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[recollecters]

You know, I think some April Fool's pranks are okay! Like the silly ones they do on websites or the really good natured kind. But I am LESS okay with someone changing the ENTIRE layout of our entire building and giving us treasure maps to go around it which for the record my brother-in-law did and it's a pain!! There's some weird effects coming in from outside this planet at the moment, although they'll mostly miss the city itself. There'll be a localized temporal storm, but it shouldn't be more than a mild irritation. It looks like it's just going to yank some things around and send them on through. I think Maurice is going to call out sick that day, or if I were him I definitely would. Hey, I kind of want a four-leaf clover. I know that's more last month than this month, but still. If you find one, pass it along. Also, I want to do a cutesy April Fools thing, so don't get too mad! Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated For the remainder of the day all users will have their userpic replaced with a picture of them dressed as their favorite animal. It's pretty harmless as far as pranks go, and it will change back either at midnight or after trying to change the picture twice, prompting an "Are you sure?" message but no further ill effects. Per the mod plotting post, you may use this post to obtain one of this month's freebies! This month's freebie can be earned by turning in a thread on this post that has 5 or more consecutive comments from you with someone new. We define someone new as someone new to the game, or simply someone your character has never tagged before. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently. This post is the overflow for the post originally found here! Please feel free to make new toplevels or simply shift your threads over.

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[beneathmoonlight]

When I think of elegance I think of animals like cranes or swans.

Or flowers. Like roses.

[liberal_arts]

Or people, capturing their essence and their beauty.

[beneathmoonlight]

That too.

I imagine going to places like Bosuma is good for inspiration.

[liberal_arts]

Ah but I went there last month. Met an interesting girl with a sword. Though I could go again...

[beneathmoonlight]

Swords seem to be pretty popular here.

I haven’t gotten a weapon yet.

[liberal_arts]

Maybe you're not suited to weapons. There's nothing wrong with that, right?

[beneathmoonlight]

I guess not.

I couldn’t see myself using a gun or something.

[liberal_arts]

A weapon, after all, is something of a burden. Even a beautiful weapon still exists for only one purpose, to harm others.

And while I can't say I know you intimately, you don't seem like the sort who would accept that fact.

[beneathmoonlight]

That’s true.

I really don’t want to hurt anyone, but I understand needing to defend myself.

I wouldn’t want to fight unless I absolutely had to.

[liberal_arts]

I can't help but find some nobility in that, even if I disagree. Then again, as a sword, I am a tool meant for others to inflict violence with. My perspective is shaped by that, I suppose.

[beneathmoonlight]

Maybe.

But I don’t think that makes you a bad person.

[liberal_arts]

Don't mistake me. I don't think of myself as a bad person. I've come to terms with what my existence means in terms of its relation to violence.

[beneathmoonlight]

Oh. Well. That’s good.

I hope you don’t have to fight anytime soon, regardless.

[liberal_arts]

It's not that bad, you know, for someone like me. I appreciate your concern, but I am a sword, and a warrior. The battlefield is not a foreign place for me.

[beneathmoonlight]

Well, as long as you’re happy, I suppose.

Take care, though. Even if you end up fighting.

[liberal_arts]

I'm not the sort that likes to put himself in the position of needing to be worried over.

[beneathmoonlight]

I’m sure your friends worry about you, though!

[liberal_arts]

Well, probably. But I think it's mostly over me being alone than anything else.

[beneathmoonlight]

I know the feeling of being alone.

I hope you find someone special soon, if that’s what you want.

[liberal_arts]

To be honest, I'm not actually sure that's what I want.

But I know there's nothing productive about sitting on my hands and just letting the loneliness overtake me, any longer. I can thank Jirou for showing me that.

[beneathmoonlight]

I’m glad you have someone to support you!

Hopefully things work out!

[liberal_arts]

Hopefully. Jirou seems convinced it will, at any rate.