[HATE THIS DESCRIPTION AND HOW ACCURATE IT IS BUT WOW IS IT ACCURATE. And wow, all of these earnest and cheerful vibes?! They're going to become an ouroboros of cheer, because Mahito is also a cheery creature despite being horrendous as fuck.
HE GRABS SLOTH'S FACE IN HIS DEMON HANDS. Instead of, y'know, trying to actually scramble upright again. They're just vibin in the sand now, it's fine.]
It's really nice, right? And it's the perfect temperature here! Sometimes the sun gets too hot and it burns you, but Dagon's beach is always just right. Oh - we still have seats with shade, though! Just in case. They're nice, too!
[ooooooo, his cheeks squish under the hands. wah! very slowly, he peeeeels open one of the black and silvery eyes, and then slowly peels open the other, too. he's still squinting. but he's sort of grinning even though his mouth is full of fangs.]
Yeah! I've never been anywhere above where the mortals are back home! I didn't know what a bird was or anything, haha! So the beach on Wrath's floor has always been my favorite. I thought I'd never get to go with you, but, wow! You guys really got a beach of your own!
[the best.]
Oh, I can sit in one of the chairs and go to sleep!
[Helpfully, Mahito will pull his hands away from Sloth's cheeks and instead use them as a makeshift visor to keep his delicate eyeballs shielded from the worst of the sunlight. The fangs also catch a curious glance, and he immediately abandons his self-assigned eye protecting task to reach down and poke one. Stop TOUCHING PEOPLE'S BONES MAHITO.]
Yeah, we did! Not bad, huh? It's a beach that belongs to a friend of mine, too! [HE LOVES IT.] Usually there are birds and crabs and things like that. It's always calming, being here. --Ah, did you wanna go sit in the chairs?
[Like sitting in the sand is not a comfortable option...]
[oh, that's a lot better. it's so much better, he opens his eyes again. hello, mahito, best friend! except.... then mahito fastly moves the hands away, and he is immediately blinded again. WAH!!! HIM EYES.
he squeezes them shut again.]
Oh! A friend's beach sounds even better than just any beach! Wow, Lord Poseidon really has dominion over something like this, huh? Whoa...
It is! It's really good! Reminds me of home. [Ah, the wave of jolly nostalgia... Maybe there's a little bit of longing there, too. He misses his curse fambly.
BUT IT'S FINE. He's pushing himself up off of Sloth and the ground, reaching for his hands.]
Yeah! [the intense betrayal.] That's how I felt about the pool, and the fields!
[he blinks, still squinted, up at mahito, and then sits up some in the sand. he reaches to grab the sunhat for his big ass, and reaches up with the other hand to take mahito's. time for up!
they keep their eyes shut. (they could have just put on the damn hat.) imagine someone really out here shutting their fucking eyes in front of mahito much less doing it while holding his hand. atrocious.]
Nah just kidding, he's not currently in the mood to attempt murdering his bestie, who is immortal anyway! He just gives his hands a gentle squeeze and starts guiding them over to the beach chairs.]
It's nice to have a little slice of home, right? After being away for so long, especially! Here, here--
[Into a chair they go! It's Mahito's chair, because they are best friends and thus are allowed to share.
Mahito also gets into the same chair, fuckin half-draped over Sloth. i hate it here]
[into the chair he bumps! well, gently with his legs, but then he opens his eyes so he can make sure he isn't sitting directly ass-first into the sand instead.
no need for a hat under an umbrella (i almost made him put it on anyway), so he puts it on the arm and sits. the mountain of stormy-colored hair makes a soft pillow to recline back--]
Oof!
[this is fine. no one has ever wanted to sit with them or anything really outside of maybe a few of the other Avatars, so. the flea and he are just together.]
Wow! [now that their eyes are OPEN] It's a really nice beach!
[it'd be fine if he sat ass-first in the sand, that's what his hat for his ass is for.
