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[selfloving]

What an impressive turnout for the date auction this past weekend. I won't presume to speak for all of ReVA, but I myself appreciate the support we received. And I should say I'm impressed by the strength of some of our bidders. I hope the exchange was satisfactory. :)

... It's difficult. Even with everything that we try to accomplish, horrifying things happen nonetheless. It can be so easy to still feel powerless. But I'd like to use this momentum we've build this month for good.

Some of you may still be wanting to make a charitable donation. Say you were outbid or couldn't come. I've decided to bring in one last collection for the orphanage for the end of the month if you'd like to pitch in. Tell me your ideas and I'll try to set a date. Say, a week from today?

An orphanage isn't like an animal shelter. I say this not to be glib but because it can be easy to forget. Little luxuries and enrichment are very meaningful. I've put some thought into things that people don't usually think to donate.

Such as bathing suits. It's summer, lots of children will not have one, and trips to the beach aren't unheard of. And many of those at the facility are out of foster homes for a reason, so toys like Legos or putty. Anything geared toward teenagers or older children. People tend to forget that orphans older than ten are still orphans.

With everything that's happened these past months... I wonder if our presence here is just harmful to them all, in the end. Don't you think it would be better if they could just live their lives unhindered by these disruptions?

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[selfloving]

Certainly, our lives have been disrupted too. It isn't as if nothing is happening to us, either. But I can no longer say with certainty that it's just us.

[Sorry, Eren, how much?]

If we get some larger items or several bags, we might need a truck... Otherwise, I'm not sure about a rental? What did you have in mind?

[usurpers]

They don’t know where we are. Some of them can’t even get in contact with us since January. It’d be wrong to say that hasn’t strained things between us.

[ 2000 DOLLA . . . ]

Maybe something for the kids, but. I don’t know how much they’ll actually enjoy if we’re on different layers.

[selfloving]

It was about time we realized, I supposed, that the people sharing the city with us aren't that different from the people out of town.

[So many dolla...]

We could have it in place for whenever the layers are restored, maybe. We know they're still there, in some capacity. A new playground or something similar?

[usurpers]

it makes us realize that we might even be a little selfish sometimes.

a themed playground? kids love those.

[selfloving]

More than a little. This program is like a bubble, seeing as it controls our entire reality. It's easy to feel like we're the only people in the world.

Spaceships, maybe. Though maybe that's just because of the topic we're on.

[usurpers]

we need to keep that in check if we don’t want anything worse happening. there needs to be a way to leave them alone at least.

and space wars it is.

[selfloving]

Easier said than done, I suppose, when they're a significant part of your life. If enough of us appealed, I'm sure there must be some way to change the interactions between what we experience and what happens to them. But there needs to be some sort of action to acknowledge that's a necessity at all.

Space wars. Isn't that a movie?

[usurpers]

i wonder if we could ask Zee.

i liked the robots as a kid. the big ones. that or the space jets. i’m sure the kids will like their own.

[selfloving]

I wouldn't really know. I don't like loud noises, so I never watched. I'll take your word for it though; you seem like an expert.

Given that Mr. Carlisle's sent us on a handful of projects this month, he's probably trying to lighten our demands on him. Which doesn't mean we can't ask him, of course.

[usurpers]

i’ll keep it in mind, to ask him sometime soon.

but not even on low volume, jasmine?

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