video; un: jean; cw: accidental arson

[rustyhonesty]

I need to confirm something. There isn't a weird disease going on that makes our powers go haywire, right? Since that happened in the previous world I was in. Sort of like a magical flu?

[How very specific of a question this is. Strangely specific.]

If not I guess I just learned how to breathe fire. I've been trying to do that for a while, but I didn't expect it to happen all of a sudden. Sometimes learning these powers is really weird.

[He did sneeze, but that was mostly because a fallen leaf tickled his nose. He doesn't really feel like he's catching a flu, but... who knows.

There's evidence of a random wooden bridge in Sunwaning having been on fire, smoke still rising from the railings and very confused natives over the now burned up parts of the bridge.]


Anyway, does anyone know how to repair things yet or should I just start doing this manually...

Comments

[rustyhonesty]

It's just weird since I'm usually very much in control of my fire powers.

[Then a sneeze jeopardizes everything.]

A few. I guess I could call any of them and see if they've picked up the skill. Or I could just do the repairs myself as a punishment.

[abnormalizes]

I really don't think you have to punish yourself for an accident when someone else could fix it with little to no effort on their part.

[rustyhonesty]

Even if it would make feel better about it?

[abnormalizes]

If it would make you feel better about it, you can do whatever. You just don't have to is what I'm saying.

[rustyhonesty]

I know. I just feel bad.

[abnormalizes]

Nobody got hurt, right?

[He'd probably be a lot more upset if he set somebody on fire instead of just a bridge.]

[rustyhonesty]

Yeah. Just the bridge was damaged, luckily. There wasn't a lot of people nearby.

[abnormalizes]

There you go. I know you're still going to feel bad about it, but it could've been way worse.

[rustyhonesty]

You're right. Besides, I'm not exactly a carpenter so doing something like this would probably be too difficult.

[abnormalizes]

If you make a shitty bridge, that might be worse than burning it down, collateral damage-wise. Probably better not to.

[rustyhonesty]

You've convinced me not to be the guy who insists on fixing everything himself.

[abnormalizes]

That is such a guy thing. I don't understand it honestly.

[rustyhonesty]

Is it? I haven't thought about it like that.

[abnormalizes]

It might be stereotyping, but I've never seen a woman try to fix something she was unqualified to fix.

[rustyhonesty]

When you say it like that, neither have I actually.

[abnormalizes]

Right? I don't get it. Usually it they end up getting a professional eventually and it just takes longer than if they did that in the first place.

[rustyhonesty]

I guess it has something to do with pride.

[abnormalizes]

Makes sense. Asking for help's hard for a lot of people.

[rustyhonesty]

Yeah. I definitely feel embarrassed whenever I have to. You just have to learn to do it.

[abnormalizes]

I'm not that great at it myself, either...

[Especially when it's like, emotional support.]

[rustyhonesty]

I think most people are. And that's not a bad thing in itself.

[abnormalizes]

In a lot of places, you can't really rely on anyone else to begin with. Ellipsa's just different.

[rustyhonesty]

Yeah... here you kind of have to, if you want to stay healthy.

[abnormalizes]

...Well, you could maybe punch someone in the face once a week and see if you could get away with that...

[rustyhonesty]

That's true. There's always a way around.