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* ShoutOut: In the [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=672 fake ending]], we have [[Series/DoctorWho Ten and the TARDIS]], Film/BillAndTed, [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]], and [[Series/StargateSG1 a Stargate]]. Sidney was not amused.
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* ShoutOut: In the [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=672 fake ending]], we have [[Series/DoctorWho Ten and the TARDIS]], Film/BillAndTed, Franchise/BillAndTed, [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Marty McFly]], and [[Series/StargateSG1 a Stargate]]. Sidney was not amused.
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as much as I can do, I'm afraid
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Go on, try and threaten Rob (or Kavitha). Jamie will stand in his defense.
* ButchLesbian: Rough-and-tough Sidney states in chapter 4 that she's "not into dudes".
* CrashIntoHello: How Kavitha first meets Jamie and Rob.
* ButchLesbian: Rough-and-tough Sidney states in chapter 4 that she's "not into dudes".
* CrashIntoHello: How Kavitha first meets Jamie and Rob.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Go on, try and threaten Rob (or Kavitha). Jamie will stand in his defense.
Any time anyone (Sidney included) enters Rob's personal space, they have to go through Jamie. He's almost as protective towards Kavitha, though.
* ButchLesbian: Rough-and-tough Sidney states in chapter 4 that she's "not intodudes".
dudes". The [[TouchTelepathy memories]] that leak from her imply a failed sapphic dalliance with someone named "Erin".
* CrashIntoHello:How Kavitha first meets Jamie and Rob.Rob when some not-so-random person in the crowd pushes her right into them.
* ButchLesbian: Rough-and-tough Sidney states in chapter 4 that she's "not into
* CrashIntoHello:
-->'''Sidney''': Maybe your kitty-cat doesn't like you anymore?
* ClockRoaches: The anomalies are time stream's reaction to a disturbance in the flow, i.e. Kavitha's non-death.
* DamselInDistress: Kavitha, when kidnapped in chapter 1 by mysterious thugs. The boys saving her is what sets the plot in motion.
* ClockRoaches: The anomalies are time stream's reaction to a disturbance in the flow, i.e. Kavitha's non-death.
* DamselInDistress: Kavitha, when kidnapped in chapter 1 by mysterious thugs. The boys saving her is what sets the plot in motion.
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* DisappearedDad: Implied in chapter 4 for Rob.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Rob plays cello. %%context?
* FacePalm: [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=613 Sidney]], on learning that Rob and Jamie saved Kavitha's life.
* {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's. %%needs context
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Shortly after Rob saves Kavitha from the bullet, there's a minor ArtShift and shhhhh sound. Also, Nina hissing at Kavitha. {{Lampshaded}} in the artist comments about Rob's dad.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Rob as the Phlegmatic, Jamie as the Sanguine, Kavitha as Melancholic, and Sidney as the Choleric. %%why?
* GenreSavvy: Jamie, sometimes Sidney displays this. %%context?
* GoodIsNotNice: Saving the world is a responsible job. No place for incompetents, as Sidney is quick to demonstrate.
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Rob plays cello. %%context?
* FacePalm: [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=613 Sidney]], on learning that Rob and Jamie saved Kavitha's life.
* {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's. %%needs context
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Shortly after Rob saves Kavitha from the bullet, there's a minor ArtShift and shhhhh sound. Also, Nina hissing at Kavitha. {{Lampshaded}} in the artist comments about Rob's dad.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Rob as the Phlegmatic, Jamie as the Sanguine, Kavitha as Melancholic, and Sidney as the Choleric. %%why?
* GenreSavvy: Jamie, sometimes Sidney displays this. %%context?
* GoodIsNotNice: Saving the world is a responsible job. No place for incompetents, as Sidney is quick to demonstrate.
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* DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals: The Distillum, represented in the story by Rob and Sidney. They are powerful [[{{Psychometry}} psychometrists]] and experience some sort of a [[TouchTelepathy peek into each other's memories while touching]]. Distillum may also have precognition, but this always [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity bites them]] [[YouCantFightFate in the rear]]. In general, their powers deal with time - they can sense its flow and sometimes even interact with things future or past.
