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[possessum]

( This is not Peter Graham, though of course, posting anonymously takes away that possibility. The user didn't want to use the boy's network handle, to inevitably be seen through the filter of "Not Peter."

The user is trying to define his own identity. )

why did you choose your title here on this THING
what is the meaning
?
?

( ...Texting is still something he struggles with, though the demon has been watching and learning and forming his own conclusions on how to do it. Autocorrect is a life-saver. Two questions get two question marks. ....Even if they go in the wrong place. )

i will grant you a
GOLDEN COIN
if you
RESPOND

( ...For those who know Paimon fairly well, that particular offer of exchange might betray who he is. But the demon of Knowledge is curious to hear reasons, and within them: perhaps stories, memories, self-perceptions. There is a meaning to everything, whether simple or complex.

And perhaps by the end of it, he will know what title he would give himself, here on the network. )

Comments

[wannasmash]

I'm texting them right now?

[ That's the sound of the hint whooshing over his head. ]

I didn't always have friends to text.
Are you missing anyone from home?

[ One of the annoying things about Midoriya isn't that he's outgoing--he runs a little shy actually--but that if he catches even a whiff of vulnerability, like he thought he did two messages ago, he feels compelled to stick around even if he's nettled. Midoriya is emotionally sensitive in certain ways and kind of dumb in others. This drove Bakugou up the wall for years. ]

[opheliac]

never had a home.

well.

i use to.

[wannasmash]

Where you came from then. Your world.

[ It's a self-correction he's had to make a number of times, so he types and sends it readily. ]

[opheliac]

my sis is here so i have her.
i miss my dad tho.
he use to be here while i wasnt here.
but when i came
he left


its ok. this stuff happens w/ me.

[wannasmash]

Even so, it's important to have people who care around. I would have been lost without them, back in my world and here.
But if you go around calling people weak it pushes them away. And it doesn't help you make new friends.

[opheliac]

should prob tell fireball that.
hes been calling me names since i got here. 🤪🤪🤪

[wannasmash]

Kacchan? He knows. Everyone at home kind of got used to stuff he says not really matching what he does. He's actually a great Hero. If he forgets how to act like it, that's his fault.

He can come at me during practice for saying that.

[ He wonders if Jinx has seen the messages where Bakugou threatens Midoriya with death. In retrospect, he can't expect everyone to understand how they talk to each other as rivals. Oops. ]

[opheliac]

ok so if everyone is use to him
then u should get use to me
only fair! 😋

[wannasmash]

The thing is, you haven't struggled and proven yourself to be a good friend to these people you're talking to like that.
So of course it's not going to go over well.

[opheliac]

and how in the heck do u know that? mr.all knowing?
uve been watching me? 👀
didnt know i had a fan.
why not meet me??? dont be shy. 💙💙

1/2

[wannasmash]

[ He's very shy. ]

2/2

[wannasmash]

Because they're my friends, and I know that's how they react to people who don't know them saying stuff like that.

Will you think about what I've said?

[opheliac]

(...)

b/c uve been nicer than everyone else.............
fine. whatev.

[wannasmash]

[ He wonders if he should have been more reserved--but every time he does, he always comes to the same answer: no. He isn't sure what to expect. When she replies, he doesn't push it. ]

Thank you.

[opheliac]

yea yea. anyway off to ur friends now. they prob need u to coddle them or smth.

[wannasmash]

[ Ugh! ]

I think they'll be fine.

[opheliac]

iiiiidkkkkkkkkk.
they might need u to say more squish goody good words to make them feel all better.

[ not here ]

[wannasmash]

[ Ughhhhh!!! ]