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Post by Wilbur on Jun 24, 2011 23:54:36 GMT -5
Wilbur shook his head. "you would be surprised, a lot of people would have thought differently when i first discovered them, in fact some people think i would be better off without these powers in general." he stopped for a moment to think about it, or at least try to get rid of that horrible day, it was not easy being a wizard in such a huge family. After all, things were better now. Now that he was away from it
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Post by Shanti on Jun 25, 2011 0:07:41 GMT -5
"Well, in some cases, especially mine, that's true, but I think it's different with you." She said. "I mean, think of all the good you could do with them. Even if they cause harm now, in time you'll learn to use them for the greater good. To help people." As a whitelighter it was her beleif in the greater good that kept her going. Despite how much she disiked being a whitelighter, she still liked what they stood for. Keeping peace and balance in the world. "I'm sure your loved ones are very proud of you."
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Post by Wilbur on Jun 25, 2011 0:24:25 GMT -5
"Well, in some cases, especially mine, that's true, but I think it's different with you." She said. "I mean, think of all the good you could do with them. Even if they cause harm now, in time you'll learn to use them for the greater good. To help people." As a whitelighter it was her beleif in the greater good that kept her going. Despite how much she disiked being a whitelighter, she still liked what they stood for. Keeping peace and balance in the world. "I'm sure your loved ones are very proud of you." Wilbur was about to scoff and roll his eyes. Loved him? Last time he checked, his mom thought he was a freak. Not even a good freak at that. "Never thought about it that way before. in fact most of the time back home, i used my powers or at least tried to use them to make people happy. It seemed to work for the most part." Wilbur shook his head. "Enough of my sob-story though," he took a seat on one of the chairs. "I never would have thought being different would be so much work."
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Post by Shanti on Jun 25, 2011 0:32:55 GMT -5
"Well, it doesn't have to be." She said. "Just be yourself and people will love you." Of course, it never worked in her case, so maybe that wasn't the best of advice. "I mean, maybe they can be a pain sometimes but your powers are a part of who you are. And if some people can't accept that about you, try opening there eyes to what a great thing it is. And if it doesn't work out, it wasn't meant to be." She finished. She'd never tried that method out herself. She hadn't met anybody new, in so long. And because of that fact it seemed she was horrible in social sitautions.
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Post by flynn on Jun 25, 2011 0:51:09 GMT -5
"Tell ya what, i will take your advice if you do the same." Wilbur said. "My dad always used to tell me to Keep Moving Forward, i never really took much into what that meant but now i think i realize what it means, even with these powers i think we should try to make the best of it, and try to get through it. No matter what."
He frowned for a second. "That sounds a lot harder than it seems..."
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Post by flynn on Jun 25, 2011 0:51:30 GMT -5
(ooc: gosh darn it! wrong account!!!!grrr)
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Post by Kimiko on Jun 25, 2011 1:01:38 GMT -5
"Well see now that's different." She said, trying to plead her case. "Your powers were given to you because you're ment to have them. Mine were given to me because I died, plain and simple." Well, it was more than that. She died saving her family, but she wouldn't say that. Everybody seemed to think it was some great sacrifice, but she thought nothing of it. "I can't "keep moving forward" when it's obvious these powers aren't doing me any good at all."
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Post by Wilbur on Jun 25, 2011 1:05:19 GMT -5
Wilbur thought for a moment trying to absorb that thought. True he knew that the fact he was talking to a fallen angel would mean that the girl had died but it was still weird. "That kind of makes sense, i suppose." he said for a moment. "I guess that puts us on the same page, i don't actually think that i deserve or even need these powers. They are nothing but a harzard to people around me, hence the reason why i came here..."
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Post by Shanti on Jun 25, 2011 1:09:44 GMT -5
"But you're different." She insisted. "You do deserve them. I can sense it. I's kind of my species thing to sense beings of good." She said with a laugh. "I know you can learn to control them. I have faith in you." She said, of course perhaps she should have a little faith in herself. She yawned anbd checked the time on the giant clock in the library, it was getting late, but she ws enjoying herself. "Trust me." She said with a reasuring smile.
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Post by Chase Young on Jun 25, 2011 1:12:00 GMT -5
Wilbur smiled brightly as he stood up. "Well, i have faith in you too, ya know. If a scrawny kid like me can do it, then you can do it to. I mean what's the worst that could happen?" he probably shouldn't have said that, things always had a way of taking the wrong turn when he said things like that. but so far nothing had blown up so he had to be thankful for that
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Post by Shanti on Jun 25, 2011 1:18:01 GMT -5
"You don't get it." She said simply. "When i become a full whitelighter, powers and all, I have to be responsible for someone elses life. I have to keep them safe and make sure they stay alive. How am I supposed to do that when I can't even keep myself alive. More importantly what if I fail. If one of my charges died I'd never forgive myself. " She said quietly. It was something she'd never told anywbody. Yes, the reasons he didn't want to be a whitelighter was beause she was no good at it, but she was also incredibly insecure over whether or not she could actually be put in charge of another life.
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Post by Wilbur on Jun 25, 2011 1:44:59 GMT -5
Wilbur opened his mouth to respond to that, "Eh...." he closed it again. How could one respond to that. "I don't suppose you could just quit huh?" of course that was a very stupid question. One couldn't quit being what they were.
"I'm sure...I'm sure you'll do fine, it might not seem like it, but i am going to say what you told me." he said. "You need to believe in yourself."
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Post by Kimiko on Jun 25, 2011 2:46:57 GMT -5
"If only it were that easy." She said with a sigh. "But I geuss i have no choice." She'd get over her fear eventually, but for right now she just couldn't let it go. It wasn't exactly easy knowing you'd have to protect another life someday soon. It was like having a kid or something like that. Shanti just didn't feel ready in either case.
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Post by Wilbur on Jun 25, 2011 2:49:57 GMT -5
"Believe me i know the feeling. I mean i suppose its more pressure on the guardian angel than the person being guarded huh?" he asked with a smirk. "Since the person being protected just has to stay out of trouble, but then again i guess that depends on the person..."
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Post by Shanti on Jun 25, 2011 2:55:29 GMT -5
"That's another thing, what if the person I'm assigned to hates me?" She asked. Hopefully that wouldn't happen, but things just never seemed to go her way, so she had a bad feeling it would. "How about we stop talking about my messed up after life and get back to finding something for you." She said with a nervous laugh. She looked around the library and finally realized what a mess had been made. "And maybe get to cleaning this place up before somebody finds it like this and we both wind up dead." She said jokingly.
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