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Seven Horrors ([personal profile] sevenhorrorsmods) wrote in [community profile] sevenhorrors2025-07-19 09:00 am

[physical education 101]

Who: transfer students
When: July 1̷̝̤̳̙̫̭̻̝͓̄̇̾̀̕͝9̸̙̱̹͍̮̈́́̀̅͛̐̔̋ 20
Where: the. . . gymnasium?
What: an ice breaker
Warnings: moderate physical injury (not debilitating), psychological horror (absolutely debilitating)

[The school is empty. The school is quiet. The only sound that cuts through the silence is the soft ticking of the hallway clocks that mark the passing of each second.]

[. . .]

[At least. . . until a stiff breeze whips through the classrooms, scattering dirty papers and jerking the curtains aside. The clock strikes 6:00 a.m.]

[The school bell chimes.]

[ Team rooms | Endgame | Rewards ]
brokenlance: (remorse)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[looks down at his hands with something akin to disappointment?]

Ah... and here I had almost begun to look forward to a respite from breaking everything I touch...

[:( super strength, hard]
titlecard: (225)

[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-21 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...! Recognition dawns on Mark's face at the sentiment, if only because he also has super strength. (Not now but like, normally.) ]

Can't you control it?
brokenlance: (aggrieved)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ugghh he's definitely embarrassed by this.]

Shamefully, no... And with the quantity of our collective resources in question, I fear I would only become a liability if I continue to snap every tool in my hands.
titlecard: (158)

[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-21 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mark hisses through his teeth in sympathy. ]

Shit. That sucks, dude. Um...

[ He looks around. What is he looking around for? Absolutely no clue.

... ]


Maybe it'll be different here?

[ An optimistic little smile for his troubles? ]
brokenlance: (getting exasperated)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-21 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
[deep breaths. right, there's no need to despair just yet]

I... will just have to be more careful. Or simply stay out of people's way...
titlecard: (034)

[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-21 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh... buddy, that's so sad. ]

Being careful's never a bad thing, but I'm sure there are some of us who can handle it!

[ Like him! The guy who can fly!

Also the guy who doesn't have enhanced durability anymore but he isn't as aware of that as he should be. ]
brokenlance: (thinky)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-22 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I should hope I don't ever need to turn this strength on anyone other than our enemies.

But, enough of my mishaps. I still can't wrap my head around how you were flying, without the aid of any wings. Is this natural to those of your world?
titlecard: (029)

[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-22 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, the thought of turning against anyone other than an enemy has been flitting around in his mind, too. But if Dimitri would rather move the conversation along then Mark is definitely happy to join him. ]

Uh... yes and no. Mostly no; I'm not the only one one, but it's definitely not common back home.

... Or, uh, not on Earth. My dad's an alien, so I kind of got it from him.
brokenlance: (faintly fond)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-22 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Not on earth"... Ah! That is clever wordplay.

[earth as in dirt right. anyone who floats is 'not on earth'



what's Earth]
titlecard: (100)

[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-22 04:13 am (UTC)(link)



Huh?

[ what is this guy talking about

what is happening right now ]
brokenlance: (aggrieved)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-22 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
...

Have I misunderstood?

[ HELP I'VE COMMITTED A SOCIAL FAUX PAS ]
titlecard: (035)

[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-22 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
... Maybe I have.

[ Mark knows he isn't particularly. Smart. But he thinks he's smarter than this, surely? ]

What wordplay was I using...?
brokenlance: (speaking plain)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-22 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
If you're floating, your feet are no longer upon the soil. You're not on the earth.

[earth lower case!]
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[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-22 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...! Maybe he was using clever wordplay??

Okay Mark smiles a touch at the revelation. ]


That's true!

[ A beat, because why were they both so confused before. Dimitri looks like a normal human, but, testing some waters here... ]

What planet are you from?

[ just chucking that out there ]
brokenlance: (thinky)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-22 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Planet? I'm not familiar with the term...

But if you wish to know where I hail from, it is the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, on the continent of Fódlan.
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[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-22 04:55 am (UTC)(link)



Is that in Europe?

[ guy who is terrible at geography ]
brokenlance: (faintly fond)

[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-22 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Mark…………

with a laugh,] No, I don’t believe so. I think I’d have heard of Europe if that were the case.
titlecard: (246)

[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-22 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[ Searching his memory. Has he ever heard of a Fódlan before. Did it ever come up in class. Was he sleeping or out superheroing during that lesson... ]

Well, a planet's like... a big ball of rock orbiting the sun in space. Or gas! Sometimes it's like a big ball of gas. [ Nodding to himself, he knows things. ] Everyone lives on one. But if you don't know Europe and I don't know Fódlan, then maybe we're from different ones?

[ that or he's stupider than he thought. both are possibilities ]
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[personal profile] brokenlance 2025-07-22 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
[I’ll be honest: I understood about zero things you just said. The Goddess created the world and that’s how it be. There are no gas balls.

Weakly, trying to hide deeply confused he is, Dimitri can only laugh]

I suppose we’ll just have to accept our worlds are simply too different to be compared.
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[personal profile] titlecard 2025-07-22 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Quietly, to himself: ] But I've... flown past them...

[ Mark is just openly wearing his confusion now. What is happening here... He shakes his head. ]

Nevermind worlds, I think we might be from different dimensions.

[ He looks up sharply. ]

This might be a different dimension.

[ That would make so much sense, actually. ]