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[fatespoken]

I've got an inquiry about amputation. Metaphysical amputation, you could call it.

Where I come from, cutting off limbs is a routine procedure. We've been doing it since before the days of biting on a belt buckle and bearing the pain. And if you do it right, you'll survive. But what about parts that can't can't be cut into and stitched up?

Some of you call it magic, even if that frankly just sounds like fairytale bullshit to me. A generalized name for distinct powers in different worlds.

It's something that can't be seen or touched, that's immaterial, and is yet just as attached to you as an arm or leg. If you cut yourself you bleed. If you remove that part of you, what happens? How the fuck do you cut out something like that?

At least for me, it hasn't always been there, so logically, I shouldn't need it around. I should be able to get rid of it, without repercussion. Except that's the thing about this-- magic-- power-- whatever you want to call it. It isn't logical. It's existence itself is a blatant fuck you to all the laws of the universe, laws that have a damn good reason for being there in the first place. Unfortunately, it's also stubborn. Older and trickier than you can even imagine. It doesn't want to go away, and it'll keep on reminding you of that, louder and louder, ever incessant.

My question is simple— how do I get rid of it?

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[fatespoken]

Sounds like you had a good relationship with them from the start. I don't.

I might be risking my own survival, but if this is my only chance to put things to rights, then I'll take it.

[ancientalien]

What is right? You sound as if you are afraid of these powers.

[fatespoken]

Inconvenienced? Frustrated? Sure. Scared? That's a little strong.

Right is how things have always been. And after living your life for one way for years, who wants to alter how they interact with the world?

[ancientalien]

You said yourself, you have a power that defies rationale. A strength few others possess. To reject it to return to some past version of yourself. That is fear. And it will kill you.

All life must change. All life must evolve. If it does not, it will be destroyed.

[fatespoken]

I'm as good as defending myself with my powers, as I am at not accidentally lighting my own hand on fire. Because they were never meant to be mine-- it wasn't evolution, it was an accident, which is why it will never work right for me.

Scared or not, that doesn't change the fact that I want it gone. I will bear the consequences. The question is whether you know how to do this?

[ancientalien]

What do you think any mutation is, but an accident used to advantage?

But if you are set on this stubborn path, I will have you know that I know no way to remove something of that nature. Many in this place have had their own powers stripped or lessened, but the ship is responsible. I would not trust it's assistance.

[fatespoken]

i don't think getting fucked over by a psychopath counts as a mutation, really. but that story is too long and irrelevant.

Would there even anyone to ask? They proved that it is possible, and they did a pretty damn good job, considering that it should be impossible.

[ancientalien]

I do not know. Every universe appears to have different rules. What may work for another may not work for you.

[fatespoken]

That's what I was assuming, unfortunately. I was hoping someone could give me another answer.

Anyone ever manage to talk to the guys in charge? Or is this an invisible hand of god situation?

[ancientalien]

There were at one point 'guys in charge'. It seems as if they were not as in control as they would have liked us to believe. I have never met them

[fatespoken]

ever think it could be one of us?

[ancientalien]

No.

sdafjsdl sorry so late

[fatespoken]

why not?

it's easy enough to do. put on a friendly face, bitch and complain like the rest of the rabble, all getting front row tickets to the show.

[ancientalien]

The risks outweigh the rewards. The ship offers more than enough space for them to remain hidden. Their control of the systems offers them the ability to monitor and control without ever putting themselves at risk.

[fatespoken]

That's if you consider this within a logical context. But what's logical about expending the energy and effort to kidnap more than a handful of people from multiple universes--- only to stick them on a spaceship that never docks?

Sounds like someone's just having fun.

[ancientalien]

You have a disgusting definition of "fun".

[fatespoken]

sarcasm, my friend

[ancientalien]

I am not your friend.

There is some reason for our capture. When we find out what it is, we may not like the answer.

[fatespoken]

like i said, sarcasm

just how long have people been saying that? how close are we to finding any truths?

[ancientalien]

You think that if you are given the answers to these questions it would bring you some relief. It will not.

Find solace only in the fact that you are alive, and you can fight.