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[jivitadana]

[Another event had come to an end. First Shadows, and then a rave with candy. Two events on the count so far here. They've been interesting enough in terms of seeing others' memories or experiences from home for himself. But still, it is a relief that it was over.]

I hope everyone is all right after the event.

... Did anyone get any sleep?

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[forevercapslock]

HOW THE FUCK COULD ANYONE SLEEP? I WAS OUTSIDE ON THE FUCKING STREET AND I COULDN'T SLEEP.

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[forevercapslock]

YEAH, GROWING UP. A LUSUS IS BASICALLY ALL THAT KEEPS US FROM BEING KILLED BEFORE WE REACH MATURITY.
UNLESS THE LUSUS ITSELF KILLS YOU. SOME OF THEM DO THAT.

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[jivitadana]

Are you and the other trolls here considered to have reached maturity already?

[But that last part was a little bit surprising.]

What would motivate it to do that though?

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[forevercapslock]

DEPENDS ON WHO YOU ASK. WE'RE WHAT YOU'D CALL ADOLESCENTS, I THINK.
DEPENDS ON THE LUSUS. SOME ARE MORE INHERENTLY DEADLY THAN OTHERS. I MEAN, I HAVE A FRIEND
WELL SHE'S NOT A FRIEND. SHE'S A HUGE BACKSTABBING BITCH.
BUT I KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAD A GIGANTIC, VORACIOUS SPIDER FOR A LUSUS. THAT THING WAS TERRIFYING AND I NEVER EVEN SAW IT.

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[jivitadana]

Teenage then. About 13-19 years, if using a calendar from my world.

I suppose you can't or don't pick your lusus? [If it were like a parent, there wasn't much choice in the matter, perhaps.] Hers hasn't turned on her?

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[forevercapslock]

THEY PICK US AFTER THE TRIALS, WHEN WE COME UP ABOVE GROUND.
IT HAD NO REASON TO. SHE KEPT IT FED.

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[jivitadana]

If everyone has one, then everyone potentially passes the trials?

[It can be pacified by feeding it? The intention to kill is staved in that way? This was all good information if just to educate himself about other worlds, but also in case some event came up in the future based off the trolls' world.]

What exactly do you feed a lusus?

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[forevercapslock]

MORE LIKE EVERYONE WHO PASSES THE TRIALS GETS A LUSUS.

DEPENDS ON THE LUSUS. THAT FUCKING SPIDER I MENTIONED? SHE FED IT TROLLS. FEFERI'S LUSUS LIVED ON OTHER LUSI I THINK. MINE LIKED CHILLED ROE CUBES.
BUT WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU EXPECT FROM A GIANT BIPEDAL CRAB MONSTER.

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[jivitadana]

Then the ones who aren't chosen are at a disadvantage?

[But if a lusus intended to kill, then maybe not. It was all new and he tried to understand. And huh, those were some interesting eating preferences.]

She fed her lusus her own kind. [Sort of unbelievable, but monsters are, well, monsters.] ... Once you reach maturity, you no longer need to rely on a lusus?

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[forevercapslock]

THE ONES WHO AREN'T CHOSEN ARE DEAD. YOU DO THE TRIALS, THEN YOUR LUSUS CHOOSES YOU.

A LUSUS JUST MAKES SURE YOU HAVE THE SURVIVAL SKILLS YOU NEED TO GROW UP. SO OF COURSE YOU DON'T NEED ONE LATER ON.

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[jivitadana]

What sort of trials are these?

You might not need it, but does it need you, or will it choose someone else?

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[forevercapslock]

THEY'RE TRIALS TO KILL OFF THE WEAK. IT WAS SWEEPS AGO, SO I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFICS.

I GUESS IT WOULD, IF ITS TROLL DIED SOMEHOW. I DON'T KNOW, SOME OF THEM GET REALLY ATTACHED. BUT A TROLL WITHOUT A LUSUS GETS CULLED, SO MAYBE IT'S THE SAME FOR THEM.

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[jivitadana]

Sweeps? Is that your method of keeping time?

Yours just happens to resemble a crab. [Some animals were also universal? But it could be again, the same word for another concept altogether.]

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[forevercapslock]

YES. I'M SIX SWEEPS OLD.

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[jivitadana]

I see. [Six and already like a teenager of some sort.]

I talked to another friend of yours. She wrote in green. And likes cats.

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[forevercapslock]

THAT'S NEPETA.