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[actingstorm]

[Anyone who pays any sort of attention to American football is going to recognize the guy who's showing up on the network tonight. He's Ronnie "the Rocket" Stein, star quarterback for the Gateway City Guardians. Judging by the size and angle of the picture, he's accessing the network from a mobile phone.]

So...this is the Numbered network thing, huh? I've looked around a little, can't say I've actually posted to this thing before. It's a little too weird for me, you know? But if it's going to keep getting weirder, if I'm reading this thing right.

[Because he's gone back and looked at things. You people are all strange.]

Not like I've found any answers to my particular brand of weirdness, I gotta say.

[He leans back a little bit.]

Can anyone tell me if it's normal to be getting the same...things...as someone else?

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[switch_over]

It was frustrating, to say the least.

Apparently the exact same thing is mostly unheard of, but similar things are more likely.

That's the most I really got.

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[actingstorm]

Yeah, I thought that might be about as much as I'd get out of asking.

[He sighs.]

It's cool. Just...kind of frustrating wondering what's up with this, you know?

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[switch_over]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

[She wasn't really, but she could pretend.]

It's one of the more annoying things about this whole thing, yeah.

So just what's happening with you and the other person?

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[actingstorm]

So far? We're both just running a little hot, getting back a couple of memories.

[That's all he's willing to admit publicly right now, at least.]

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[switch_over]

[Running hot? Well... She could see that, in the looks department at least. Though she'd never actually say that.]

Basically the same here, I've only had a couple similar memories to someone else.

Well that and the hair and eyes, but those stand out a bit more.

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[actingstorm]

Yeah, I see how they would.

...did the hair and eyes come with anything else? Like...weird powers or something like that you guys shared?

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[switch_over]

The hair and eyes were just me, as far as I know.

I haven't hung around the other person to see if have anything else in common aside from the memories.

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[actingstorm]

You weren't curious?

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[switch_over]

I was, but I also didn't want to spend anymore time with the person.

They were annoying.

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[actingstorm]

Yeah, but they might pop up again somewhere.

[There's a pause.]

Or you could end up with some crazy psychic bond or something like that.

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[switch_over]

Exactly, I don't want to run into them again if I don't have to.

[She pauses for a second then considers that last bit.]

...Especially if something like that were to happen.

So... Do you hear the other persons thoughts now, or what?

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[actingstorm]

No. No, thank God.

[There's a sigh.]

But if one of us gets hurt...the other feels it. Stuff like that.

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[switch_over]

[That's a mildly disturbing thought.]

Oh... That's the first I've heard about something like that.

That sucks. A lot.

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[actingstorm]

Yeah, especially since the first time we figured it out, I'd gotten sacked on the field. They thought Dad was having a heart attack out in the stands.

[He does not sound happy about that.]

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[switch_over]

Wait.

You're connected like that with your dad?

[She doesn't normally feel very sympathetic to other people on the network, but this was just a strange case right here.]

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[actingstorm]

Yeah. Of all the people in the world, my dad.

[He's so unhappy about that.]

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[switch_over]

That is a shitty deal right there.

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[actingstorm]

[There's an exasperated sigh.]

Tell me about it.