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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

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Was that a bad example

it was just all about death
fucking depressing

Sorry, it was the first things that came to mind.
Adults also don't... eat things off the ground?

doesnt that worry you

Yeah, there's germs on the ground. Adults know better.

not that part

You mean the death thing. It doesn't worry me. Personally.

it doesnt worry you that youre like 10 and you think about death that much

I'm 21 and it's been a thing since I was 6. It's a reality, just like the sky being blue. Valid thoughts to have.

21 is as close to 10 and 49 is to 24

im not gonna tell you how to live your life kid but
sometimes they tell people to talk to people about shit like that you know

21 is closer to 10, but I get your point.
I know. But I'm fine, honest. It's not like talking about it will make death go away.

[ he's not fine but he'll realize this later in the month maybe ]

are you just obsessed with the idea it might happen or

It's not like I think about it all the time. You never feel it? L'appel du vide. There's a term for it. It's that common.

ive never heard that term
i looked it up though

you

shit im not really the right person to have this conversation with
theres people on retrospec who get how to deal with these things

It's not a Retrospec thing. Although there's plenty to say about it and death and existence in general. Anyways, the term is just a thought. It's not acted upon.

i mean like theres other people who are good at talking through shit
theres people who do that for a living even here on retrospec
it dont gotta be a retrospec thing

when i used to feel like that i never talked
i just fought

I guess I don't really see the point in it, especially when I feel like there's nothing wrong.

Fighting can the therapeutic, though. It takes your mind off things, and expends nervous energy. Not talking is fine.

sometimes

What do you do when it doesn't work the other times?

fight harder, i guess

Is that a literal "fight"?

yeah
i love fighting
it gets my blood pumping
it makes me feel alive

And that staves off feeling like you're already dead, or might as well be. Better than most thrill seeking things I guess.

sometimes once your body hurts enough you get reminded how much worse it'd feel to die
and dying feels like a stupid wish

I don't think I've ever felt like that before. Would you beat me up if I asked?

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