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[There's really nothing quite like regaining part of your powers over space and time after being without them for so long. Honestly, Wilhelm hadn't expected to be as pleased to have regained them as he is. But he's in fact near delighted, although it'd be hard to tell that from the simple, small smile he has at the age of his lips as he experiments with the power that's been returned to him.

This time? It's teleportation.]


A. Around Town; Action

[You might notice there's a man on top of some of the buildings as you go about your business in town today. He doesn't really seem to be doing anything, just observing the people walking below from on top of the house or building he's currently on. Or occasionally from a top one of the telephone polls.

Sometimes, he'll give a small wave and greeting to those who pass by. Feel free to talk with him, if you want.]


B. Outside 841 Hastings; Action

[Teleporting himself was one thing. Even despite the constraints the human body he was trapped in seemed to have on his use of his powers, to change himself was no great bother.

To affect other things, however? That was a different question

If you're passing by, feel free to notice the man staring rather intently at the car in front of his house. Or, that is, the car that was in front of his house, as in a blink of an eye it disappears from being in front of his own home and is now across the street. Now it's down the street. Now it's resting on top of another car, not crushing it, but gently perched, as if they were Hot Wheels cars and a child had decided to put one on top of the other.

Wilhelm's gaze never leaves the cars.]


C. Phone

[Today over the phones, you might here soft piano melody like this one come over the phone lines. It goes on for a little while, the player completely silent until he's finished the relatively short piece.]

A good day to you all. I've found the music here, while some ingenious and made during the time period, might have become dull for those trapped here for a good deal of time.

I hope I might have broken up the monotony of the music usually played here. It's a wasted day, when one may not be able to enjoy music.
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
[Out for one of his usual walks, chaos will stop when he spots someone standing on a poll - and just as quickly recognize him. So Wilhelm, have your former not!son walking up to glance up at you.]

I hope that you standing up there means you regained something useful, and not that you decided to take up climbing.

Date: 2011-08-31 04:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
[And, in the blink of an eye, Wilhelm will teleport down to ground level beside chaos.]

Your assumption is correct.

Date: 2011-08-31 11:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
[So used to this, even if he hasn't seen it in a year or so, chaos merely turns enough to face Wilhelm]

How much did you regain?

Date: 2011-09-01 03:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
Only the power to teleport myself and other objects. I've yet to try it on another living being.

Date: 2011-09-01 04:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
I see. [He's not volunteering] They do seem to enjoy halving our powers, don't they, even when they return them.

Date: 2011-09-01 04:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
Indeed.

I wonder why, considering if they could strip us of them in the first place, at full bore they should be no threat to them.

Date: 2011-09-01 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
Likely, so that we continue to feel powerless, or unwhole. Everything here seems to be seeing how far it can push the psyche in one way or another, don't you think?

Date: 2011-09-01 04:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
Quite possible, although we've discussed this at length before. They're doing quite well. I'd go so far as to say some of the permanent dronings specifically to hit at those most psychologically susceptible.

Date: 2011-09-01 04:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
Yes... That can be a rather traumatic event, especially after what they pulled at the Dairy. Since, at this point, we can't disprove what occurred there, or prove it, either.

Date: 2011-09-01 04:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
They could not have done what they claimed.

[He's quite resolute on this.]

Date: 2011-09-01 04:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
And what makes you so sure of this? Even we could theoretically manage such a thing.

Date: 2011-09-01 05:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
Impossible. We're agents of the Imaginary Realm, not masters of it.

They can not do it.

Date: 2011-09-01 05:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
That assumes their rules work the same as ours. Besides, it is not impossible.

The form in which humans see me, is merely the form Anima takes when brought into the Lower Domain made human. Although it feels as if flesh and blood, it is not entirely so. You are aware that is how I can move through objects.

However, my existence is also bound to the Lower Domain's needs. I exist because it needs me to exist. Who is to say those of this town are not akin to something of that nature? But perhaps they do not possess their own power, or it is flawed - in which case, would a power source not be necessary to continue to exist?

