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[theycalledmeacurse]

CW: CHARACTER DEATH


[ The woman in the video is in her 30s, her distinctive hair loose around her shoulders, the white stripes making her pale skin quite noticeable. She shifts nervously as the message begins to broadcast, her expression uneasy while her eyes don't quite focus on the camera. Sure, she's looking in that general direction, she's just... not actually seeing anything. After a few moments, she finally speaks, southern drawl thick with nerves that make the words waver slightly. ]

Has anyone... Has anyone died recently? Here, on the station?

[ A pause. ]

Has anyone else died and woken up again?

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[dumbstruck]

[ He's going to just stare in shocked silence for several long seconds. ]

That's not-- I mean... it's not just a thing you do normally, right? You in specific?

[theycalledmeacurse]

Not of my own will or power. It's not the first time I've died, but it wasn't anything like this.

[ Maybe she shouldn't have made this post, after all. ]

[dumbstruck]

Wait. Hold on! Did you come back the first time?

[ A beat. ]

That was a really dumb question. Can we pretend I didn't just ask that?

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ Okay, that earns him a bit of a smile, one that can be heard in her voice. ]

It's okay, sugar. I don't think this is the kind of conversation any of us have normally.

[dumbstruck]

Yeah... I definitely haven't before.

But uhm, so... how did the whole coming back to life happen the first time?

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ Oh geez, he has to want that story. ]

I'm a mutant, and part of my ability is being able to borrow the powers of other people. There was an incident and I died, to put it briefly. I was dead, not breathing, heart stopped, and a friend with a healing ability touched my skin with his. It took a lot longer than usual, but my ability kicked in. I borrowed his healing factor and woke up.

[dumbstruck]

[ Not knowing what mutants are in this context makes his imagination run a little wild with this story. At least he can see her though, and see she's not the turtle with seven heads that was born next to an industrial complex image he gets when he thinks mutant.

That power thing sounds cool though, and extremely useful. He shouldn't tell her that sounds badass though, right?
That's probably not appropriate. ]

That-- Uh, it's lucky, right? That your friend was there!