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[OPENING] mass visual telepathy log

[Genette has provided everyone a portion of mirror, which they're free to do whatever they want to with it BUT the idea is that they introduce themselves to the telepathy network with a video feed, showcasing their face. Otherwise, the coven might just get an endless stream of grass, sand or hut wall.

If you're willing to commit to the exercise, here is your intro log for doing so! Hold up the mirror piece, introduce yourself and receive a broadcast from your fellow mages.

Because this is an open post, tag around like you would a typical log community post!]

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[He's busy looking into the mirror, too, and there's a moment's pause as he thinks about what she says.]

It's nice to meet you, too, Madoka. My name's John. But I do not think that last part is true though. About there being nothing interesting, I mean.

[so Madoka's face pretty much matches her hair ribbons right now; that was really sweet of John to say.]

Well, I mean — I guess my magic is pretty interesting.

[Yeah sometimes that just happens, and while he notices the embarrassment he can't think of why that might be? She seems nice, if modest, so he's actually fairly intrigued here.]

See? That's something. [There's a grin into the mirror and he's shifting a little. It's evident by looking at his surroundings that he's outside on the sand somewhere.] You arrived with new powers, too, right? What's your magic?

[sob Madoka doesn't usually get compliments from outside her friends and family (too busy magical girling to socialize much), much less from cute boys!]

[but something about John's grin is rather contagious, and she settles, offering a smile of her own.]

I did. It's not what I'm used to back home, but I can heal people a bit now.

What about you?

[Perfect. This is exactly how he was hoping things would go. John likes when people are on the same level he is and her echoing smile is reassuring that this conversation's going in the right direction.]

A healer, huh? That...is very sweet. [And way more useful than his own powers? His power is fun and silly and it suits him just fine, but knowing what he knows now a healer is a good person to know just in case.] I can fuse things together now, which I could sort of do back home with a machine but now I don't need the machine. But it also is not what I'm used to back home. Those powers are missing.

I still need more practice before I'm really good at healing, though ... so please make sure you stay safe, okay?

[and she stops for a few seconds, trying to picture how fusing magic might work in her head. peanut butter chocolate? jam that is part of the toast instead of on the toast? wait why do all of the examples she came up with involve food.]

I bet that's really useful! What have you tried fusing so far?

[Please share those thoughts on a day he's not suffering from poisonous crabs, Madoka, because some of those sound pretty legit. Still, he waves a hand in response to her concerns.]

I'll be okay, but I think the same should be said to you. It would be pretty bad if you got hurt while we were here. [Mostly because a.) a hurt healer seems counterproductive and b.) he would just like to make sure nobody gets hurt in general.] This isn't the first time we've come to a different planet, but this is the first time we have been without our powers since we got them. That's the part that still makes no sense. [But oh well! He's shifting from his place outside and the image in the mirror wobbles a bit as John makes himself comfortable to continue talking.] The first thing I fused was my canteen and some of the boar jerky I had leftover, and that did not turn out so great? But Dave, Rose and I used our powers together and created a lamp made out of a brain, a shell and a knitted flower so it smells like apples and lights up if you hit it twice.

[The lamp now lives in Rose Lalonde's hut.] I am still sort of experimenting with it all.

[they'll have to do a food fusion session one day! Madoka isn't really picky about food, so she can be the taste tester.]

You've been to different planets before? And — [so many questions, Madoka almost short-circuits for a second there, unsure of which part John mentioned intrigues her more.]

... Dave and Rose are your friends? [and where did he get a brain?]

[That icon is hilarious but also he doesn't even seem fazed by this? There's a simple nod in response.]

Yeah. To both of those. [He seems pretty pleased with that even if the brain was sort of gross.] None of us are sure how we got to this planet but I cannot complain. They have new powers, too. [There's a brief hum as he reviews what new powers his friends have.] Rose knits, so she has the power to knit magic or whatever into stuff she makes. And Dave can draw stuff and bring it to life. [And that was how they made a brain. Dave Strider is a menace.]

[Rose sounds like someone Madoka would like to meet; she's always enjoyed crafting.]

Those powers all sound really useful ... I guess [she hopes] that's how you got the brain?

How does the lamp work, though? Do you plug it in? [does it ... does it run on ideas? the brain gets an idea, the light bulb lights up ... that was a terrible joke i'm very sorry.]

Dave used to draw a webcomic back home, so I guess that is why that is his power. And Rose took up knitting a while ago. With my powers I can only fuse two things at a time, so Dave drew the brain and Rose knit a flower that smelled like apples and stuff. So we fused those, and then we fused the flower-brain with a seashell to preserve it, and then Dave had a ring Rose made him earlier that lights up when you tap it twice, so we fused those together before combining the light-up shell-flower-brain with a stand.

