82. [Voice]
Another day, another partnership list update?
[Behold the text link]
For all of our new residents, I'd like to welcome you to Anatole! I normally try to greet everyone individually, but I think I've gotten a little complacent! It has to stop, but for the moment I would like to greet you this way. My name is Priscilla, and if you're in need of assistance or are in any way confused, I'd like to offer my help in any regard necessary.
I've seen a few people asking about work, and I've answered a few requests, myself. Most people have been looking for combat related work, so I'd also like to say here that there are many options for your active work needs. If you'd like to work in the arena, it's a good idea to contact Elena! And if you'd like to teach combat skills, I think Naruto is the best person to contact.
As for me, it's been some time since I asked outright for more help with the Patrol, but we could always use more hands as well! Since I've seen a few people ask about it, the general job is to protect the city from monsters. We patrol the ruins and keep them from spilling into the poor areas of Anatole, and when the mist brings them in, we confront them on the streets. Sometimes I'll ask you to bring civilians to the Headquarters during invasions. Benefits include um, admittedly modest payment but also free lodgings, food and access to our training facilities! If you have any questions about it, feel free to contact me, or Riza, but more information can be found... at the link that I... put in the beginning, before I started rambling!
I think that's... it about that... that.
[There's a bit of quiet. She fumbles with her Forge a little, and you can hear the wind all around her, and the crash of waves. She's on the docks... or someplace near them, anyway.]
I've been thinking. Or... wondering.
I wonder what makes The Door like or dislike certain places. Worlds, and then people. It seems very fond of mine, and for a while it seemed pretty happy with Ichigo's, too, but then it sent some people away and... well. I choose to believe they were sent away. I mean home. I just wonder why.
[There's a barely audible splash - like something hitting the water. A stone, maybe?]
Shunsui always called me Moonbeam. I'm not really sure why... and we didn't talk all that much, but we talked enough that I know this place was better with him than without. He made me smile, anyway. I'd say the same for Ukitake as well. ...well I am saying it. Everything seems so um, inconsistent sometimes. People come and go and... um. Come back. Not that I'm saying anything people don't know! But it makes me think. It makes me wonder, because losing people here becomes so common, and a little... um, numbing. I wonder if anyone else feels a little numb.
[...]
In a way, it makes me think about other things, too. For example! I've met a lot of people here that I wouldn't have at home... err, because they don't exist there. Most of the time it's a very good thing. But then again, sometimes it's a little bit um, horrible. There was one person who kept asking how it feels to be dead. And I've had a lot of experiences here, too - things I never would have had at home, either. Like starting the Patrol! And... learning things I didn't really want to know about the people who created me. I've made friends, and fallen in love... more than once. [She laughs, quietly, just under the roar of the sea.] But I've lost things, too.
I guess I wonder if the good part are heavier than the bad parts. Or... bigger? I'm not sure. What do you think? About you, not about me.
[Wait, did that make sense?]
Err! What I mean is, do you think you've gained or lost more by being here? And... do you feel a little numb like I feel a little numb? Or something else?
[A bit of quiet, and then another splash.]
Err. I don't think any of this actually made sense.
Hm.
[And then she adds in, just tosses out as an afterthought...]
...and do you think it's appropriate for someone to call you a monster when you haven't done anything monstrous?
[Behold the text link]
For all of our new residents, I'd like to welcome you to Anatole! I normally try to greet everyone individually, but I think I've gotten a little complacent! It has to stop, but for the moment I would like to greet you this way. My name is Priscilla, and if you're in need of assistance or are in any way confused, I'd like to offer my help in any regard necessary.
I've seen a few people asking about work, and I've answered a few requests, myself. Most people have been looking for combat related work, so I'd also like to say here that there are many options for your active work needs. If you'd like to work in the arena, it's a good idea to contact Elena! And if you'd like to teach combat skills, I think Naruto is the best person to contact.
As for me, it's been some time since I asked outright for more help with the Patrol, but we could always use more hands as well! Since I've seen a few people ask about it, the general job is to protect the city from monsters. We patrol the ruins and keep them from spilling into the poor areas of Anatole, and when the mist brings them in, we confront them on the streets. Sometimes I'll ask you to bring civilians to the Headquarters during invasions. Benefits include um, admittedly modest payment but also free lodgings, food and access to our training facilities! If you have any questions about it, feel free to contact me, or Riza, but more information can be found... at the link that I... put in the beginning, before I started rambling!
I think that's... it about that... that.
[There's a bit of quiet. She fumbles with her Forge a little, and you can hear the wind all around her, and the crash of waves. She's on the docks... or someplace near them, anyway.]
I've been thinking. Or... wondering.
I wonder what makes The Door like or dislike certain places. Worlds, and then people. It seems very fond of mine, and for a while it seemed pretty happy with Ichigo's, too, but then it sent some people away and... well. I choose to believe they were sent away. I mean home. I just wonder why.
[There's a barely audible splash - like something hitting the water. A stone, maybe?]
Shunsui always called me Moonbeam. I'm not really sure why... and we didn't talk all that much, but we talked enough that I know this place was better with him than without. He made me smile, anyway. I'd say the same for Ukitake as well. ...well I am saying it. Everything seems so um, inconsistent sometimes. People come and go and... um. Come back. Not that I'm saying anything people don't know! But it makes me think. It makes me wonder, because losing people here becomes so common, and a little... um, numbing. I wonder if anyone else feels a little numb.
[...]
In a way, it makes me think about other things, too. For example! I've met a lot of people here that I wouldn't have at home... err, because they don't exist there. Most of the time it's a very good thing. But then again, sometimes it's a little bit um, horrible. There was one person who kept asking how it feels to be dead. And I've had a lot of experiences here, too - things I never would have had at home, either. Like starting the Patrol! And... learning things I didn't really want to know about the people who created me. I've made friends, and fallen in love... more than once. [She laughs, quietly, just under the roar of the sea.] But I've lost things, too.
I guess I wonder if the good part are heavier than the bad parts. Or... bigger? I'm not sure. What do you think? About you, not about me.
[Wait, did that make sense?]
Err! What I mean is, do you think you've gained or lost more by being here? And... do you feel a little numb like I feel a little numb? Or something else?
[A bit of quiet, and then another splash.]
Err. I don't think any of this actually made sense.
Hm.
[And then she adds in, just tosses out as an afterthought...]
...and do you think it's appropriate for someone to call you a monster when you haven't done anything monstrous?