viii | voice; backdated to early morning

[invoking]

[ A voice post today. Having barely gotten any sleep from his inability to tune out the voices when he wanted to and Raven's power being hone, Gil doesn't want anyone to see the bags under his eyes and pale complexion.

His voice is forcibly calm the whole time. ]

I need to know who else was on that bus yesterday. The one where everyone's powers were supposedly switched. Was it really with someone else on the bus? No natives or maybe an imPort who wasn't on it?

[ A pause. ]

Did everyone at least make it out alright?


[ THIS PRIVATE FILTER IS SO WEAK IT MAY AS WELL JUST BE PUBLIC... ]

About yesterday... I didn't get to finish filing away all the papers, so it's a mess... and the copy machine was still running.

I'm sorry but I don't think I'll be able to come in for the next few days. If it's possible to request some time off and then work extra hours if needed later on-- [ He's not entirely sure how this works. ] I'll put in the extra hours.

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[soulbonder]

He was something else, now he is not. Now he is an... [what does Yuma call him] An astral being.

[invoking]

[ He... doesn't even know what that's supposed to mean. ]

It did that? Could it have been the Porter, maybe?

... And you?

[soulbonder]

Unfortunately human. [and super pissy, apparently] I never, ever wanted to be like... like this again!

[invoking]

I thought only the Porter had that sort of power.

[soulbonder]

[HUFFS] And now public transport does, too.

[invoking]

And if it's not temporary...

[soulbonder]

It must be temporary.

[invoking]

[ Don't think about that, Gil. ]

But how do we find out?

[soulbonder]

Waiting. Last time, I returned to my original form after 31 days.

[invoking]

This has really happened before? When?

[soulbonder]

December of last year.

[invoking]

I was gone by then. What happened exactly?

[soulbonder]

I woke up in the Porter room human.

[invoking]

The Porter had been the culprit back then?

[soulbonder]

I believe so, but I'm not certain.

[invoking]

Who else was affected?

[soulbonder]

Just myself.

[invoking]

... That's it?

[soulbonder]

Yes.

[invoking]

That doesn't help!

[soulbonder]

You were the one who asked the last time I was human.

[invoking]

But no one else was affected!

[soulbonder]

And?

[invoking]

It doesn't sound like the same thing...

Were your powers just gone? Or switched with someone?

[soulbonder]

You didn't ask if they were switched with someone, you simply asked the last time I was human.