⠀⠀Not every Darkner can do magic,
⠀⠀can they? Even with the opportunity.
⠀⠀But with the right helping hand...
⠀⠀Ha ha ha!! Come on though,
⠀⠀most Darkners don't care about that!
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⠀⠀It's about what dreams it can grant!
⠀⠀The freedom that comes with it.
⠀⠀He wanted to be stronger, to carve
⠀⠀his own will out across Hell's crawl.
⠀⠀That's what magic is for!
⠀⠀To bring thought into being.
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⠀⠀Hypothetical! Purely hypothetical.
⠀⠀I couldn't give you the Mantle.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ clothtip edges waved in lighthearted thought. ]
⠀⠀[ it smiled like it ever did, looking up at him. the creature's size seemed to be.. smaller. more akin to the size it would've been on the pixels themselves. ]
⠀⠀Oh, oh Tenna.
⠀⠀If you could be that, all by giving
⠀⠀just one friend your life.
⠀⠀Would you?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ its 'head' bobbed to the side. ]
⠀⠀You have a picture in your head,
⠀⠀don't you?
⠀⠀What you'd look like? What fun life
⠀⠀you could have like that? With them?
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⠀⠀What do you think you would be like
⠀⠀if you were a Lightner?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀You at least kept me well fed and
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⠀⠀[ an empty text box. ]
⠀⠀Oh, can I ask you a question?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀.. Do you think I have a choice?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀Aren't you supposed to be dead?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀Can I get a Pippins to help me?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀Mmmhhhh. I'm so very hungry.
⠀⠀The TV hasn't had enough productions
⠀⠀running through lately, either.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀Hm. I guess waiting is part of the fun.
⠀⠀.. Not my type!
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ it giggled. slipping the edge of a veil under the machine's seam, it began to heat the water from within alongside his host. ]
⠀⠀I'll make it properly 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 time.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀The talking speaker spot. It croons
⠀⠀by your mouth!
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⠀⠀Haha deko
⠀⠀Have you tried using the microphone?
⠀⠀I don't exactly have hands hah
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ this time, a minute or so ticks by before the stranger replies again. ]
⠀⠀I'm not very good with sunlight...
⠀⠀It's been a while since I went outside.
⠀⠀But tea reminds me of summer days.
⠀⠀If you don't want to talk this way,
⠀⠀that's okay.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀My name's complicated,
⠀⠀but I'm called Dracula as a nickname.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ it replied almost immediately, sending a little gif of a nervous cat mascot. ]
⠀⠀Sorry! I wanted to ask if rose
⠀⠀or daisy tea is better.
⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ just an ever quiet phone notification. ]
⠀⠀Hello!
⠀⠀You're the flower Dreemurr, aren't you?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ it didn't care. not really. all it wanted was the entertainment, to be worn for a little while, to maybe leave behind an impression.
⠀⠀the edge of the entity's tendril jolted the machine into working with a hint of magic. ]
⠀⠀How do 𝘺𝘰𝘶 make it, Spamton?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
A dream is not 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, but who's to say which is which?
⠀⠀Another kitty...
⠀⠀Definitely a fun sight!
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀.
⠀⠀⠀⠀.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ .. it's silently letting its tongue hang out, drooling onto the floor. ]
⠀⠀A filter...
⠀⠀Because the grounds are too bitter?
⠀⠀My usual food is so plain, but I can
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀see the problem.
⠀⠀Here we are!
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀﹙ a sincere lilt of curiosity accompanied one of its tendrils retrieving a filter from a cabinet under the sink. ﹚
⠀⠀Do you need help practicing magic-?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀[ up comes a couple bags of grounds. americano, french vanilla, dunkin donuts... not like it knows the difference. ]
⠀⠀That's why you don't know me.
⠀⠀So! How's this work?
⠀⠀Not like tea, is it?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀Don't be strange about it! Ha ha ha...
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⠀⠀Doing magic's fairly uncommon.
⠀⠀Magicians, royals, entertainers,
⠀⠀healers. Those who can't.. use a mantle.
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⠀⠀﹙ a frill-like tendril gestured at the machine's buttons. ﹚
⠀⠀What's the coffee button?
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀Hmmm.
⠀⠀He's just unconscious. You don't
⠀⠀need to strain yourself anyways.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀.. Really?
⠀⠀You seem like you'd be so skilled at it.
⠀⠀Even my King was.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀And you considered it!
⠀⠀Anyways chop-chop, you have a
⠀⠀plugboy to save. Get your defibrillator!
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
⠀⠀A bar nobody visits?
⠀⠀.. Okay! I'll get you your defibrillator,
⠀⠀Mr. Considering Murder.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⛛
