[laughs in deathcount but not really because WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. instead, Manabu just utters a soft, acknowledging sound.]
Right. There's plenty of other people to take care of keeping the monsters at bay, and it is good for you to be learning how to safely get out of harm's way. Things here...can change a lot month to month, but that and a basic lay of the land will help.
[beat.
grimace.]
Until the buildings start moving again; I hope they don't do that...
I've... kind of noticed that already, yes. It's frustrating, but... at least knowing where the safe spaces are helps. And people don't tend to look up quite as much.
Mnh, yeah...There was a month where some of the larger buildings just...up and started moving. You could watch it happen! Like pillars of stone like legs...pushed them up, and they ambled to new spots. It was one of the weirdest things I ever saw in my life!
[he sighs, tilting his head up and letting out a drawn-out, thinking sound.]
I'm still...so bad at Earth-months. Mmh... November? Maybe? [his brow knits.] That was the shipwrecks. [nod nod.] Right. I remember people having to navigate new routes to get to the shore. To pick up the supplies. November sounds right.
[Manabu sets his half-empty (half-full?) glass on the counter and folds his arms.]
The Galaxy Railways exists to connect people to the worlds they dream to get to, and its touched other times and universes before. If I can connect us to that railway again...to get the people who want to get out of here on their way...
[then he'll have served something of his true purpose in life.]
Is that what you work for? This 'Galaxy Railways' thing?
[That they dream to get to... it's a lofty goal. Not one he's sure is achievable, but... who knows? Maybe other worlds - other universes - are happier than his.]
That's right. I was a member of the railway's Space Defense Force. Sirius Platoon, back where I'm from. I helped protect the trains that traversed the galaxy on the railway.
[... weird...he didn't already mention it before? after knowing Jun for this long?
he really is...putting that stuff into the past, isn't he.]
Haa? [that gets a curious sound and then a bit of a laugh.] We must have similar ideas of what normal is then, because most folks think I'm a weirdo here!
[with a lopsided smile:] Yeah, welcome to the club. [population: about most of Trench's Sleepers.
after another beat:] Then...how about you come with me next time I head to her shop? Just to meet her. No heavy business, not unless you feel like it. It's better to just put a face to the name, right? Then you can decide later. There's no rush.
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Date: 2022-09-12 06:04 pm (UTC)Right. There's plenty of other people to take care of keeping the monsters at bay, and it is good for you to be learning how to safely get out of harm's way. Things here...can change a lot month to month, but that and a basic lay of the land will help.
[beat.
grimace.]
Until the buildings start moving again; I hope they don't do that...
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Date: 2022-09-12 08:06 pm (UTC)[... Uh.]
What?
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Date: 2022-09-13 12:56 am (UTC)Mnh, yeah...There was a month where some of the larger buildings just...up and started moving. You could watch it happen! Like pillars of stone like legs...pushed them up, and they ambled to new spots. It was one of the weirdest things I ever saw in my life!
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Date: 2022-09-13 01:08 am (UTC)[He shrugs a little helplessly and takes another bite while he's thinking.]
Maybe one of the pthumerians was responsible?
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Date: 2022-09-13 01:13 am (UTC)[...]
Well. We're gonna be finding out real soon here.
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Date: 2022-09-13 01:16 am (UTC)[He doesn't really know his Trench history, but...]
When was the moving buildings?
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Date: 2022-09-13 01:18 am (UTC)I'm still...so bad at Earth-months. Mmh... November? Maybe? [his brow knits.] That was the shipwrecks. [nod nod.] Right. I remember people having to navigate new routes to get to the shore. To pick up the supplies. November sounds right.
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Date: 2022-09-13 01:22 am (UTC)[It's easy to forget where people are from sometimes, given how much they end up just being 'Sleepers' or 'from Trench' here.]
So that's a few months. We'll see if that happens again, I guess.
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Date: 2022-09-13 10:43 pm (UTC)Mn. Between me, Vira-Lorr, and...and whoever's left from that time... [a tiny number.] We'll try to make sure folks are prepared.
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Date: 2022-09-14 12:40 am (UTC)[Presumably he has a place to go back to, unlike Jun.]
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Date: 2022-09-15 12:36 am (UTC)[the question comes out of the blue from Manabu's perspective. he blinks, then tilts his head and thinks about it.]
...Well, sure. This isn't home, and it's...definitely not an easy place to live in. But sometimes being angry is what motivates me to do my best.
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Date: 2022-09-15 09:40 pm (UTC)Do you think... do you think if we ever get out of here we could go with other people? It'd be... nice.
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Date: 2022-09-15 10:55 pm (UTC)[Manabu sets his half-empty (half-full?) glass on the counter and folds his arms.]
The Galaxy Railways exists to connect people to the worlds they dream to get to, and its touched other times and universes before. If I can connect us to that railway again...to get the people who want to get out of here on their way...
[then he'll have served something of his true purpose in life.]
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Date: 2022-09-15 11:09 pm (UTC)[That they dream to get to... it's a lofty goal. Not one he's sure is achievable, but... who knows? Maybe other worlds - other universes - are happier than his.]
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Date: 2022-09-15 11:18 pm (UTC)[... weird...he didn't already mention it before? after knowing Jun for this long?
he really is...putting that stuff into the past, isn't he.]
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Date: 2022-09-15 11:26 pm (UTC)[He's definitely not like any soldier Jun knows.]
You'll... you have a place to go back to. People who care about you there.
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Date: 2022-09-15 11:29 pm (UTC)he sighs, then looks back to Jun.]
But they'd be nicer to you, no question. And if you think my cooking is decent, just wait 'til you try my mom's.
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Date: 2022-09-15 11:43 pm (UTC)[That is, assuming that Manabu still wants him around.]
You're... hm. No wonder you're more well-adjusted than me.
[Jun... does not have a parent that does cooking.]
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Date: 2022-09-16 12:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-16 12:09 am (UTC)[Nom.]
But I've seen... way worse, even among people my age. It's not... I guess my sample is skewed, but whatever.
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Date: 2022-09-16 12:25 am (UTC)[a beat.]
Did you ever give her a call? Vira-Lorr.
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Date: 2022-09-16 01:22 am (UTC)No... I - I'm not great at this... getting help thing, I mean.
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Date: 2022-09-16 10:38 pm (UTC)after another beat:] Then...how about you come with me next time I head to her shop? Just to meet her. No heavy business, not unless you feel like it. It's better to just put a face to the name, right? Then you can decide later. There's no rush.
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Date: 2022-09-16 10:48 pm (UTC)[He doesn't like the idea of tagging along like a little puppy, but the other option is going himself which... he doesn't really feel like doing.]
It's not like we have therapists here... though from what I've read corruption can be a mental health thing, too.
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Date: 2022-09-17 12:47 am (UTC)Don't you always feel a bit better after eating, right? It's not...entirely the same, but the concept is.
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