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Who: Ophiuchus
Where: Ophi dorms.
When: Day 102, afternoon/eveningish.
What: Chillin' in the dorms

[At some point in the afternoon, you might spy a rather odd-looking fish floating around in midair. Its scales appear to be made out of delicate, two-toned glass that shift colors depending on how you look at it.

If you stare at it long enough, it floats over and stares back.]

(( IC sign-ups for the Mirror game on Saturday! If you can't (or don't want to) thread, you can just assume that Mirror caught your Ophi character at some point and asked them to help out. More OOC info will go up on Saturday as well. ))

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[aren't you the cutest little fish?] I'm Jin, though you probably knew that, seeing as how you're one of my superiors.

Knowing isn't the same as being told... that can be very different.

[tilts until she's swimming upside-down, fins continuing to paddle in slow circles]

[nods] I can see what you mean; I remembered my name the same day that Jo came to see me, but if I hadn't, hearing my name from him would have been quite different from remembering it for myself.

[reaches out a hand, but pauses before touching the fish's belly] Ah, may I? You look very smooth.

[swims in closer, so that her belly touches his finger. the scales are smooth and glassy.]

It tickles. Do you like him?

[strokes the fish gently] I was right. It's like touching glass. But then, you said you were Mirror. Jo . . . do I like him? That's a good question. In my last memory, I said that I loved him.

[flops onto on side, like a dog enjoying a belly rub.]

Love ... does he know? Did you tell him?

Not yet. I may, I may not. He doesn't seem to know where I stand with him. I should allow him to sort out how he feels before pressing my feelings on him, don't you think?

[huh, the scales feel funny if I run my finger backwards against them.]

[they do! sharper too, sharp enough to cut if you do it at just the right angle.]

Love is a terribly strange thing.

[yes, Jin found that out the fun way - first-hand experience. He lifts his finger curiously and watches the blood well a bit, before resuming stroking the fish - the proper direction. Hope she doesn't mind being decorated with a few streaks of blood.] Is it? I'm not sure I have much experience with it.

[doesn't seem to notice the blood]

D-did you lie? Did you tell a different truth?

I like the phrase 'different truth'. It seems most appropriate.

Mmm ... the truth is like that. It has angles and fractures ...

[put his other hand to his forehead for a moment, then nods again] From what I've seen, most people don't want truth; they want comforting lies that let them keep a smile on their faces. Or they want paranoid lies that allow them to pretend they're better people than they are.

[quiet for a moment]

S-soft and sharp?

Hmm. A fair way to describe it. My old team would have liked me more if I'd understood this when I woke up. I didn't know until they'd already decided I was too 'bad' to be one of them that they'd prefer I feed them soft lies.

Already ... m-maybe it's better. To be here.

That's the conclusion I'd already come to. I'd much prefer be the one carrying out orders than the one they're carried out on. Better to be the one issuing them, but unless I'm mistaken, I'll have my chances for that here as well.

Then that is what you want? To command?

I remember being in command. It was satisfying.

Then truly, this is a better position.

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