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[darkforcerising]

No one freak out I am not freaking out- I am so freaking out but I think I can tell what people are feeling. Mentally tell. Not all people. Some people. It's weird. I don't really know for sure.

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[bearshermark]

...Maybe you should test it more to be sure?

[darkforcerising]

Brb, gonna go purposeful annoy a coworker, see what happens.

[bearshermark]

Report back.

[darkforcerising]

Back. Test was successful. Coworker definitely annoyed, and could definitely feel it.

This better not turn into a 90s comedy/rom-com.

[bearshermark]

Probably only if you want it to.

But wow, that's.. weird, but kind of cool. I guess we really have to start considering the possibility that reality as we know it is changing.

[temptationaccomplished]

I hardly think that's a test. You know what the results will be.

[darkforcerising]

You do not know the complicated minds of rocket scientists. We blow things up for fun. This will be a test of all my abilities.

[temptationaccomplished]

How they are feeling, but not how they are thinking? How does that work, exactly? I don’t doubt you, I’m just curious how this sense might work. Do you feel it as if it is your own emotion? As general ambiance, or as an aura specific to a person? How detailed does it seem to be? Or do you think this is a sense, like smell, that you could cultivate to find more specific?

Gracious, I’m sorry, that’s prying. But you must admit from an outside perspective it IS fascinating.

not here

[scotch_egg]

[...just...watching this. Do you always say seventeen words when you only need one or two? Ask and be done with it. You're flittering around like a nervous pigeon]

not here

[temptationaccomplished]

[Shush you. Words exist to be used.]

Re: not here

[scotch_egg]

[used but not to deluge someone. Give a man a chance to breathe before you drown him]

[darkforcerising]

Yes. No clear, defined thoughts.
I don’t know.
It feels entirely outside of my head.
On the subway it was a little like white noise. But sometimes I could pick out a singular person.
Not very detailed most of the time. I’m not sure why yet.
It’s like proprioception, but about other people’s emotions.

[missingache]

Like an empath?

[That's what they're called, right? Seems like a useful and annoying power.]

[darkforcerising]

Maybe? I don’t know if that’s the right word yet.

[missingache]

That's what they'd use in movies and stuff... but if it doesn't fit, I could think of something else.

[darkforcerising]

I mean, maybe it is that. I just don't want to jump to conclusions.

What if this is a computer chip planted in my head?

[missingache]

[.................. uh]

I'd go see a doctor about that. Or maybe a vet? One of them can scan for chips, right?

[scotch_egg]

Calm down. I'm sure it's just your imagination.

[darkforcerising]

Don’t be rude.

[scotch_egg]

I'm not being rude, I'm being sensible. This is the real world not some fantasy. If you really think you're feeling someone else's emotions, if this is a delusion you have, than you've either taken something you shouldn't have or you really need to seek a psychiatrist.

[darkforcerising]

Wow, that's even more rude.

[hardtoignore]

Creepy. That's gotta be the weirdest.

This whole investigating thing isn't getting to you, is it?

[darkforcerising]

This just started this morning.

And I agree, it is creepy.

[hardtoignore]

Okay, good to know. But uh, I mean, I don't want to be rude, but maybe you should go to the doctor about that?

I'm not saying you're lying or crazy, but if the Bureau somehow secretly injected you with something that would make you have weird stuff like that happen a doctor might be able to tell.

[darkforcerising]

How well do you think telling a doctor 'I can feel other people's feelings' would go?