Mask Or Menace - IC Contact Post

[helpdesk_hero]

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[goldtoxicity]

[ A PAUSE. . . ]

i can help with one of those things

[helpdesk_hero]

Uh you literally are by moving me into this house?

[goldtoxicity]

oh
well
that too

[helpdesk_hero]

What did you mean then?

[goldtoxicity]

i may have sent a tape into some HGTV home makeover show asking for a free renno??

[helpdesk_hero]

I don't... Josh, why?

[goldtoxicity]

reasons

[helpdesk_hero]

Did you tell them we're both imPorts?

[goldtoxicity]

david im gold
i think they got that i was an import

[helpdesk_hero]

Did you tell them we're both imPorts? I've managed to keep my head down, Josh.

[goldtoxicity]

i might have mentioned it??

[helpdesk_hero]

Of course you did. Fine. Whatever. I'll live with it. They probably won't say yes.

[goldtoxicity]

ok but like
david
realtalk
your powers are good
your knowledge is good
were finally in a place where people arent terrified of us everywhere
why not embrace it

[helpdesk_hero]

My powers are theft and not useful as a hero here.

[goldtoxicity]

your powers arent theft and you were pretty consistently the most useful person on our team

[helpdesk_hero]

WAS, Josh. When my powers were different.

[goldtoxicity]

when you didnt even HAVE powers david

[helpdesk_hero]

They didn't WANT me when I didn't have powers, Josh.

[goldtoxicity]

yeah
and look where that got them

[helpdesk_hero]

And that's getting into things I don't wanna discuss, Josh. I get that I'm not meant to be front line. I was reminded of that recently.

[goldtoxicity]

look all im saying is this isnt home
we arent xmen
our powers are ours to use and only ours
i just wish you werent so afraid of them

[helpdesk_hero]

Why wouldn't I be afraid of my powers, Josh? You know what I can do. Effectively I'm a thief.

[goldtoxicity]

no a thief would be taking something from someone
youre copying
youre afraid of you powers because miss frost is kind of a witch and plays headgames with people
and you wouldnt BE that guy because you have that fear
so yeah maybe thats a good thing
but she made you absolutely terrified

[helpdesk_hero]

Yeah, but it wasn't just Emma that did it. It was Dani too, and headgames, while her power, wasn't her style.

[goldtoxicity]

[ that's not a name that's familiar to him at all. josh squints and tries to place a dani, coming up completely empty. david clearly has told him this part of the story before. ]

who?