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[skaikru]

That end up being a weird adjustment for you too? Now I kind of expect everyone here to have something extra going on beneath the surface, even if they just look human.

[opheliac]

kinda. magic was smth u were just born with. but in my realm, some scientists figured out how to make magic w/ science. made a gemstone out of it.

i ended up stealing it so i can combine it w/ my weapons. too bad i dont have it on me tho. i bet the captain has it.

[skaikru]

Oh, like a blastia? My world's science never got that far, but some of it's starting to make sense.

Maybe you can ask Friday about it. She seems... Weirdly adept at getting us things from our home worlds and otherwise, yanno. What happens to your weapons when you add man made magic?

[opheliac]

maybe. but i dont think no face will tell me since u know puppet to the cap and all that.

BIG EXPLOSION 💥 !! big pretty blue light that will make a rly rly big impact. i have my rocket launcher on hand rn. all i need is that stone and a rocket and i can evaporate this entire ship and everyone will be turn into DUST.

[skaikru]

You say that like she wants to do what he says.

Might be a cool light show, but why bother wasting your specialty ammo on vaporizing the ship that regenerates? We'd all just be back in our beds the next morning.

[opheliac]

idk does she?

u dont know that. i had a theory that maybe the reason we cant hurt the cap is b/c his REAL source of energy, power, whatev IS the ship. like idk, maybe he has his heart stored somewhere deep in the ship????

[skaikru]

I don't believe she does.

I thought about that too. But Pirate Jenny's sunk the ship three or four times, and it was always intact by the next day. I doubt we'd be the first set of passengers who thought blowing the supports and steel to bits was an idea that held water. Yet it's kept sailing long enough for us to end up here...

Besides. He bleeds. There's absolutely something thrumming in his ribcage. And it took longer for him to heal the hole in his head than it does to fix the waterslide and wallpapering around here.

[opheliac]

hmmmm hmmmmmmmm. slow heal at the brain. so got to mean we were close. maybe around that area?? the eyes?

[skaikru]

There wasn't a brain at all, just blackness. I thought the chest might be a good target next time around, but I'm not getting my hopes up too far.

We still need more information so. When do you think the bombs can be done by?

[opheliac]

hm.

if nothing else happens to screw w/ me, a week. but i might take the bombs to someone else for more advancement. someone from my realm is on board and hes a genius (dont tell him i said that) too w/ making stuff like this.

with our stuff combined, i bet itll help.

[skaikru]

I appreciate you being so thorough on something this important, Jinx. And I promise not to let the genius know you think he's a genius.

( curiosity killed the cat, clarke. curiosity kills and kills and maims and torments and kills and yet — )

What's been screwing you up so far?

[opheliac]

no one important. just someone that starts with a V ends with a enti.

[skaikru]

( ....fuck.

fuck.

fuck fuck fuck

fuck.

fuck.

look, clarke's fresh off the boat of getting her heart shredded by mizuki over this, and maybe emotionally glitches for a second while trying to consider how to proceed. but. uh. nothing clever comes to mind, thus we're left with — )

I'm sorry.

What'd he do?

[opheliac]

a lot. again, doesnt matter too much. im just trying to idk move on or smth.

[skaikru]

Good luck.

...that sounded condescending. I don't mean it to, I really hope you're able to 'move on or something'. I've never been good at that.

[opheliac]

same actually. he was my best friend but he hurt me a lot so.

[skaikru]

Yeah.

...yeah, it's always friends that know how to cut us the deepest, isn't it.

[opheliac]

or family.

[skaikru]

Especially family.

Most of my friends back home felt more like family in the end. I don't usually acknowledge the distinction anymore...

[opheliac]

its funny tho. when ur family says they will be there for u or protect u. but its ends being just words. no real meaning behind it.

when smth rly bad happens, they run off to save their own skin or u suddenly no longer matter.

[skaikru]

( can clarke 100% relate? not entirely, she's historically been a bit more of the runner. )

People aren't perfect. Sometimes they leave because they think that'll protect people more. It's usually a mistake in the end, but that doesn't always mean the intentions are cruel.

[opheliac]

u sure about that? i can name one that left b/c they wanted to be cruel.

[skaikru]

I'm not trying to open old wounds, it was just a different perspective.

[opheliac]

diff perspective often sux. but its whatev.

i forgot what we were actually talking about.

[skaikru]

Bombs, boy geniuses, and Venti.

( ugh. let's go back to the very first — )

Where'd you study explosives engineering?