Nothing Special

[echoofeurydices]

Dear Mun,

I'm scared. I don't want to go to a city of Sin where I don't know anyone and all of these wicked things happen to people. I'm nothing special. I don't have any powers or skills to combat such adversity. I'm just... well, I'm just me. What's this you say? There is more to me than I know? I don't know what you could be referring to. How could I have some connection a Greek myth? The story of Orpheus and Eurydice? It is one of my favorite ballets, but what does that have to do with me?

You are asking me to trust you and that I will be okay. Do you know how hard that is? Alright, I'll give it a try.

Comments

[alphaophiuchi]

There's more than enough people who're 'just them', as you put it. Not everyone has powers.

[echoofeurydices]

It's intimidating to see how many of these 'chosen ones' as they are called have something really special about them.

[alphaophiuchi]

We're hardly 'chosen'.

[echoofeurydices]

I don't know. You seem to have made quite an impact on the city. That stuff with Voldemort, that was just scary and look how you made it through! I don't think I could've done that.

[alphaophiuchi]

... [yeah, he might be preening a little now. It's been a while since someone told him he was awesome.]

Still. I wasn't chosen for anything. I prefer the term 'unceremoniously flung into horrific danger'. That I made it out of the aforementioned danger relatively unscathed is just pure talent on my part.

[echoofeurydices]

Oh, well that is probably true. But I don't have any sort of talent like that. How am I supposed to cope? I'm just a student getting a degree in Ballet and Psychology. That can hardly be comparable to a wizard.

[alphaophiuchi]

One of my friends is just a bloke studying for Oxford. He does just fine. Mostly.

[...sort of.]

At any rate, his boyfriend doesn't have much by way of magical skill, either. There's two people for you already.

[echoofeurydices]

Oh really? [She brightens a little.]

That is reassuring. Do you think they've had a harder time than people with powers?

[alphaophiuchi]

Perhaps. They have quite a lot of friends, though.

[echoofeurydices]

I don't know if that will be me. I'm... I'm pretty shy.

[alphaophiuchi]

So's David.

[echoofeurydices]

And he has a lot of friends too?

[alphaophiuchi]

That's the bloke going to Oxford. So yes.

[golden_lyre]

You are more than special.

[echoofeurydices]

Ah, you're so sweet. Thank you for thinking so.

[golden_lyre]

You've no idea.

[echoofeurydices]

[Truer words were never spoken.]

My mun just cheered when you messaged me. I guess you're going to be someone important for me to meet in the city. I hope you don't mind.

[golden_lyre]

I'm not sure yet.

[echoofeurydices]

Oh. Well, I'll try not to bother you too much then?

[golden_lyre]

Then how will I ever find out?

[echoofeurydices]

Oh, I um... [Goodness he was gorgeous. It was terribly distracting]... find out what?

[golden_lyre]

If I mind.

[echoofeurydices]

Right.

Maybe we could go to a club or something? Do you like to dance?

[golden_lyre]

I...hardly know how to answer that.

[echoofeurydices]

Oh.

Would you rather I leave you alone?