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[bastardofipswich]

[ BEHOLD... a teen witch sitting on his bed. He seems way too energetic, considering he's indoors and doing nothing. (lbr he's nursing a magic-high right now, and it's got him feeling both restless and aimless at the same time.) ]

Hey, show of hands, who here's got too much free time right now? [ HE'LL START. Look at that hand go up. ] Come on, at least one of you watching raised your hand, too. So let's do something about it. Get drunk in public, find a corner to loiter on, a shop to vandalize, you know, normal kids' stuff.

[ He grins. ]

Kidding! [ With a shrug and a careless wave of his hand. ] I'd get up to way worse than that if I wanted to be a public menace. [ Still kidding? EH. ]

Anyway, I can't be the only one here with nothing better to do, so who wants to play a game of Would You Rather? Look, I can even start:

[ He claps his hands together and makes a show of thinking. ]

Would you rather... Have superpowers, but die young. Or be perfectly average, and live a long, painfully uneventful life?

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[bastardofipswich]

You don't have to be. But in my experience, it's not so bad.

[ Hahahaha yeah, Chase, keep telling yourself that. ]

Anyway! Your turn.

[supersweet]

[ Jon frowns. ]

My turn? Uh. Probably being, like, normal. I'd like it, I think. Being able to do sports 'n stuff.

[bastardofipswich]

No, like-- the game. You give me two things to choo--

[ Wait. ]

Why can't you play sports?

[supersweet]

Oh. Uhhh. I'm just not allowed too. That's all.

[ One, because it's unfair and secondly, because it reveals the secret. ]

[bastardofipswich]

[ Uhhhh huh... ]

Strict parents?

[ Just use your powers to cheat at sports! That's what Chase does. ]

[supersweet]

[ Jon is too good for that. ]

Overprotective parents.

[bastardofipswich]

Same thing. [ LIKE HE HAS ANY IDEA. His parents were neither strict nor overprotective. ] You've got to break some rules!

[supersweet]

[ Jon's answering look is flat. ]

That sounds like a terrible idea.