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[unvirgin]

[ yeah, between this and the text she'd just received, dana's pretty sure something's up with her phone. or maybe something's up with everyone's phones. although this isn't the first time there's been a weird glitch. before, it had been some kind of purposeful hacking. ]

After my what?

I've never even done yoga. Although I can't say I've never considered it.

[engender]

( ... dana is not the same name as constantine. and though it's close in alphabetical order he doesn't know a dana. he put in john's name. )

This wasn't meant for you.

[unvirgin]

I kind of figured that part out.

[ but she's more amused by the mix-up than anything else. ]

Who was it supposed to go to?

[engender]

Someone else.

He does naked yoga.

[unvirgin]

Someone else here?

[engender]

Can you message anybody else outside of this town?

[unvirgin]

Okay, point taken.

I'm just surprised the townspeople haven't made a fuss about it. The naked yoga, I mean. They seem to be very traditional about those kinds of things.

[engender]

Really, the sacrificing townspeople in long, flowing robes have problems with doing yoga. In the nude. The townspeople's personalities are as interchangeable as the setting.

[unvirgin]

Well, they're not always wearing the robes. I think that might be a weird phase.

[engender]

Sigils are markings. They're used in the dark arts. It sounds evil. It's not.

[unvirgin]

"Dark arts" sounds kind of evil all on its own, you know.

[engender]

I thought the same. It's about how it's used and who uses it. Like any weapon.

[unvirgin]

Well, when you put it that way, it seems a little less... dark? I'm guessing your original text recipient isn't using them for that kind of purpose.

[engender]

No. He was trying to see if there's a way out.

[unvirgin]

Oh.

[ and she may have mixed feelings on the subject herself. ]

Any luck so far?

[engender]

The town or Sodder stopped him from getting too far. He may have been flung out from the circle of sigils. Hard.

[unvirgin]

Ouch.

Well, that makes sense considering everything I've heard about what happens when you try to leave.

[engender]

What else have you heard?

[unvirgin]

The closer you get to the edge of town, the worse you feel. Nosebleeds, migraines. Most people just black out.

[engender]

That's one way of keeping us in.

What about those of us who aren't human?

[unvirgin]

[ those of us is an interesting way of phrasing it. ]

I don't think anyone's really all that immune to it. Maybe they can make it a little farther, but otherwise...

[ she doesn't think she has to finish that sentence for him to figure it out. ]

[engender]

Otherwise they're lost? Do they have to be retrieved?

[unvirgin]

Otherwise they collapse too. Although based on what I've heard, sometimes the deer intervene, find a way to get them safely back across the boundary.

[engender]

Do they die? And come back?

[unvirgin]

I've never heard of anyone dying, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened.

[ morbid a thought as it is, she can't really rule it out. ]