omfg this ENTIRE. MONTH. OF EVENTS. well I’m glad the full cam/pal body swap didn’t happen...[edit: took that off her catch-all. you never saw that. no one interacted so no rule 63 occurred. BUT PLEASE SEE HER MEMORIES! ALSO PLOT WITH ME /caps]
but he probably takes the lion's share of compelling the sixth to secede albeit in her body, so i'm not sure if uh, the entirety of the oversight body is aware (they probably were)
Pal piloting Cam, pretending to be her speaking on his behalf would be truly awful and they'd both be super broken up about NOT being able to tell them and Juno and Kiki would be like, passing notes like "that's your son, bc it's NOT my sister" "oh, I know"
"did he tell you about the contingency plan...thing?" "Oh, before he left, I don't quite think he meant this, but well." "At least he was up front. I always know when C's keeping secrets but she's SO STUBBORN about it"
for Cam: sneak-reading Pal's unfinished erotica (idek, i'm thinking of funny ones. I'm still like CAM IT'S THE END TIMES LET UR NECROMANCER WRITE FANFIC)
Becca
oh! i'm also fascinated to see the answer to this and if it's not the opposite of the other answer because the idea of having TWO necromancers wandering around suddenly is REALLY INTERESTING
and ...i'm just trying to imagine pal talking cam through suddenly being an adept and her being like, simultaneously, not quite able to use things and probably, being suddenly psychometric, a little like "oh my god everything is so LOUD"
I was thinking this exact same thing! It would be VERY fun to, say, have them go exploring the ships, with Pal talking Cam through psychometrics and the like
lol. well, need doesn't have her full sword ability but she has some of it she's big and strong for a seventy year old and wouldn't be as easily defeated as one might fear but yeah I think cam wins this one lol
she picked up some Real Swords and other weapons in an event earlier and is kinda hoarding them but will give them to people who satisfy her that they can use them
Cam is in total agreement on not using Real Swords for sparring that is meant to be sparring and not a flimsy excuse for a duel, and also she would be super happy to have ANYONE to spar with
cam would be ECSTATIC to have a real weapon, and she would love both sparring and, honestly, someone who knows more. she's been the best in House for a while but a) she's just remembering all that (i still have to GIVE her some skill, backdated, tbh, bc i didn't realize you could do that whenever) and b) that's relative
need's fighting style is (usually) not showy. she's fast and strong and tends to get hurt along the way (because she's also a specialist healer and tanking damage is just part of it) can throw knives, not that she knows that yet yeah I can see cam liking her lol
andalite!
: oh for SURE. XD and cam would also vibe with taking damage in order to be able to heal; she can’t, but as it is she can just be attached at the hip to someone whose specialty shouldn’t be medical but is, anyway (and make sure he doesn’t get himself killed)
I found it really interesting that need is kinda a ...adoptive mom/patron saint of --
-- those fighting oppression and particularly patriarchy, given the point Cam (and the rest of the Sixth/Troia Cell) are in in the books, and the way John’s version of imperialism/theocracy is positioned vs Alecto. but also Cam’s specific little details like (probably)(I mean...let’s just say the quiet part) offing that one guy who beats his partner etc
yup! need is dedicated to primarily but not exclusively women and in particular those who would be used and discarded by people who think they'll face no consequences. there's a line in by the sword -
"Abuse and misuse, emotional and physical; rape, murder, torture. Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more than legalized slavery, and the careful manipulation of a bright and sensitive mind until its owner truly believed with all her heart in her own worthlessness.
these are what stirs her the most! when she's 'asleep' these make her furious and determined to force her bearers to do something; when she's awake she doesn't let it on as clearly but it shows here and there.
andalite!
: also oof I love this quote and although she’s fortunate that the most important person in her life wants nothing but her well being, I think Cam would too, given the vague allusion to the abusive guy and how he mysteriously leaves and never comes back after she ‘talks to him’.
-- in a game with Need. I haven’t been motivated to tag in her game for whatever reason (and that’s super self perpetuating) but she, while also a knifey teen/young adult, IS very much the girl Need’s talking to there/one who’s still dealing with having survived it. Especially as I play her as in The Brick, mostly, and it gives her life more detail.)
bc obviously i want to do a full swap on them, even if they swap with other people too
I mean, she definitely has some stress to get out
she's big and strong for a seventy year old and wouldn't be as easily defeated as one might fear but yeah I think cam wins this one lol
but she does, also, enjoy sparring and general sword training
can throw knives, not that she knows that yet
yeah I can see cam liking her lol
I found it really interesting that need is kinda a ...adoptive mom/patron saint of --
heh I usually have need kind of metaphorically assign someone an age in her head that's anywhere from six to nineteen
(Also I wish a bit I was playing Eponine --