* DisappearedDad: Implied inchapter 4 the TouchTelepathy moment for Rob.
* DivingSave: When the attempt to lead Kavitha out of the shed goes south and the thugs reach for guns, Rob pulls her out of the way of the bullet.
%% misuse - this doesn't make him more attractive * ElegantClassicalMusician: Rob playscello. %%context?
the cello.
* FacePalm: [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=613 Sidney]],on upon learning that Rob and Jamie saved Kavitha's life.
life. Rose just looks aside uncomfortably.
%%needs context * {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's. %%needs context\n
%%is it foreshadowing if it's immediately obvious something's up? * {{Foreshadowing}}: Shortly after Rob saves Kavitha from the bullet, there's a minor ArtShift and shhhhh sound. Also, Nina hissing at Kavitha. {{Lampshaded}} in the artist comments about Rob's dad.
* %%not so much in the forst four chapters, no. Otherwise, explain why* FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Rob as the Phlegmatic, Jamie as the Sanguine, Kavitha as Melancholic, and Sidney as the Choleric. %%why?
Choleric.
%% in what way? * GenreSavvy: Jamie, sometimes Sidney displaysthis. %%context?
this.
* GoodIsNotNice: Saving the world is a responsible job. No place for incompetents, as Sidney is quick todemonstrate.demonstrate by not beating around the bush. Ever. Especially not around Kavitha, who (as far as Sidney's concerned) should be dead.
* DisappearedDad: Implied in
* DivingSave: When the attempt to lead Kavitha out of the shed goes south and the thugs reach for guns, Rob pulls her out of the way of the bullet.
%% misuse - this doesn't make him more attractive * ElegantClassicalMusician: Rob plays
* FacePalm: [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=613 Sidney]],
%%needs context * {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's.
%%is it foreshadowing if it's immediately obvious something's up? * {{Foreshadowing}}: Shortly after Rob saves Kavitha from the bullet, there's a minor ArtShift and shhhhh sound. Also, Nina hissing at Kavitha. {{Lampshaded}} in the artist comments about Rob's dad.
%% in what way? * GenreSavvy: Jamie, sometimes Sidney displays
* GoodIsNotNice: Saving the world is a responsible job. No place for incompetents, as Sidney is quick to
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Part of Distillum power set. Sidney says they're just "[[OurGhostsAreDifferent echoes]]".
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Part of Distillum power set. Sidney says they're just set is seeing "[[OurGhostsAreDifferent echoes]]".echoes]]" of people who had had strong experiences in the place an anomaly arose.
* InvisibleToNormals: Both Rob and Kavitha hear the anomaly in chapter 2, but Jamie doesn't. He's concerned about it.
* InvisibleToNormals: Both Rob and Kavitha hear the anomaly in chapter 2, but Jamie doesn't. He's concerned about it.
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* MsExposition: Sidney, by virtue of being the only member of the group who actually knows what's going on and has any sort of experience handling anomalies. And she doesn't suffer noobs easily.
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* {{Masquerade}}: According to Sidney, the Distillum have been around for a long time, but in early first century A.D. people started fearing them, necessitating both Masquerade and intermarrying with {{muggle}}s that diluted their blood (weakening the powers) and introduced it to the general populace, causing Distillum to [[MageBornOfMuggles be born in un-Distillum families every now and then]].
* MentorInSourArmor: Sidney is cynical, snarky, never beats around the bush and honestly tells Rob there's little she can teach him and he has to learn on the job. But she does seem to care about their task, at least, and standing Rob in an ice-cold stream was the only way she knew to make him understand the Distillum concept of time.
* MsExposition: Sidney, by virtue of being the only member of the group who actually knows what's going on and has any sort of experience handling anomalies. And she doesn't suffer noobseasily.gladly.
* MyCard: When signing off after their first meeting, Sidney gives the gang her grandmother's card. They live together, so the address is the same anyway.
* MysteriousEmployer: The thugs who kidnapped Kavitha have explicitly been paid, and later on an [[MysteriousWatcher unnamed individual]] appears observing the group and commenting that Rob is learning fast. He's on the phone, talking with someone he calls his brother, hinting at a deeper conspiracy.
