Another curse? Great... [Public Post]

[skintoskin]

[Neil lights a cigarette and blows the smoke lazily our his mouth and nose. It curls around his head. He's sitting at an open window, looking out at the City.]

So, reading the network tells me there's another fuckin' curse goin' on. D'you all think you're birds or something? Someone's gonna get hurt.

[He turns slightly, so his legs are hanging outside the window. He looks down.]

If I jump, will I fly?

[Not cursed, just wondering, but it looks alarming, anyway.]





[[OOC: Tagging will be slow. Reality is very busy right now... :)]]

Comments

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[sickbeat]

not cool dude
flyings serious shit
you cant just hypothesize the probability of flying versus falling without considering the consequences

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[skintoskin]

can you fly?

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[sickbeat]

like a motherfucking bird bro

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[skintoskin]

here, for real, or back home?

[signatures]

All the way to the ground at a fast enough velocity all your bones will shatter.

I suspect.

[skintoskin]

Let me guess...

It isn't the fall, it's the landing that kills you?

[signatures]

Or a heart attack. But I don't think you've much risk of that.

[skintoskin]

What? Falling or having a heart attack?

[signatures]

Having a heart attack.

Falling, though, you could choose not to.

[skintoskin]

[He looks down.]

You're probably right. Why can't I have a fun curse, like flying?

[signatures]

We don't get to pick and choose what we're afflicted with. That'd defeat the purpose, I think.

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[dispossess]

You could try it and find out.

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[skintoskin]

I could, but I don't know...

If I did and I died, I'd be pissed off.

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[dispossess]

[ That seems a bit of an understatement. ]

Nothing but an inconvenience?

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[skintoskin]

[Oh, it is...]

No, but... We've been kidnapped and dropped into some kind of fuckin' Wonderland or something. Who knows if anything I do matters.

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[dispossess]

And with the chance to find out, you only wonder.

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[skintoskin]

Do you fly?

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[dispossess]

[ Assisted flight... ]

No.

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[halves]

If you could fly, would you have to jump?

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[skintoskin]

I guess not...

No, I wouldn't, but how do I know that I can't fly?

[halves]

What makes you think you can?

[skintoskin]

Some people on the network are flying... I think... or they think they can fly... So maybe I can, too.

[halves]

Did all of them jump from a window to find out?

[skintoskin]

Um... I don't think so... Why?

[halves]

Because that'd be a really fucking stupid idea.

[He breathes out when he says that, something close to a contradictory laugh.]