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Character(s): Nepeta Leijon (bestmoirail) & various.

Location: Staggered throughout different days and different places.

Rating: R for some possibly sad and triggery issues.

Open/Closed/Finished: Closed

Summary: Nepeta has gained a strange power, and she begins to see parts of people she shouldn't. This is for the super-powers events, details of what is going on can be found here. I'll be setting up individual threads for each person under this one log so as not to spam the community.

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Aug 20th | Ronnae

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((ooc; note! trigger warning for abuse and racism))

[It was surprising how well a person could learn to adapt. When she first arrived here Nepeta was certain she would never get use to this new sleep schedule, being surrounded by humans and going to a school of all things. Yet here she was, waking up bright and early so that she could get to the two classes she had today.

She had gotten a full nights rest last night because in recent days she had been feeling a little strange. More so than the feeling, but sometimes she thought she saw things, only to look again and realize there was nothing. She just chalked it up to how she was finally getting serious about her work and how she had been pushing herself.

Fortunately today she was feeling quite good! She was glad for it too, it would have been such a downer to feel bad on her wriggling day. If only she were one to actually look at herself in the mirror, perhaps then she would have noticed that something was definitely wrong. The yellows of her eyes had gone completely black, and gone were any signs of her pupils, leaving instead only a strange white pattern that resembled something like a spider.

So she noticed nothing amiss, simply changed into her usual baggy shirt, jeans and jacket before entering the common room she shared with Ronnae.]

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[It was then, as she looked towards her roommate as usual, that she saw something again, yet, this time, it was fairly clear. There was much hidden beneath the girl with the shy and gentle exterior and not in the usual way of her gaining extreme confidence in battle.

This time there was a lot of self-hate, self-shame and self-depreciation. What was worse was the fact that she'd been driven to completely believe it due to the racial standards of her world. The nobles making sure, that the 'half-breed trash' knew her place in the world as their doll and object to play with.

She learned fairly quickly that she had no rights, specially none to go against their wishes as sons and daughters of nobles. Who was she to tell them otherwise? The one time she went to her teachers and principal, she was further ridiculed, and told that that was how the hierarchy worked, not taking in mind that she came from a noble family herself. What set her apart from her peers? Her 'tainted bloodline' of course. The mixed blood from another pure race only diluted the regal blood of the Sin'dorei, or the powerful blood of the orcs.

As such, it was their rights, as nobles, to do as they pleased with her... And they made sure to take everything they wanted according to that right... That was how things were wasn't? She was theirs to play with...

Of course, her roommate was still sound asleep, unawares of what Nepetta was witnessing and feeling.]

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[Nepeta came to an immediate halt.

Where once there had only been wisps, small traces of color she had been sure were just her imagination there were now full images appearing so real she almost felt like she could touch them. More than that she felt something inside her, the same feelings that Ronnae kept hidden and in her mind the thoughts her companion held raced through.

Of course Nepeta had no idea what was going on. She didn't know why she felt like this, why she was suddenly thinking these things or what these images were. If not for the fact that she could see Ronnae portrayed in them...and all the things that had happened to her, she would have woken the girl up.

As things stood, she could only stand and stare, too shocked to move until everything finished playing out.]

...Ronnae?

Aug 20th | Dave Strider

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[Even after that long feelings jam with Ronnae, Nepeta had no idea what was going on. She had missed her classes for today. She had no regrets since it seemed like that was something Ronnae had been needing to get off her chest for a long time, but Nepeta would be lying if she said she wasn't somewhat shaken.

She tried not to think about it too much by concentrating on a simple problem--and that was the state of her eyes. She did not want to go around looking like this, and the only thing she could think of was to cover them.

So who better to go to for that than one Dave Strider? Admittedly, a part of her was reluctant ever since she had seen him taking up some of Gamzee's mannerisms but she want some shades before she went to Equius. That's why she hurriedly made her way to his dorm, and gave a swift knock, wanting to be inside before anyone else caught sight of her.]

Aug 20th | Tom Bronson

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[After talking to Ronnae and Dave, Nepeta thought she was beginning to understand a little bit about what she was seeing. Everytime she looked at people images would pop up and follow behind them--or in some cases she would get a feeling, or even hear something.

She wasn't exactly sure what all these things were, but between Dave and Ronnae it had both seemed like things they had buried deep and not wanted anyone else to know about. Looking at others, most of what she saw were things that now she knew they had done, felt, or experienced and none of them were pleasant.

In fact, most of them made her heart clench.

Her eyes were now obscured by the shades she had borrowed from Dave (the very reason she had gone to him in the first place and she was hurrying over to Equius' dorm when she bumped into someone in her attempt to not look at anyone.]