* MentorInSourArmor: Sidney is cynical, snarky, never beats around the bush and honestly tells Rob there's little she can teach him and he has to learn on the job. But she does seem to care about their task, at least, and standing Rob in an ice-cold stream was the only way she knew to make him understand the Distillum concept of time.
* MsExposition: Sidney, by virtue of being the only member of the group who actually knows what's going on and has any sort of experience handling anomalies. And she doesn't suffer noobs
* MyCard: When signing off after their first meeting, Sidney gives the gang her grandmother's card. They live together, so the address is the same anyway.
* MysteriousEmployer: The thugs who kidnapped Kavitha have explicitly been paid, and later on an [[MysteriousWatcher unnamed individual]] appears observing the group and commenting that Rob is learning fast. He's on the phone, talking with someone he calls his brother, hinting at a deeper conspiracy.
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* TheNicknamer: Sidney never calls anyone by their real name. Jamie, for instance, has been called "blondie" and "cowboy", Rob "you", and she refers to Kavitha scornfully as "the anomaly" on a few occasions. Likewise, her grandmother is called Mamee, even in the tags.
* NoOSHACompliance: The abandoned shed Kavitha was held in. %%context?
* OneWordTitle:
* PaperTalisman: Used by Distillum to dispel anomalies. Sidney has an entire shed wallpapered with these.
* PsychicPowers: The Distillum, represtented in the story by Rob and Sidney. They are powerful [[{{Psychometry}} psychometrists]] and experience some sort of [[TouchTelepathy peek into each other's memories while touching]]. Distillum may also have precognition, but this always [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity bites them]] [[YouCantFightFate in the rear]].
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works this way. %%needs context
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie and Sidney are both Red, while Kavitha and Rob display Blue traits. %%needs context
* NoOSHACompliance: The abandoned shed Kavitha was held in. %%context?
* OneWordTitle:
* PaperTalisman: Used by Distillum to dispel anomalies. Sidney has an entire shed wallpapered with these.
* PsychicPowers: The Distillum, represtented in the story by Rob and Sidney. They are powerful [[{{Psychometry}} psychometrists]] and experience some sort of [[TouchTelepathy peek into each other's memories while touching]]. Distillum may also have precognition, but this always [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity bites them]] [[YouCantFightFate in the rear]].
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works this way. %%needs context
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie and Sidney are both Red, while Kavitha and Rob display Blue traits. %%needs context
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* TheNicknamer: Sidney never calls anyone by their real name. Jamie, for instance, has been called "blondie" and "cowboy", Rob "you", and she refers to Kavitha scornfully as "the anomaly" on a few occasions. Likewise, her grandmother (Rose) is called Mamee, even in the tags.
* %%misuse, that's not factory* NoOSHACompliance: The abandoned shed Kavitha was held in. %%context?
in.
*OneWordTitle:
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* PaperTalisman: Used by the Distillum to dispel anomalies. Sidney has an entire shed pretty much wallpapered with these.
*PsychicPowers: The PlayingDrunk: Jamie distracts the thugs guarding Kavitha, so Rob can get her out, by standing by the window and pretending to be a very loud, very amusing drunkard.
* {{Psychometry}}: Rob has been using his to find Jamie's misplaced keys. Now, as an apprentice Distillum,represtented in he seems more sensitive to moods that surround the story by Rob and Sidney. They are powerful [[{{Psychometry}} psychometrists]] and experience some sort of [[TouchTelepathy peek into each other's memories while touching]]. Distillum may also have precognition, but this always [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity bites them]] [[YouCantFightFate in the rear]].
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works this way. %%needs context
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie andanomalies than Sidney are both Red, is.
* RedOniBlueOni:
** The boys: Jamie, a friendly fun guy, is reddish, while Rob, a decided introvert, is Blue.
** The [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girls]]: Sidney is a textbook choleric Red: short-tempered, task-oriented, bossy, hard-working {{jerkass}} and TheCynic; while Kavitha is a mellow, friendly andRob display Blue traits. %%needs contextnurturing young woman (who nevertheless won't be bullied around). Her being a DamselInDistress had a direct bearing on the plot.
