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[xp_meggan]

From: [Szardos, Meggan]
To: [Forge]
Subject: You’ve Got My Powers, And I’ve Got Tips

Forge (or Forgge, temporarily embrace that extra g through her original misspelling) I saw the list of who got what, and I’m really sorry! I know it’s got to be a big shock. If my empathy gets to be a little bit too much at any point, and you feel overwhelmed, you can always try to feel the trees out front! Their lives are calm, they’re not sick, and it might not be as daunting if you can feel them as a break from people. Focus, breathe, and feel their lives.

There’s a chance of leafiness or some bark coloring setting up shop in your skin if you try it, but it’s soothing to go out and be one with the trees for a little while. A tree fort is what I’m recommending! And some other powers pointers if something manifests that’s more unexpected than having them at all.

Don’t stick a fork in an outlet, because I’m not sure if you’d be able to stomach the electricity like I was able to do or if it might hurt you (plus the shorting out something/scaring people). Do see if you can levitate or fly, and in case of issues be surrounded by fluffy pillows. If underwater, there’s a chance of gills, but maybe don't attempt more than a few minutes beneath the water of the pool. Regular breathing should switch over for just a little bit to gill breathing.

Might be able to move the flames of a candle or fireplace around the area, but you can't put out the fire, and you can't ignite it. You would appear to have extra flamey hair, but it's not really on fire or warm or anything.

If you feel like you've got questions or need any help with any aspect of this, please, please let me know.

Comments

[xp_forge]

These powers suck and I hate them. I used to think that seeing all the math ever was pretty bad. I can tell there's happiness out there, it's like on the tip of my tongue, but then there's Bad in my head and they take all the happiness away and I hate this.

At least I grew my hand and leg back. That's pretty cool.

Gonna go see if being around happy people will make me happy.

I want the math back.

[xp_meggan]

I can understand that, yeah, though I had them for as far back as I could ever remember. So it was just the way of things for me, being a filter for all that stuff. Bad stuff made me furrier when I was small, but that's a whole other circumstance than you getting it dropped onto you.

And being around happier people or people that love you, or someone nowhere near being in a bad place was the advice I probably should've led with, but yes. You've noticed that part does help!

At least I grew my hand and leg back. That's pretty cool.

Oh, that's incredible. I'm so happy for you, that would be very cool, yes. More than cool! Didn't know my powers were capable of that.

I hope you can get your math back! And I hope your Bad gets eclipsed, or just drowned out by some impossible to ignore Good.

[xp_forge]

In better news, I'm feeling much better since April stopped by and dropped some literal and metaphorical sunshine on me.

We're watching Star Trek, since I've never been able to when I had my own power. It's honestly pretty bad, but hey. Now I know, right?

But no headaches, no migraines, and my own hand and leg back -almost- makes being eaten whole by the Sads worth it. I'm sure there's a ton more your power can do but if it's all the same to you I'm not gonna go explore its limits much. i just knew that I wanted to be whole more than anything and then blammo! Two meat hands, two meat legs. Hurt like hell when the prosthetics were blocking regrowth, though.

Which reminds me - if I got yours, some poor bastard got mine. Probably someone holed up somewhere dark and quiet as my power likes to eat all available processing power and then some.

If anything, this whole little escapade has showed me that I need to do some _serious_ work on myself. I've got some, let's just say unresolved issues stemming from my time in Afghanistan.