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[seacub]

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sometime between Dec-10 & Dec-23 (so you get to pick having the sweater or not for Catte)

[foo_toplankton]

[ Emporio receives a gift from Foo Fighters! It consists of a Nattensfest sweater and a dictionary (and a copy of Spengler's Guide to Monsters if Emporio hasn't already gotten himself a copy). There is apparently yet another book that FF insists is for him as well, but that she needs to finish something before he can have it. She does not elaborate further. ]

<KrisKringle> nothing happened shh

[getmeoutofthedraft]

Ho ho ho! Your Secret Santa giftee is JODARIEL, goes by "noxalas" on the network. She works at the orphanage, if you want to stake her out.

Buy or make Jody a gift by December 26, or Santa will come down your chimney and box your ears.

If you need more information, contact me C/O Hawkeye Pierce at Crowe Clinic, and I'll delegate him to tell you to do your own research.

Nattensfest

[waitingforplayer2]

[ Foo & Emporio will receive their own set of playing cards and a couple of board games of their own to play - Nanami has selected chess, and a board game about exploring the ruins of Atlantis.

They will also, of course, receive a holiday bonus from Insert Coin. ]

Nattensfest

[recuttal]

[Emporio's package is very clearly labeled with his name, just so Hinata is sure it doesn't get lost. Inside the brightly wrapped box is a pair of bright blue sandals, as well as a pair of sunglasses that... well, hopefully aren't too big for him. Alongside them in the box is paper bag full of chocolate chip cookies, and a small note--

'For when the sun gets stronger!

-Hinata']

<WhiteWizard>, post 1/29

[softspokenlandlord]

Hello.

i...wanted to tell you that i'm so sorry for the things i said to you on Joshua's post. i was thoroughly out of line, and i had no right to treat you in such a terrible manner.

if you'd prefer not to correspond with me anymore, then i'll respect it, but you deserve an apology.

ehhehehehe

[seacub]

[What does he do with this. What does he do with it? He's no curse-poisoned shade, but he almost wishes he was, because then maybe he'd have a good excuse to destroy the laptop and not think about this.

Instead he stares. He stares, and stares, and stares....]

Do you even know what you were saying?

It didn't take long to figure out you were already a mess. That there was something else.

But did you even realize what you were saying, when you first messaged me that day?

[softspokenlandlord]

the truth is, i wasn't really myself. i was hurting people because i was under the influence of a magical artifact that was altering my perception of the world. it was bad enough that my boyfriend wasn't staying in the apartment with me either.

i don't intend this to be an excuse, just an explanation. but you're right. i was a mess. and i was doing it to myself, in the pursuit of greater power.

still, the fact is that i didn't know who you were at all, nor did i mean to say anything to target you specifically. if i struck something painful then...i can't take it back. i can never take it back.

but i really am sorry.

u-u he is mean...

[seacub]

I noticed.

[Why so few others apparently did, or at least why no one got involved enough to stop it, he'll never know. Great boyfriend, he can't help but think, way to get help.

All he can see, frankly, is that 'pursuit of greater power'. It's a statement that makes him sick. That makes him really want to throw the machine off the bed.]

If that's the cost of power then you and everyone here is better off without it.

It's a good thing I don't know what you look like. Maybe if we meet in person I'll never know it's 'you'. That's going to be the only way we can possibly get along at this point.

How can you say 'sorry', when you don't even know what your words meant?

ha ha ha...

[softspokenlandlord]

because even if i don't...not apologizing is even worse. and because i don't want to make you tell me something that might be extremely personal in the pursuit of educating me, not unless you wanted to.

i wish i could do better than this. and i wish that i could tell you something that might make you understand my motives, but this isn't about me right now, and even if it was, it wouldn't make much of a difference.

[Ryou knows this much, based on the responses he'd gotten before the truth or dare post ever went up. Only his friends could be trusted to see the truth past the shade-anger. Ryou has tried telling people outside of his circle of friends and acquaintances very bluntly about what's dropped him down this path.

Very few have noticed.]

<Gyuuki>

[tastefulheroism]

good news! i found out what monster i'm turning into! i'm going to be a mermaid!

bad news.

i learned that because i got thrown into a bath tub but everything's okay now!

[seacub]

[It's true. He's not about to spill personal reasons as to why those words, and primarily those words hurt. But even so...]

I just can't understand how people can find something like power, worth so much of another person's life.