*
* PaperTalisman: Used by the Distillum to dispel anomalies. Sidney has an entire shed pretty much wallpapered with these.
*
* {{Psychometry}}: Rob has been using his to find Jamie's misplaced keys. Now, as an apprentice Distillum,
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works this way. %%needs context
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie and
* RedOniBlueOni:
** The boys: Jamie, a friendly fun guy, is reddish, while Rob, a decided introvert, is Blue.
** The [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl girls]]: Sidney is a textbook choleric Red: short-tempered, task-oriented, bossy, hard-working {{jerkass}} and TheCynic; while Kavitha is a mellow, friendly and
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** In chapter 4, Jamie irritably informs Sidney that she's not [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi]].
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** In While undergoing her TrainingFromHell in chapter 4, Jamie irritably informs Sidney that she's not [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi]].Miyagi]].
* StressVomit: In the aftermatch of rescuing Kavitha and running from the thugs, Rob throws up.
* StressVomit: In the aftermatch of rescuing Kavitha and running from the thugs, Rob throws up.
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* SupernaturalMartialArts: Sidney teaches one to the protagonists.
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* SupernaturalMartialArts: Sidney teaches one to the protagonists.protagonists, although this may be just a way to instill discipline.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: Well, now it is. Because the boys have played heroes and rescued Kavitha when she was supposed to die, which broke reality (a bit). GoodJobBreakingItHero !
* TitleDrop: In Chapter 4. %%needs context
* TitleDrop: In Chapter 4. %%needs context
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* TimeyWimeyBall: Well, now it is. Because the boys have played heroes and rescued Kavitha when she was supposed to die, which broke reality (a bit). GoodJobBreakingItHero !
! %%maybe not?
%%needs context * TitleDrop: In Chapter4. %%needs context4.
* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: Sidney isn't happy about it, but she does [[ExpositingTheMasquerade explain to Rob he's a Distillum, what the Distillum are]] and pretty much takes him in as her apprentice.
* WindsAreGhosts: Gusts of wind (sometimes strong enough to make Rob fall, even though no one else even feels them) are associated with anomalies.
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* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: Sidney isn't happy about it, but she does [[ExpositingTheMasquerade explain to Rob he's a Distillum, what the Distillum are]] and pretty much takes him in as her apprentice.
* WindsAreGhosts: Gusts of wind (sometimes strong enough to make Rob fall, even though no one else even feels them) are associated with anomalies.
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found them after all; might do some refurbishment after all
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''Distillum'' is a webcomic series created by Sarah "Pickles" Dill, and it can no longer be found, as [[http://www.distillum.com/ the page]] is down and Pickles has left [[http://sarahpicklesdill.deviantart.com/?rnrd=10891 deviantArt]] (taking the comic pages with her).
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''Distillum'' is a webcomic series created by Sarah "Pickles" Dill, and it can no longer be found, as Dill. While [[http://www.distillum.com/ the page]] is down and Pickles has left [[http://sarahpicklesdill.deviantart.com/?rnrd=10891 deviantArt]] (taking deviantArt]], she hasn't taken all the comic pages with her).
her - at least the first chapters are still there.
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''Distillum'' is a webcomic series created by Sarah "Pickles" Dill, and it can be found [[http://www.distillum.com/ here]] or on Pickles' [[http://sarahpicklesdill.deviantart.com/?rnrd=10891 deviantArt]].
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''Distillum'' is a webcomic series created by Sarah "Pickles" Dill, and it can no longer be found found, as [[http://www.distillum.com/ here]] or on Pickles' the page]] is down and Pickles has left [[http://sarahpicklesdill.deviantart.com/?rnrd=10891 deviantArt]].
deviantArt]] (taking the comic pages with her).
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* AntiHero: Sidney ain't nice. She is responsible for policing the anomalies and does it with zeal, hence the "hero" part.
