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[brobeforehos]

[No more suit, this time around for mae, although now that fancy tie is working as a fancy head band, bow at the side of her neck. She doesn't pay attention it, no more than she does to what's in her hand.

A calendar.] So I've been counting. A year and five months - a year and five months is how long I've been here. I've seen my friends return to their world, but I never went back on a trip. This last two months - they've been harder.

Everyone keeps leaving, eventually. I go through periods of five months before I get to see my brother for two days, and -

[She looks up.] I don't know. I'm opening a public debate. What do the rest of you think about forming friendships in this place, knowing that any day those friends might no longer be there?

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PRETTY PLACEHOLDERISH but I wanted to tag yoooouuu

[zipperbent]

Geez, comings and goings happen that often around here?

I NEVER KNOW IF I'M MEANT TO REPLY TO PLACEHOLDERS WHATEVER I DO WHAT I WANT

[brobeforehos]

I'm not sure - maybe it was just more frequent between my group of friends?

RAISE THE ROOF SHE'S ON FIYAH

[zipperbent]

That's some pretty rotten luck. If it helps any, my brother isn't here, either? I don't know why that would help, to be honest, since it hasn't been a year for me. It hasn't even been a month. No withdrawal symptoms yet. You're a trooper.

[pause, holding his chin]

As for your question...I'm a people person so I'd probably go bananas without friends.

[yourbestguysgun]

Well, not forming friendships seems like it'd be a pretty lonely existance.

[brobeforehos]

Yeah - shame I'm not a loner, I suppose.

[yourbestguysgun]

Would sure make life easier.

[thenormalsquint]

[Oh, Angela can answer this one.]

It gets tiring.

[brobeforehos]

It gets tiring to know they've left.

[thenormalsquint]

And half the time they leave before you even really get to know them.

[This is her lot in life. A long string of hellos quickly followed by goodbyes that aren't actually said.]

[hexuality]

You have to. The time feels longer when you spend it being miserable—and the City does that on its own well enough; no need to help it along by doing it to yourself, either.

[brobeforehos]

Right you are. Do you know rollercoasters, Ginny?

[hexuality]

I've heard of them.

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[hexappeal]

Isn't that the same for anywhere?

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[brobeforehos]

Is it?

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[hexappeal]

There's just as much of a chance as something happening to someone where you come from. Or, I guess, where I come from. You can't say for certain what will or won't happen.

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[othersdie]

I don't think it's worth it. I thought it was, but solitude may be preferable to watching people you've come to care about leave, knowing that they won't take any memories of you or the City home with them.

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[brobeforehos]

That sounds more like solitude to avoid heartbreak.

[signatures]

Does this mean I need to ask for my tie back?

Beyond that, that's much like not trying for any relationships in your home world because there may be the chance of them dying the next day. It depends on how jaded you want to be.

[brobeforehos]

You said it's mine now.

I don't think it's time for me to be jaded just yet.

[errandry]

... isn't that kinda overthinking it?

[brobeforehos]

I do that sometimes.

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[sixwinged]

It's pointless.

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[brobeforehos]

That's a definitive answer.

[intheblanks]

How was your brother, when you saw him?

[brobeforehos]

He was great - he was also wet. I promised I'd give him a nice entrance if he ever returned.