Oh! Uh, well, I don't need to know how it works, no. [ A smile and a nod. ]
If you just point me in the right direction with what's broken...I can fix it. Or fix the part that's broken at least. [ A pause. ] Well, it's technically remaking it to a point where it's not broken. As long as I know that...it's an easy fix!
Not the time but it's...matter, I guess? I can manipulate things at the subatomic level. But it does have limitations like I can't make something bigger than what it is but I can break it down into smaller versions of itself. It would be easier to, um, show you but I wouldn't want to mess with your machine...unless you're okay with it.
[ But actions speak louder than words as the saying goes. ]
[Do Not Touch the machine, he's not that curious. This is his machine child and he's not letting anyone slap magic all over it without knowing all of the details. Even if slapping magic all over it could help show those details...
It's still a no.]
You could turn that mouse into smaller versions. It is not actually alive.
[ Shigeru gasps and looks down at Cheddar. ] I-I can't do that! It's...different with a living thing. But! Oh! I know! H-Hold on a second!
[ Shigeru huffs a laugh as he sets Cheddar down. He will not be using his powers on a cute innocent little cheese mouse?! Instead, he will...concentrate and summon up a screw from his powers of creation. Octavian might feel a weird presence when he does that, considering Shigeru's godpowers are interacting within his dreamscape. But the screw is rather large, big enough to fit in the palms of Shigeru's hand where it now lays. Shigeru will give Octavian a look as he activates his powers.
He's not sure how this will interfere with a person's dream but Shigeru's eyes shift to pitch black with yellow sclera and there are...shadowy tentacles now that flare out in the dream's floor, red eyes within them, looking around but mostly at Octavian and Cheddar. The screw will then start to be disintegrated until it's completely vanished before Octavian's very eyes. But it'll be reformed into its original self just as quickly. Shigeru will then do the process over only this time the screw will be formed into 4 identical smaller screws that when melted together will give the same mass as the larger one. He'll merge them all together again with his recombination, and disintegration powers until the original screw is laying in his hands.
Shigeru looks satisfied enough as he closes his eyes and that odd feeling from his powers and tentacles with eyes snap back into his person. He will hold up the screw for the other man to inspect. His eyes back to their normal look too. A smile. ] See? It's pretty cool, right?! I don't normally work with this kind of stuff but that was pretty fun.
Strange hesitation from someone using their power for medical use.
[He's just saying--
In any case, there's an awful lot of tentacles and strangeness happening all of a sudden that absolutely draw his attention more than the trick with the screw. Yes, that is interesting in its own right, but what is with the tentacles? The strange feeling in the air? What's wrong with his eyes? He didn't mention at all that he isn't an ordinary magician at all...
Oh! Um!! [ He's embarrassed and flustered because he forgot to mention something so important. What an idiot! ] S-Sorry! I-I forgot to mention about my-my powers...
[ He looks awkwardly away as he just fiddles with that screw in his hands. ] I'm not...an alien. I'm something called a phrobiest...and a god now too, I guess
[ The last part is said very quietly as he looks away. He's still not really comfortable with saying it like that. Gods should revered and worshipped, right? He doesn't deserve any of that and wants none of that either. ] Sorry if it was offputting. I normally mention that happens when-when I use my powers.
No...you don't. [ People don't normally encounter shadow tentacles with red eyes though?! ] But I never really showed anyone them until-until now, here I mean.
[ Shigeru was in some sort of limbo until a few weeks ago only just reviving and stepping back out into his own world. ]
They're not too bad. I'm still trying to figure them out...new powers, you know? I think they might be good for manual stuff. The more hands the better...like an octopus.
[ He's still not sure how dexterous he can be with them but only one way to find out! ]
[He's dead, baby. Nothing is too weird anymore. Has he mentioned this during this conversation, uh, no, and that's on him, but also: that's just par for the course. One day Shigeru will get the lore.]
Like... an octopus.
[Well, now he has to know. He leans into the upper part of the machine for a moment and then back out again, holding up a wrench. He tosses it to land with a loud clang and skitter a short distance away on the floor.]
[ Octavian throwing that wrench and the subsequent clatter is enough to make Shigeru jump and his tentacles pop out on their own, so that's a start indeed! ] Oh! You-you mean...with these?
[ His tentacles flare up some as he looks sheepishly at them writhing around his person like in a protective circle. Shigeru lets out a sigh. This is the weirdest dream he's been in thus far but practicing here might be better than outside in the real world, maybe? ]
Okay! Here-here goes nothing. [ He will walk closer to it before having one of the glossy black tendrils reach out and curl around said wrench. It's a jerky movement as he lifts the wrench up without much of an issue. It's only when he tries to hand it to Octavian that it might sway without a sense of control. But Shigeru frowns, concentrating, and it evens out. It's very weird because it can feel the wrench like he's actually holding it with his hand. ]
It...feels weird. But I don't know what I was expecting.
