The oddest thing...

[xp_olaris]

I just got a phone call from my mother. Apparently this girl at my old school manifested today and for some reason the principal called my mom to come talk to the girl and her mom.

Now I'm supposed to call this girl and reassure her that this isn't the end of the world.

Anyone have any idea about what I should tell her?

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[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Figure out some fun things to do with it. It took . . . well, a while, after I finally got some workable control over my duping before I saw it as something good, and I was about that age at the time.

One of the things that finally did the trick was my dad pointing out that I could get all my chores for the day done in an hour while still watching cartoons. Heh. For this girl . . . you said your mom said the light's pretty? Maybe hang a bunch of prism mobiles in a room and let her see what she does to them.

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

Finally some help! Jamie, what would I do without you. Tell me more.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

What, like, more specific ideas? Well . . . it's probably too early to find out if she does anything other than glow (I mean, y'know, if she doesn't suddenly start blowing stuff up by accident) so you'll probably have to stick with figuring out Fun Things To Do With Ambient Light.

The main thing to try and do, I think, is to try and get her to not think of it as something that was done to her. I mean, it wasn't really until I'd been here for a while that I stopped "making the best of it," really, but even if you can get her to go that far that'll help a lot . . . it's that first "what did I do to get cursed like this?" reaction that she needs to get past asap. If you can think of ways that her life might be better with the glow, highlight those. Like, um, she's her own reading light now, only you should come up with ideas that aren't lame. :)

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

It is, after talking to my mother again, rainbow light. From her skin.

Which I have to say sounds cool. Now if I can just get my mom to figure out how her camera phone works I might even be able to share a picture at someone.

[x-legion.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me that you may be better at this angle of my job than I am. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.

[x-crowdofone.livejournal.com]

Being well-adjusted is its own cross to bear, alas. ;)

Nah, I just saw some parallels, is all. Supportive parents, harmless-but-potentially-stigmatizing mutation . . . even with the embarrassment of manifesting in public, though, at least she's "out" right away and doesn't have to deal with worrying about the lies falling apart. I still wonder if it might've been easier if I'd duped in the middle of a dodge-ball game.

'Course, the millenial Kansas sticks were, um, let's just say they were a lot less cosmopolitan than California in 2006, so maybe it's more of a six-of-one deal. Ironically.

[x-legion.livejournal.com]

I can imagine. Considering that I manifested semi-publically in the mid/early 90's, I got off pretty light. I can't imagine how stressful it must be to try and keep your genetic status private. There are definitely draw-backs, but in the long run it's one less thing you have to worry about.