who am i: jelly 17 (cw: mentions of death/identity/spoilers)

[magicurls]

[ Scene: Mami in the greenhouse, with a fluffy leaf-green hedgehog on her shoulder. ]

Hi everyone...

I wanted to let you know about something more serious. It's about who...or what I am. So this doesn't surprise you later. I guess some of you already knew I wasn't quite what I appeared to be, but I'm still processing it.



I used to watch shows about magical girls when I was younger. If you've never seen those shows before, they're about girls with magic who use some kind of gem to change into cute battle outfits, have animal friends to mentor them, other magical friends to fight alongside...and love and justice always won out. I used to dream about what it would be like to become one, though I was sure it wasn't real.

And then, when I least expected it, it happened. I was heavily wounded after a car crash, and a cute animal appeared to me. He promised me any wish I wanted as long as I agreed to become a magical girl and fight witches who trap and kill humans. So I wished to keep living...and became what I am now.

I thought I was just a regular magical girl like the ones on TV. But it turns out I'm a lich. Revenant. Undead. He ripped my soul out of my body and put it in a gem...I know that's usually dark magic. I've been reassured that I'm safe for you all to be around, Rosetta helps keep my soul gem safe. But it just feels strange, that I've been like this for a while...is all. Any advice on living with it would be appreciated.

Comments

[magicurls]

All right...I think I understand. You lost your body, instead of a heart or soul.

Yet you've still found ways to keep us all on our toes.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Damn straight. But I gotta ask, what about this whole situation makes you feel different than you did? Or not human or whatever?

[magicurls]

My gem. It's my soul, but it's like a heart. If I lose it or it breaks, my body drops dead.

That's worrying. And...I'm not sure I age anymore.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

I stopped aging over thirty thousand years ago, it's a real nice state of affairs. Otherwise... it's just like an organ? You wouldn't want to damage your heart or your liver or your pancreas, so just add the gem to the list.

[magicurls]

It doesn't get lonely? All the mortals dying around you?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Naw, most of my peers do the same sort of thing. But even so, I have a purpose and a goal, and I'm not ever going to give it up! So get yourself the same thing.

[magicurls]

To help to heal, and continue the fight no matter what happens.

That'll be mine.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Okay, sure, but also pick something selfish. I figure talking you out of your yadda yadda isn't going to happen, but take it from a guy with experience. If you don't have something selfish and fun you end up just losing yourself.

[magicurls]

Hm. I used to think about singing when I was younger...it's too late t start anything serious, but there's a car I can train in.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Uh, how the heck can it be 'too late' to do anything if you're freaking immortal?!

[magicurls]

A good point. I guess I can practice, if it's not too embarrassing.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Don't get embarrassed, get better. You gotta start leveling up somewhere!