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[dereban]

[ As always, Raina posts under the username Queen, her icon just a simple black heart. ]

First things first: DST sucks, when are we getting rid of it?

Second of all, having too much free time means being curious about a few things. And you know what they say: 'curiosity killed the cat'. I was wondering if it really is uncommon for people to have better past lives than their current ones... and if it's uncommon to not have any physical changes or like, not gain any magical powers or anything like that?

That's all. Thanks in advance for any answers.

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[drydrown]

I can't really speak for how common it is, but my past life honestly wasn't any worse than my life is now. I was a worse person, morally speaking, but it wasn't affecting me adversely; I was well-off and content with the way things were going, if a bit impatient sometimes. But my quality of life was incredibly high and certainly nothing worth complaining about. The only truly unfortunate thing about it is that I died before I reached thirty, but I suspect most people's life expectancy wasn't exactly great.

No magic or anything, however. Physical changes, but no magic.

[dereban]

My condolences for the whole 'dying young' part of that. But that's interesting to know, at least.

What kind of physical changes, by the way?

[drydrown]

I could have do e without remembering that whole experience, but it's not like it matters anymore, I suppose.

It's just been changes to my hair and eyes so far. Color for both. Hairstyle as well.

[dereban]

Guess so.

And I see. But an entire hairstyle? That's pretty crazy. Not inconceivable, but crazy nevertheless.

[drydrown]

It got...very long all of a sudden. Very long and very...blue? Lavender? Somewhere in there. And my eyes are red now.

I didn't appreciate having to go to work looking like I was in the middle of a somewhat delayed rebellious stage, but everyone is used to it by now.

[dereban]

Huh.

Sudden hair growth certainly is... awfully convenient in some ways, though. Although I understand why it would definitely be strange to show up at work with a new change in hairstyle that you didn't get to choose.

[drydrown]

I work in a field where professionalism matters, so I'd certainly say so.

[dereban]

And what field is that, exactly?

[drydrown]

Legal. I'm an ADA.

[dereban]

Huh.

Yeah, that definitely is a job where you want to look the part...

[drydrown]

At least everyone stops caring after about a month.

[dereban]

Honestly, I feel like that's both a good and bad thing.

[drydrown]

The implications there aren't exactly the best, I'll grant that.

[dereban]

Yeah, they're not.

But I can't say much, honestly.

[drydrown]

It's something you get used to, either way. The general weirdness of everyone else not on the app.

[dereban]

Kind of sucks that everyone not on the application is considered 'strange' now... but I suppose it's just one more thing to deal with.

[drydrown]

Well, given that Retrospec is our current normal, I'd think it's to be expected. When alarming things happen and people either don't notice or don't react properly, they start looking like the strange ones.

[dereban]

Yeah.

Kind of makes you think a little bit.

[drydrown]

Somewhat. I'm one of those that was taken off the network for a while and then put back on, so it's a little surreal for me to think about just in general.

[dereban]

Oh.

That must be weird to think about.

[drydrown]

It could be worse, I suppose.