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[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.

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[suspecteverything]

[It's the idea of the post and the pain he can hear in the voice behind the message that initially draws Jules in. Really, the idea is a good one. He'll have to keep an eye on this and potentially leave things to help them. Or something. He's not one to openly be involved. It's for that reason that he starts his interaction with a question that probably doesn't seem even remotely important.]

Is that what those decorations are called? Origami animals?

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Yeah. To be honest, I didn’t know anything about origami except that it existed, but... The library had a few how-to books on it. I think she would have liked them. Her own little pet display.

[ after she had sent him an exhaustive list of animal names, he’s confident she would have had some reaction to the little paper creatures, if she’d been around to see them. ]

If you like them, I’d be happy to try to make you one, too.

[suspecteverything]

That's more than I knew. Never even heard of it before. It's what, paper?

[Pretty low tech for what his world usually does, but he girls would probably adore them.]

[ends]

Right, paper! It’s best with origami-specific paper, it folds a little easier and the result is a lot nicer, I think.

[ stepping aside to pull one of them free of the “enclosure,” Otonashi brings a small dog into view. ]

Some of them even move if you manipulate them. Is... is there a sort of animal you like? A favorite?

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[yabaleys]

will there be tomato juice?

[suspecteverything]

Not sure how many animals we have that are similar to yours. Maybe a bird or something?

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[sleepinglotus]

I've adjusted to it despite my original reservations and... issues but I know from experience how difficult that can be for new arrivals. I would be more than happy to help out with this.

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[circumitus]

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.]

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[rediscovering]

This is a good idea. Make fliers.

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[ends]

yeah, I thought about it. I figured I’d announce it this first time, then scope out newcomers, set out advertisements.

I’m no artist but I can at least get the point across.

are you interested?

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[ends]

Moonlacing and chroma are necessary to survive here. But, like I said, that’s... a hurdle for some people. And it can cost people their lives if they don’t comply.

[ as much as he tries to keep his expression steeled, there’s a small break, a show of faltering in the way his eyes dart downward. ]

So if you want to survive, you can’t expect to do it alone. And that’s not even touching the other weird things that happen around here...

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[ends]

I’ve got my own hangups about the way the world works, but... I figured most of us do.

[ but the world is unforgiving and cares not for people’s backgrounds: it’s comply or suffer the consequences. ]

So I wanted to do something about it. I’d be happy to have more people on board, it’s kind of an undertaking for just me to run. [ him, with his multiple jobs and engagements... ]

Just curious, you think trying to have an opening meet-up even if it’s last minute is a good idea?

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[ends]

uhh, I don’t see why there couldn’t be tomato juice ... would you like it if there was?

[ he exactly hadn’t planned on it, but he’s open to suggestions. ]

[ends]

I have a few birds! And a few of them flap their wings if you pull their tails, like I said.

[ but, there’s something in the way that it was addressed: animals that are (or aren’t) similar to these crafted approximations. ]

Do you have other sorts of animals? Not from earth?

[circumitus]

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.

[ends]

Oh, yeah... I know what you mean. When I heard that we had to touch each other, I kinda thought it was a joke.

[ leaning on other people for support, he’d gotten used to. he had to, even before coming here.

“touch or suffer,” though, that was new. ]

Not a very good one, but “bad, unfunny jokes” would have been just like home... But you, you’re used to going it alone, huh?

[yabaleys]

yes
aoi will come if there's tomato juice

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oh. sure, I can get tomato juice. how much?

do you think a group like this would be useful to you for more than just the juice?

[ not that he’s unwilling to provide her with something she likes even if that’s all she wants out of it. ]

[yabaleys]

a lot
tomato juice is good shared with friends

yes

[ends]

alright, I’ll make sure to have a sizable amount of tomato juice out for grabs. you can look forward to it!

[ he... should definitely check to be sure he can find it available for purchase, because if not, he has just backed himself into an all-nighter of making tomato juice by hand. ]

just to be clear though, you really just mean tomato juice. right?

that’s not a euphemism for blood or anything like that. right??

[suspecteverything]

I only know of Earth from all you people here mentioning it. It's not a planet in any of the systems that I travel. If it were on any map anywhere I would have at least recognized the name even if I didn't know much about it.

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[remilia_scarlet]

I have no love for this world, but I will not deny that surviving in it has proven more difficult for me than it should. I cannot deny that your idea seems to have merit to me. I would not call myself antisocial by any stretch of the imagination, but that does change the fact I find myself frequently low on this accursed chroma nonsense.

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[uenosama]

This seems to be a bigger issue than I originally thought. People disappear?

Also, I can lend you a hand. In organizing. I don't have any particular skills but I can carry stuff. It seems like this would be for a lot of people.

[rediscovering]

not sure. but I'm surprised it's not a public service provided a long time ago. it seems crucial. like the next best thing to a welfare program, seeing as we have so little control.

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[yabaleys]

this is a time aoi should say thank you
thank you

yes
aoi doesn't think this game is censored or has a language filter
the sex scenes don't have mosaics
but aoi will try just in case
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