ends: (contemplating alone.)
yuzuru otonashi ([personal profile] ends) wrote in [community profile] prismatica2020-08-25 05:12 pm

video; un: otoproxy [backdated to August 22, before the rainfall]

[ as tempting as simply using text would be to send out what amounts to little more than an advertisement, Otonashi comes to the inevitable conclusion that the subject requires more care than a faceless message. despite sporting the “perpetually exhausted” look, the redhead on the video feed offers a warm, weary smile. ]

Right, hey... I figured this is as good a time as any. I pitched an idea a while back about an informal, survival support group. I know for some people, this place is a respite... for other people, it’s hell.

[ those parameters, too, are subject to change from month to month. taking a deep, steadying breath, Otonashi forces himself to maintain focus on the video. ]

No matter how you see it, one thing is true for everyone: you have to connect to survive. That’s easy for some of us, but all of us have stories from home, and not all of them ... make this whole “hey, go touch other people” thing very easy.

I want to hold meetings around the 20th of each month in the Level 2 community center, after the moons’ effects are gone and before anything else starts up, since... that seems to be the trend. There are no requirements to join. This is a way for people to look out for each other... either as friends or as a mutual way to get needed chroma, no strings attached if you’d prefer that.

[ brushing at one of his eyes, he glances over to a small, paper enclosure with a few origami animals in it, deliberately placed in the feed: a paper bunny, a frog, a cat, and a few others that are more difficult to distinguish. ]

But I want everyone to know that they don’t have to fight alone. We’re all sharing this world whether we like it or not. I’ll be offering “SSR club patches” for anyone who wants them, and... origami animals in honor of someone who isn’t with us anymore. And food! A season’s end meet-and-greet picnic, maybe with marshmallow toasting and campfire stories. Something easy to start. I’m open to having one this month if people are interested, even if it’s a bit last-minute...

So, please consider it. If you’re alone and you’re feeling lost, then... come, and don’t be for a while.
circumitus: (uh yes about that...)

[audio | @hot.damn]

[personal profile] circumitus 2020-08-26 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
What, um. Makes this a "survival support group", exactly?

[Rey might have a more simplistic definition of what constitutes as a survivor, but some of the things he talks about hits close to home as someone with mega intimacy issues.

[If anything, at least there's a promise free food. Can't argue with that.]
circumitus: in the ikea parking garage i think i slept here (can you come pick me up?)

[personal profile] circumitus 2020-08-26 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. Can see your point.

[She's almost turned to crystal on more than one occasion before needing to seek out aid.]

Relying on others wasn't really... encouraged, before. So there was a bit of a, um -- shit, what do they call it? -- culture shock, when coming here.
circumitus: (your girlfriend is a south jersey whore.)

[personal profile] circumitus 2020-08-28 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Geez, can't imagine where you'd get that impression. [/sarcasm]

You'd think soldiers would be all buddy-buddy and hoorah and teamwork. [But nah.] Either way, it's... a good idea, what you're doing.