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* AntiHero: Sidney ain't nice.is rude, abrasive and seems to have some skeletons in her closet. She is responsible for policing the anomalies and does it with zeal, hence the "hero" part.
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* FacePalm: [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=613 Sidney]], on learning Rob and Jamie saved Kavitha's life.
* {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's.
* {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's.
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* FacePalm: [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=613 Sidney]], on learning that Rob and Jamie saved Kavitha's life.
* {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's. %%needs context
* {{Foil}}: Jamie to Rob and Sidney to Kavitha. Sidney is also Rob's. %%needs context
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Rob as the Phlegmatic, Jamie as the Sanguine, Kavitha as Melancholic, and Sidney as the Choleric.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: With Rob as the Phlegmatic, Jamie as the Sanguine, Kavitha as Melancholic, and Sidney as the Choleric. %%why?
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* AerithAndBob: Kavitha, though she has a Hindi name.
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* AerithAndBob: Kavitha, though she has a Hindi name.There's Jamie, Rob, Sydney and Kavitha. Justified by the great American melting pot - Kavitha is of Indian descent.
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* ButchLesbian: Rough-and-though Sidney states in chapter 4 that she's "not into dudes".
* CrashIntoHello: How Kavitha meets Jamie and Rob.
* CrashIntoHello: How Kavitha meets Jamie and Rob.
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* ButchLesbian: Rough-and-though Rough-and-tough Sidney states in chapter 4 that she's "not into dudes".
* CrashIntoHello: How Kavitha first meets Jamie and Rob.
* CrashIntoHello: How Kavitha first meets Jamie and Rob.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, Jamie. Sidney, too.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Oh, Jamie. Sidney, too. %%needs context
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* ElegantClassicalMusician: Rob and his cello.
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* ElegantClassicalMusician: Rob and his cello.plays cello. %%context?
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* GenreSavvy: Jamie, sometimes Sidney displays this.
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* GenreSavvy: Jamie, sometimes Sidney displays this. %%context?
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jamie and Rob.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Jamie and Rob.Rob are practically brothers.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sidney, at least according to Rose.
* MsExposition: Sidney.
* MsExposition: Sidney.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sidney, at least according to Rose.
her grandmother, although towards everybody else (especially Kavitha) she's more of a straight-out jerk.
* MsExposition:Sidney.Sidney, by virtue of being the only member of the group who actually knows what's going on and has any sort of experience handling anomalies. And she doesn't suffer noobs easily.
* MsExposition:
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* NoOSHACompliance: The abandoned shed Kavitha was held in.
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* NoOSHACompliance: The abandoned shed Kavitha was held in. %%context?
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* PsychicPowers: Rob and Sidney. They are powerful [[{{Psychometry}} psychometrists]] and experience some sort of [[TouchTelepathy peek into each other's memories while touching]]. Distillum may also have precognition, but this always [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity bites them]] [[YouCantFightFate in the rear]].
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works this way.
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie and Sidney are both Red, while Kavitha and Rob display Blue traits.
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works this way.
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie and Sidney are both Red, while Kavitha and Rob display Blue traits.
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* PsychicPowers: The Distillum, represtented in the story by Rob and Sidney. They are powerful [[{{Psychometry}} psychometrists]] and experience some sort of [[TouchTelepathy peek into each other's memories while touching]]. Distillum may also have precognition, but this always [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity bites them]] [[YouCantFightFate in the rear]].
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works thisway.
way. %%needs context
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie and Sidney are both Red, while Kavitha and Rob display Blue traits. %%needs context
* RandomlyGifted: According to the diagram being a Distillum works this
* RedOniBlueOni: Jamie and Sidney are both Red, while Kavitha and Rob display Blue traits. %%needs context
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* TimeyWimeyBall: Well, now it is. GoodJobBreakingItHero !
* TitleDrop: In Chapter 4.
* TitleDrop: In Chapter 4.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: Well, now it is. Because the boys have played heroes and rescued Kavitha when she was supposed to die, which broke reality (a bit). GoodJobBreakingItHero !
* TitleDrop: In Chapter 4. %%needs context
* TitleDrop: In Chapter 4. %%needs context
