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[x_needforspeed]

Everyone's being really... talkative. Open. Truthful.

I bet this is a curse.

[ooc: Quicksilver's normal today. He had enough of spilling his guts on Tuesday. ;) ]

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[unbewildered]

Well, it's either that, or something's in the water. Again.

[x_needforspeed]

Well... they could be one and the same, here.

By the way, thank you for talking to me earlier this week! I'm not normally like that, it's just that that curse hit me really hard. Talking to you helped me a lot.

[unbewildered]

At one point, it kind of was. Though the most that came out of that was people feeling sick.

Yeah, no problem. I didn't get it too bad that day myself, but it was nice talking to someone instead of trying to convince your friend that you have known each other twenty years. I take it you're a lot different than how you were that day?

[x_needforspeed]

I know people were none too happy about the blood day... I haven't been here for anything else with the water.

That must have been no fun. Yes, I'm a lot different. Super speed, for one, and a heck of a lot more sure of myself, for another. Still... it was good in a way. Sorta made me see things from the other side, if you know what I mean.

[unbewildered]

The water system got poisoned once. Not sure with what, but it wasn't pretty.

Tell me about it. Now he's moping over the whole thing. I have to smack some sense back into him. I get what you're saying though. It takes a different perspective to catch onto some things.

Super speed, huh? Like the Flash?

[x_needforspeed]

Really? That's not good. Did people die, or did they just get sick?

Why would he mope? It was a curse, it wasn't like he could control it. This city seems to delight in turning people inside out, from what's happened since I got here.

Yeah, it does. Made me realize a few things. And I met a few new people, too, so that was good.

HA! I'd be faster than the Flash, if he wasn't a comic book character! I could beat him any time!

[unbewildered]

Just got sick. Really sick, but I don't think anyone died.

Complicated stuff. Weird pasts full of angst. Something like that. The way he was hit, he never lost his original family, which he apparently didn't remember until now. So now he's stuck on, "Would I rather have my family or the life I've got now?"

Eh, never a bad thing. I used to know a lot of people in this place, but these days, I'm a little too busy trying to get out, I guess.

Yeah? How fast are you? And I don't know. He could very well be real, knowing how this city is.

[x_needforspeed]

Yeah, I can understand him. Mine was that I wasn't a mutant, as you probably figured out. So, yeah, my life was probably better with my powers, but at the same time, I haven't always been that nice to people, just because I had powers. But I don't know how much I can help that, either. Everything's just so slow, and I get bored

[unbewildered]

You ask me, it's still the same principle. You work with what you have. What's wondering whether you would've done better, been better, or liked better the life that could have been going to do for you now? Not much. Sure, I get what might be bothering him. But it's not going to change anything.

I've got better things to do than be here. Back home, I've got a job and a life and people who freaked out the last time I disappeared. I got out once, and you know, I didn't want to come back? And next thing you know, I'm in the city again. But some people don't have a normal life ot get back to. It seems like a lot of them actually are better off here. But that's not really something I can judge

[x_needforspeed]

That's true. And I typically do work with what I have, but... that day just hit a lot of people hard, I guess. And no, the past won't change, but perhaps having this different perspective on it will change the future, at least for me.

Ah. Do you know how to get out? It's all rather unclear to me.

Going so fast he could go back in time? Why would you want to go back in time? Why not go forward, so you can know what will happen in the future?

And it's not really confusing to me, but I've lived with it all my life, so I'm probably used to it. The new speed is a bit different, I'll admit, but I'll probably adjust soon.

The protagonist of a musical? Wait, so it wasn't just that he was an actor? Ok, that's strange, I'll agree. But I think that same guy was trying to convince me about the X-Men being in comic books too. It's just too hard to believe. I mean, that would be like saying that, back home, you are a character in a movie. Wait! You aren't, are you?!

[Okay, wasn't sure if you knew. :D ]

[unbewildered]

Hey, at least you're taking it well. This friend of mine's just not over the family thing. So far, I haven't even seen him pick himself up to think about what he could do, now that he knows what might have been.

There's supposed to be a lot of different ways, apparently. Most of them are accidents. The most surefire way is to go to Dorian and trade a way out for something of yours, but usually, her price is a little more than people want to give. Yoshito used to give out tickets home, but that stopped a long time ago.

Has to do with the laws of physics and all. You know, relativity and that sort of thing. At least...I think. At some point, he became pure energy, he was going so fast. Or...something.

Look, I read those when I was a kid. I'm not sure on all that.

Yeah, he's a main character in a musical back where I come from. And then there's the Phantom of the Opera. At this rate, I'm not going to deny the possibility of anything, though I can't say I've got a very interesting life to have a movie based on it somewhere.

[x_needforspeed]

Family's tough, though. In a way, you all feel like you should take care of each other, so if something happens, it's hard to get over. Hopefully, your friend will be better soon.

Most of the ways out are accidents? Like, "Gee, I really don't want to go home, I've really grown to like it here. *whistles* Oops, let me just step through this interdimensional worm hole. Darn, now I'm not in the City anymore. No more curses. Drat."?

Dorian? I've heard mention of her in a few people's journals, but it's always really... circular. Nothing clear about who she is. Who is she? She trades things? And I've never heard of Yoshito before.

Well, it could be. I don't remember much about him either.

Phantom of the Opera? I've heard of that. There are people here from that? Well, I guess if that's possible, then maybe it's possible that there are stories about the X-Men somewhere. Am I really important in the comic books, do you remember?

[he still doesn't really believe it, but he's willing to try for an ego boost. XD ]

[unbewildered]

Eh. I wouldn't know. Too many foster families to count. It would be a headache

[x_needforspeed]

Oh. So if someone just disappears, it's likely they made it out? That's good to know at least.

Anything but money? And she usually takes memories? Probably not the type you don't want to have, right? Probably some that you'd prefer to keep, cause otherwise it wouldn't be equal. Do you know what other types of things she'll take?

Oh, so he's one of the deities I heard about. I heard there were deities, but back home no one really puts much faith in religion anymore, so I didn't know what to believe. If he's the nicer of the two, then can I presume that the day of blood was not his doing?

Well, my life's already really complicated! I bet the comic books didn't say anything about me taking a random side-trip to a city that no one back home knows about! And I am trying to be nicer to everyone, even though they're really slow, but... right now, I can amuse myself by exploring the City, but what happens when I get bored?

[unbewildered]

That's what we're all assuming anyway. Maybe they got eaten. Who knows