[This is stupidity at its finest. It would make more sense for it to run on ideas tbh.] It wasn't a lot of light, but it definitely worked. I am not entirely sure of Rose's magical limitations but if anyone can figure out magic it's Rose. And Dave will figure out how to draw stuff the longer we are here. [The clear thing here is that John is very pleased and proud of his friends. His powers are sort of "whatever" for him, but combined with his friends? They can do awesome stuff.]

[well ... it is pretty stupid, but you wouldn't ever hear that from Madoka — there are probably people out there with weirder taste in home decor!]

I get it. Your magic — it sort of brings everybody else's together, right? I think that's a really important power to have.

I'm glad your friends are here with you, John-san.

[Things John isn't saying: they also created an umbrella with crab legs while they were screwing around. It's something though, and for a moment now it's his turn to look a little surprised when she speaks up.

While what she says is true, it's not something he thought about. Not consciously, anyway.]

I guess so. I did not really think of it that way, but maybe that's true. It's just that we're used to doing everything together so it made sense? [There's another more subdued grin.] It has been a really long time since I've seen them. Either of them. So I'm glad, too.

[But it's important to stick together. Bring people together.] Are any of your friends here?

[please keep Madoka posted on every weird thing that they manage to make; it's fascinating and also kind of hilarious. and don't go thinking she didn't notice that hint of surprise John just had there.]

No, nobody I know from home is here — but that's all right, I'm sure they can hold down the fort while I'm gone. [though she's only largely all right with it right now because she's already had a good cry over it when she was alone in her hut.]

[Save the betas from themselves. But he registers that and there's a short frown. That's probably really terrible? Getting stuck in a weird place you don't know with a bunch of people you don't know. Even if he's still getting to know them, Jake and Dirk are here, too. They would be something even if Dave and Rose weren't here.]

I'm sure they will. [He doesn't know Madoka's friends, but he's working under the idea that anyone she is friends with can't be bad.] And maybe they'll turn up here later? We all came here without warning, right? Anything is possible at this point. There are still people I'm hoping to see here, too.

[There's a bit of a pause before his face shifts from its serious mode to being more relaxed.] Until they show up, you can count on us for anything you need. I don't think my friends will mind. [And if they do John will probably argue anyway but. The Strilondes are good kids.] If you want, I mean.

[if the way she's beaming is any indication, Madoka is incredibly happy by John's offer — maybe a bit relieved, too? she feels bad about relying on others for help, but at least she has healing she can offer in return.]

Really? Thank you — I promise I'll do my best to help you all whenever you need! And, so will any of my friends if they happen to come here, too.

Totally! [Oh no that's so cute? Madoka, stop.] It seems pretty stupid not to work together and rely on each other when we need to if we're all here anyway. It isn't a big deal at all. I can introduce you to them later, too. They're...somewhere.

[John Egbert definitely ditched his friends earlier to quietly die from crab poisoning and instead started talking to people on the network. That's fine.]

I'd love to meet your friends! They sound like they're a lot of fun to be around.

They are! [He says in the most unbiased fashion possible.] We, uh, haven't really seen a lot of people or each other in the last three years so this is new to all of us, too. Sometimes Dave talks way too much and sometimes Rose is snarky and bossy but they're the best.

Who knows? Maybe we can keep combining powers, too. [He's already brainstorming of items a healer might need, or things that people could want. That's just how things are.]

[Madoka would have to think about that. she did find a book about medicine back at the caravan, but she wound up leaving it there, because none of it made any sense to her. apparently being the nurse aid for your class in school doesn't actually help much with ... aid.]

Wait ... does that mean you've been alone for three years?

[They have time. That's the thing he has to remind himself, too. For once, they have time. Still, the question causes him to shake his head a bit.]

No. Well, sort of? Dave and Rose were traveling with another small group of people for three years, and my sister and I were with someone else following a different path to the same place. We were unable to talk to them for that whole time. [It's. The most simplified version of what happened and instead of explaining he shrugs lightly.] But it definitely sucked either way.

Being separated from your friends for that long ... I can't imagine what that must be like.

Were you traveling on a different planet then?

Well...Jade gave me a choice to be with Dave and Rose and travel with them and the others. But I didn't think it was fair to leave her to travel alone, so I stayed with her. It was sort of like traveling on a different planet, but not really. We were traveling through space? Kinda.

[...sigh.] It's a little complicated, but we were traveling on the Yellow Yard while Dave and Rose were traveling on a meteor. There was no way to get in contact with them besides the very first letter we sent at the beginning.

[Madoka has no idea what a Yellow Yard is, but the more John talks about himself and his friends, the more convinced she is of how cool they are. she's pretty sure that not even Mami-san could travel on a meteor — well, not that she's ever encountered a meteor to try.]

Are ... are you guys superheroes?

[Ahaha...ha...ha. He actually pauses because like. How do you exactly explain this. Where the fuck are the others to help him explain this???]

It is a little more than that? We're sort of gods.

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