[Haha, oh, look at them go-- Octavian doesn't laugh outright at his startled tentacle spouting, but he does smirk a bit. Oh, that's kind of adorable. Just look at him, like an excitable little mouse.
It also seems like they have a mind of their own, almost, but he has them mostly under control? Octavian leans out from the machine to watch with interest, fascinated by the movement of these extra appendages. The work he could get done if he had a nebulous number of extra hands, imagine it...
When the wrench comes up he watches them sway for a moment before reaching out with his palm up, to accept the bounty.]
[ Shigeru can and will look a bit flustered back up at the other man, his green eyes focused elsewhere for a second or two. He is still very...self-conscious about his new appendages but this is a dream so it makes it a little easier. Maybe the other won't remember the details??
Shigeru will deposit said wrench into the other's hand with an unfurling of the tentacle that gently places it into Octavian's palm. The tentacle will sway a little in front of Octavian as Shigeru is lost in thought for a second. ]
It's like I can feel it in my hand, or something. It's just weird?! And I can feel the air temperature up there is different through them too. I guess they're pretty sensitive to stuff. But each one is-is giving me a different signal that I can pinpoint which one it belongs to. It's a lot of input for your mind but I seem to be able to do it just fine.
[ He looks thoughtful as the other dozen or some tendrils sway lazily about him some extending now to touch the metallic surface of Octavian's machine lightly. ] Like those ones! I-I can feel the cold, from the metal.
[He accepts the wrench, turning it over to peer at it and see if anything is different about it... really he's checking for Goo, sorry Shigeru. Tentacles are gooey, in his mind? He has to check.]
I suppose your mind is changed. To account for more limbs. It makes sense.
[The way his own mind had forgotten what touching anything at all felt like, for so long-- like the opposite! Only depressing! He doesn't bring this up, instead looking at the tendrils touching his machine. Hey now.]
Be careful with those. [lightly chiding, it's a dream, but still--]
[ There is no goo, thankfully, his tentacles are 100% goo free. Shigeru's tentacle will undulate before it slowly moves back down toward its master. He nods his head as if what Octavian is saying makes sense, even if he's not sure it does?? But, ah, well it's fine he'll just roll with it because he has absolutely no clue himself. ] My mind? Hm. I guess you might be onto something there...
[ A lot about him has changed so it just makes sense to think that way.
He does startle a little and his tentacles that were idly touching the machine will retract. ] Oh! S-Sorry! They kinda just...wander on their own.
[ He is always restless and stressed so this is pretty on point for him. His shoulders sag ever so slightly. ] I-I thought I was pretty good at-at hiding it...
[ Shigeru, buddy... ] But this was a-a good start to some practice! I guess they're also tied to my emotions sort of, so I'll have to figure that out at some point too.
[ When he gets flustered they just sorta...pop out, whoops! ]
[Sorry bud, but the big wiggly appendages are a lot easier to read than something as mundane as a facial expression. Good luck and godspeed with that.]
Unfortunately I have no advice in that regard. Emotional regulation for me has been... all or nothing. Fundamentally.
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If you just point me in the right direction with what's broken...I can fix it. Or fix the part that's broken at least. [ A pause. ] Well, it's technically remaking it to a point where it's not broken. As long as I know that...it's an easy fix!
[ Said with another smile and a thumbs up! ]
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[Well Shigeru, please explain all of the gritty magical details. He requires the knowledge.]
I am unfamiliar with the magic regardless. Mending magic.
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Not the time but it's...matter, I guess? I can manipulate things at the subatomic level. But it does have limitations like I can't make something bigger than what it is but I can break it down into smaller versions of itself. It would be easier to, um, show you but I wouldn't want to mess with your machine...unless you're okay with it.
[ But actions speak louder than words as the saying goes. ]
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[Do Not Touch the machine, he's not that curious. This is his machine child and he's not letting anyone slap magic all over it without knowing all of the details. Even if slapping magic all over it could help show those details...
It's still a no.]
You could turn that mouse into smaller versions. It is not actually alive.
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[ Shigeru huffs a laugh as he sets Cheddar down. He will not be using his powers on a cute innocent little cheese mouse?! Instead, he will...concentrate and summon up a screw from his powers of creation. Octavian might feel a weird presence when he does that, considering Shigeru's godpowers are interacting within his dreamscape. But the screw is rather large, big enough to fit in the palms of Shigeru's hand where it now lays. Shigeru will give Octavian a look as he activates his powers.
He's not sure how this will interfere with a person's dream but Shigeru's eyes shift to pitch black with yellow sclera and there are...shadowy tentacles now that flare out in the dream's floor, red eyes within them, looking around but mostly at Octavian and Cheddar. The screw will then start to be disintegrated until it's completely vanished before Octavian's very eyes. But it'll be reformed into its original self just as quickly. Shigeru will then do the process over only this time the screw will be formed into 4 identical smaller screws that when melted together will give the same mass as the larger one. He'll merge them all together again with his recombination, and disintegration powers until the original screw is laying in his hands.
