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tallyyoungblood ([personal profile] tallyyoungblood) wrote2024-07-25 07:03 pm
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open post: averageness

Tally's first clue that it hadn't been a dream was that she'd woken up alone in her room.

Nowadays, she and Gideon have been sharing a room, so that Tally can protect her from ever finding a body alone again--and maybe conspicuously leave out some clothes that fit Gideon but aren't, like, ratty black pants. That day, though, she'd woken in an empty room, gasping from something that felt like a nightmare, but somehow more vivid than real life.

Without even getting dressed, she'd run for the woods to confirm what had happened. Horror had flooded her when she found the knife-mark, exactly where she remembered throwing it yesterday. It was true. She'd been Special. She'd been awful. She'd seen and felt the world with more harsh clarity than she'd ever thought possible. She'd hit Gideon.

Tally had collapsed onto the stump, gripping her own arms to make sure her familiar, average body was still there.

Over the next few days, Tally doesn't sleep well, and people getting swapped out for a second time doesn't help. People might find her wandering the mansion like a zombie, or in one of the kitchens, contemplating getting drunk. She's not as put together as usual, either, but of course on her even bedhead and sweats look beautiful.
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-28 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"What, that you were close to ending up like the other you?"
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-28 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
"How? We don't have that kind of, like, um, setup here. There's no way to turn you into her." It's much more likely that he'll become him.
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-28 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Magnus frowns. This does seem like a cause for concern. "So you, like, healed your brain? Are Specials, like, healed even further or something?"
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-28 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I don't know that much about brains," says Magnus. "But I can't see you becoming a, like, dictator or whatever."
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-29 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Magnus hesitates. "The other me was just... crumbly at you?" he asks. "Galahad and Hanguang-jun hated him."
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-29 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe." Magnus sounds doubtful though.
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-29 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay, what exactly is a middle pretty?"
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-29 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Your world sounds so weird," Magnus breathes. "Um, no offense."
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-29 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Magnus laughs. "Touche," he says. "Tell you what. We can be each other's, like, vibe check, how's that?"
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-29 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Magnus takes it and shakes it firmly. "If you start acting like a huge dick," he promises, "I'll call you out. And you call me out if I start acting all, like, boring and distant and over it or whatever."
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-30 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh yeah?" Magnus asks, relieved that his alternate self might not have been the total worst. "Like what?"
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[personal profile] summerdude 2024-07-30 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, this takes Magnus aback! He blinks. "Why would I be mad at you?"

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