CAN'T BELIEVE THEY REALLY ARE JUST VIBIN LIKE THIS. Mahito settles comfortably against him, stretching and stealing some of his cozy hair to cuddle into. And then he's just cuddling into his side, too, like a swaddled demon. something about having to write the word cuddle in a mahito tag almost stole my consciousness]
Right? Isn't it? Dagon has the best beach! The real one is even better, 'cuz you can swim out super far into the water and there are tons and tons of friendly fish out there!
[Well. They are friendly to... Dagon's friends. Haha! Rip to everyone else, they're different.]
[WELL, HE JUST HAS MAHITO BARNICLED TO HIS SIDE this is fine. he stretches his legs out just enough to slide his feet by the edge of the shade on the chair, sticking his feetsies in the sun.
ahh, warm. can't wait for them to somehow burn but it's just his feet.]
Wow! We have fish in the Underworld, too. Sometimes, the prince brings them back to give them to the chef in the House. Maybe I can send you back with some fish to give to Dagon and the beach!
[STOP HIS POOR FEETIES. Unfortunately Mahito will not warn him of the dangers of getting only his feet tanned... He's too busy being cozy, which is truly not what he deserves at all after all of his various crimes.]
Ooh, wow! Really? Would you? That would be so sweet! I bet Dagon would love having some fish from the Underworld swimming around in there. You think they'd get along with the other fish?
[don't like thinking about how much mahito would like to take a gander at chaos. honestly, i don't like ANY of this, but there is nothing i can do about it.]
Good idea! I'll ask the prince if he'll bring me some, and then I'll give them to you. I hope they enjoy their new home! If it looks like this--oh...!
[DON'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT IT EITHER BUT NOW MAHITO DEFINITELY IS. There's a sharp spike of interest, still as off-center as the rest of his emotions.]
Mm, if the sun hurts 'em, then maybe Dagon can make a nice shady cove? [He does not know how much a domain can be altered after it's shaped and cast, he only just unlocked his own like a month ago.]
But if they can't adjust, I guess I'll just have to give 'em back. It's no good if they're hurt! Dagon would be sad. [HE CANNOT HAVE THAT BE.] Ah - but hey, I wanna give you something too, then!
Oh, um--they're my mom's... parent? Uh! Mother Nyx.
[wow, he's never... had to explain this before exactly in such great detail, weird.]
They sprang out of the darkness of Chaos, and now they're just here! [please don't kin chaos. oh god, mahito is going to kin grandpa/ma] Mother Nyx is the night, so of course she came from them! I guess Chaos is like a grandparent!
And then I came from my mom with my twin brother, who is the god of death! Funny how sleep and death are similar, huh? [don't just say this so casually.] And Charon is our brother, too. He's the soul boatma--
Something for me...?!
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[MAHITO KINS CHAOS ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S HIM. THAT'S WHAT HE DID!! He sprang out of the darkness of humanity's hate and fear, which is also very chaotic!! His mood is just vibin', along with Increasing Interest.
Also things I hate: that he's basically rolled so he's mostly lying on Sloth now, and propping himself up on his chest so he can just peer into his face more closely. Please stop him.]
Wow! I knew some of this stuff from mythology, but hearing it like this is way more interesting. D'you think I could meet 'em someday? [LET! HIM! MEET! CHAOS!] It's true, though; humans always love talking about how much sleep and death are alike.
[He looks like he wants to say more, but unfortunately they are all distracted by GIFTS. He nods, and there's some amount of enthusiasm in his emotional spread.]
Yeah! Gift for a gift! But I dunno what to get you... I don't have a ton of stuff. D'you want a human?
[MAHITO oof. unfortunately, sloth sees absolutely nothing wrong with this!! in fact, there is nothing but shyness and cheerfulness from him! mahito really is a best friend, wow.
so he's just resting his arms around mahito's back.]
