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[blackestwitch]

Two questions for you all. One of them minor but kind of personally important. The second more of an excuse for you to ramble at me.

Okay, first. How do people usually keep track of birthdays around here? Because I should be turning sixteen very soon, except now it's like May and I've lost a bunch of months. Do I have to do math to figure out when I turn sixteen or do I just keep saying I'm fifteen for another half a year? This is important. I could be driving.

Setting that aside for a moment, an open question. More of a request, really. Can you tell me about magic in your world? I always assumed magic was kind of a universal constant, but from what little I've learned, it seems like magic can come in many different forms depending on the world. So tell me about yours.

I'd be happy to answer any questions about my world's magic in return. I can't use it myself but I ran a podcast about it. Maybe I'll even compile the information I learn here into something like that.

Maddie out.

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[have_hat_will_travel]

I meant a different meaning of the word. For example, I'm a 21st-level Succubus, a 21st-level Bard, and a 21st-level Avowed.

Bards don't take typical school classes to learn their work, usually... Actually, I think only Wizards really commonly do that. Maybe Aristocrats?

[blackestwitch]

A succubus? Like the sex demons?

[have_hat_will_travel]

Yes. I'm trying to stay upfront about that as part of my survival strategy of "Be honest about myself and my abilities, so people know what I can do, and thus have an easier time seeing that I'm not doing that."

The fact that I'm still alive is a sign that the strategy is working.

[blackestwitch]

I don't see what good telling me would do then. I wouldn't be able to see you doing anything.

That's a joke.

Because I'm blind.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Right. Though, you could still potentially recognize symptoms in other ways. It's... Complicated.

[blackestwitch]

I'll take your word for it.

Although it's also possible you're being up-front about this because those aren't your actual abilities, but it's what people are now looking for. And you can go about using your real abilities in secret.

[have_hat_will_travel]

The fact that I didn't consider this - or at least I'm claiming to not have considered this - shows that I'm not as good of a planner as I should be.

Which is a thing I do need to keep in mind. Revealing myself as being of an inherently untrustworthy race will, of course, inspire mistrust. Makes sense. Question's what I do about it.

[blackestwitch]

Sometimes oversharing is a bad idea.

[have_hat_will_travel]

It's a lot easier when I don't have to earn trust, for sure.

Which, to be clear, that's one of a succubus' powers, is the ability to basically take trust.

It's complicated.

[blackestwitch]

Oversharing.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Right.

Sorry.