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To the new app users, how are you?

I offer condolences for the chaos of this month. But as troubling as trouble is, I am certain that there are those that came to your aid.

Those that exist on this app are those that care deeply about people. You can call us bleeding hearts, and that would be accurate. [ For some. ]

But as this month draws to a close, I feel some congratulations are in order. So, congratulations, young men and women. Hopefully, through the trials that you have faced, you've come to feel closer to the people that were once strangers to you and have made some friends.

And I'm certain that someone has explained regains to you all by now, but please keep in mind that you are still you. Your choices are still your choices. Your life is still your life. You can decide what path you wish to walk on, and which path you do not, at any time.

Those are my feelings, at least, as heavy-handed and pretentious as they may sound. Please consider them my way of showing support. :)

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2. Wonderful. :)

You are right that it is unfair, but it's an unfairness that makes sense to me. It's an ability that can cure all ailments. If it did not come with some sort of drawback, it would make it a miracle. And I'm far too mortal and flawed to be performing miracles.

You don't look like it. You've been conducting yourself quite well. :) So, it will be fascinating to see how much you grow as you enhance your mastery of social media.

So, let me get this straight, you don't count our situation with Retrospec to be an unfair enough drawback? Losing your freedom, the ability to make choices, and making you uncomfortable by giving you abilities an important historical figure in your faith once had? Doesn't those reasons hurt as much as losing an arm?

[The idea of freedom was clearly important to her; enough to have her pry more than she usually would.]

Good to know! I've always been the weird kid in having little to no interest in these types of things. I just don't get the appeal of it. But, I have no choice now! [She supposes she should be thanking the app, but...]

I believe that you and I are seeing this differently. I do not see my freedom lost, nor the ability to make choices. Indeed, I will admit that I feel uncomfortable with the last bit, and it hurts, of course. Yet if it did not come with a second flaw to it, one that others could experience and not just simply me feel, it would be no more than the whining complaints.

God gives us what we can handle, and gives us flaws so that we remember our mortal state.

Well, you could always decide not to partake in it, and only meet them as you happen to come across them in the street. With the city as it is, you will certainly be able to find them. Never think you have no choices. There are just choices that are more difficult than others to carry through.

[God, huh? She can't help be in disagreement over that suppose deity having any influence over her since she doesn't believe in them; even though she does believe in the supernatural and spirit realm and the Earth being a sentient living organism because all three are connected. At the very least, the philosophies of aikido believes in it and it sounded legit to her.

Although it was the case, she wasn't the type to argue over other people's beliefs since they have nothing to do with her.]

Seems like it.
I guess that goes to show that age does offer some form of wisdom that we youngins can't fathom just yet.

[Human will was important to her just as freedom was. Complete freedom. Something she is striving for. Being chained to something more imposing than the one holding her back was too overwhelming for her to carry.]

True. I can.
But it also means I have to see the outlines of those that aren't with us.

[Which is a problem because she was terrified of spirits or anything similar to ghosts. Those outlines make her feel uneasy, even with knowing what they actually are.]

But in the end of the day, it'll be easier to build a network of sorts on here.
Right now, I'm all for meeting others like us in real life, but it won't be so simple once its fixed.
I'll just have to take advantage of the present and worry less about the future, huh?

Don't sell yourself short, Ava Stewart. I merely am someone who enjoys navel-gazing more than others. I wouldn't call it infallible wisdom, but just another opinion. :)

[ It is another thing that bothers him that he can't quite put into words -- the idea that someone thinks favorably about him, like he is superior in some way. Not because he does not know the words, but because they end up being misinterpreted. Most view at him being self-conscious, or having low self-esteem, rather than he simply recognizes his own inferiority to everyone else. ]

Is that troubling? Seeing the outlines?
I suppose it would be. No, it would be.
I take back the foolish question.
Regardless of what I have seen already, when you see something like that in the real world, it would be a troubling sight.
But think of it this way -- it means that those people still exist and could be part of the network you wish to build. :)

But that's right.
Take advantage of the present.
Be as greedy as you want to be to seek out your present goal.
Occasionally look to the future, but do not let that future blind you.
The future is, after all, still a hazy, unrealized idea for us all.
So live and make friends.
You still have six to make by the end of next month. Don't think I forgot. :)

Duly noted! I'll consider it like that too. :)b

[Have a thumbs up there, friend. She wasn't much on words or metaphors, but she got the gist of his words, even if it was a little roundabout.]

It is a troubling sight!
The word "would" isn't powerful enough to describe my issues with it.
But I'll keep it in mind, once they come back because I have no interest in ghost friends.

[She has a healthy circle of friends outside the app, but right now she was more keen on other users.]

Oh shoot, and here I thought if I distracted you look enough you'd forget!

[Not really, but it'd be funny though! But still, his words, they reminded her a lot of her mother's own speeches on being the most ambitious whenever it comes to reaching for a specific goal. All rules can be twisted and broken whenever it comes down to it.]

But I'll do my best!
I promised after all.
And it's a good motivational boost too.
So, expect awesome results, okay?

Thank you. :) On all accounts of what you will keep in mind for me and for yourself.

Unfortunately, it's hard to get me to ignore something once I think about it, ha ha!
But all the same, I expect great things from you already.
You've work hard and it shows in your dedication to your sport.
So I'm certain that things will end prosperous for you.
If not, I'll have you drink a glass of hot sauce.
Oops, I leaked your punishment early.
Well, something to avoid, then.

[There was a long pause after reading his text. Did he just...?]

From a principal with a masochist kink with a sadistic undertone hidden in the deeper depths.
I see what you are doing there.

[That was more a joke on her part. Kinda hard to pass up on poking him some more.]

I accept your challenge with penalty attached!
You will receive awesome results or my name isn't Ava Stewart!

[She was fired up. Very fired up. Congrats, now she wants to recruit everything and everyone.]

Oh no. I have been found out. :)

Go forth, Ava Stewart.
Your tongue and stomach are on the line --
Both of wish are hoping for your swift victory.
So I say.
Haha. :)

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sorry for late reply, i had a rough few weeks

oh that's okay, i hope that they start to get better!!

thanks. should be better now.

Glad to hear it, man. <3