Um, maybe? It's not as difficult to get into the Underworld as it is to leave! [but still, good luck, wow.] So if you are already there to visit...
[why not just have a portal to the chaos gates open right up suddenly for mahito to go in, as fate intended him to always keep winning.]
Wow though, cute emotions. There's a little cut of fondness on Mahito's end, though in his already skewed emotional spectrum, positive affections are even more off-kilter. It's fine! It's not like he's tried to kill or discussed killing almost everyone he's claimed fondness for or anything, haha. In the meantime, he's just making himself cozy on his new bed, and seems perfectly content for the mutual cuddlefest they are having.]
Huh... We'll see, I guess! [Whether now or in 100 years when he inevitably comes back as an even weirder curse.] That sounds like it'd be a lot of fun.
[FATE DON'T LET HIM ENTER THE GATES OF CHAOS CHALLENGE. Anyway, yeah, he's perking up at that. Sloth's enthusiasm is catchy...]
Yeah, I do! Ah - well, I only have one here, and I already broke that one... [MAHITO.] I usually have a bunch more, though! I can make them super tiny so they're easy to carry around.
well. sloth's thought process is this: one of their brother's is a soul deliveryman, and that brother is always criticizing him about not taking the job seriously; the other brother is a soul ferryman, and that just means both brothers deal with human souls all the time. and what does he do?
just greets them at the pool hallway, checking them off the list. (this is important, but he doesn't think it's as waow as the god of death and the underworld ferryman.
so what does this mean? it means if he has some little pocket humans, he'll be doing a good job, and he really wants to do a good job for the twin he loves and respects to return this love and respect. there is no implication here that having a raisin human is going to be a bad thing at all.]
O-Oh! I... I want one! You have tiny humans, wow! I've never seen an actual human in my life until being here... only, like, their spirits!
[the emotions follow the same line of thought: contemplation, a little worry and helplessness, and then realization, and then--excitement!]
[WHY DID YOU DO THIS!!! YOU WALKED US HERE SOMEHOW. SOMEHOW THIS IS YOUR FAULT.
Mahito has no idea that having little pocket humans could get Sloth into trouble, though!! Look. Little pocket humans are probably bad to have in general, but, like, surely it's chill for a god? Surely! Especially one related to so many aspects of death! It's fine!!
He observes the threads of passing emotion with a sort of muted and detached curiosity, though he seems to respond to excitement like a sounding board.]
I'll get you some ones that are still fleshy, then! [Why.] When they're small, they're like, this big-- [He'll shift and lift a hand so he can show off the rough size.] --and don't really look human. Actually, I've never tried shaping one back into their original human form after I shrink 'em down... Shouldn't be too hard, though! Ah, but I can turn 'em into other shapes if you like that better, too.
imagine sloth having a legitimate deformed human just down in the underworld in the house of hades in his pocket. that's going to be what happens because of this.
he glances at the size of the fingers mahito shows. waow, so small.] Oh, tiny. Even smaller than baby humans! [hehe. "hehe" even though i forgot mahito literally said he'd get sloth some fleshy ones. I HATE IT HERE MOM]
You can really turn them into different shapes? Wow.
[STOP LOOK. IT'S yeah it's entirely Mahito's fault and i hate this. Mahito is genuinely just trying to give Sloth a nice thing and is a fucking alien about it for once, though, instead of being actively malicious. As he's found, interacting with non-human things doesn't trigger his Innate Curse Reflexes anywhere near as hard.]
Right? They're kinda cute, I think! [HELp] They turn pretty colors, too! And yeah, I can! [BEAMING. Someone please get Sloth away from MAHITO RIGHT NOW.
He holds his hands out, smushing Sloth's cheeks again.]
I can see and shape souls, after all! And the body just outlines the soul, so I can shape that, too. If you wanted a bird or a fox or a cat or even a bear or elephant or something, I could make one for you! I can make totally new shapes, too!
