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[choseherownway]

[There is one very scowly looking blond looking at her surroundings, visible both on the network and in person outside the apartments. She mutters under her breath:] You piss off one mage...

[Clearing her throat, she tries and fails to force the scowl off her face] My name's Lena. I need to be - not here. Look, I'm grateful for the rescue, but it's a little too late. I made a deal, and I have six months - I have six months. None of which I can afford to waste here.

You people need to stop making other people fight your battles for you and learn to stand on your own two feet. It's not my job to hold your hand into a better future.

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[woahwoahawkward]

[Oh, those are the nightmares he has as an adult.]

I did. Virtual memory manipulation, but -- still.

[choseherownway]

...Virtual?

[woahwoahawkward]

It's my understanding that it's 'non-real'. Or so I'm told.

[choseherownway]

Why can't they just say that? [a beat] So they...messed with people's memories, except they didn't really?

[woahwoahawkward]

Because they like to confuse the rest of us, I'd guess.

[He sighs.]

And -- yes, exactly. It felt real, but it apparently wasn't.

[choseherownway]

[She sighs as well] And they want us to fight for them?

[woahwoahawkward]

It would seem that way, yes.