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... Wait!

(He takes a step towards her.)

... However this ends, you haven't been left many choices. And that's... not something I agree with. Can I give you some money? So you... can at least get yourself somewhere to stay.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Jan 1

... I think I'll leave now.

I need to go figure out a lot of things for myself.

[ She'd begin walking away. ]

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Jan 1

... I don't know what to do next. About... any of this. This is...

... Confusing and kind of intimidating.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 7

[ The other Callie was trying her best to not look at the body, it CLEARLY upset her. ]

T-That is... d-disturbing.

You n-need to possess it n-now, right?

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 . @scanagatta.bsky.social · Dec 7

[ Good news, then!

[ Callie physically recoils at the sight of her own limp body. She's frozen in shock for a second, before stammering out an attempt at a response to... that. ]

I-I... u-uh...

[ She swallows, feeling extremely offput despite having had a "warning" of sorts. ]

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 7

(... He wordlessly shuffles inside his cloak for a moment, and then... the cloak parts.)

(... With a hand of bone, he holds out the lifeless body of a very familiar cat by the collar of a similarly familiar jacket.)

🩸I prefer fear to gratitude, but I'll accept your thoughts anyway.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 6

B-But how are we gonna cheat death for BOTH of us??

I don't think that's possible..

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 . @scanagatta.bsky.social · Dec 5

[ She chimes in, not wanting to make him reiterate what he said to her. ]

It means that there's - for some reason - no record of me being dead.

BECAUSE there's no record of me being dead, we can cheat it.

I-I think...? Did I get that right?

ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 5

...What does that even mean?

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 5

...What does that even mean?

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 5

(He chortles.)

🩸Fun things.

(He clears his throat for emphasis. It doesn't sound right. At all.)

🩸Well, Callies, I'll say again, this is a unique case. I may be retired, but I still have access to files and whatnot, and - you two? No one can decide if you're dead or alive. It's a Schrodinger.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 5

I keep forgetting

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 5

[ She would also be confused, but she doesn't try to question whatever is happening. ]

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 . @scanagatta.bsky.social · Dec 4

[ She's... a little confused as to whatever he's doing, but just chocks it up to more magic. She stands silently, waiting for whatever happens. ]

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 4

... Alright. Cherno, come on. It's... time to figure something out.

(He reaches into his pocket... and pulls out a card.)

(It's shimmering in the shadowed woods.)

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 3

I've seen it all.
I don't think I'm gonna freak out..

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 3

... Can I ask you not to freak out...? Or, at least, to try...? He's not visible right now.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 3

...What are you talking about.

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 3

... It isn't. Because the three of us aren't the only person here.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 3

What ELSE are we gonna do??

Get some random corpse from the graveyard????

It's the ONLY way.

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 3

(A flare of aura.)

... It's not going to be painful, because it's not going to happen. It's not what you want, it's not what she wants, it's not what I want.

If I wanted that I would've just walked up without a word and evicted you. I'm not going to end it like that. There has to be another way.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 3

...Just kick me out.

I'm not Callie, and I'm not me either.

She deserves this body, I don't.

Just.. make it quick if it's painful.

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 3

I'm going to level with you, and you probably won't believe me, and that's okay.

You're Callie, but you aren't. But you are. The point is... you weren't always, but now you are.

Means that it wouldn't be right to kick you out, but it's also... wrong, to leave Callie without a body.

... It's hard.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 3

[ She would turn her gaze to him, she had a slightly concerned look on her face. ]

[ She would get up and walk over to them. ]

... It's about the whole situation, right..?

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 3

(... Nothing to do but call her attention.)

... Hey. We... we need to figure a couple things out.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 3

[ After not much walking, you see her.
She's sitting down beside the tree again, waiting. ]

𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳. || 🇵🇸 @sparkfriendship.bsky.social · Dec 2

(He follows... winding himself up inside, for however this goes.)

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 2

I just saw a really cool bug.

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 2

...Okay???

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 . @scanagatta.bsky.social · Dec 2

...

Stay there.

[ And she's off. ]

ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 2

[ She'd get startled and IMMEDIATELY got up, then she would look towards her. ]

Oh.
Hi..?

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ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 2

[ She'd get startled and IMMEDIATELY got up, then she would look towards her. ]

Oh.
Hi..?

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 . @scanagatta.bsky.social · Dec 2

...

[ She clears her throat to draw attention to herself. ]

ㅤCallie! @lamfree.bsky.social · Dec 2

[ After a while you find her, she is sitting on the ground beside a tree, she doesn't even seem to notice herself. ]

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