[once again, his cheeks are smooshed, and he doesn't do a single thing to stop it. he even has the nerve to feel pretty cheerful and even really shy about it? why not? it's the second time mahito has held his face.]
I don't know what hash of dose are! [foolish] Maybe... shometing you like? Den I can shink of you when I shee it!
["HAS THE NERVE" STOP BULLYING THIS MAN HE'S DONE NOTHING WRONG except for accepting a curse into his life, which is not his fault. Now they're just ouroboros-ing some good and cheerful vibes! Terrible.
At least he will stop smooshing Sloth's cheeks, though he leaves his little demon raccoon paws there for now.]
They're all animals, and they're pretty neat! Ah, it's hard for me to pick a favorite, though... I'll have to think about it! I mean, I'd have to wait until I can use my abilities again anyway, so I have some time.
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HE GRABS SLOTH'S FACE IN HIS DEMON HANDS. Instead of, y'know, trying to actually scramble upright again. They're just vibin in the sand now, it's fine.]
It's really nice, right? And it's the perfect temperature here! Sometimes the sun gets too hot and it burns you, but Dagon's beach is always just right. Oh - we still have seats with shade, though! Just in case. They're nice, too!
[THEIR BEACH CHAIRS.]
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Yeah! I've never been anywhere above where the mortals are back home! I didn't know what a bird was or anything, haha! So the beach on Wrath's floor has always been my favorite. I thought I'd never get to go with you, but, wow! You guys really got a beach of your own!
[the best.]
Oh, I can sit in one of the chairs and go to sleep!
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Yeah, we did! Not bad, huh? It's a beach that belongs to a friend of mine, too! [HE LOVES IT.] Usually there are birds and crabs and things like that. It's always calming, being here. --Ah, did you wanna go sit in the chairs?
[Like sitting in the sand is not a comfortable option...]
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he squeezes them shut again.]
Oh! A friend's beach sounds even better than just any beach! Wow, Lord Poseidon really has dominion over something like this, huh? Whoa...
Um, oh yeah! Let's sit!
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It is! It's really good! Reminds me of home. [Ah, the wave of jolly nostalgia... Maybe there's a little bit of longing there, too. He misses his curse fambly.
BUT IT'S FINE. He's pushing himself up off of Sloth and the ground, reaching for his hands.]
You can keep your eyes shut! I'll lead the way.
[Danger.]
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[he blinks, still squinted, up at mahito, and then sits up some in the sand. he reaches to grab the sunhat for his big ass, and reaches up with the other hand to take mahito's. time for up!
they keep their eyes shut. (they could have just put on the damn hat.) imagine someone really out here shutting their fucking eyes in front of mahito much less doing it while holding his hand. atrocious.]
I'm ready!
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Nah just kidding, he's not currently in the mood to attempt murdering his bestie, who is immortal anyway! He just gives his hands a gentle squeeze and starts guiding them over to the beach chairs.]
It's nice to have a little slice of home, right? After being away for so long, especially! Here, here--
[Into a chair they go! It's Mahito's chair, because they are best friends and thus are allowed to share.
Mahito also gets into the same chair, fuckin half-draped over Sloth. i hate it here]
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[into the chair he bumps! well, gently with his legs, but then he opens his eyes so he can make sure he isn't sitting directly ass-first into the sand instead.
no need for a hat under an umbrella (i almost made him put it on anyway), so he puts it on the arm and sits. the mountain of stormy-colored hair makes a soft pillow to recline back--]
Oof!
[this is fine. no one has ever wanted to sit with them or anything really outside of maybe a few of the other Avatars, so. the flea and he are just together.]
Wow! [now that their eyes are OPEN] It's a really nice beach!
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CAN'T BELIEVE THEY REALLY ARE JUST VIBIN LIKE THIS. Mahito settles comfortably against him, stretching and stealing some of his cozy hair to cuddle into. And then he's just cuddling into his side, too, like a swaddled demon. something about having to write the word cuddle in a mahito tag almost stole my consciousness]
Right? Isn't it? Dagon has the best beach! The real one is even better, 'cuz you can swim out super far into the water and there are tons and tons of friendly fish out there!
