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[wing_attack]

[He can do this. Who cares if people think he's weird for this? He has people who don't think that, too. He turns on the video and smiles a tiny bit, before speaking.]

So I'm just wondering... a couple of things, really. First of all, how many people are here who are under the age of twenty? It feels like that's a lot of people here - more than you'd usually see in any kind of population. Has anyone tracked that kind of stuff?

And second...

[Here we go.]

How many people had what people might call... powers or abilities or magic at home? Like, stuff that most people can't do but you can do? I'm not counting if you come from some kind of world where magic is common, but where it's rare and people would stare at you for doing it, that's what I mean.

[... He's kind of run out of steam.]

Th... that's what I was wondering. Let me know. I'm not trying to like... track people down or something. I'm just curious.

[He flicks the video off and goes to get a drink of water. That was kind of scary.]

Comments

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[nasa_dreams]

Yeah, I had powers. Saved the planet, even. It kinda sucks now, cause I can't fly or phase through stuff....

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[wing_attack]

Phase through stuff? Like a ghost?

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[chickshades]

I can wield fire.

[ Said oh-so proudly. And there's also a good chance he hasn't yet realized that his fire powers don't work here. ]

[wing_attack]

Seriously? That's pretty cool. Shame you can't use it here, though.

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[throatwash]

( armin is, to be honest, interested in tobias's second question. but he can learn more through observation, he thinks. so... it's best not to look like the creep he is being. )

I am. I'm fifteen. How old are you?

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[wing_attack]

I turned sixteen here, a few months ago. Realistically there should be a lot more adults, but... there's not as many as you would think there should be.

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[fony]

I wish I were 20 already. 3 years to go, but that's still too long.

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[wing_attack]

Growing up's not that great in some ways.

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[stitchedupbodyguard]

I'm under the age of twenty, and I guess you could say that I have special powers.

[Truth be told, she did not know what her actual age was, but she could give a rough estimation.]

I've been able to do things that other people can't.

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[wing_attack]

Yeah? Like what? ... If you don't mind me asking.

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[rocketralph]

I used to be able to level a building in minutes with nothing but my fists and I'm going to get that back if it kills me.

_{[Just come in swingin', Wreck-It.]}

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[wing_attack]

[... Yeah okay that definitely counts.]

That's pretty impressive. Your hands don't hurt when you do that?

[anexcitableboy]

...You're talking about real magic, aren't you?

[wing_attack]

Yeah, I am. Not like stage magic isn't cool, too, but that's not what I mean.

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[walkersystem]

... did you have any powers?

<sub>[Yeah, way to be blunt - but she's a little wary in sharing unless she knows why he'd ask, even if he said he's just curious. There's a reason to be curious, right? He must know about abilities or even have them himself if he's thinking about it.]

[But at least she has the grace to look cautious and curious instead of pushing. Cause she's really not.]

[... it will also be obvious she is, in fact, under 20 years old.]</sub>

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[wing_attack]

[... He scratches the back of his head a little.]

Yeah, I did. I could... um. Turn into a lot of different animals. What about you? Did you have any?

[armoredsoul]

I'm seventeen. [Not that he looks it, but the whole 'lost four years thanks to shenanigans' thing is hard to explain.] It does seem off-balance, but then maybe whatever's been pulling us here needs people in that age range? It doesn't seem like the people chosen to come here is completely random.

[He frowns a little thinking about the second part.] And...I guess yes and no to the powers thing. Alchemists aren't uncommon where I'm from, but I can do some things that very few other alchemists can. And even then Brother and I got some stares from people in out-of-the-way towns just for doing the normal stuff. So I dunno if I'd count on your list or not, eheh.

[wing_attack]

[It's okay, he understands shenanigans all too well.]

Maybe. I don't know.

[Um.]

... Alchemy? Like... lead into gold, or whatever?

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[tearsofademon]

Ahh, I was about nineteen when I first got here, if that counts. It's kind of been a few years though.

[And he'd answer the second question, but magic isn't exactly uncommon on the Menoris continent, and it's not like he wants to talk about his eyes...]

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[wing_attack]

Sure, that counts. It's just weird that there's so many people near my age outside of a school or something.

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[pinnedbangs]

What's it matter if we -- if other people don't have those powers anymore?

[... DAMMIT. Did this guy notice the slip? He should have kept his mouth shut... but Rin was plenty curious too.]

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[wing_attack]

Because I've noticed it being a trend, I guess?

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[ajustcaws]

Definitely under twenty! And... well, yeah, we had magic back home. Some of it was a little weirder than most, but it wasn't, you know, unusual.

I might've been able to do the weirder stuff if my dad taught me, but I don't know if he would've. It... was a little out there, haha.

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[wing_attack]

We had stuff that's... it's not magic, technically, but it might as well be since the technology is so advanced from what's normally on my world.

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[soundmind]

I was 15 when I first arrived here and I turned 17 recently, so...is it really that strange? Are you from a world where kids live with their parents?

[Because that's certainly not a bizarre and worrying question to ask right off the bat.]

Well...at the Academy, a lot of people in my section have a very strong sixth sense, that's why we're scouted by the school. But for me...I can see their form and color as well as feel out their nature. That's a little less common, I guess. People...outside of my hometown probably wouldn't take kindly to me using it on them.

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[wing_attack]

I - yeah, usually they do. Unless something happened to their parents.

[Case in point.]

... So like... ghosts and stuff?

[heartdive]

Back when I first got here I was fifteen. I'm gonna be turning nineteen this year... Feels weird.

But I had powers and stuff, I guess. It's more magic and special skills than [ wiggling fingers at the screen here ] super powers.

[wing_attack]

That is pretty weird...

... Hey, there's no magic in my world, so I say that counts. At least to me.

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[garbagechild]

Oh! I can do things back home! SPECIAL things! Things that nobody else can!

_{[OH HEY it's that kid from the New Year's party! He doesn't even... bother answering the first question, but he probably doesn't need to. Not even stilts and a really good fake beard would be able to pass this kid off for anything remotely approaching 20.]}

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[wing_attack]

[Welp.]

Yeah? Like what?