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It didn't seem real to me at first. Death has to be final, right? If not, it's not death... That's how I saw it. But...

[trails off, and then:]

Ah, but we do have a lot of free time. Other than playing in games, we can do anything we want with our days. Did Baron explain about Lives?

[ Small meaningful gaze before she shakes her head a little. ]

Do you mean lives as in how many times you can continue before you run out and don't get revived?

E-Excuse me, what?

Edited 2019-05-15 04:04 (UTC)

[ Obviously got it wrong. ]

Um, you said you can't die permanently but then you mentioned lives. In a video game you can't die permanently but you can run out of lives...you know...until someone adds more money or something. So I thought...

It was something like that?

[I can't believe you unlocked this sort of icon in your first conversation with Sol, THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE]

W-We're not talking about the same kind of lives. There are activities we can do as idols here that are called Lives... we press a button on our phone and do something calligraphy or ceremony-related, and we get paid in points for it.

Dying has absolutely nothing to do with it. We can call as many Lives as we want, but you only have one life.

Edited 2019-05-15 04:23 (UTC)

[ My magical muse is magical. ]

Oh. So that's what we do as idols. I can do that. Help out everybody here with everything that I can.

[ She then pauses for a thoughtful moment. ]

One life that doesn't...end permanently?

. . . One life that can be restored, yeah. But if someone dies outside of a game, that forces the healer unit and the revivals unit to handle it, and see things they shouldn't have to see. They didn't ask for those abilities, they just happened to wake up in a different dorm than ours.

[I'm so not telling you about Lilith]

If you participate in other people's Lives, you get paid for that too, so calling a Live can be a way to help others, like you said. Many people on the healer unit, sensitIV, charge for their services, by the way. So it's good to have some points saved up in case of an emergency.

Edited 2019-05-15 06:08 (UTC)

Oh, so there are rules around the not dying and being revived. It's not just an automatic magical type of thing.

[ Please, build a campfire and talk about these stories. OR a slumber party...even better. ]

I'll make sure I participate in whatever I can find and help contribute to the unit! Do you guys have... some kind of team... thing for points?

[ She's trying to mime something like a box...a piggy bank type of thing... ]

You mean like a money box? No, we don't. There was one time when we pooled resources to pay the entrance fee for a dance party, but in general... not everyone is good at saving, so it's never come up. We all handle our points separately and pitch in when it's called for.

Yes! That's what I was thinking of. If there isn't one, that's okay. I just wanted to make sure I contributed if we had a team one.

[ A thoughtful pause. ]

For like birthday presents and purchases for our room here. And...you know if I'm going to take up your time with learning to fight then I should pay you for lessons..?

D-Don't worry, it's not necessary to pay me. That you want to be able to protect yourself is more than enough.

Um... There's no way to know what day it is exactly, though. I've heard that the seasons change too quickly in this place, so you can guess more or less when people's birthdays are but you won't be able to tell exactly when. It's the same with holidays such as "Christmas" and "Valentine's Day."

You're very nice for someone I met this morning.

[ Slight bow ]

I'm still not 100% sure why I'm here or what the point of this all is but...I'm glad there are people like you here. I think everything's going to be okay.

[ She's 100% wrong but..oh well. ]

[try 200%...]

...There was someone who was very nice to me when I first got here too. It can be hard to be new when everyone else knows what's going on, so I'm glad to hear that I'm helping somehow.

If you want to know more about what's going on here and why things are happening, Okami might be able to tell you about it. But in general, as long as you're careful, you'll get by. We all do.

[as long as you're careful. careful!!]

[ She should be more observant and pay attention to that subliminal warning.

mmhm ]

That's very good to know! I hope everybody that I meet here is as nice as you are. I'll try my best to make friends with everyone.

[ even the ones that might not be so friendly! ]

Um, not everyone is nice. Please be careful and don't...

[DON'T MAKE FRIENDS WITH EVERYONE WE HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE WITH SPLIT LOYALTIES AS IT IS??]

...Just be careful, okay?

[ She is the one to make friends with everybody. Sorry bub. ]

Everybody that I've met so far is nice. I'll definitely be careful.

[ Like a teenager telling their mum on the way out to the clubs at night. ]

I'm sure some of the not so nice people are just misunderstood.

[rip your happiness during your first trauma game...

sighs]

Some of them are, for sure.

[ This one has been through bad in canon drama and still managed to smile. She will be your sunshine! ]

Do you spend a lot of time with the people from the other units to..?

To...?

[... to...too...hello typo ]

..become friends with them? Do we get locked in this dorm a lot..?

[shakes his head]

Only when new people arrive. And well, we all have friends outside of our unit, me included, but I'm not sure I'd say I spend a lot of time trying to make friends with others... I prefer to let that kind of thing happen naturally.

[he spends most of his time with his girlfriend, and Miss Apple Ambrosia will be able to see that for herself in time! but he's not saying it now]

It'll be fun to meet lots of new people.

I am very happy to have come into this unit though. Everybody here is friendly.

[ the idea of getting into a relationship with anybody while you're in hell sounds insane, Sol. insane ]

[that's what he thought at first too! and yet. ~~related: just the first comment in this thread~~]

I'm glad you think so.

[he has officially Given Up]

[ Fanmail sounds so exciting~ And Sol you are the most sane ]

It does make me feel better knowing there are people like you here too. Not everyone here did something bad to get here.

Oh, you mean because this is hell? No, not at all. We all end up having to do bad things in games now that we are here, but what we did before getting here has nothing to do with it.

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