[Well. They are friendly to... Dagon's friends. Haha! Rip to everyone else, they're different.]
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ahh, warm. can't wait for them to somehow burn but it's just his feet.]
Wow! We have fish in the Underworld, too. Sometimes, the prince brings them back to give them to the chef in the House. Maybe I can send you back with some fish to give to Dagon and the beach!
[me: looks away]
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Ooh, wow! Really? Would you? That would be so sweet! I bet Dagon would love having some fish from the Underworld swimming around in there. You think they'd get along with the other fish?
[THEY'RE ALL DEMON FISH SO PROBA-FUCKIN-BLY.]
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Yeah! The prince can bring some back from places in the Underworld. The Styx, Elysium, Tartarus--oh, I think he's even been to the Chaos Gates before!
[he tips his head back, looking thoughtful.]
I have no idea. I don't think they're really dangerous! Not most of the ones the prince catches!
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Anyway, he shifts so he can look up at Sloth, curious.]
Chaos Gates? [OF COURSE THAT'S WHAT HAS HIM PERKING UP. To be fair, he recognizes the other three names easily from mythology.]
That's good, though. We can just let them have a little play date first! If they behave nicely, they can live with us.
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[don't like thinking about how much mahito would like to take a gander at chaos. honestly, i don't like ANY of this, but there is nothing i can do about it.]
Good idea! I'll ask the prince if he'll bring me some, and then I'll give them to you. I hope they enjoy their new home! If it looks like this--oh...!
Uh oh! What if the sun hurts them, too?
[like it hurts his eyeballs.]
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[DON'T LIKE THINKING ABOUT IT EITHER BUT NOW MAHITO DEFINITELY IS. There's a sharp spike of interest, still as off-center as the rest of his emotions.]
Mm, if the sun hurts 'em, then maybe Dagon can make a nice shady cove? [He does not know how much a domain can be altered after it's shaped and cast, he only just unlocked his own like a month ago.]
But if they can't adjust, I guess I'll just have to give 'em back. It's no good if they're hurt! Dagon would be sad. [HE CANNOT HAVE THAT BE.] Ah - but hey, I wanna give you something too, then!
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[wow, he's never... had to explain this before exactly in such great detail, weird.]
They sprang out of the darkness of Chaos, and now they're just here! [please don't kin chaos. oh god, mahito is going to kin grandpa/ma] Mother Nyx is the night, so of course she came from them! I guess Chaos is like a grandparent!
And then I came from my mom with my twin brother, who is the god of death! Funny how sleep and death are similar, huh? [don't just say this so casually.] And Charon is our brother, too. He's the soul boatma--
Something for me...?!
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Also things I hate: that he's basically rolled so he's mostly lying on Sloth now, and propping himself up on his chest so he can just peer into his face more closely. Please stop him.]
Wow! I knew some of this stuff from mythology, but hearing it like this is way more interesting. D'you think I could meet 'em someday? [LET! HIM! MEET! CHAOS!] It's true, though; humans always love talking about how much sleep and death are alike.
[He looks like he wants to say more, but unfortunately they are all distracted by GIFTS. He nods, and there's some amount of enthusiasm in his emotional spread.]
Yeah! Gift for a gift! But I dunno what to get you... I don't have a ton of stuff. D'you want a human?
[A RAISIN HUMAN.]
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so he's just resting his arms around mahito's back.]
Um, maybe? It's not as difficult to get into the Underworld as it is to leave! [but still, good luck, wow.] So if you are already there to visit...
[why not just have a portal to the chaos gates open right up suddenly for mahito to go in, as fate intended him to always keep winning.]
Wh... A human? You have humans?!