Both the human mind, which believes in the forms seen, and an energy?

Date: 2011-09-01 05:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
[Wilhelm glares at chaos. Not frowns. Glares. Even though he keeps his tone it's usual strength, it wouldn't be hard to see he's angry.]

You do not need to explain the means by which we exist to me, Messiah. I was here long before you were.

There is merit to the idea, I do not disagree with that. But it is unlikely they are necessary for existence. All evidence points to this being entirely man-made. Which, if it is power similar to ours, is why it would be flawed. They would have to be tapping into it. Much, perhaps, like those who had made contact with U-DO.

If this is the case, we already know what needs to be done.

Date: 2011-09-01 05:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
[Your anger is only going to be returned with a small smile, Wilhelm. Of course, since it's you, you'll realize the smile is both apologetic, and not. The words were said for a reason.]

Which means it is entirely possible that such a thing is the truth. To deny it as a possibility until we have more facts one way or the other is folly. You know this... [He pauses for a moment before continuing]

If they are indeed tapping into the force of their own world, the question becomes how and where?

Date: 2011-09-01 05:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
[His anger remains a bit, then simmers. It's still there, but it's far more below the surface.]

I do know it.

Most likely in an area outside the town. Or at least our perception of the town. Though, them tapping into it is still highly unlikely. And if they are, it has to be something alien from ourselves.

Most likely, I believe they're using a form of technology.

Date: 2011-09-01 05:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
We know there is more beyond this town... You recall the highway opened onto another one. So likely beyond our perception as you say.

Ironically, that last reminds me of your Black Testament, Voyager. Did he not use the U.M.N. as a backup of form for his memories?

Date: 2011-09-01 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
Yes. However, if that was truly beyond our senses, or simply created by the town, we can't tell.

He did. As did the other members of the Voyager project, although only Erich and Yuriev remained of it.

Date: 2011-09-01 05:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
True. Yet it seems strange that when things like that happen, the leaders try to pass it off as merely a gag, don't you think? Though... [chaos actually frowns] Did anyone tell you that? After the Dairy, they put up a banner claiming April Fools?

Date: 2011-09-01 06:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
I see.

[And Wilhelm? Smirks a little, tilting his head a bit.]

What a pathetic attempt at diversion.

Date: 2011-09-01 06:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
That is what I thought. I felt it was their way of turning our heads from all that had occurred, because some small part in there must have been truth.

Date: 2011-09-01 06:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
That, and it unsettles all that had come before. If they could change this, what validity is there to everything that had come before.

It could still be true, although doubtful. There may be a purpose to the Dairy, although not what we have seen.

Date: 2011-09-01 06:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
If the Dairy was not what they imply, then it's reasoning was likely to unsettle, and perhaps pull us away from all the other things of which were occurring. [chaos pauses for a moment again] I hope it was only to unsettle, and not the truth...

Date: 2011-09-01 06:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
There's no point in thinking over it, and if it is, it doesn't matter. There was nothing we could do.

We must simply continue to go forward.

[Which isn't to say that Wilhelm isn't bothered by the idea of souls being consumed and destroyed as a form of power. If that's the case, then he has, in some part, failed as a guardian of the Lower Dimensional Domain, even if this one isn't his.]

Date: 2011-09-01 06:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chaoschildofgod.livejournal.com
Perhaps... [No, Wilhelm, he isn't probably still thinking on things like, oh, going inside and destroying souls... not at all] We need more information is all I know, and I have no idea how to go about getting it that isn't extremely dangerous.

( phone )

Date: 2011-09-01 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pokeay.livejournal.com
... I don't know much about music, but... that was quite pretty. Thank you for playing for us.

Date: 2011-09-01 03:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] repeatsalvation.livejournal.com
There's no need to thank. Such gifts should naturally be freely given.

Date: 2011-09-02 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pokeay.livejournal.com
Ah, is that so...? Maybe I should learn to play an instrument, then...

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