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[bejeweled]

WHAT say hi to rin
WHERE somewhere in town idk
WHEN Day 180

[ are you hungover and on your way to get a coffee to help with it?

if so you may pass a girl in her late teens who is giving her phone the stinkeye. this phone would be dead 18000 times over if looks could kill. ]

Stop beeping! No — don't write that down! Shut up!

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[bejeweled]

. . . [ shifts a bit ] Ah, that's not a bad idea.

[beginningofwisdom]

Then, if you'll accompany me?

[bejeweled]

Lead the way.

[beginningofwisdom]

[heading off in the direction of the library!]

Are there other facilities you're interested in? I may be able to point them out on the way.

[bejeweled]

Are there any particularly interesting neighborhoods?

[beginningofwisdom]

I wouldn't say there was more than one neighborhood, to be honest. The liveliest areas are the mall and the coffee shops, but there's not much differentiation otherwise.

[bejeweled]

Pretty small then, huh. . .

[beginningofwisdom]

Indeed; more a town than a city, plus some surrounding features.

[bejeweled]

So it's not like you can escape your neighbors either.

[beginningofwisdom]

Especially not since we all share an apartment building.

[bejeweled]

I should have expected that, but really. . .

[beginningofwisdom]

The apartments are rather comfortable, at least.

[bejeweled]

A comfortable prison then.

[beginningofwisdom]

Just so.

[bejeweled]

So, people might choose to stay. . .

[beginningofwisdom]

I understand there are those who prefer it to the worlds they once lived in, yes.

[bejeweled]

Losers.

[beginningofwisdom]

Hmmm.

[bejeweled]

Oh, I know. Everyone comes from different places and some places have to be way worse than this. However, accepting that this prison is better just because it isn't as bad as where they're from doesn't make it actually good.

[beginningofwisdom]

[nods]

True enough, and reasonable besides.

[bejeweled]

I'm not being unkind to them, just realistic.

[beginningofwisdom]

Strange how often the two are confused.

[he seems more amused than reproving, though, if very gently so]

[bejeweled]

People don't like to be hurt, it makes sense.

[beginningofwisdom]

There's truth to that as well.

[bejeweled]

At least you're reasonable.