Aha. That's what it may look like, but don't worry. It's actually the phenomena known as the seasonal Halloween store. An establishment so cheap that they can only afford to open for the shortest amount of time possible. We might find some useful items in there.
Cheap plastic items, for the most part. Spooky decorations, things that make sounds when you go near them. But if you know how to dress them up a little, then in a pinch...
Also, you can get costumes there, but those are mostly overpriced.
Ah. Because there are a lot of social situations where a person might need to have a costume, and purchasing a costume avoids the possibility that the effort you put into making one yourself will be found embarrassing.
Don't worry. The secret to not feeling stressed about situations like that is not to care what people think. Though if you don't have time for a journey of self-acceptance before the party, there is a shortcut where you simply choose a costume that will make it appear that your motive was just to look attractive or cute. No one will be able to judge your effort or lack of effort because they'll be tricked into thinking you didn't care about that either way.
Yeah, his personality is completely different now. Apparently he was brainwashed or something back home...? So I have no idea if it'll be therapeutic or not anymore.
[you ever have a guy who you have been holding yourself back from 1v1ing with all your might come and tell you about his sad backstory to explain why he's over your beef... ]
I don't plan to give him any more attention than he's already gotten. But I wanted to talk about how you've been. [since she suggested yesterday it was hard to talk about with all these weirdos.]
Man. Yeah. Something happened there, and I guess I'm curious to know, but it feels kind of disingenuous to pick at it when it's not like at the end I'm going to be like, murder is okay, actually, and I accept you for who you are.
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week 1, monday
norma is just wandering around outside. exploring new buildings! she's eating chips as she goes. ]
Wow. An empty store. How useful.
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Aha. That's what it may look like, but don't worry. It's actually the phenomena known as the seasonal Halloween store. An establishment so cheap that they can only afford to open for the shortest amount of time possible. We might find some useful items in there.
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[ she stares more intently inside. ]
What sort of things are in Halloween stores?
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Also, you can get costumes there, but those are mostly overpriced.
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[ it does not matter here, when they have infinite money, but still, ]
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These are all situations I'm not familiar with, but for some reason just hearing about them sounds stressful.
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You know, Reirei, you're really knowledgeable about these kinds of things.
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[goes to submit this as my teaching someone a skill task.]
...Thanks, Norma. I wind up meeting all sorts of people in my business, so I try to have knowledge of the struggles people face.
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[ half of what he says sounds like a scam but she doesn't know enough about how the modern world works to refuse it. ]
week 5; monday
let's go hang out in the coffee shop.]
I miss the konbini already. [that actually wasn't better.]
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[ the choices weren't good. but they were there. ]
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[it really sucks here!]
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[ when it was genuinely only office space. horrid. ]
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[who are insane. i mean rocket and mika are also kind of insane but he feels worse saying that.]
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Uh. If you ignore whatever's going on between Adly and the cat guy. I guess. I don't want to get involved in that mess.
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I'd like to strangle that bastard myself, but...]
Yeah. Better not to get involved with people like that.
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[ to 1v1 him ]
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[you ever have a guy who you have been holding yourself back from 1v1ing with all your might come and tell you about his sad backstory to explain why he's over your beef... ]
I don't plan to give him any more attention than he's already gotten. But I wanted to talk about how you've been. [since she suggested yesterday it was hard to talk about with all these weirdos.]
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[ she shrugs her shoulders ]
This was not what I was expecting what death would be like.
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[he didn’t expect it to be anything, really.]
Pretty much thought I was just a goner.
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[ well she would have haunted chiemi because fuck you chiemi
except she also died ]
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[a weak smile.]
Sorry, Norma. We said all of that stuff about trusting each other and being friends, but…
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[ like
not much better but
ya know ]
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Well, it's been okay over here, at least. We get along as well as you can expect anyone to in this situation.