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[meds4sale]

With the New Year here, I find it is strange to face such a drastic change to my way of life, but these things cannot be helped. One can either adapt or stubbornly cling to something that is not presently feasible and I feel the latter would be less than productive.

Such dismal things aside, it occurs to me that I should develop more than a passing familiarity with my fellow dreamers, and with my shop soon to open, I am considering hosting an informal hatsugama; the first tea gathering of the year. It will be a time to relax and mingle, reflecting on the past and looking to the future, while drinking koicha and eating hanabiraki mochi and dark chocolate candies.

If such a thing would be of interest to you, please let me know so that I may acquire adequate quantities for preparation. My aim would be to have the gathering on the ninth, if that is agreeable.

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[payingfordeliverance]

Ah, alternatives to all the blood business, I hope. While I don't doubt that the healing techniques native to this place work, the idea of ever having to use them is unpleasant to me.

I have heard of ceremonial sorts of teas in lands far from my own, but I know little about them. Speaking of adapting and looking to the future, to miss such an easy opportunity to learn feels like it would be terribly wasteful. Since that's the case, I should like to attend, I think.

[meds4sale]

Then I would be most glad to have you as a guest.

And yes, ideally one would find less polluting alternatives. Now that I have settled, I can hopefully begin exploring such avenues.

I dread the degree to which it will be trial and error, however.

[payingfordeliverance]

And would it be appropriate for your guests to bring anything along? My work in this place often puts me in an excellent spot to acquire supplies for this or that, if they are available. If not, baked goods are especially easy to come by.

[It is polite to sort out such things, yes, and Break is genuinely interested in both strange tea and the other people who would be drawn to something like this. If anything he is tickled that someone outside of his own household would think to throw a tea party of any kind. But, underneath the need to get out and socialize that is already starting to bubble up in him for the month, there's a practical concern, now: If this person is a healer of some sort, they are someone he probably wants an alliance with. He and his kids have been lucky to avoid the worst of the nonsense in this place so far, but from everything he's heard it's a matter of time, and the more people he can find to call upon if the need arises the better off they will all be. This gathering will be a good opportunity to start sussing out whether this person is someone he can trust.]

I imagine there will be a great many people here invested in supporting your efforts. This place can be awfully cruel.

[meds4sale]

It is not traditional, though I would hardly deem it inappropriate. This is a gathering to get to know one another, after all, and there are worse ways to ring in the New Year than to share things we enjoy.

As for cruelty; the land is harsh, but the people have not seemed to let it harden them. I am surprised they are so willing to extend trust to strangers such as ourselves.

[payingfordeliverance]

My understanding is that the arrival of such strangers is something this world is accustomed to. However, I'm afraid I don't fully understand the details. Only that many of the transplants from other worlds were in a place called "the dream" before they arrived here, and that the two realms are connected somehow. I don't believe anyone fully understands it as of yet.