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[subigito]

Type: Text
Sender ID: anonymous (Astarion)
To: General Public
Subject: The Rifts
Warnings: None

What is even the point of becoming close to anyone here, if they can all just leave as quickly as they came?

Oh, sure, let's all play our little games and finish our silly little quests and feel this sense of camaraderie working towards a goal we all damn well know is unaccomplishable. And along the way, we can learn the magic of friendship only to have it taken away by the Rifts without any further explanation.

It would be nicer to believe we were being held to the whims of some vengeful god instead of the unfeeling randomness of the Rifts and their "unknowable" magic.

Then, at least, there would be someone to curse for the cruelty of it.

Comments

[ricebird]

[Oh. Kotori... actually takes a few minutes before answering. Ever since she got here, her focus has mostly been getting back home and surviving in the mean time. (Okay, and taking in all the amazing food.) But... the people here she's met are really nice. Of course everyone's going to form attachments to each other. She's probably on her way herself... Is she gonna feel that pain, gonna cause it in others? Likely...]

I'm really sorry. Again. You're right, it would be better if we had some control over it, and it's awful that we don't.

[But she learned too early that sometimes, circumstances are out of one's hands. And that sometimes reaching for control can make them worse. But she doesn't want to launch into platitudes, not until she listens more.]

[subigito]

Thank you.

Sometimes it's easy to forget the reality of our circumstances. There are days I think I'd be just fine staying here, but we're completely at the mercy of whatever magic did this to all of us.

[ricebird]

Yeah. It's weird how much I like this place now. When we first started I couldn't wait to go home. But all the people I've met so far have been really nice, on both sides. And if it ever happens to them, I'll miss them. But... I'm still glad I met them. It'd be awful having to go through all this completely alone.

[subigito]

I don't know. I'm used to being alone. Having people and losing them is new.

[ricebird]

Both hurt a lot...

[Hinting that she has some experience with both...]

Still... I'd rather have those connections. It's hard to describe, but... it's like leaving your plate empty because you know that food will be gone once you eat it, instead of enjoying it and letting it make feel full and nourish you.

[..... Her name is "ricebird," hopefully it's not too offensive she used a food-based simile.]