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[bloodandblunder]

"H... hello? Um, this is me-- ah, Noire! I'm Noire, and I'm very sorry for missing you somehow... I promise I'm not avoiding you, unless you're scary or you're Mo-- trying to curse me. U-um, so when I can figure out how to-- ( beeps ensue, followed by a shriek of fright ) O-oh, no! What did I push, how do I-- make it-- oh gods, did I break it?! W-why can't we just talk in person?!"

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[bloodandblunder]

... Is it that surprising?

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[particularity]

Sort of. Talismans are pretty versatile, huh?

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[bloodandblunder]

About as versatile as curses. It's just nice to have an extra level of comfort.

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[particularity]

Can curses do good things? Or just, er, bad?

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[bloodandblunder]

That depends! If you curse someone's ailments, then it really does help.

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[particularity]

So, a negative cancelling a negative... That's pretty interesting.

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[bloodandblunder]

Curses can be very useful, but of course... they're not usually used to help anyone out.

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[particularity]

Yeah. When you think about a curse, you never immediately think of something good...

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[bloodandblunder]

You think more of eternal suffering, don't you?

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[particularity]

Exactly. Or growing limbs in odd places and other stuff like that...

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[bloodandblunder]

... You actually have a pretty clear idea of it.

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[particularity]

[...I can't be happy to hear something like that.]

Well... I guess it's common knowledge? While I don't think they work in my world, they're in books and games and other things...

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[bloodandblunder]

Really??

[ Sorry, Hinata, she's going wide-eyed and leaning in. ] They really don't work?!

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[particularity]

Y-yeah, they really don't... I'm pretty sure.

I mean, of course there're some people who believe they work and who practice that kind of stuff seriously, but... My world's not that kind of supernatural place? I think.

[No matter how actually ridiculous his world may be in retrospect... SHSL talents and so on.]

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[bloodandblunder]

I can't imagine a world without magic in it... but a place without actual curses and hexes would be nice.

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[particularity]

And I have a hard time imagining a world with magic in it... though Haven makes it slightly easier to imagine.

[He grins a bit.] Maybe one day in your world there won't be as much as a need for them... maybe.

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[bloodandblunder]

[ That makes her giggle, sorry. ] I don't know what Mother would do with her spare time if that happened.

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[particularity]

Maybe take up a nice safe hobby instead...

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[bloodandblunder]

She was actually very good at baking, now that I think about it.

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[particularity]

That's... an impressive range of talents.

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[bloodandblunder]

Isn't it? Mother really is amazing!

[ proud of her when she isn't scared of her, y e p. ]

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[particularity]

[IT'S KINDA CUTE wahh.]

As long as she doesn't start mixing, er, curses and baking...

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[bloodandblunder]

... That might be really effective, actually! Lower someone's guard with confections, and then as soon as they swallow...

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[particularity]

Th-that's... Well, yeah, but I'm gonna say not to give her that idea.

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[bloodandblunder]

You... might have a point. There's no guarantee--

... No, there's absolutely a guarantee that she'd try it on me first.