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[thisislife]

[Lexi's on her couch, Mewnos and Nosferatmew snoozing on the couch with her]

Okay, this is probably the dumbest question ever, but what stupid things do you miss from home?

Personally, I miss 'Doomsday Preppers' the most. I usually don't like reality TV, but that show is funny as hell. All of those people buying out Costco and building bunkers and assembling arsenals of guns which would make Neo go 'yeah, I think you have enough,' 'cause they thought the government or aliens or Captain Trips or the Illuminati were out to get them.

This one lady was coating eggs in mineral oil 'cause she said that would make the eggs stay fresh for a year. And she had literally dozens of cartons of eggs all covered with mineral oil. This other one accidentally shot his own thumb off while showing his little kids how to handle guns safely. That was hilarious.

Also, Dorothea left me a kitten last month. A normal kitten, not a batcat. I'm kind of not sure what to name her, but I know I'd like to stick to the whole insert shitty movie here plus 'mew.' I first though of going with The Mewm, but that kind of rhymes with womb and no. [she sits and thinks a moment, a crease forming between her eyes] Maybe 'Mewdemic?" Do you think that would work?

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[thisislife]

I will. You've been really nice. A year here and I'm still surprised by how nice people are.

[aetherweaver]

... I find it's better to assume people are going to be good than cruel. Sometimes you're disappointed, but... less than you might think.

[thisislife]

You've clearly never been to East Highland High. [she says wryly, but then sighs and looks a little sheepish] I'll try to keep that in mind.

[aetherweaver]

High... school? To be fair I don't interact with that many teenagers and the ones I do interact with aren't... very typical. So I don't really know what they're like in large numbers.

(CW: gory imagery)

[thisislife]

Imagine wearing an outfit made out of steaks and then being lowered into a pool of piranhas. That's East Highland High.

[aetherweaver]

[He tries to imagine it. ... It's very odd.]

That sounds... dramatic?

[thisislife]

Dramatic, traumatic. Both and, actually.

[aetherweaver]

I may not know as much as some people about certain things, but some days I'm glad that I learned much of what I did in my clan and not in an academy.

[thisislife]

Yeah, that sounds nicer, but it wouldn't have been an option. Not to say that homeschooling doesn't work, but my mom trying to do it? No way.

[aetherweaver]

... Not the healthiest of relationships, then?

(CW: alcoholism)

[thisislife]

Mom's kind of an alcoholic. So not really good at the whole emotional labor thing.

[aetherweaver]

... You know my door's always open, right? If you want it. I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

[thisislife]

Thank you. And it's okay. She's been like that for as long as I can remember. Still will take you up on that at some point, though

[aetherweaver]

... I'm not sure if it's okay, honestly. I've seen people who have alcohol problems, and it's not... nice.

But just message me if you ever want to talk. Even if you think it's silly.

[thisislife]

No. It's not. But...mom is mom. I don't see her changing any time soon. Not while they're still making chardonnay.

[and she smiles] I will. It's...really nice of you to offer that.

[aetherweaver]

... Yeah. It's a thing you have to want to change. And it can depend on culture, too - I know one where twelve drinks is considered 'light', and they're a people not even half my height.

[Dwarves... please...]

I... just want to help people...

[thisislife]

Yiiiiiiikes. That's kinda scary. No offense intended.

[she wonders how many drinks would fit in a bottle of wine]

Well...don't you think you're doing that already? By listening to me complain?

[aetherweaver]

None taken, it surprised me too.

... Well... maybe. It's not complaining to me though. Just talking about what you've been through. And... I like listening. I like learning about people and places.

[thisislife]

I guess some things are universal. Including bad parenting and too much booze.

That's better. Listening. Learning about new people and places. I like those things, too.

[aetherweaver]

I guess. I wish the first wasn't so universal.

Growing up I mostly wanted to learn about magicks, but I also liked listening to the stories traders would bring with them about where they were from and where they were going.

[thisislife]

Yeah. It's almost weird how so many of us have traumatizing backgrounds, isn't it?

Hey, if I could do magic, I'd want to hear all I could about magic, too. But it's still cool to hear about far-off places. I...I already have offers from colleges on the opposite side of my country than me. I'm going to take one of them. Probably Columbia, I've always wanted to see New York City.

Slight Shadowbringers spoilers

[aetherweaver]

It... is. And distressing.

New York City - I've seen that in movies. It's a large city, isn't it? Though not like any that I've seen previously.

... Well. One place. But it was quite different as well.

y'all gonna make me play this game at this rate!

[thisislife]

It's huge. The perfect place to reinvent yourself.

Different? Like zombie apocalypse different?

Major Shadowbringers spoilers | hehe I just prefer to be careful!

[aetherweaver]

... More like 'an image of a city from twelve thousand years ago conjured by a powerful sorcerer'.

It still lingers there after his death, under the ocean. It'll fade eventually, but he put quite a bit of power into it, it seems.

[thisislife]

...oh. Wow. I can safely say I wasn't expecting that.

That sounds really, really creepy. Did he bring the city back complete with the people or was it more of a wasteland like what happened to the city before Trench?