♛ 54

[ardor]

[Kallen's on the roof, watching people down below as she eats her lunch. Mid sandwich bite, something occurs to her, so she opens the journal and speaks into it with a casual tone.]

I just realized that my two year mark in this place was a few days ago. It's weird to think that much time's gone by already, but things seem to go by either quickly or slowly here. I still haven't found a happy medium, if one exists. Maybe I'm fooling myself with that.

[She exhales and takes another bite of sandwich before pausing to filter.]

[People with a 2+ year stay]
Do you think it gets harder or easier as time goes on?
[/Filter]

((ooc: backdated to around noon. filter time does not have to be consecutive))

Comments

[filter]

[waterproofed]

Hard to say. I think it depends more on you and your outlook, you know?

Dat filter forever

[onlyanapple]

That depends entirely on how you can cope with regularly having people just leave on you.

That is to say, you either learn to make it easier for yourself or you make it harder in the long run.

SAME FOREVER

[ardor]

What about your personal experience?

yes

[ardor]

How's it going for you?

Dictated;

[wilder]

Happy...anniversary?

Is that what you say for this? I have no idea.

Dictated;

[ardor]

I don't know either. People here should probably figure that out at some point.

[onlyanapple]

[He's lost a lot of people. A lot of lovers. It's not been fun]

I'm immortal, so a few years here is barely a blink of an eye. I've had longer naps.

Still...this place does weird things to you.

Dictated;

[wilder]

No kidding. People could probably make a killing in anniversary presents or something.

[ardor]

Lucky you. [Her tone's dry, but not sharp.]

No kidding. We're not even mentioning the losses.

Dictated;

[ardor]

What sorta present would someone even get, anyway? A souvenir t-shirt that says "I survived Paradisa"?

[onlyanapple]

Those things are right pains in the backside. But you get used to those, eventually.

Dictated;

[wilder]

Or a gift basket. You know, full of all sorts of Paradisa stuff.

[waterproofed]

Mine's kinda unusual. I was here a year, left, came back a week later and stayed another year. But I remember being here for all two of them.

[ardor]

That is weird. Did you go home or something?

[ardor]

I'd really rather not.

Dictated;

[ardor]

Like an eyeless buffalo keychain. [Go Eyeless!]

[waterproofed]

I did. When I came back I didn't have my memories, but I got them back recently.

...It sounds confusing, but that's my life.

[ardor]

You got them back? That can happen?

[onlyanapple]

You haven't got much choice in the matter. You'll get them if you like it or not.

[ardor]

I dunno. I've only ever been in a group thing. Even that was a while ago.

[waterproofed]

Sure. It happens here all the time.

Dictated;

[wilder]

Yep! Or a free pass to destroy the microwave!

[ardor]

No, I mean not remembering at first, then getting all those memories back a while later. I thought people only came back with them now.

Dictated;

[ardor]

[Pffft.]

Like people need that.

Dictated;

[wilder]

Well maybe not, but people can't yell at them as much if they have a free pass, right?