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Wow though, cute emotions. There's a little cut of fondness on Mahito's end, though in his already skewed emotional spectrum, positive affections are even more off-kilter. It's fine! It's not like he's tried to kill or discussed killing almost everyone he's claimed fondness for or anything, haha. In the meantime, he's just making himself cozy on his new bed, and seems perfectly content for the mutual cuddlefest they are having.]
Huh... We'll see, I guess! [Whether now or in 100 years when he inevitably comes back as an even weirder curse.] That sounds like it'd be a lot of fun.
[FATE DON'T LET HIM ENTER THE GATES OF CHAOS CHALLENGE. Anyway, yeah, he's perking up at that. Sloth's enthusiasm is catchy...]
Yeah, I do! Ah - well, I only have one here, and I already broke that one... [MAHITO.] I usually have a bunch more, though! I can make them super tiny so they're easy to carry around.
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well. sloth's thought process is this: one of their brother's is a soul deliveryman, and that brother is always criticizing him about not taking the job seriously; the other brother is a soul ferryman, and that just means both brothers deal with human souls all the time. and what does he do?
just greets them at the pool hallway, checking them off the list. (this is important, but he doesn't think it's as waow as the god of death and the underworld ferryman.
so what does this mean? it means if he has some little pocket humans, he'll be doing a good job, and he really wants to do a good job for the twin he loves and respects to return this love and respect. there is no implication here that having a raisin human is going to be a bad thing at all.]
O-Oh! I... I want one! You have tiny humans, wow! I've never seen an actual human in my life until being here... only, like, their spirits!
[the emotions follow the same line of thought: contemplation, a little worry and helplessness, and then realization, and then--excitement!]
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Mahito has no idea that having little pocket humans could get Sloth into trouble, though!! Look. Little pocket humans are probably bad to have in general, but, like, surely it's chill for a god? Surely! Especially one related to so many aspects of death! It's fine!!
He observes the threads of passing emotion with a sort of muted and detached curiosity, though he seems to respond to excitement like a sounding board.]
I'll get you some ones that are still fleshy, then! [Why.] When they're small, they're like, this big-- [He'll shift and lift a hand so he can show off the rough size.] --and don't really look human. Actually, I've never tried shaping one back into their original human form after I shrink 'em down... Shouldn't be too hard, though! Ah, but I can turn 'em into other shapes if you like that better, too.
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imagine sloth having a legitimate deformed human just down in the underworld in the house of hades in his pocket. that's going to be what happens because of this.
he glances at the size of the fingers mahito shows. waow, so small.] Oh, tiny. Even smaller than baby humans! [hehe. "hehe" even though i forgot mahito literally said he'd get sloth some fleshy ones. I HATE IT HERE MOM]
You can really turn them into different shapes? Wow.
[STOP MAKING SLOTH EVIL]
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Right? They're kinda cute, I think! [HELp] They turn pretty colors, too! And yeah, I can! [BEAMING. Someone please get Sloth away from MAHITO RIGHT NOW.
He holds his hands out, smushing Sloth's cheeks again.]
I can see and shape souls, after all! And the body just outlines the soul, so I can shape that, too. If you wanted a bird or a fox or a cat or even a bear or elephant or something, I could make one for you! I can make totally new shapes, too!
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[once again, his cheeks are smooshed, and he doesn't do a single thing to stop it. he even has the nerve to feel pretty cheerful and even really shy about it? why not? it's the second time mahito has held his face.]
I don't know what hash of dose are! [foolish] Maybe... shometing you like? Den I can shink of you when I shee it!
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At least he will stop smooshing Sloth's cheeks, though he leaves his little demon raccoon paws there for now.]
They're all animals, and they're pretty neat! Ah, it's hard for me to pick a favorite, though... I'll have to think about it! I mean, I'd have to wait until I can use my abilities again anyway, so I have some time.
[Time to plan this HORRENDOUS GIFT.]
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