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[softlyfalling]

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@glory

[softlyfalling]

[ from here ]

...I wonder if you can really compare a person and a place, though.

Or at least, even if your history was constructed... you can know that the things you feel are real?

[rollplayinghouse]

...I don't know that I can, for sure. At least, in my memory... I was told my feelings for someone were scripted and planned. And I was certainly manipulated into some things, by how they fed us memories at particular points.

Well, I like to think everything I feel and decide now is my own will, but... what does that even mean, really?

[hope Shrike wanted an afternoon interlude of existential horror over the bond. It's low-key, at least; Glory has this in the background all the time, and there's only so long a person can feel that before it hits a kind of dull acceptance]

[softlyfalling]

[ it's chill she's having a personal crisis 24/7 still, just like, muffled in the distance these days also

and also it still counts for points! ]

Mm... I guess it's hard to say. If being real is "being like something should be," or if it's something you decide internally...

[rollplayinghouse]

...You can decide something internally and be misled.

There's not really anything else to do about it, though...

[TIME TO HEAD INTO THE CAFE]

[softlyfalling]

[ time for existential dread sweets ]

...ah, I guess.

Maybe the real question is whether it actually matters.

@thorn

[softlyfalling]

[ from here ]

...I don't know!

So I suppose... it's probably worth finding out.

Re: @thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

Murder, or heist?

Re: @thorn

[softlyfalling]

Mm... heist, I guess?

Re: @thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[Considers, then pulls down The Inexplicable Tale of the Missing Gemstones and offers it to her]

I liked this one quite a lot.

[He grabs down something he hasn't read before, for himself]

[Since they're out of the game tower, and since all they're going to be doing is reading, he lets Machai Provocation drop on himself. There's some vague uncertainty, a hint of vulnerability... but mostly, he's settled into something calm and even, ready to spend some time with a new book]

Re: @thorn

[softlyfalling]

Oh! Well, I'll give it a try, then...

[ honestly being away from the game tower and mostly around one person has calmed her down a lot; she still carries around a sort of ambient aura of mild anxiety and uncertainty, but not directed at anything. ]

Let's see if we can find a couch.

@persephone

[softlyfalling]

[ from here ]

...probably not.

[ she leans back against the bench, and drapes her arms over the back. ]

Is there anything else that'd be soothing, right now? I'm fine, since—you're relaxing to be around, actually, but.

Re: @persephone

[forgottenmercy]

This is, ah, more than fine. You do not, ah, need to take any trouble...

Re: @persephone

[softlyfalling]

You should know by now it's never any trouble for you.

...It's out of love.

[ a sort of friendly/sisterly love, but love nonetheless; it feels nice to say it, if she's honest with herself. ]

Re: @persephone

[forgottenmercy]

I, ah, know. But...

[it's nice to feel that from her, honestly. a little warm where so much has been cold-]

@lucifel

[softlyfalling]

[ from here ]

Ah, um, I mean—if you feel that way I won't, but, it's sort of—

Well, "survival is fury," I suppose.

Re: @lucifel

[sancrimony]

[ that sounds like

some sort of proverb

that he is not familiar with. ]

. . . Even so, I would rather not let her know if I can help it.

Re: @lucifel

[softlyfalling]

[ it's about slamming your hand into a wall repeatedly, ]

Ah, well... I really won't, so.

It's sort of understandable, anyway...

@dva

[softlyfalling]

[ from here ]

Oh—I guess you're pretty candid about that, huh.

Well, if you want help with the game at all, er... let me know?

Re: @dva

[420blazeit]

No reason to hide it. [ cracks a smile as she tries to keep her emotions from doing anything more than simmering. ]

I'd love some help. There's a ton of fun stuff on these lists and if we're friends, then we should be able to do more of the higher point things no problem, yeah?

Re: @dva

[softlyfalling]

[ press F for DVa, Shrike can't even turn off her ability to over-read into people's feelings when emotions aren't being shared ]

Oh, er—sure, of course. I'll defer to your comfort, since it's probably harder to know without memories what works for you...

Re: @dva

[420blazeit]

[ it's alright, shrike,
that's not a bad thing! ...most of the time. ]

I'm comfortable with pretty much whatever. [ shrugs. ] But how about we do something you enjoy!

@hlasoh

[softlyfalling]

[ from here ]

[ she tries to just... shove down on the reflexive tension of knowing someone's depending on her that much, and just focus on how nice it is to have helped her so much... ]

I'm really happy, then.

...Love you, Hlasoh.

Re: @hlasoh

[nihilmancy]

[A pang of worry that she made Shrike worry, being anxious girlfriends is hard But you're doing great, honey. You're doing so good better than I ever could. How can I love you if I can't love myself

But the love Hlasoh feels is as strong as the ocean, pulling Shrike close like the tide.

She nuzzles her head into Shrike's chest, holding her.]

I can feel it. It's wonderful. Can you feel my love too?

Re: @hlasoh

[softlyfalling]

...I, I can.

[ just going to brushie her hair a little bit. it's soothing. ]

But I can tell normally, too, you know.

Re: @hlasoh

[nihilmancy]

I know. But this feels really nice.