you're talking about
must be a your world thing

[lifetothefullest]

I don't know enough to dispute that but they're really ugly shoes.

[And okay, ugly fashion aside--]

Are you at work?

[He presumes not since she's been texting so much, but who knows.]

[evocation]

i just got off
why?

[lifetothefullest]

I want to get out of the safehouse for awhile so I was going to go find something to eat, if you want to come.

[Mostly true, but also he wants to talk to her in person. It's about time to tell her about Hadriel, even if he's not exactly planning to talk about her alternate self just yet; if they're going to be roommates and around each other all the time he doesn't want to keep being careful not to mention his last stay in another world.]

[evocation]

I always want to eat. I'm in.