Details of the text like that can be shifted to account for missing context, but the way the power itself works stays the same.

Do you have any guesses as to what the altered text would look like then? I'm just trying to understand this. The other idea I have would be to forget about the whole Dramatic Damsel tree and then leave myself thinking that the normal amount of points would be 90. But then I don't have any warnings that my powers might not work sometimes.

I think maybe you'd end up with a paragraph at the end of the Drawback section introduction that explains that there's such a thing as storylines that lift your protections, that not everyone experiences them but you can take drawbacks that relate to them if you do, and that they only happen to people who are open to the possibility of them. And then individual drawback text being adjusted accordingly.

I think that makes sense. I like that idea.

Am I right about how the point values would work? Or am I just worrying about something that wouldn't happen and I would know how many spare points I have regardless?

You'll know how many spare points you have.

Oh, that's good. I have a new plan then.

I think I want to forget Dramatic Damsel and Down to Earth like we walked about and a one point power.

She flips back through the list.

Hmm, I feel like the only one that isn't tangled up with a lot of other discussions is Making Ends Meet. Maybe the plan of forgetting Popular and Approachable is better. I want the base point total to be a multiple of five because otherwise I feel like I would have commented on it.

Yes, that makes sense. Which of those sets of powers would you rather forget, then?

I think it's more responsible of me to forget Making Ends Meet. Approachable does have an impact on people's minds even if Nullified means they'll be okay with that. And I should know about the ways my power is touching people's minds.

That's a pretty good reason to choose that one.

Thanks, I'll plan on that for now.

And now to read through Dramatic Damsel and everything connected to it. A part of her wants to just skip it she feels like she's thought these to death but she buckles down and starts to read anyway. Dramatic Damsel doesn't have any new secrets she's noticed.

Tom did say she should be talk about Love Is A Battlefield though.

Tom said I should talk with you about Love Is A Battlefield. Reading it though my first guess is that there might be something I wasn't expecting about who it applies to?

Yes. He said you'd be expecting it to apply to close friends, and while it can, it's more focused on relationships with intensity as well as intimacy - romantic relationships most centrally, but I think non-romantic relationships can have the relevant kind of intensity too.

And it's not just people I currently have that kind of relationship with it's people I want to.

I'm not really sure what you mean by intensity though. I think what I have with Tom probably counts but I'm not sure if what I have with anyone else does.

It's sort of hard to describe, and I'm not very well placed to understand it, because I am a notebook. I would maybe say that... a relationship with intensity is one where you and the other person are excited by each other, and being near each other and interacting with each other helps you experience the world more vividly and move through it more boldly.

She didn't know the answer but that wasn't the shape she was expecting.

Now I'm doubting if even what I have with Tom counts. It's safe an important and having him to rely on means I'm more okay taking risks. And I trust him and he trusts me. I'm not sure I feel excited by being around him though, sometimes we do exciting things together but it isn't exciting to just cook a meal together. It's comfortable. I'm also not really sure what you mean by making the world more vivid. I don't think I've felt that way? Maybe I've just managed not to notice.

It's possible that you haven't experienced that kind of intensity before, then.

Maybe I haven't. I think I'm still okay keeping the drawback. It's still something I like the aesthetic of. And maybe it'll teach me more about myself.

Okay! ♡

Seen With The Heart doesn't have any new secrets. It's good that she's not relying on it given her new knowledge.

Wardrobe Malfunction does have a weird line though.

So Wardrobe Malfunction says 'you may be forced to wear whatever your captor chooses to dress you in' I think that's mostly a reference to the classic Dramatic Damsel plots. Do you think that still applies with Down To Earth? Also how does that interact with Signature Style?

That part only applies for the purposes of classic Dramatic Damsel plots; if you forget Dramatic Damsel, it will probably be omitted from the description. With Signature Style, even if you do get forced to wear clothes someone else provided, they will turn out to fit your Signature Style somehow or other.

Great, I'm glad it works that way and that Signature Style would apply even if I was dealing with the classic damsel plots.

She continues her reading. None of the remaining drawbacks catch her eye as having a piece she hasn't considered.

So... I think that's what I'll end up going with but I have another question. How much does The Spirit nudge people into not worrying about my disappearance?

How much would you like people to be nudged like that?

Mostly I don't want people to assume I was murdered and then have someone get in trouble for it. Maybe I've read too many mysteries. I'd also rather people not think I was dead but I'm a little less worried about that.

That makes sense. I think it will be okay.

Alright, I will stop plotting out ways to prevent that from becoming a problem in my head then.