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[charming_jerk]

[GUESS WHO'S BEING AWKWARD OVER THE NETWORK AGAIN, DINGDING YOU ARE CORRECT. Johnny hates asking for help. Hates it. But he's at a loss here.]

So, uh. I need someone's help with somethin'. I don't expect anyone to volunteer for this. I mean, I sure as hell wouldn't but I dunno how else to do this shit. Maybe, like, I can get a volunteer and someone else can play ref...

Anyway. Um. So this place let me keep the power I used to have, except they made it suck less. Thing is, I still don't know how to use it too well, an' it ain't like a physical weapon I can just go and train with. Basically I... talk people into doin' stuff. All I gotta do is look at 'em and talk to 'em, and they'll pretty much do whatever I say. Least, that's how it used to go. I dunno how strong it is, what people will or won't do, things like that. And I kinda wanna know, in case I ever, ya know, need to use it against the "bad guys", I guess.

...

Now ya know why no one's gonna volunteer. But if anyone's got any suggestions, lemme know?

Comments

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[deadelfwalking]

[He narrows his eyes in suspicion at this post. Is this fella talking about mind control? Because that's not on, friend.]

What.

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[charming_jerk]

[blinkblink] ...What what.

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[onblackwings]

Why do you need volunteers? It isn't as if anyone will refuse you, if you're good at it.

[deadelfwalking]

You are asking for volunteers to mind control, are you not?

[charming_jerk]

Would ya rather I do it on unwilling people?

[charming_jerk]

Cuz that shit totally comes back to bite you in the ass later, that's why! Trust me.

[deadelfwalking]

I would rather you not do it.

[onblackwings]

It wouldn't if you were any good at it. It seems to me like that would take care of a lot of your issues.

[charming_jerk]

Hey, buddy, this is the power I got, an' I'm gonna damn well use it if I need it. I don't plan on just usin' it on everybody here for the hell of it!

[charming_jerk]

I don't know if I'm all that good at it. It would go off on its own back home. I'd stop an' ask someone for directions or somethin' back home, next thing I know they're tryin' to put their hands down my pants or somethin'! Goddman charm powers, of all the things....

[onblackwings]

[ trying to make sense of that one... it's not really working out ]

Why down your pants? Did you ask them to?

[charming_jerk]

What, no way! It-- [He sighs. Man he hates his power.] It ain't just like, mind control or whatever. It'
s charm. Seduction, almost. You know what an incubus is?

[onblackwings]

No. Why, are you one?

[charming_jerk]

Half a one. They're a kind 'a demon. I think that's why the power goes off on its own and do crazy shit like that. I mean, it don't anymore, thankfully, but I dunno what I can and can't do wit' it. I just used to avoid it as much as I could.

[onblackwings]

This seems like the sort of thing you really should have kept to yourself until you were better at it. Now you just look incompetent.

[charming_jerk]

[....]

H-Hey! I was actually tryin' to get some help here with this crap! It ain't like it came with a damn instruction manual! No one where I come from does this kinda stuff.

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[ardor]

[Kallen looks a little taken aback at this whole thing.]

You're serious about this thing?

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[charming_jerk]

[rgfrdre HE'S SO EMBARRASSED. When you're this pale it's hard to hide when your face turns red.]

L-Look, I don't know what else to do, okay?! This shit doesn't come with an instruction manual and NO ONE where I'm from does this kinda stuff! What am I supposed to do? Wait till an enemy's wavin' a gun in my face and HOPE that it works?!

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[ardor]

There are other ways to defend yourself. Do you know how to fight?

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[charming_jerk]

Yeah, 'course I do. But like, if I could get this shit down it could be useful in other ways, right? Like what if we get some kinda mission where we need information from someone, somethin' like that?

[H-He just wants to be useful]

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[ardor]

You don't know how straight forward it is, do you? If you're with a group of people, how do you know it won't affect all of them?

[deadelfwalking]

Disgusting.

[voice]

[fitful]

Shit, man, you got no confidence here. The hell are you even asking?

[video]

[fitful]

[ STARING SO HARD INTO THE SCREEN. ]

You!

[video] JACKS THIS THREADJACK

[onblackwings]

Where have you been hiding? You owe me an eye.