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[santodifenice]

- Infernal device...

[The feed starts with difficulties, a bit of white noise and no image before it finally connects, showing Ikki fumbling with the device and obviously having no idea how to make it work. When it seem to him that it's working he finally leaves the object rest a bit.]Hn, seems I've figured how to make this thing work finally, now

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[greentongued]

[Huh. Todd eyes the message on his little phone screen warily, trying to decide if he ought to say something or not, before talking back. Aphrodite and Chronos would be pretty rockin' mutant code-names, he figured. So maybe this guy is one, too.]

Last thing I r'member, it was year 2001. And what's it to you, if somebody else's powers don't work? Do yours?

[He's too suspicious to admit right away that his aren't working, either.]

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[santodifenice]

[The existence of the saints isn't so much a forced secret as just something that it's better to not be known by the wide public to avoid useless worry and some people trying to take advantage of the situation somehow. But really, he has never been told to not talk to others about it, if it was an absolute secret, after all, how would new people arrive to it? He doubts they really pull off the 'steal 100 orphans' card every generation to fill the positions.]

I asked if anyone else had noticed it. Mine are completely sealed, it's like being a normal human again.

[And it's... Frankly more annoying that he would like to admit. The inability to even scan his surroundings with his Cosmos to find other people, to see who else is there. Even something as basic as that was sealed and it made it feel as if he was deaf and blind.

Anyway he focuses on the other part.]

2001... That's the XXI century already. Definitively not where I was going.

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[greentongued]

Oh. Well, okay, mine are all not workin', too. I can't even jump! S'drivin' me crazy, man.

[He is just grateful his tongue is still there, or he'd really be going crazy.]

So wait, you were... goin' somewhere before you got dumped off here?

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[santodifenice]

[He's just going to assume he means jumping in ways humans normally don't.]

Has this happened to you before?

I was, last I remember I was trying to follow Athena's lead towards a red nebula which should lead me to the XVIII century. If this place follows your time, I landed quite far from my objective.

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[neverhero]

2009 where im from bro
and yeah ive noticed
my abilities are sealed and whats worse i cant even open my damn sylladex
gotta do all this shit the hard way

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[santodifenice]

[Ikki doesn't do text, mostly because asking him to have figured how to type on the phone is a b it too much. So he replies in audio, however he doesn't mind the text, or the weird way of typing, it's not as if he's a grammar and spelling fan after all.]

The XXI century then, not good but it's not too far in time yet.

You can't open... [Wait a second, he's going to check his own pandora box...] I don't know what a sylladex is, but my pandora box is opening without problems. Not that it serves of anything as it is now.

I suppose whoever brought us here wants to be sure we entertain them completely.

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[neverhero]

ok let me try and put this so you can understand
a sylladex is an inventory type of system
youve got two decks of cards
one for regular shit and one for your weapons
anything you pick up is automatically transferred to your sylladex
what modus you have installed is the method shits organized and how you get it out
and each modus has its own settings that can be personalized for easier use
now think about that
used to always having that at my disposal and then bam
having to carry shit without it
pain in the ass man

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[santodifenice]

[Well, that's quite technical sounding and he doesn't really get all of it, but he does get the idea and understand it.]

A huge pain in the ass, if you ask me. I suppose I'm kind of in the same boat, I may be used to carry things around but I usually I could just summon my Cloth even if I wasn't carrying it. Doubt it will work now.

I take this has never happened before to you, has it? Your sylladex and other abilities being locked.

[crams_til_4am]

[The whole time Ikki had been talking, Tsutomu had been shuffling through his pockets. after finally getting it (and...dropping it) he shows his face on the screen.]

Erm...I remember it being 2011 before I got here.

A-anyways, who is this, and what do you mean 'unnatural abilities'?

[santodifenice]

Again the XXI century.

[That's three out of three so far, all different years but within the same century. It still isn't terribly bad, though, if it's indeed the XXI century there should still be someone he knows around, even if it's a grown up Kiki.]

I'm Phoenix Ikki, and I mean what I said. Abilities, skills or powers that normal humans would consider things beyond the realm of reality. I could be more specific but I've seen enough to know that I don't know all there is in the world, so being specific is pointless.

[Not to mention that he doesn't even expect to be in the same time he was before, who knows how things could have changed in years.]

[crams_til_4am]

O-oh. I never really noticed that. I guess it's because I don't really have those kind of powers.

[He'll just give Ikki a nervous laugh there.]

What powers did you have before they sealed off, or however you said it?

[santodifenice]

I could move at the speed of light, for example. Does it really matter? With them sealed off it's not as if I can use them to find a way out of here.

[He has no issues with talking about his powers in general but going in detail description makes him uncomfortable.]

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[westerned]

S'two-thousand eleven, ain't it? An' I ain't got no special powers. Yer sayin' you do?

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[santodifenice]

Not for me, but it being the XXI century seems to be the norm so far.

[Anyway he nods, he really has no reason to hide it, even if he can't prove it.]

I do, at least before I woke up here. They are sealed now apparently.

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[westerned]

Really?!

[[COOOL.]]

What could'ja do?

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[santodifenice]

I never stopped to count or classify what I could do.

[Does it even matter though? Honestly Ikki may have no problems talking about his powers but describing them is another matter.]

I could move at the speed of light for example.

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[stone_eyes_emil]

Uhm, if you still need help with how to use the communication machine, I could try explaining it to you?

Wait, you're saying... you have powers, and they're not working?

[He sounds almost hopeful]

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[santodifenice]

[Who said he needs help?! Except he kind of does, replying to his own post isn't hard but the device still escapes his complete control.]

Are you familiar with this type of machines?

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. Seems as if they have been completely sealed or removed entirely.

[But the second option isn't possible so it's obviously a seal in his opinion.]

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[stone_eyes_emil]

Well, a little. I can work mine, most of the time. What is it you're having trouble with? I'll do my best to explain it to you.

Is it happening to others, too? Not just you? How do your powers usually work?

S-sorry for all the questions...

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[santodifenice]

I can't figure out how to reply to the open messages other people make. Reply to this isn't hard and I suppose it should be the same for the others but this infernal thing likes to toy with me.

[It probably is something even a toddler would figure, but Ikki really isn't technology savvy and he's from a time in which there was nothing similar to this so...]

From the answers I'm getting it seems to be the norm. And my powers... They are just part of me, asking how they work is like asking how my arm works when I lift a weight.

[Aka he can't really explain that, though he could give off the theory but that's not really an answer.]