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SPOILER WARNING FOR ORV UP TO CHAPTER 540 in threads with Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk

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[ He quietly works on packing more books into boxes while he listens, because if there's anything he's good at, it's not talking while someone else does too much talking. At least this time he's interested in what's being said, partly because it relates to someone he (sort of) cares about and partly because it's so different from what he's used to.

There are plenty of inhuman creatures in the skydoms, and even a few select humans who become inhuman over the course of their lifetimes, but nothing quite so extreme as this, to the point where their diets and lifestyles warp completely. Although: ]

Used to?

[ Are they both back to normal now? ]

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We were stronger as Constellations, so a lot of that's gone now that we're here. It's a pain in the ass.

[There's a lot about being a Constellation that Sooyoung doesn't miss, but the power that came with it isn't one of them. Why else would she have put herself through all of that, if she didn't think the end result would be worth it? But whatever, she can handle being a newbie again, she's done it before.

That doesn't stop her from grumbling though, but at least she's working while complaining.]

We've got demons and other weirdos here too -- so why the hell am I nerfed?! I can't do a tenth of what I could before either -- and I still can't! The level up system here is shit -- 'you can get stronger if you devote yourself to the cause` my ass...! How do they even judge that? Do I have to kill people and announce that it's all for Meridian while stabbing them or something?

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[ She is definitely talking to the wrong person if she wants more Meridian kool-aid to drink. Then again, it kind of sounds like she just wants to complain for the sake of complaining. Which, if he had an endless cache of powers at his disposal and suddenly had them all taken away, he would also do. But alas, he's always been a normie, so he can't relate. ]

Have you tried doing that yet?

[ The stabbing people thing, that is. He's not actually serious about it, but given that he knows as much as she does, it's not like he has any better ideas. ]

You've read stories. [ Zillions of them, apparently. ] How do these things usually go in those?

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[me putting hsy on hiatus so she can stab people while on autopilot -- no,

She thinks on Eustace's question, mentally rifling through every isekai webnovel she's read for .2 seconds to recall the usual plot regression....]

Are you saying that I should act like a protagonist?

[She's not Dokja with a main character complex, thank you very much. Neither is she like YJH, imagine choosing to act like an edgelord.... couldn't be her (it is her)]

They usually end up getting attached to their new world. It's easy to get stronger if you're fighting for the sake of your friends.

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[ looks at my character, who is also an edgelord—

Anyway, I think Sooyoung should get to do a little murder while on autopilot hiatus, as a treat, ideally in the name of Meridian but also just because is fine. Maybe Eustace doesn't think so, because he's not exactly an advocate of unnecessary death and murder, but who cares what he thinks.

What he thinks right now though is: ]

Why not?

[ It's not exactly as though they have a wealth of ideas to work from right now and while he thinks trying to act like a hero is honestly kind of stupid, there are plenty of people in Meridian who do exactly that and seem to vibe just fine. ]

You want your powers back, don't you? [ He would, if he were her. ] Find a reason, any reason, and stick to it. Aren't you and Dokja [ hmmmmmm what was the word again ] companions? He said he wanted to move forward. You can't exactly help him much the way you are now.

[ Maybe it's a little mean to say so bluntly, but he's never had a very good bedside manner. ]