Superhell: Zelgadis

[polyglotti]

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[polyglotti]

It's possible, but why him? He's probably not even a risk to anyone trying to get into that party.

[hardrocklife]

Neither was Hunter. But someone who was concerned only with the numbers saw him as an easy target.

[polyglotti]

[Why are people like this?]

And now we have to go through all of this again...Whoever did it this week better answer.

[Four said nothing and Tuuri is still salty about that.]

[hardrocklife]

We'll see that they do.

[...]

I was meaning to ask what happened to you yesterday. Are you willing to talk about it?

[polyglotti]

[She looks apprehensive, but this is Zelgadis. She trusts Zelgadis. So she nods.]

Alright. Did you have a specific question in mind?

[hardrocklife]

How bad are those injuries? And what caused them?

[polyglotti]

Oh! All the face-bleeding was from an overuse of magic, I think. I've never used magic before but I got forced to use it while we were there. All of the stabs on my arms are actually wounds Lavi got, but they got copied to me though the magic-stuff that was going on.

[hardrocklife]

Magic...?

[Studying her...]

How did you end up using magic? Where were you?

[polyglotti]

It was a weird abandoned building full of skeletons, and this one huge, awful monster. We found this sort of...ritual chamber, I think? And I put my hand on a pedestal and things got really weird. I ended up connected to Lavi mentally and we had to work together to fight a giant skeleton.

[hardrocklife]

A mental connection? ... Are you two back to normal now?

[zel, not knowing what finnish is: wow so that's why they were talking nonsense to each other]

[polyglotti]

[Zel. Tuuri is a language nerd, she would teach you Finnish if you asked.]

We are now, yeah. Once we got back the connection was gone.

[hardrocklife]

[A nod.] Good.

What about the other two?

[that's not a very specific question but like. gestures broadly at them. what happen.]

[polyglotti]

If you mean why did they turn into girls, I think it's because they died at one point. Then they got replaced by those two girls for a little while.

[hardrocklife]

[......]

That can happen?

[polyglotti]

I don't think that normally happens, or else people would be replacing everyone who died here. It was just a part of whatever nonsense we got involved in.

[hardrocklife]

[even out your mg's gender ratio with this one weird trick--]

I see. More strange magic, perhaps...

What kind of magic was it, anyway? You said you were forced to use it?

[polyglotti]

It called us necromancers at one point, so...necromancy?

[hardrocklife]

You mean... controlling the dead?

[polyglotti]

[Suddenly thinking back to a specific part that definitely involved bodies. Hm.]

Yes....?

[hardrocklife]

It can be gruesome stuff.

You all right? ... Besides your wounds.

[polyglotti]

[It sure can be gruesome, yes.]

I think so? I'm pretty resilient, I can bounce back from just about anything.

[hardrocklife]

[He looks a little concerned, but there's no use in pushing.]

... All right. If you're sure.

[polyglotti]

I'm sure.

[She'll open up eventually. It just takes a lot for her to admit there's a problem.]

It is pretty annoying though, even moving my arm stings.

[hardrocklife]

That probably means you shouldn't move it too much.

[A sigh.]

... It's a shame we can't use healing magic here.

[polyglotti]

I won't.

[Even if it's boring to sit still.]

Your world has magic that just heals people like that?