Unread postby serbii » April 11th, 2013, 11:17 pm
“The other one had this Rabbit face! And used a bunch of long words. It was boring. Something about...a curse, and a ghost. Yeah, and like, false friendships, and running in the darkness. Oh! And lobotomies!” You flash Amy a quick, toothy grin as you say the last part. “And there was Maddie, too. But I think she was called Rev or something? But she was a stupid jerk teleporter. I don’t like her..”
Amy looks slightly uncomfortable when you mention lobotomies, but looks thoughtful. “Maddie’s new codename is probably Rev...or something that starts with Rev. I guess it makes sense that she would retire her old codename.”
“The curse is probably just Araceli’s Curse. It’s another name for our...condition.”
“Story time!” You insist and she looks at you funny, you make big eyes of hope.
“You probably heard it, the first to get like this was a girl from Spain, her name was Araceli. It was big news at the time, they thought it was a miracle. But then, the Mouros just kept coming after her, so they decided it was a curse instead. She survived probably less than a year after getting her powers. It’s why the call us Toledans, too, because she was from Toledo. Running in the darkness...they were probably talking about me. I can’t think of anyone or anything else they could be talking about. I don’t know anything about ghosts, other than maybe Maddie? But I don’t think that’s right, even if they were referencing her old handle. It doesn’t really fit Flicker either, if they were there, or any of the others... As for the rest...we can discuss that later.”
Something dawns on you and you frown."So the stupid parrot is actually just a stupid guy controlling a normal parrot. That sucks. There's nothing mystical or special about that parrot anymore, so no future reading entrails."
Amy looks a bit lost for a moment, but recovers quickly, “It would seem not.”
"Were your friend and the other guy criminals too? I mean, they seemed to be working with the parrot, or at least keeping me from trying to read the future using a fake-magic parrot."
Amy sighs, you wonder if maybe you’re confusing her. She must be slow like that. “Any Toledans who aren’t members of FMRS are criminals. After we get our powers, we’re essentially drafted. It’s for two reasons- we’re so powerful we would probably make a mess of things if not highly regulated. More importantly, Acutes like yourself and I are the only ones who can actually kill a Mouros. We’re the only weapons they have, and they want to make sure we’re following their orders in order to save as many people as possible.” She shifts uncomfortably, “When the other one was talking about lobotomies, they were talking about one of us. There’s a Toledan that goes by Oathmaker, who can bind people to rules, kind of like a contract. Most of the time, it’s like you just have built in rules that you have to follow, and everything else is normal. Sometimes...well, sometimes people’s minds and the orders Oathmaker gives them are too opposed, so they...break. Lose their personalities. Sometimes their powers go away and they’re just empty shells, or they’re really obedient but weak. And sometimes...sometimes really bad things happen.”
Like they might lose their chicken or something. You nod, nod, nod. Hmm, anything else to ask?