Text; UN: Shroud

[whiteshroud]

WHO: Jun Nightroad (UN: Shroud)
WHERE: Network
WHEN: June 17th
WHAT: Information Query
WARNINGS: None!

[Jun changes his username to something different, so it should be unrecognizable as Jun to most people. He uploads a picture of a sketch:]



Does this symbol mean anything to anyone?

[That's it. That's the post. What a chatty guy]

Comments

[drewthetower]

[He wasn't going to say that, but...yeah, Jun's never really been emotional like that.]

And you absolutely have no...price? Like, is that a compulsion or actual money or...?

[whiteshroud]

...Sometimes, but not always. Like I said, it varies. For some, it might be as simple as eating large amounts of food. Or it could mean you cannot tell lies, or you must perform a certain action regularly.

I haven't had anything like a compulsion yet. But.. [He bites his lip] Last month at the soccer match, my powers wouldn't work when I tried to teleport one of the losing team out.

[drewthetower]

I mean, weren't you guys up against a god or something close to it? That would make sense. Something able to kill people and then bring them back to life could totally fuck with your powers.

[whiteshroud]

[He shakes his head]

No, it wasn't Xilbalba's doing.

The seal on my arm shocked me when it happened. Like it was Someone Else interfering.

[drewthetower]

...how long have you had that seal, again?

[whiteshroud]

Since January.

[Not too long after the app stuff all started]

[drewthetower]

...do you think that past you or alternate universe you was possessed?

[whiteshroud]

[A pause.]

I don't have the evidence to rule it out.

[drewthetower]

Is there way we can test this?

[whiteshroud]

[he pauses, before shaking his head]

Not really. The only way I know of would be suicidal, considering who we could be dealing with here.

[drewthetower]

You're thinking divine?

[whiteshroud]

[A deadass stare because August. August please.]

Obviously.

[drewthetower]

Look, I'm not going to say a name in case that shit gets me smote!

[He's not saying "hey you think you're possessed by God", come on Jun!]

[whiteshroud]

[He sighs]

I know, I know. Believe me, I feel like a lunatic even considering it.

[A normal possession would've been a hard enough pill to swallow, with his past, but THIS???]

[drewthetower]

Maybe it's just an angel? Those guys have names, right?

[whiteshroud]

An angel?

I don't know....maybe? I know of a few of them, but I can't say I'm an expert on the angels.

[It's so not, but hey it's a nice thought]

[drewthetower]

All I know is the ones in art are like, the mass market version and actual angels are apparently fucking eldritch horrors.

[RIP]

Well...either way, if it's from that seal? That means you weren't possessed until you got that seal, if you're possessed at all.

[whiteshroud]

[Jun gets a weird expression on his face for a moment, as if he's suddenly very very lost in thought. But more he's sure remembering facing down one of these.

He puts his hand to his head as the memory fades]

-- Y-Yeah, eldritch horrors is a much better description.

[He'll get to the talk in the seal for a moment but holy crap distraction batman]

[drewthetower]

[. . .]

You want something to eat? Or, like, something to scream into?

[Weird memories ahoy! He's guessing.]

[whiteshroud]

I don't know, I-

[Look you know what, he can't explain it, so excuse him as he sends a telepathic mental image of the angel to August]

[drewthetower]

[It's enough to make August recoil because one, the fuck, and two, the fuck?!]

Warn a guy, fucking hell...is that an angel?!

[whiteshroud]

Sorry-

[Right, have to remember to warn people about the telepathy. He always forgets]

I think so. I just remembered my other self fighting it.

[drewthetower]

[Hm.]

So maybe not an angel or...other divine things? Like, why fight an angel if you're also divine, that's kinda how Satan happened.

[whiteshroud]

[ He shrugs]

Maybe it's a fallen one? I didn't get much context.

[drewthetower]

Oh, yeah maybe.

[Either way.]

My point still stands. I don't think you're possessed like Mirabel and the others, it's just that fucking seal.