Virus post

[papillio_tempestatis]

Well, that was odd. A woman just dropped a ten-rhinu note, and when I tried to hand it back to her, she insisted on me keeping it as a reward for my honesty, and handed me two more as well. And then a falling roof tile just barely missed me... and hit Two Fire Herb.

And that was after the rain had cleared up just as I was going outside. I don't have the wings anymore, so I can't still be manipulating the weather... And that wouldn't explain the money, anyway. Everybody else seems to have gotten powers, and I just seem to be having a very good day.

And Two Fire Herb is having a very bad one, which is even stranger, because as far as I know he isn't even on the community.

It seems strange to have another virus so soon...

((OOC: Butterfly has acquired the power of Probability Manipulation - the catch is that it's operating unconsciously on her part. So she's getting good luck, and her enemies are having bad luck - even the ones she doesn't know are her enemies.))

Comments

[catears]

Maybe your ability is the ability to have really good luck!?

[papillio_tempestatis]

... Does that count as an ability?

[catears]

Probably. It's not a really cool one, though.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I suppose if it is an ability, it's at least a useful one.

[catears]

I wish I had that kind of ability. I mean, if you're just super-lucky then doesn't that mean that whatever you consider would be lucky will happen?

[papillio_tempestatis]

I suppose so. Or maybe anything that actually is lucky.

Of course, now I'm worried that I'm stealing luck from Two Fire Herb. He's been stumbling over things and getting hurt all day.

[catears]

That's probably just a weird coincidence since everyone has bad days.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I suppose so...

[catears]

Unless you're literally sucking all of his luck away. What if you're a luck sucker!?

[papillio_tempestatis]

That's what I was afraid of. Though I don't know if that's actually something you can do with luck...

[catears]

Well it's a superpower, they don't have to make sense.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I suppose you have a point.

What did you get, then?

[catears]

If I blink once in the direction of the TV, the TV turns on. If I blink twice, it turns off.

[ A pause. ]

It's probably a crappier power than yours.

[papillio_tempestatis]

... Does it work on anything else?

[Butterfly has pretty much no clue what a TV is or how it works. But she's aware that multiple things can turn on and off.]

[catears]

Clap on, clap off lights. Even the ones that aren't supposed to be claplights!

That's it. It's a laze-inducing power, really.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I... see. So, convenient, but not broadly useful.

[catears]

Exactly! I'd rather be lucky.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I think I'd still rather have something I can control.

[catears]

You probably can though! You just need practice!

[papillio_tempestatis]

How can I practice when I don't even realize I'm doing it?

[catears]

I don't know. Figure out how you do it? Try really hard to NOT have good luck.

[pawful]

[ 'sup, fellow probability manipulator — except her power doesn't seem to be working much these days. Because of this virus, probably. ]

... It's chance. Or, "luck" as that person put it.

[papillio_tempestatis]

Well, yes, I suppose so. It seems like an odd ability to have, though. I can't help but wonder if the community is making a joke, especially after giving me weather butterfly wings earlier.

[pawful]

Do you hate butterflies...?

[papillio_tempestatis]

Hm? No, I'm rather fond of them. It's a joke because my name is Pretty Butterfly.

[pawful]

[ weird. Is that really this person's name...? ]

I see. Then, this latest virus might be reflecting your name as well.

[papillio_tempestatis]

You think so, too? I'd heard, on Earth, there was a story about small things having big effects that sounded like the weather-butterflies we have here.

Or are butterflies just lucky where you come from?

[pawful]

People believe in both of those things... although, there are some who think butterflies are bad luck as well.

[papillio_tempestatis]

Really? Well, I suppose I could certainly be bad luck for certain people... I wonder if I could focus on making someone besides poor Two Fire Herb unlucky...

[pawful]

Maybe you should try it.

[papillio_tempestatis]

Hmm, maybe I should. It's a shame I don't get to keep this... if I could learn to direct it it could be really useful.

[pawful]

Very useful. You could even grant wishes with it.

[papillio_tempestatis]

I suppose I could at that. That would be something, wouldn't it?

[pawful]

It would depend on the wish, of course.

[papillio_tempestatis]

What would?

[pawful]

On whether it would be "something." Granting small, ordinary wishes wouldn't be much of anything.

[papillio_tempestatis]

Oh, I don't know. They're still wishes, being granted. That's something, isn't it?

[pawful]

If you say so.

[ personally, she's never bothered with the small things. They're too boring. ]

[papillio_tempestatis]

Did I say something wrong?

[pawful]

No. That's a rather common view, actually.

[papillio_tempestatis]

You still sound like you don't agree with it.

[pawful]

I'm a little selective when it comes to wish-granting.

[papillio_tempestatis]

... You actually do grant wishes?

[pawful]

Yes. [ sometimes. If they lead to entertaining results. ] ... The Witch of Miracles, Bernkastel. Nice to meet you, Pretty Butterfly.

[papillio_tempestatis]

Nice to meet you as well, Bernkastel.

[... Okay, now she's a little wary. Wish-granting powers and that attitude don't sound like a great combination.]