Shigeru looks satisfied enough as he closes his eyes and that odd feeling from his powers and tentacles with eyes snap back into his person. He will hold up the screw for the other man to inspect. His eyes back to their normal look too. A smile. ] See? It's pretty cool, right?! I don't normally work with this kind of stuff but that was pretty fun.
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[He's just saying--
In any case, there's an awful lot of tentacles and strangeness happening all of a sudden that absolutely draw his attention more than the trick with the screw. Yes, that is interesting in its own right, but what is with the tentacles? The strange feeling in the air? What's wrong with his eyes? He didn't mention at all that he isn't an ordinary magician at all...
So he'll get to the screw, fun trick, but first:]
Are you an alien?
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[ He looks awkwardly away as he just fiddles with that screw in his hands. ] I'm not...an alien. I'm something called a phrobiest...and a god now too, I guess
[ The last part is said very quietly as he looks away. He's still not really comfortable with saying it like that. Gods should revered and worshipped, right? He doesn't deserve any of that and wants none of that either. ] Sorry if it was offputting. I normally mention that happens when-when I use my powers.
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Do I seem disturbed? I am only asking.
[Tentacles, though. Not the magical effect he'd have expected from any kind of powers.]
That must be inconvenient.
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[ Shigeru was in some sort of limbo until a few weeks ago only just reviving and stepping back out into his own world. ]
They're not too bad. I'm still trying to figure them out...new powers, you know? I think they might be good for manual stuff. The more hands the better...like an octopus.
[ He's still not sure how dexterous he can be with them but only one way to find out! ]
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Like... an octopus.
[Well, now he has to know. He leans into the upper part of the machine for a moment and then back out again, holding up a wrench. He tosses it to land with a loud clang and skitter a short distance away on the floor.]
Hand me my wrench back.
[No time like the present to practice!!]
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[ His tentacles flare up some as he looks sheepishly at them writhing around his person like in a protective circle. Shigeru lets out a sigh. This is the weirdest dream he's been in thus far but practicing here might be better than outside in the real world, maybe? ]
Okay! Here-here goes nothing. [ He will walk closer to it before having one of the glossy black tendrils reach out and curl around said wrench. It's a jerky movement as he lifts the wrench up without much of an issue. It's only when he tries to hand it to Octavian that it might sway without a sense of control. But Shigeru frowns, concentrating, and it evens out. It's very weird because it can feel the wrench like he's actually holding it with his hand. ]
It...feels weird. But I don't know what I was expecting.
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It also seems like they have a mind of their own, almost, but he has them mostly under control? Octavian leans out from the machine to watch with interest, fascinated by the movement of these extra appendages. The work he could get done if he had a nebulous number of extra hands, imagine it...
When the wrench comes up he watches them sway for a moment before reaching out with his palm up, to accept the bounty.]
How so?
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Shigeru will deposit said wrench into the other's hand with an unfurling of the tentacle that gently places it into Octavian's palm. The tentacle will sway a little in front of Octavian as Shigeru is lost in thought for a second. ]
It's like I can feel it in my hand, or something. It's just weird?! And I can feel the air temperature up there is different through them too. I guess they're pretty sensitive to stuff. But each one is-is giving me a different signal that I can pinpoint which one it belongs to. It's a lot of input for your mind but I seem to be able to do it just fine.
[ He looks thoughtful as the other dozen or some tendrils sway lazily about him some extending now to touch the metallic surface of Octavian's machine lightly. ] Like those ones! I-I can feel the cold, from the metal.
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I suppose your mind is changed. To account for more limbs. It makes sense.
[The way his own mind had forgotten what touching anything at all felt like, for so long-- like the opposite! Only depressing! He doesn't bring this up, instead looking at the tendrils touching his machine. Hey now.]
Be careful with those. [lightly chiding, it's a dream, but still--]
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[ A lot about him has changed so it just makes sense to think that way.
He does startle a little and his tentacles that were idly touching the machine will retract. ] Oh! S-Sorry! They kinda just...wander on their own.
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Your mind must be troubled. A restless mind leads to a wandering hand.
[....or, well,]
Such as the case may be.
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[ Shigeru, buddy... ] But this was a-a good start to some practice! I guess they're also tied to my emotions sort of, so I'll have to figure that out at some point too.
[ When he gets flustered they just sorta...pop out, whoops! ]
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[Sorry bud, but the big wiggly appendages are a lot easier to read than something as mundane as a facial expression. Good luck and godspeed with that.]
Unfortunately I have no advice in that regard. Emotional regulation for me has been... all or nothing. Fundamentally.
[A shrug!] I do not recommend it.