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[draculabutbackwards]

I have no idea if there's some future etiquette for this. Leave whatever message you choose?

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[atowncalledtreffy]

[Affectionally] Fuckhead.

All right. Magical door of death it is.

[draculabutbackwards]

Sort of where the twain shall meet. So if you don't either smirk or insult me about it, I should proceed to slam you through the nearest wall?

[He does not like the idea of a shapeshifter, as much as he's trying to keep his cool. There's turning into a cloud of bats like a sensible person, but the deception is just creepy.]

[atowncalledtreffy]

Yeah. Just be careful - the mimic's a lot denser than he looks. I punched him and my fingers cracked on his face.

[draculabutbackwards]

Well, my fingers will mend themselves fairly quickly, but if it's unlikely to be efficacious. Anything that does work?

[atowncalledtreffy]

Fire, I think. I didn't try to stab him but I think his skin might be tough, like a tree trunk. So fire would work.

[draculabutbackwards]

[Adrian decides it'd be a little rough on Trevor to point out that he's not a foot shorter and a redhead. He has no particular facility with fire. But sure.]

Any reason to think that's a noted weakness, or are we running with the assumption that fire works on more or less everything?

[atowncalledtreffy]

Hah, hey. Fuck off. I'm fairly sure fire would work and have I ever really been wrong when it came to monsters?

[draculabutbackwards]

Fire's a good guess for most purposes. Just seems risky in the case of a mimic.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Yeah. Maybe hold off on the fire, for now.

If you hit me and I don't feel soft and fleshy, it's probably him.

[draculabutbackwards]

If I must, for the safety of all.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Hah, fuck off.

Just don't make a practice out of it, for my poor body's sake.

[draculabutbackwards]

I'll use my best judgement. Any reason you have a mimic out to ruin your excellent reputation?

[atowncalledtreffy]

I got in between him and an animal he was hurting.

[draculabutbackwards]

Sounds like you. Any idea how the mimicry bit itself works? There may be a magical solution.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Well, it wasn't a perfect imitation. I don't know if he had to get a better look at me or if he's stuck with imperfections. If I saw him again I might learn more about it.

[draculabutbackwards]

Much as I endorse the spirit of experimentation, probably a bit risky.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Probably. He's very loud.

[draculabutbackwards]

Which seems counterproductive if you're trying to steal someone's identity.

[atowncalledtreffy]

You'd think so, wouldn't you? I don't know if he can imitate voices so well. But something to watch out for the next time you try to surprise me from behind and a mimic wearing my face goes to knife you.

[draculabutbackwards]

I suppose a thoroughly incompetent mimic is too much to hope.

[atowncalledtreffy]

I think we would have killed all of them in their infancy if they were terrible.

[draculabutbackwards]

[Slightly disquieting to hear as a shapeshifter.]

That would be fucking disconcerting, wouldn't it? Babies are alarming enough.

[atowncalledtreffy]

...Sorry.

[draculabutbackwards]

Don't apologize to me, you're the one who's having one.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Heh.

I mean I'm sorry for...I don't know. Ancestral guilt?