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

[ends]

[ 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.

Comments

[Text; un: turntechGodhead]

[itsknighttime]

hit me up when these meetings dont include pity
they sound pretty fuckin cool but if were just going there in memorium then i can do that at home
if you say they dont include pity then i might pitch in

text; un: otoproxy

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it’s not a pity party, though I’m not going to police anybody that shows up and needs to cry one off or get their feelings out. this place can be rough. that’s not what I plan to do personally, though.

I know I cracked a little. sorry. I made all these animals for someone and I don’t have anything to do with them now, so I’d like to give them to people if there are any animal lovers out there that want them. I’ll just keep a few. like mascots, maybe? do you want one?

[itsknighttime]

no i didnt think anyone would tell someone to stop crying

dont say sorry that means you didnt mean to feel that way
but you do so do whatever man
im not going to police you either it just sounds like a cool idea i just dont want to go and have someone pity me im not pitiful
uh
yeah you know what why not just surprise me with what one i dont want anything in memoriam like i said but a cool lookin paper dude oughta be hella on my deck

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I'm not sorry I feel that way, I'm sorry that I cracked when I'm trying to be tougher than that and promote strength. so... sorry you saw that, I guess.

and of course you're not pitiful. plus, there will be food, so any kind of person can come appreciate that, right? it's open if you want to come hang out. that's kind of all this first meeting is anyway, since it's last minute and we have to start somewhere.

is there any animal you'd absolutely hate to get? just so I know.

[itsknighttime]

maybe youre not ready to be tough
its cool though im not swayed by it you didnt do anything to me by just feeling shit you know?

ok well you had me at food then
ill be there and bring something
idk do you like pizza rolls?

no i think any of those are hella
im gonna name it and it can be my sidekick for my gigs

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honestly I’ve never had a pizza roll. or maybe I have and it’s just another thing lost to amnesia, I don’t know...

so, maybe we trade origami for pizza rolls?

would love to try it and I hope to see you there. I’m Otonashi, by the way.

( put up an open log mingle over here if interested! super casual, CR free-for-all c:)

Sure am interested! I'll go asap. I'm a little slow rn.

[itsknighttime]

alright bet
you wont be able to slow these rolls
im off my game jokes wise lately ok?
pretend it was funny and ill see you there

i wont be able to pronounce that without making whoever named you want to slap me in the fuckin jaw so are you gonna slap me in the fuckin jaw if i call you nash?

no worries, same here! it’s a very chill thing so 0 pressure

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it was funny, I wasn’t expecting it. and it didn’t rely on threatening to kill someone or dying, so. it was funny.

[ his bar is low. ]

uhh... no, you can call me whatever’s easiest. I don’t imagine my first name would be any easier on you — it’s Yuzuru.

before I had my memories, I just went by “Proxy” so. whatever you prefer. it’s fine. what do you want me to call you?

[itsknighttime]

yeah man i got you no worries
ill keep my dark jokes to myself for now unless i just cant shut my mouth or hit the backspace key with enough social awareness that i make starfish look less socially adept than me sometimes

[[Good thing for Dave.]]

probably but not in the way where i wouldnt have to sound it out
man the more you talk the more im sitting here like jesus fuckin h
im trying not to pry into your shit like why are you called a proxy? did you get items in from japan for weebs like my bro? or did you run servers? did you vote for someone by means of their ok and also legal transmission of their wants?
i bet its something cooler but i tend to make up stories about people
not gonna lie though bro like
we could turn it into a code name
you can call me dave or we could make up a code name so when we see each other we can imagine its like a secret spy meeting
or just maybe not that and you can call me dave and ill ask you if you can help me pronounce your name
heres that backspace thing i was talking about by the way
i didnt have to say any of that
but i am and im typing more
im staring at my thumbs sometimes and im thinking maybe they became sentient but in reality its just me

ok
anyway
hi im dave

[ends]

[ this “backspace” thing, as Dave calls it, and the unfiltered imagination that was clearly poured into this is quite charming in its way.

it reminds him of so many of the people he misses, so Otonashi can’t help but smile. ]

uhh if you want codenames I’ll oblige, but your stories about the name “proxy” are actually much cooler than the truth... so I don’t know how much you want to hear about the reality, but I’ll share it sometime.

spoilers: it’s pretty stupid.

you might be onto something with that sentient thumbs thing. cool ability if it’s true. unique. would definitely win a talent show?

nice to meet you, Dave. I’m confident your fingers/thumbs will be put to good use

You’d be great at working with origami paper.

[itsknighttime]

[[The world will weep for those able to stand Dave in his rambling incarnations, but Dave himself appreciates these unsung heroes from the darkness of his apartment.]]

ah man nah you cant leave me hanging
okay tell you what im going to that meeting not only for the chance to put my unique and possibly sentient thumbs to use but im going to hear this story up front and face to face
that way i know if youre trying to pull one over on me
nothing with the word proxy is going to be lame so im all for hearing it

deal? pizza rolls and a story?

then I sucked and didn’t send this gnjdkng so sorry!

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alright, just promise you won’t get your hopes up too high. I don’t want to disappoint immediately.

sounds like a deal. pizza rolls and a ridiculous story. see you in a bit, Dave.