Oh! I'm sorry!

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[Unsurprisingly, Tom had a lot on his mind today. Between classes and planning for something with Sharpay and even one of those "let's go grab a beer" nights, he'd been understandably busy. So much, in fact, that he'd completely failed to notice that he almost bumped into someone...

Almost immediately, he apologizes:] My bad.

[Wait... she was wearing sunglasses? Indoors? That couldn't be for a good reason.] Um, you alright?

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[Nepeta's first reaction is that he must have seen her eyes somehow so her hands immediately go up to her face to check if her shades are still there. She gives him a smile, but it's a nervous one and her tail twitches behind her.]

Y-yea. I am. [and she's about to leave it at that, when she begins to see the visions appearing behind him. Nervousness melts to concern]

Are you?

Aug 20th | Equius Zahhak

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[Ronnae, Dave, then Tom. They weren't the only ones whose secrets she had seen, but they were the only one she had spoken with. Nepeta was surprisingly growing a little calmer about what was happening, now that she at least semi-understand how it worked, but what she did not get was the why of it.

Which is why she of course came to Equius, shades covering her eyes and scratching at his dorm door.

A part of her realized then, that in all likelihood she was be seeing things for him too, and this was the first time she thought that maybe it might be a good thing. She had been able to help the others--if Equius did indeed hide something from her, then perhaps there would be something she could do for him as well.]

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[He was torn on his feelings about losing his strength. He never realized how much he relied on it, how much it was a part of him until it was gone, and now, his whole world felt a little bit off-kilter.]

[However, now he could draw some pretty exquisite hoofbeast art (http://depleted.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/1267346567678.jpg) without going through a box of pencils. And he was pretty darn pleased about that. This afternoon, he was spending his free time drawing in his room, churning out hoofbeast drawing after hoofbeast drawing. They were just so beautiful. He simply couldn't contain the miracles flowing from his pencil.]

[Except there was a scratching at his door, alerting him that Nepeta had come to see him. And while the Highblood certainly would approve of the miracles he was crafting on this fine day, he could never neglect his dear moirail. They would simply have to wait until another time.]

[Pushing away from his desk, he walked across the room to the door and stepped aside, wordlessly letting her inside his incredibly disordered dorm that was littered with clothes, text books, and broken furniture pieces]

Aug 21st | Jade Strider

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[Nepeta couldn't say she was exactly happy with the change that had occurred to her, and she more or less would be permanently wearing the shades she had gotten from Dave but she was getting pretty tired of always avoiding people and keeping herself locked up. She was just going to try and ignore everything she was seeing and make the best of it.

So when she spotted Jade, instead of turning around she bounded right on over to her. Jade had always been so kind and helpful to her--Nepeta really did feel comfortable around her.]

Hi Jade!

Re: Aug 21st | Jade Strider

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[ Jade's head is a little full.

It's like some sort of gentle push on the back of her mind, whispered thoughts in her consciousness. She's not even sure what's going on, really -- some sort of weird voice telling her to do things that she didn't want to. Dreaming of s.

David was sure fucked up.

But she couldn't show her massive headache in front of Nepeta -- it's just not cool -- so she nods. ]

Sup green mamacita, haven't seen you 'round lately.

Aug 21st | Danny Masters

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[Yesterday had been a long, long, long day. Long and generally unpleasant, but she was trying to make the best of it. She had awoken with her strange eyes, and strange visions still following her everywhere she went, much to her dismay. She wondered if this was permanent, if she would have to go around seeing these things for the rest of her life.

It was not a happy thought, but if that was the case, so be it. It was better to just make the best of it, right?

So when she say Danny, instead of avoiding the boy she considered a friend, she approached him. After all, she had recently been in the infirmary so while she knew she might see some unpleasant things, she wanted to make sure he was okay. A hop and a skip and she was suddenly appearing by his side.]

Hi Danny! Are you feeling better?

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[Startled, Danny almost recoiled at the sound of Nepeta's voice. His head jerked sharply in her direction. He was fidgeting nervously with his hands, not sure what to do. Things had been strange recently, and he didn't want to risk doing anything stranger.

Still, he smiled. Seeing a friend genuinely made him happy, despite all the worrying things happening to him.]

Oh! Hi, Nepeta! Yeah, I'm--I'm actually feeling really good now. Better than I have in a long time, heh.

Aug 22nd | Tiana

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Aug 22nd | Bulla Brief

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Nepeta was feeling strangely good today. After the initial shock of this strange change that had come over her, she came to feel that she could learn how to deal with it. After all, it completely depended on her actually looking at people so as long as she kept her head down and eyes averted nothing came of it.

