UN: ecraig; text

[fiddlestick]

WHO: Elliot Craig
WHERE: Network!
WHEN: 3/25
WHAT: Network post
WARNINGS: None so far

First of all, thank you very much to everyone who helped save us from the Fae. I'm really grateful not to be stuck there forever. I don't have much, but I'll find a way to repay you guys one day.

Second of all....has anyone else had a problem with the fae curses, well, not going away as much as you hoped it would? Is there something I need to do to get rid of it?

Thanks again. Really!

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un: hierophantcherry

[kokaiwanai]

Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to be rid of mine

I can control it to some degree, but that's about it

UN: ecraig

[fiddlestick]

You too huh?

But controlling it is impressive! How do you manage?

[kokaiwanai]

"If you're going to come into our realm and act like a wild animal, we'll just have to make sure your outside form matches"

I'm not even sure what I did to offend them, but I got turned into a fox for my troubles...

A lot of concentration and practice. My hold on it slips if I'm in pain, though.

[fiddlestick]

Ugh, seriously? They were just the worst! They turned me into a cat for saying no to playing music for them all the time. Like I was some jukebox.

[HE HATES THE FAE]

Concentration and practice...guess I should give meditation another shot. [Bleh. but oh. That's concerning as a teacher] You're not often in pain are you?

[kokaiwanai]

Seriously the worst...

Not often, I just found out because I stubbed my toe last night and suddenly had the ears and tail

[fiddlestick]

Oh, ok, just a stubbed toe. That's a relief.

[ With some of his students he can't rule out knife fights in the denny's parking lot or punching monsters ok]

I'll have to try to work on it. It goes away sometimes, but it feels like I'm constantly getting cat features or turning into the cat.

[Oh the joys of having a stress-triggered curse when you're constantly anxious]

[kokaiwanai]

[It really is a valid concern. Luckily, Kakyoin's got a solid sense of self-preservation usually and a hefty amount of caution.]

Do you have any idea what might be causing it?

[fiddlestick]

Stress, probably.

But there's not much I can do about that.

Un: Mariposa

[nonmagical]

I’m still part-wolf!! No matter what I do I can’t change back!!!

[fiddlestick]

Oh no...

What things have you tried?

[nonmagical]

Relaxing things, painting, music... yelling at myself in a mirror...

[fiddlestick]

[ 💧 ]

Why are you yelling at yourself in a mirror...?

[nonmagical]

I thought I could scare it out?? Make the curse feel guilty?? Either way it didn't work.

[fiddlestick]

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me...

[There's a pause as he thinks]

I have noticed that the more I stress about it, the worse mine gets. Maybe there's something stressing you?

[nonmagical]

Stress? I guess I've been pretty stressed ever since I got back from the fae realm.

[That's a... huge understatement. As it turns out, being possessed and nearly dying is pretty dang stressful!]

[fiddlestick]

May I ask why?

[He's not asking why she'd possibly be stressed, but more asking for permission to hear. Since hey, it's her choice to open up!]

[kokaiwanai]

Ah, yeah, that's kind of unfortunate, then

I hope you can manage to get a handle on it

But if I see anything that might be able to help with the curse in general, I'll send it your way

[nonmagical]

Some pretty dangerous stuff happened in the fae realm, and I guess I've been stuck on that ever since I got back.

[fiddlestick]

Thanks Kakyoin. I'd appreciate that!

And hearing that it is controllable is reassuring. I'll just have to work on that!

[fiddlestick]

I see...

[He's not sure what happened, but he can't be surprised considering the dangerous stuff those Fae were asking them to do. ]

That whole experience was pretty awful, huh? My mind keeps going back to it too.

text; un: GoldenGuard

[cardinalrule]

It won't surprise me if everyone was cursed permanently. Where I'm from un-cursing yourself is difficult, often impossible. The best you can do is manage it.

UN: ecraig

[fiddlestick]

Permanent, huh...

[Permanetly cursed to be a cat, cool cool cool.

He's glad he did this over text. Much easier in case he needs to scream. A moment later:]

How difficult is it to manage curses?

[kokaiwanai]

Yeah... good luck

[fiddlestick]

Thanks, I'm sure I'll be fine. [HE'S FINE]

Good luck to you too! With how hard you work, I'm sure you'll get it completely under control soon.

[nonmagical]

It was... really awful. The whole experience. Never wanted to be kidnapped by the fae again.

[Or fight dragons. Or ever see a dragon again.]