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[loudmouths]

so i've got a question for people who've been around here for a long time

and sorry if this has been asked before; you can just direct me to the info or whatever

but

is there any way to suppress the weird pheromone crap that happens when this transformation stuff kicks in?

i mean i adore bein lusted after as much as the next guy, but it's kinda problematic sometimes

i guess if need be i could just lock myself in my apartment or whatever right

but i don't wanna be a prisoner for half the month, either

then again, i guess if there's no other way, then i've got no choice

anyway, yeah any info is much appreciated

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[trivialization]

If I know anything-

[ From her life in a trashy harem romcom. ]

-all you're going to do is build up a really high concentration in your apartment while you're hiding out there and get jumped by whoever inevitably decides you need a pity visit.

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[reachingfangs]

How'd you know that

[trivialization]

I spent a few years watching a bunch of idiots with way more access to mind and body-altering magic than anyone should have given them.

[reachingfangs]

Oh. That's how, huh.

[ Ah, what a relief to know that his own misadventures with Keigo's pheromones was the inevitable result of being part of yet another batch of idiots with way more access to mind and body-altering magic than anyone should have given them.

(Actually it isn't a relief.)

(Because he would really like to not have this weird moon curse.)

(But he is sort of reassured that she described such an accurate and detailed scenario because of her highly specific background and not because she's, y'know, psychic.) ]

So if you've got experience with this kinda magic, ain't there a way to... I dunno... un-magic it?

[trivialization]

What, decouple his soul from Cordis?

Without killing him or the moon?

Tricky.

[reachingfangs]

Wait.

Hold on.

What do you mean "without killing him"?! Who said anything about killing!!

[trivialization]

I suppose that does warrant more detail. If the transformation was simply imposed by an ordinary spell, like those said experience deals with, it would be trivial to reverse, or would simply wear off in time.

But it arises from the influences of the moons and the great tides of power that flow between the poles of magic, which are more fundamental to magic than the reordering and action of spirits which make up ordinary spellcraft. And that influence is directed upon the soul, which is also difficult to manipulate with magic, and comes to transform the body secondary to that.

To achieve something like being severed from the moons you would have to reach deep into a person's being with the most obscure and experimental magical techniques, and separate it from a vast power it has been reshaped to accommodate, and yourself refashion it into a form where it could sustain itself without that power.

So yes. The only sense in which it's not dangerous is that it's likely impossible in the first place.

[reachingfangs]

I see.

[ Renji doesn't. Or, rather, he sort of does, but only in the most basic sense. A murky glimpse of an elaborate, complex picture.

There's a long pause in his response as he digests the answer, before saying: ]

Likely impossible but not definitely impossible, right?
You sound like you got an idea of how to pull it off.

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[loudmouths]

[ cue some panicked fumbling before: ]

renJI

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[reachingfangs]

WHAT?!

[ look he was shook okay. ]

[loudmouths]

[ okay how is he gonna word this... does this thing have a private option...

fuck it the damage is done, right... ]

you just

gonna make a habit of blurtin out my business to everyone?

[reachingfangs]

[ Ah.............................................................






Renji really

didn't think this through.




Quick time for damage control. ]

Ah, sorry.
My bad.

[ There perfect. ]

[loudmouths]

[ so tempted to leave him on read...................

but we all know keigo has no self-control for that. ]

i guess it's fine because all you really did is just imply someone couldn't resist bein around me

[reachingfangs]

[ Well... that someone is feeling very called out right now. There's a long pause that shows Renji's embarrassment more than the deliberately dismissive response does. ]

That's what this post is about ain't it.

[loudmouths]

i suppose it is

but it was more of a generalized question...

[ 💅 ]

[reachingfangs]

Yeah started out that way. Then somehow it got real specific.

[ 😤 ]

[loudmouths]

"somehow"

yeah it's a real mystery how that happened......

[reachingfangs]

Oi!!! Don't say it like it's my fault!! I wasn't even the one who brought it up!!

[loudmouths]

that might be the case but you got the ball rollin down the hill

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[loudmouths]

you

don't say

[ because that's exactly what happened. ]

[trivialization]

Already? Smooth.

Since you've told me that much you may as well unburden yourself of the rest. How long were you in one place for? How much more potent was the effect?

[ Lab rat. ]

[loudmouths]

i wasn't plannin it or anything!!

[ let him die... ]

but um...

i was in my apartment for a while. i had woken up after sleeping through the night so... time awake plus sleeping, maybe a bit over twelve hours...?

but the other person was... well, they were an iris, and all of the moons were out and stuff, so...

[ does he really have to explain more... ]

[trivialization]

Is this the only experience you've had? If you can't compare there's not much to say.

You'd need a lot of exposures to test it rigorously.

[loudmouths]

when you say "experience," i'm guessin you mean with the weird pheromone stuff right

because exposing that to more people sounds irresponsible!!

Not here

[foolishjustice]

[...Okay, time to come up with a new plan.]