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Hello, everyone! As you've probably noticed, we've been having a few problems - I mentioned earlier that something got knocked out of balance, and we had to recalibrate, but in a few days we should be able to drop the emergency measures. Please be aware that there is an incoming storm, class four. General orders for that kind of thing are to report to management for any known threats and follow instructions, but so far what's known is "that might be a little annoying" and "hope it isn't". Theoretically it'll probably be related to the holiday, I think, because a large group of souls focused through the needle of a pin on one thing can sort of shape a thing around them.

That's sort of a really inaccurate way to put it on the technical side of things, but I think it's the easiest way to understand it! At any rate, we'll know more once we're in the thick of things. Please take care as usual; resources aren't exactly what some of you seem to think they are, and we had to expend rather more than usual in the past month or so to keep things with a few of you steady.

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retr

spec Incorporated

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[Boy this was a mistake.]

huh

that's weird

is it like you're pretending and you know it or something way more complicated than that?

Honestly I'm not sure. It's like... for example, in one memory I panic but find my footing and win a battle. The man I'm with reassures me it's okay and my first fight, and I promise to be dependable.

But I know I'm laughing at him in my thoughts.

hm hm hm hm hm

it sounds like maybe the guy doesn't understand you at all

that kind of thing, you know, 'oh, poor innocent girl!' a lot of guys think that way. you probably should have been laughing at him, t.b.h.

[But no, she thinks, probably the laughter was some hint of a future betrayal. But why spoil that fun?]

[ That's a thought Natalia's had too, honestly. The betrayal thing. But it's also something she's tried to actively deny in her mind. She frowns a little more though, oddly... reassured by this response even as she also doubts it. ]

Or I just wanted him to think that, really. It's easier to deal with a lot of guys like that.

oh, isn't that the truth! they're the worst! it's definitely why i prefer girls!

what do you think you got out of it?

lying to him or whatever?

I usually can find something appealing in anyone.

But... I'm not sure!

don't worry! it's ok to have standards, but those standards are different for everybody! ✨

[That might mean something about her opinion on Natalia's standards...but it's probably fine.]

really? then it sounds like you were saying something that was just second nature to you, after all! maybe he knew you really well?

I can answer for that, actually. I didn't! I had only just met the man recently. It's just a matter of some deception since that point.

I'm not really sure to what end... but.

The memories being like that's been unsettling me.

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