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[the12th]

[the device has been simple enough for Kaworu to figure out. he's laying on his back on a couch somewhere, his silver hair splayed messily, and he's smiling at the device that he's holding out straight ahead, both of his arms fully extended.]

This place is very strange.

It's amusing enough, but I wonder—are people's dreams here always broadcasted like that? It makes for an interesting first impression, to bare the psyche unwittingly like that. It's almost... intimate. Right? Isn't it? Does it feel violating, for someone having seen your dreams?

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[aim_exorable]

That goes without saying.

[Darkleer is just thankful he had a good dream for once. Vatheon, such a shocker sometimes.]

However, you were witness and not toy to one of Vatheon's curses. Has anyone told you of them?

[the12th]

[!!! holy fuck, gray person with horns

sorry, Darkleer—Kaworu's completely derailed. his gears turn quickly, thankfully—the brochure mentioned people from different worlds, and he of all people is very familiar with non-human humanoids, but!!]

—What are you?

[aim_exorable]

[It's not an unusual reaction, so Darkleer simply sighs. He may as well just explain it all now instead of having it come up later.]

I am known as a troll, a race which dwells or dwelled on the planet of Alternia. Gray skin, varying horns, and yellow sclera are all common to us. Our young have gray irises which fill in with the color of their blood as they enter adolescence. We have eleven varying shades- maroon, orange, yellow, olive, jade, teal, cerulean, blue, indigo, purple, and tyrian purple.

Blood affects us quite a bit, with psionic abilities common amongst those with warmer blood and getting rarer the higher up the hemospectrum one goes. Psychic resistance also increases in the same manner. Blood determines the length a troll has to live, and their body temperature. We do not normally have familial relations, as we all come from the same entity known as the Mother Grub.

[A pause as he thinks it all over.]

Hmm, I believe that should take care of any other questions, not counting our types of romance. Unless you can think of something I failed to neglect...

[the12th]

[oh dear. here we go.

Kaworu laughs, rolling onto his belly—the feed kinda rattles as he does this.]

That's fascinating!! I guess it's obvious to say you're exotic, isn't it?

Is your romance different than normal romance? Is there more than one type for Lilim in the first place?

[aim_exorable]

I suppose by your point of view, we are.

[That's... definitely a more relaxed response then usual, but Darkleer can go with it.]

I'm afraid I don't know what Lilim are, but I've been told by countless humans that Alternian romances are quite different, yes.

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[antabaka]

What are you, stupid?

[Hey, silver-haired stranger! Hope you like insults out of the blue, because that's what you're getting from Asuka. She's seated in a chair in what must be her apartment, a frown on her face. There's also a window behind her. Hello, window!]

Who has to ask if someone digging around your head to show off your dreams is violating? Of course it is!

[Even if hers did give her a chance to boast. That's besides the point!]

Sometimes I have to wonder if people even use their brains when they ask questions like this. Truly pathetic.

[Sigh.]

video;

[the12th]

—Ah, it's you.

So you came out of it, then. You came back, just like the First? Lilim truly are tenacious.

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[antabaka]

[Those sound like words. Words in a language she speaks. They make sense on their own, mostly, but the more she tries to figure out what the combination means, the more her eyebrows draw into some crumpled mess.]

What do you mean, it's me? I've never seen you in my life and I have no clue what a Lilim is. You have to be mistaking me for someone.

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[the12th]

Lilim are humans, of course.

And you're the Second, aren't you?

I met you, once. You called me a "pervert". Perhaps it's possible you don't remember due to your injury? After all, you soon became comatose, after that.

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[demonicbookworm]

No... they are not always broadcasted like that. It was one of the curses.

_{[and it isn't a good thing at all that someone can see your dreams.]}

[video]

[the12th]

So I've been informed.

Were you affected as well?

[video]

[demonicbookworm]

No... It seems I was lucky this time.

[video]

[the12th]

So people can be exempt. I see.

What causes these curses? Do people do something bad and get punished for it? "Divine punishment"?

[Voice]

[heartstoppingly]

No. You just arrived in time to witness one of the curses.

[Voice]

[the12th]

Yes, I've been told. It's very interesting. Nothing like this happened, back home. Not curses specifically. It's frequent, isn't it??

[Voice]

[heartstoppingly]

It happens around twice a month or so. This doesn't happen back home either.

[Voice]

[the12th]

Interesting. I guess I'll be careful.

[sniffdeceit]

So very violated! You have no idea!

Or at least I would say that if I'd been affected by it, but apparently my dreams are too boring to show here.

This isn't to say that tasting some of the dreams others have had hasn't felt a little violating in its own right. Bluh. Some of that you just don't want to see.

[the12th]

—Tasting?

What did you see that was so terrible?

[sniffdeceit]

I didn't see anything! Don't be so insensitive to the blind.

[She honestly doesn't care. It's habit to tease.]

[the12th]

[Kaworu is a good target for this.]

You're blind? Then how do you know?

[ms_potts]

That's an extremely personal question to ask people you are generally unfamiliar with.

[the12th]

Are you uncomfortable?

[ms_potts]

Was that your intention? To make people uncomfortable?

[the12th]

No, not really. But I think given what you said, you must be.

I feel like some people are always that way, anyway.