Admittedly, however, she did get curious from time to time. Right now she was in the library and she felt her eyes lifting from her books every now and then to carefully watch people. Sometimes she would look away, just as quickly, disgusted by the terrible acts she saw, and other times a part of her would become rather sympathetic. If bad enough she would go over to the person to talk to them for a little while and hopefully add a little cheer to their day.

Right now (bored as she was with her homework) her eyes fell on a teal-haired girl no too far from where she was sitting.

Pardon my fail

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Although studying wasn’t one of Bulla’s preferred activities and she wasn’t a straight A student, she also never failed any of her classes and generally got average to good grades. If she devoted the same amount of time to studying that she did to shopping, socializing, or even training, she could very well be a straight A student. However, that didn’t mean she completely slacked off, either. In this world, she didn’t have her family’s wealth to rely on, so that cut down substantially on her shopping time. In a military school where there were dorms and more rigid rules, that eventually resulted in Bulla becoming more disciplined overall.

At the moment, she had a small stack of books at her table in the library. She was taking notes, and trying not to dwell on her nightmare from the previous night. It had been more than a year since being possessed by Bebi, and the memories still haunted her from time to time. Perhaps it was that she was nowhere near strong enough to defeat the parasite. If Bebi could grow strong enough to possess her father, what chance did she stand? She couldn’t even turn into a super saiyan like her older brother could.

“C'mon,” she muttered to herself. “Focus. This assignment’s not going to do itself.”

Aug 23rd | Gamzee Makara

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Aug 23rd | Eridan Ampora

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[Nepeta had gone from scared, to resentful, and now curious about these new abilities of hers. She was now in an experimental phase. A bit of her felt a little guilty since she was essentially looking into what people tried their best to hide, but she had no control over this. She had yet to learn to switch this strange new sight of hers off--if that was even possible--so it was either just accept it and use it to do good, or never look at people again.

The latter didn't seem like a particularly appealing option.

She slipped in and all out of the halls, sometimes stopping to talk to a person in particularly and listen, before slipping off again to find someone else. It was while she was passing by the Quad that she spotted a familiar purple troll from behind, and bounced on over to him.]

Ampurra!

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[A lot of strange things had been happening these last couple of weeks. Fortunately for Eridan, he wasn't actually affected by all of this crazy. He was still the same seadweller, and nothing could stop him from being that.

Today, he was walking down through the Quad, hands stuck in his pocket. Was he thinking of anything in particular? Nah. Maybe what he'd have for lunch or something, but other than that... not really.

Well, you know, until he heard Nepeta. Stopping in his tracks, he looked over his shoulder, spotting the girl. Curiosity. He wondered why she was here, but it really wasn't important.]

Well, hey Nep'. What's up?

Aug 24th | Sollux Captor

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To say that Nepeta was feeling out of sorts would be an understatement. She had seen a lot, and talked to many different people since this oddity with her eyes began and it had been giving her a lot of food for thought---thoughts she did not particularly want to she just kept occupying herself with seeking out and talking to more people.

Right now, however, there was someone she genuinely wanted to see. It surprised her a little how attached she had become to this older Sollux, considering she had never spoken much with the one from her own universe but she supposed she shouldn't really be. After all, in the end this were still different people no matter how similar.

She always worried a little bit about him, and had enjoyed each of their conversations so sought out the room he was staying in by scent and began to scratch at it in hopes of getting his attention if he was inside.

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[Sollux is curled up on his bed, not quite sleeping, when the scratching starts. He looks up in confusing, at first vaguely threatened, and then merely confused. His instinctive reaction is to try to open the door with his psionics - but those haven't been working very predictably as of late.]

[So instead he slips off of the bed, bare feet padding along the floor to the doorway, which he hesitantly pulls open a crack.]

[And he sees Nepeta.]

Oh. Hey.

[He pulls the door open a bit more.]

Augs 24th | Tavros Nitram

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Aug 25th | Damian Wayne

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Aug 25th | Vriska Serket

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[Nepeta was still wearing the sunglasses, but by this point it was more for the sake of others than herself. She had gotten to a point where she had almost even come to appreciate these new found powers. Where in the beginning it had frightened, and made her angry over time she learned of all the good she could to with it.

So by all accounts?

She was actually fairly happy right now, and lounging on a couch in Vriska's room, playing with Noodles and a ball of yarn.]

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[So Equius didn't go exactly as planned, but she'd do better this round. If it weren't for the crumpled up letters in her trashcan (and Noodles's mouth) Vriska would have never suspected Nepeta's interest in Vantas.

Of course she wanted to help. So when her door opens it isn't Vriska walking inside, but Karkat.]