While I'd say skepticism is deserved, we're dealing with a power none of us understand and some very firm rules that are expected. Even if we do not trust the motivations or identities of those around us, and even if we don't fully understand how it works, it will still be safer to treat their expectations as a firm truth until we find more information.
Especially seeing what happened to Don today. That was as harsh of a warning as one could be given. [Outside of, like... straight up murder.]
[Not even a stutter of hesitation. She held back in the forum by saying 'screw' because she assumes others can read it, but now that they're in person she just said fuck even though Ainosuke and Pinocchio and Zelos are right over there.
She doesn't seem particularly mad, though, she's just being a teenager, hah]
Well, it's not as though I can prove I'm telling the truth while I'm here, right?
[Little miss skeptic over here.]
"Elemental arts" means using elemental spirits and energies for different sorts of means, such as spells. "Summoning arts" means calling on a spirit, entity, or other creature, usually to use them for a task.
I'm no expert, but... [She tries to remember the details she knows from osmosis] If two parahumans have a kid, it likely will be a parahuman too, even if the powers may be different to the parents'.
But for most, they gain the powers in moments of great distress, so...it isn't something you learn. It's more something you unlock. Then it's up to you to hone it.
[Oh! Maybe she should add...]
A parahuman is someone with powers. There's a whole system of classification, and Master is one of the many categories. Parahumans are rare, about a few dozens people in any big city.
[But the numbers sure pile up when you consider the national and global scale!]
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Something twists at his gut at that, though it feels a little empty.]
That sounds very lonely, doesn't it?
Still. To not want to be where you are is a start. No need to grow content in it if you want change.
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[Yes, there's that invitation! But an invitation can lie!]
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[Like, there's a lot going on here that doesn't make sense, but they can at least start at the most concrete part.]
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[Ever since she saw the chapel's stained glass, she decided to take everything in bad faith]
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While I'd say skepticism is deserved, we're dealing with a power none of us understand and some very firm rules that are expected. Even if we do not trust the motivations or identities of those around us, and even if we don't fully understand how it works, it will still be safer to treat their expectations as a firm truth until we find more information.
Especially seeing what happened to Don today. That was as harsh of a warning as one could be given. [Outside of, like... straight up murder.]
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[She's not happy about it, but she will try!
Oh hey...she raises her head a little]
I just realized, you're the guy with the weird grave I checked earlier.
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[Yippee!]
Are you still mad at me?
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[Not even a stutter of hesitation. She held back in the forum by saying 'screw' because she assumes others can read it, but now that they're in person she just said fuck even though Ainosuke and Pinocchio and Zelos are right over there.
She doesn't seem particularly mad, though, she's just being a teenager, hah]
But I found you. You owe me answers.
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[Since he's long since returned with the water pitcher, she's being poured a glass. Hydrate, girlypop.]
So! What were your questions?
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Like I was asking before you fled...'elemental and summoning arts'? What's the deal with that?
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[Said as though that's a very simple answer.]
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[Solomon please]
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[Little miss skeptic over here.]
"Elemental arts" means using elemental spirits and energies for different sorts of means, such as spells. "Summoning arts" means calling on a spirit, entity, or other creature, usually to use them for a task.
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[It was parahuman powers, after all. But the ones she knows do it in a veeeery small scale]
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What would you call them, then?
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[In terms of classification, Noelle Meindhart/Echidna is a Master, given her ability. Her threat rating in that classification is 10, because yeah]
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Is it something you learn how to do, or something you're born with?
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But for most, they gain the powers in moments of great distress, so...it isn't something you learn. It's more something you unlock. Then it's up to you to hone it.
[Oh! Maybe she should add...]
A parahuman is someone with powers. There's a whole system of classification, and Master is one of the many categories. Parahumans are rare, about a few dozens people in any big city.
[But the numbers sure pile up when you consider the national and global scale!]
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[There's a tinge of something hard to place in how he says that. Sympathy, perhaps.]
How are they treated?