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[reaperrabbit]

[Normally, Brook would be perfectly happy to make a video post. It'd just be like his weekly recorded updates for his blog back home. Given the state he's in, though, he doesn't want to risk putting his face on camera. What if he looks as bad as he feels?

Why does he feel bad in the first place? Nothing makes any sense.]

ok, i know that for whatever reason, everyone's powers and shit have been weakened since they got here.
but has anybody else been feeling... weird?
like wobbly or your head hurting. or your legs not working right.
or like you have to lie down for a while until your eyes go back to normal.
idk, is this smth else that just happens here like weeds trying to eat you?

((OOC: Brook just hasn't realized that nerfing means he has to eat and sleep now, so he's been wandering around on little more than a Starbucks cake pop and no rest for days. That said, once people help him figure that out, he'll likely react to the thought of eating with disgust. This might hit a little close to disordered eating patterns, so please keep yourself safe if that's a trigger! Brook also has a permissions page with a long list of content warnings and an opt-out form, because I'm the Grim Reaper is a minefield of common triggers, and I don't want to suddenly spring anything unwanted on anyone.))

Comments

[reaperrabbit]

...huh. neat.

i didn't realize there'd be people who weren't human around.

[abit_ofboth]

Truly? And how long did you say you've been here? I am hardly the only one, though I shouldn't be surprised. Most humans think there are only humans in existence. Likely because you are so far behind when it comes to travel off-realm.

[reaperrabbit]

[Ooh, successfully convinced someone he's human, and he wasn't even trying. Nice.]

"off-realm"? what's that mean.

[abit_ofboth]

[It is likely less convincing and more that Loki assumes most people to be mortals, especially when they speak like that. Either way, it’s the same result.]

I believe most humans think of them more as planets, though they are not seen in the universe as Midgardians know them.

[reaperrabbit]

not seen?

oh. sure. like the different circles of heaven and hell. ok.
yea travel tends to be one way so ppl don't exactly come back to talk about it.

[abit_ofboth]

That is as good a way to put it as any. Most cannot see the other branches of Yggdrasil. I do believe most humans do not even know the tree exists at all, except perhaps in myth.

People where you are from do not return from other realms?

[reaperrabbit]

the only way to get to heaven or hell is by dying. you don't typically get a return trip from that.

[abit_ofboth]

Ah, I see. So heaven and hell are Valhalla and Hel. They are not the same as the realms to which I am referring. You do not need to die to reach any of the Nine realms. Or at least Valhalla is different. You don’t return from that, but why would one want to?

[reaperrabbit]

i guess. angels don't seem to bother much with coming back to earth usually, either, afaik. they've got enough to do in heaven, ig.
but hel's different?

[abit_ofboth]

Well, it is a bit. I admit it is where those not killed in glorious battle reside after death, but there are tales of people visiting and returning from there. The other realms are easily visited while alive and well.

[reaperrabbit]

easily as long as you can see them, it sounds like.

i'm assuming this place isn't one of them or you wouldn't stay somewhere that takes away your powers or one of your whole senses. this isn't a realm you can come and go to as you like.

[abit_ofboth]

That is true. From my experience though, it only seems to be the humans of Midgard that are unaware, and depending on which timeline you are from. Where I am from the information has become known amongst the people of Earth.

Alas, no. This place is completely unknown to me. I sometimes wonder if this is simply a larger pocket dimension we are all trapped in. All I really know is that whatever brought us here is very powerful.

[reaperrabbit]

spose it'd have to be. not only bringing us, but suppressing all the powers people have... depending on how they got those powers in the first place, you'd have to be smth on the order of god, almost, to do that.

[abit_ofboth]

Even gods can be trapped in such places. Not all are created equal.

[He will never admit to saying such things. Just saying.]

[reaperrabbit]

rly? well damn. that doesn't bode too well for the rest of us getting out of here.

[abit_ofboth]

No it does not. Whomever or whatever brought us here is not to be underestimated.