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[necrowmantic]

[When Henry appears on the feed, he's somewhat bloodied up. There's claw marks on his face, bloody punctures at his throat and along one arm, as if he'd been attacked by some large predator. He doesn't look to be in any serious danger, though, and he grins up at the video with his usual sort of good nature.]

Hey guys! So who else has been having an extra murderous fantasy or five? You know, really-kind-of-awesome intrusive thoughts, when you're talking to someone, and suddenly want to rip their head off? Or peel back the skin of their face 'cause it looks soft, or slit their ankles open or--

Well, you get my meaning! And sure, most of that's normal enough to think, but not this much! And since no one else's gonna come out and ask, I will--

Isn't it great?

[The laughter there's enthusiastic too, maybe too much. It's hard to tell over the feed, but he looks a bit underslept.]

I guess I mean- how weird is this, huh? From the people I've talked to, it's not just me being a bit more bloody-minded either! Soooooo I was wondering how widespread this really was! And if it's gone beyond crazy thoughts.

Like, I think I broke into someone's house and smashed their stuff, so if that was yours- uh, sorry about that.

Maybe someone put something in the water again. Other than that, I'm totally out of theories!

[Henry seems about to shut it off there, but there's a scratching noise behind him, and he sighs.]

One last thing- anyone else having a liiiittle bit of trouble with their powers today?

[He twists the camera around, to show a large, three-legged shadow-wolf lurking, scraping its way along the ground towards him. Its remaining limbs are twisted up, and just watching it walk is uncomfortable. Limp, crow-like wings sprout from behind its shoulderblades, and drag uselessly at the dirt. There's blood spattered around, along its muzzle; whatever this thing was, it wasn't friendly.]

...I made that, but I wasn't trying to. And it's not listening to me either- kind of weird, huh?

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[averagemedium]

[He really doesn't trust himself not to look and sound totally horrified, so... text it is.]

oh my god, what even IS that

are you okay?

no, scratch that, that does not look remotely okay, tell me you're not bringing it home

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[necrowmantic]

[His hands are still in good working order, and with three legs the creature's easy enough for him to dodge now.]

Who knows!

Okay, I know it's made out of my shadow, but it's nooot listening to me and I can't kill it.

I tried to make a sword and everything, but it just gave it wings!

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[averagemedium]

...so the whole thing is just on the fritz, do you have any idea how worrying that

Okay. Okay, have you tried just using a regular one? If you have one, anyway. Could bring you mine and see if plain weapons work to get rid of that.

still going to have to do it yourself though. I'm not very good with the thing yet.

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[necrowmantic]

I can prooobably find something physical to bash it in with. Or I could keep using shadows to see what else pops out... something's gotta be sharp and not attack me, right?

Still not feeling murderous enough to try it out yourself~?

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[mulletrock]

Sorry to burst your sadistic streak but that's nothin' to be proud of. As for the whacked out wolf. I'm not even gonna comment.

[Sure, Dean's feeling the same way and it's too much like his time in the pit. He'll never admit to it. No use making himself seem crazier than he already is.]

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[necrowmantic]

I'm not proud of it exactly, it's just normal! But I've been getting the impression that it's suddenly become normal for everyone else too, which is kind of weird. What about you, any murderous mind lurking~?

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[mulletrock]

Sorry but that's not normal. Whoever told you that was lying through their teeth.

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

[The Doctor has indeed been experiencing disturbing thoughts of just the sort Henry is describing, but he doesn't like thinking about them, much less talking about them. So he'll concentrate on the wolf.]

...then what were you trying to make? I assume you were trying to make something else and that ended up happening instead.

[If it wasn't clearly dangerous, he'd feel sorry for this poor, twisted creation.]

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[necrowmantic]

I was trying to take out my crows- I have a few that I make a lot, right? And instead this came out...

[Henry's carefully keeping out of chomping distance, but the deformed wolf is still following him.]

I tried making friends, but it didn't seem very interested!

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[goesagainst_thegrain]

...yes, it seems rather more interested in sampling your blood than licking your hands.

You didn't do anything... different, try anything new this time?

[This situation is stressful enough without worrying about people's powers going insane.]

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[livedtwice]

So, it's gotten worse for you? And there are others?

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[necrowmantic]

Worse? You mean more interesting! But yup! Seems a widespread condition too.

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[livedtwice]

[Harry doesn't even bother correcting him, because the fact that Henry is that way seems perfectly logical right now. And also, because he's biting back the urge to tell him he'll show him worse, blood and all.]

Do you think the gods know about it?

[kuramaless]

Whoa--

[It's quiet awe though, he still wants to keep looking at that shadow though.]

Is it still there?

[necrowmantic]

Until I figure out how to kill it, yeah.

[Though now it has two heads, and looks even more miserable.]

Pretty cool, huh?

[kuramaless]

It's really a shadow?

[He's still watching, trying to lean over to look around Henry at the huge thing.]

How did you even cut a shadow?

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[lookingfordragon]

I see your hands are back to normal... Bet the local wild life is really grateful.

What was that before?
[At the moment shes to annoyedto care about hiding her temper or being polite.]

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[necrowmantic]

The chickens weren't permanent, sad to say.

[He smiles back at the annoyance, cheerful as ever, even if there's something slightly... off, about it. More than usual.]

And it's a shadow creature! It's my power here, to control these things. But this one's being bad.

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[lookingfordragon]

So it wasn't alive before? Thats a relief, I was having captain Kurotsuchi flashbacks then...
Can't you just control it? Into being good I mean.

[Makes her glad to have strength, no need to worry about that turning on her.]

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[daddyissues]

[ Connor is having lots of those thoughts, so knowing that it isn't just him has been helping him feel less crazy. Even if this particular message is from Henry, who he's not sure it's safe to be around normally. And he's broken things, too, but... ]

Are you saying your shadow is sentient?

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[necrowmantic]

They sort of are, aren't they? As much as something made from a bit of darkness can be, but I don't really understand how the magic works.

[He shrugs, unbothered by the creature slowly stalking him.]

This one picked up a bit too much of its own mind.

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[daddyissues]

[ He has an idea of how it works, and nnnnooooo that's not really how. Connor watches the wolf advance and makes ^that face. ]

Why don't I try and take care of that for you?

[feathery]

[Paranoia immediately links three-legged wolf with crow wings to Jack Noir and Davesprite's hackles go up.]

can you kill it

[feathery]

can i kill it

[necrowmantic]

[His response doesn't come until some hours later, after he's gotten rid of it and knocked himself out in the process.]

Too late~

Should I make you another?