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Who: Luka Kovač
Username: un: 13371uk@
Warnings: None so far


[He know he's playing a dangerous game here. That's why he's on audio instead of video, in case he...slips up. Being an Avatar of the Stranger had both its benefits and its downsides, and sometimes he couldn't quite...help the way he looks, especially if he gets a whiff of fear. His voice is pleasant and perfectly normal, with a melodious Croatian accent.]

Hello everyone, this is Dr. Luka Kovač. If I haven't met you yet, I'm a doctor who specializes in emergency medicine.

Some things I still don't understand here, so maybe someone else might have some information or thoughts on it. I come from a world where you don't really see too much of the supernatural around, but here there are superpowers and superheros and terrifying things that happen all the time.

And I guess Avatars have the power to make those terrifying things happen, right? To feed the Entities? But what gives them that power?

I suppose what I was really wondering is that maybe some of the people we've encountered used to be good and then were corrupted, somehow. I'm a doctor, the first thing I look for is a way to treat the patient, maybe even so far as find a cure.

But is there a cure for an Avatar?

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Voice | un: valentine

[outofthepast]

[He admittedly doesn't know much about this, but now he's curious.]

As far as my understanding goes, somebody's gotta make a deal to become an Avatar. Like accepting a job interview.

You're asking if somebody could quit the job later on?

Un: bright

[abrightboy]

I’ve actually been looking for a way to bring Avatars back for a while now. I think, in some ways, it’s like treating addiction.

voice | un: badgirlcoven

[edalyn]

[This is... stuff that she's been thinking about a lot more lately. She sounds surprisingly serious, or would to anyone who knows her.]

I don't think we've met, but I'm from a world full of magic. I'm a witch--where I'm from it's part of us, what we are, who we are.

I don't understand how for people like us these things can just... take our power, only give it back on their terms. There's some magic that only works in my world because it's powered by the land itself--it makes sense for that kind of thing to be different here, but the power we bring with us--that should be ours.

At home it's possible to block people's power, only let them use it for certain things. But it still comes from them. This is... I don't know, more like a curse in some ways.

Having something twist a part of you like that... I wouldn't be surprised if they did start out like the rest of us. For the ones who had powers back home, at least. Not sure what any of this is like for the locals.

un: Aberration

[aelwyn_aberration]

It's not just Avatars that feed the entities, everyone does it. They feed off fear, it's just that Avatars are particularly loved by the entity they represent and chosen as a champion, and so they produce a lot more fear for their master.

Anyway. If there was a cure for being an Avatar, would you be able to stomach giving it to people who would refuse it at every turn?

[musicdied]

I think you would have to sever their connection with their patron to cure them, and from everything I've heard on the subject, that is difficult to do even for people who haven't hit that tipping point.

Sending them into remission, to extend the metaphor, might be easier. But either way, it's something they would have to want. Katie Dunn is proof enough that forcing the matter doesn't work.