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[evocation]

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[wittingly]

better be a damn good magic story
my expectations are like
up here right now ^^^^^^^^^

[evocation]

do you want an embarrassing one?

[wittingly]

obviously

[evocation]

okay so
i was like 15
my mom forbid practicing magic in the house for, you know
obvious reasons
but my mom and brother were out and i was bored
i wanted to see if i could control the electricity in the wiring in the house
which was dumb, i know, shut up
but i could sense the currents, right? so i thought that was just a step up
except one of the hardest things about magic is learning to control it
and i didn't realize how hard controlling all that energy at once would be
so long story short i fucked up and fried half the wiring and appliances in our apartment
i tried to say there was some freak power surge but
guess how far that excuse went

[wittingly]

oh jesus
you're lucky you didn't start an electrical fire
damn, I can't imagine having kids with fucking magic, every day must be like a miniature little heart attack

did your mom make you replace the appliances

[evocation]

yep
i was trying to pay that shit off forever
my brother helped even though he wasn't supposed to

[wittingly]

sounds like a really good brother
I'm jealous
Only child envy

[evocation]

yeah, he is
he'd probably be rallying the troops and shit if we were switched
you totally seem like an only child btw

[wittingly]

what??
how does that work
what gives it away

[evocation]

you know
bossy
overachiever
would die for compliments

[wittingly]

Bossy's a strong word
gently encouraging

if you wanna know the truth my self-esteem's pretty great with or without 'em
why turn down free money though right

[evocation]

uh huh
you didn't deny the overachiever thing

[wittingly]

why deny that one, that one's a great quality

anyway, you're a classic sibling kid

[evocation]

what? how?
wait, do you think i'm the younger or older one?

[wittingly]

it's real subtle, but there's one clue that gives it away
you talk about having a brother.

i feel like this is a classic bait and switch, are you twins

[evocation]

oh my god, shut up
and no

[wittingly]

alright

so

I'm overthinking this

I wanna say that it seems like your brother's older but I think that's the twist, and you're the older one

final answer

survey says??

[evocation]

you're definitely overthinking it
my brother's older
now you owe me

[wittingly]

ah fuck
see
I always do that
I always know something but then I'm like nahh that's too easy it's a trick


alright
I'll tell you a little
I got hit up to make some explosives
for someone who wants to take advantage of the city situation
and blow some shit up
not, like, arbitrarily, and no people

the rest I gotta tell you in person

[evocation]

jesus
i hope it's not arbitrarily
it would probably be dumb to talk about why they're blowing shit up over the network so
why did you agree?

[wittingly]

because their explanation sounded like something I could get behind

and I need something to do or I go crazy

and because I'm probably more equipped to do it than a lot of other people, so it might as well be me

[evocation]

so you mean you think they're doing it for a good reason?

[wittingly]

I think so
Or I'm fucking naive, but I got at least one reason to have some faith in them, benefit of the doubt

I wanna believe it

I figure I have time while I'm there working to make up my mind. If I don't like it, I take what I made and I get out.

[evocation]

be careful
shit gets weird here

[wittingly]

You got any concrete examples

obviously besides the whole
being in a simulation style of weird