Fourth Selfie (backdated to day after the fire) - Voice (lolococo416)

[threatenwithcuteness]

*No video because Lola doesn't feel cute enough for video. This is a strictly practical call for assistance and as such she's seeing zero reason to wake up enough to do her hair or anything like that.*

*Cause the girl is tired. So very tired. All the tired. And she sounds all the tired. And a little concerned. And a little like she doesn't really believe what she's saying.*

So... um... a lot of people here have weird silly nonsense powers. How did you know, um, that you had any? Or what they do? Or how to make them do what you want?

And did they make you tired all the time?

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[alchemyfreak]

Make any new friends?

[It wouldn't be the first time he heard of someone draining the energy from someone else.]

Anything you can think of being different around when it started? Particularly the first day?

[He's less interested in her not speaking up before and more interested in isolating a common factor. There was way too much going on in this place lately.]

[threatenwithcuteness]

Um... when it started? No... same people I usually see. There weren't any new regulars at the diner either. No new students in class...

*Lola was good at people, it was a part of how socially aware she was. So if she met anyone creepy when this started. She'd think she'd notice.*

Um... no. Oh! Wait, one of the regulars at the diner passed on her second cup of coffee, which she always has. I remember because she was wearing the ugliest top and jacket combo I've ever seen.

Does that help?

[alchemyfreak]

[Not really what he was thinking, Lola.]

Not unless you're particularly close to her. Something like that shouldn't be lingering this long, if say it was her causing it that one time.

[If she was a regular and might be causing something every day maybe, but Ed didn't trust that angle for a second.]

I'm thinking closer to home. New room mate, new friend, anyone you've been around more recently than usual. If someone else is causing it they might not be doing it intentionally, but if you're the one doing something it might be one isolated person.

It might not be related to people at all, this isn't really much to go on...

Aside from the fire, was anything else unusual last night? For you personally, I mean.

[threatenwithcuteness]

I've been too tired to really keep track of what could be making me so tired.

*Honestly she was the worst person to ask about this, and the topic is her so she should be pretty good at it. She knows she isn't sad, or depressed, she just isn't sure what Ed's looking for. She meets lots of people, but none had so much impact to make her think 'they did this.'*

Um... Keith's armor kinda... got clean by itself, and his wounds disappeared. A lot of people felt a little better after I gave them water and stuff. And the looked less... well done, I guess? But maybe I was just seeing things thinking they were more hurt than they were.

[alchemyfreak]

[Okay, whatever to literally everything else she just said, because-]

His wounds disappeared?

[The rest he could buy her imagining, but that was a little much.]

[threatenwithcuteness]

Well I didn't strip him naked to check, but his leg stopped hurting?

At least that's what he said.

[alchemyfreak]

[Lola, wtf.]

Okay, so how sure are you that powers aren't a thing where you're from?

In my world I learned a lot of things that weren't supposed to exist did. They were just kept secret.

[threatenwithcuteness]

Like, a billion percent sure. This is the sort of thing that would be all over the news if it were a thing.

*Lola that's not even remotely how percents work.*

[alchemyfreak]

Yeah, so would talking chimeras and homunculi where I'm from.

[None of this works that way, Lola.]

What are the chances it's something you picked up here? I've seen that happen before too. Someone might be running around without their abilities right now because you have them, instead.

[Mizore's powers had made snowball fights easier, but he certainly missed alchemy when that happened. There was little that would beat transmutation in Ed's opinion.]

[threatenwithcuteness]

I have no idea what those words mean.

*So she's ignoring that in favor of something she can answer.*

I mean, I did get an operation to make my hair change color, and the portal did turn me into an evil skank once. So I guess it could be something here that did this...

But then it could have been anyone else doing it too.

[alchemyfreak]

[Okay fine, miss his point. It's not important anyway, the idea that she naturally has these abilities has basically evaporated with further consideration.]

They did that with an operation?

[He just makes a face at the evil skank part, Lola you don't know the realities of evil skanks tbh. She's not going to see that reaction so just a bit of silence before clearing his throat.]

Sounds like something to keep an eye on and see if you notice it happening again? Unfortunately I don't know much about natural powers, but I doubt there's only one specific way they manifest.

[threatenwithcuteness]

That's not what's responsible for this. If this is actually anything. I had this done months ago.

*Why does everyone think that getting a little bit of surgery to make your hair change color naturally is such a big deal!?*

I don't need a babysitter.

[alchemyfreak]

I didn't say it was.

[He was only curious but damn she got defensive fast, so he's just going to drop that one.]

You asked for information, I was only trying to help. Since this isn't really my thing, thinking maybe you should see if anything else happens seemed like the most logical answer.