I can't even tell if you thought it was to begin with, and that's probably the worst part.

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[seacub]

[Uh.

Uh. UH]

Did you not have any other signs before then?

This just reminds me why I can't just get into the shower blindly now.

<Gyuuki>

[tastefulheroism]

i was really thirsty and i might have collapsed.

but it's okay. yuzu-nee is really nice. even if she didn't let me go out for a bit.

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[seacub]

Since you collapsed that isn't really surprising.

I always carry around a lot of water so that that doesn't happen. I had a whole bucket of bottles even before I got my shell.

<Gyuuki>

[tastefulheroism]

i think the hardest part was that i didn't realize that i needed that much water. i was drinking a lot but i guess my brain didn't put two and two together. it just felt so *hot*.

i really hope i get scales soon, though. my tail looks really weird right now without any... i didn't know you could get a shell as a mer, though!

that's so cool!! it's like having a home on your back.

[Yuuna??? Focus, honey.]

< SPEAKING.IN.TONGUES >

[seacub]

[Haha,] It's the same for human beings. When you really feel thirsty, it's already past the point where you needed water. It's pretty easy to get mildly dehydrated actually.

Neither did I. I'm a whole turtle, I don't think anyone thought it was possible.

It's not really a home but it's nice to sleep in at least. It's cozy.

<mynameiskirby> 02/17 but if you wanna wait to thread this til next month for bonuses that is a-okay

[gourmandofthestars]

emporio!

happy birthday!!

<Gyuuki>

[tastefulheroism]

that's a good thing to know. i don't think taking a bath can help a normal human, though.

that's really neat! i really don't know what to do about my tail... i tried taking a bath again and it seems longer now. i don't think that's how it's supposed to be. i like it, though. i feel like i can give a really good hug with it.

[That's... kinda weird, Yuuna, but you do you.]

< SPEAKING.IN.TONGUES >

[seacub]

Probably not, at least not the way it helps 'mer'.

Likewise though you probably can't expect a bath to work for a 'mer' very long- you wouldn't keep a dolphin in a bathtub right?

[um]

A hug with your tail?

<Gyuuki>

[tastefulheroism]

i feel like i wouldn't do well in open water yet. i don't even have gills. :( it feels very mean.

[Young lady, is this what you should be worried about?]

if i'm going to be stuck in water a lot... why not? that way i can hug my friends better.

< SPEAKING.IN.TONGUES >

[seacub]

You wouldn't have to go far from shore though right?

Are you sure you don't have them? They don't always look like you expect. Mine are just spiracles.

[uh]

Fish normally can't move in a way that lets you hug like that exactly. Maybe an eel though? Or some sort of sea snake?

<Gyuuki>

[tastefulheroism]

but it's no fun if i can't go out more than i normally could.

i've tried going underwater and i can't breathe. ): i think i don't have them yet -- what's a spiracle

[Look.]

i think i might be part eel... it's really long? and keeps growing. it doesn't really move like what i think a normal fish does, either.

sLAMS IN HERE YES THANK YOU, he hit max so early cries

[seacub]

[There is an unfortunate delay in Emporio's reply, mostly because Emporio is busy reliving the 14th until the 21st arrives. Suffice to say, he's surprised to see the birthday message.]

Oh.

Thanks!

I think the month skipped my actual birthday, so I guess having a party or not was decided for me.

[Though....he does feel a little bad... ...Kirby was looking forward to meeting he was pretty sure...]

I might do something anyway after I moved though.

[Happy birthday....for the house. Yes. For his new house.]

< SPEAKING.IN.TONGUES >

[seacub]

What stops you from that though? Even if you can't breathe underwater, your body is more adapted to swimming right? So you'd be able to stay afloat a lot longer as well.

[uh] It's like a hole.

Eel makes sense then. If you were a sea snake I wouldn't be able to say if you'd get gills or not. Turtles and sea snakes both need air to breathe, so they just surface for that normally, it's not the same as with 'mer'.

Eels have round gills that are pretty similar to spiracles, so maybe you'll get those though?

<Gyuuki>

[tastefulheroism]

it is but i guess i'm really tempted to go in deep water but it's annoying that i can't hold my breath? it's silly, really, but i hope that it changes.

oh! i guess that makes sense. haha, sorry... i just never heard that word before. that could be pretty cool, actually. either way i just wonder how long i'm going to be.