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[Lexi looks dreamy and uncertain and a little sad, but she's trying to smile]

I, um. Has anyone else talked to people from home through one of those portal things and, uh, gotten spoilers for their own life? Because I have and it's weird? I'm glad for some of it, sad for some of it and I kinda need to talk this out. If that's okay?

[there's a long pause as Lexi looks off to the side, and arranges Orville so he's sitting on her shoulder, Orville immediately moving in to comfort Lexi by snuffling at her neck. she reaches up idly to pet him]

Also. I'd kinda like a roommate? I live in Gaze in a Lemon Cake house. My room's the one with blue and yellow wallpaper. [a long pause] I've never lived on my own before and I don't think I like it.

((OOC: there will be spoilers for Season 2 of Euphoria, event log to follow later on because the boss' wife is in today, woe!))

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Yeah. [Lexi looks concerned] And Cassie--my big sister--has been acting weird lately. She says she's single and everything's fine, but she keeps going out into the backyard to talk on her phone and by the end of it, she's usually crying. I've tried asking her what's the matter, but all she does is yell at me when I do.

I'm glad, even though things didn't go the way you wanted them to. Sometimes the only option is to move on with our lives. And you're cute and you're nice, I'm sure there would have been plenty of guys who were into you. But, small towns? I've heard that everyone knows everyone else's business in those.

Like a guinea pig? Works for me.

And so am I. I swear, if I told anyone from home half of any of this, they wouldn't believe me. [which is the truth]

Oh. Oh shit, that's sketchy as fuck. For what it's worth, you sound like a really good little sister.

You're being super nice, heh. I was a disaster. I still am. But, uhm, yeah, it's a tiny hick town so you know literally everyone. I knew all my friends since preschool.

Exactly! Lots of people are willing to do that shit.

It's weird how fast you adapt. Like just... "Oh, guess I become a squid now!" like it's totally normal. Oh, don't die, by the way. It's weird.

I'm trying? But Cassie is swearing up and down that she doesn't have a new boyfriend, but she only acts the way she is now when a relationship was going bad. If she won't talk to me, there's only so much I can do.

[she finally feels confident in saying] I met my best friend in preschool, too. We've had our ups and downs, but I think she's grown up a little lately.

Exactly, either because they're so dense, they don't realize it's been drugged or they actually want to be drugged. Which, hey, more power to them as long as they don't mind their friends taken drugged up drunken pictures of them and posting them to the Omninet.

Squid are beyond bizarre. Couldn't it be something cute, like a chipmunk? I'd be entirely okay becoming a chipmunk.

That's the shitty part. They're does come that point where all you can do is be like, dude, I love you and I'm here for you no matter what. And that's it. And it sucks.

Yeah? Good. Mine... well. He's got his problems. I hope he's doing okay, back home.

I haven't seen that happen yet. People are mostly chill.

Okay, true, but they're also awesome. I've been one twice now, I think, and my memory is like... kinda peaceful until I have to get to land.

Yeah, that's...pretty much the point we've come to. She was clean for a little while last year, but now she's saying she's smoking pot. I've seen her after pot before. And she's not acting like that.

I hope he is. It's rough, worrying about those back home.

Thank god. I'm glad no one has to really worry about pictures of them surfacing when they're, I don't know, wearing their underwear as a hat.

Sorry for asking, but how did you end up one twice?

Something HAS to be up, sounds like. Do you think she's scared?

Nah. Most people here are not like, frat bros.
...okay, unless you meet this old dude Johnny, he would probably do that.

Oh, I died.

I'm really not sure? All she really does is go into the backyard, apparently have drama with someone, and not say a word about it. If it was a friends fight, I'd know because either Cassie would fill me in or her friends would be acting weird. So it's not that.

And yay for that. I swear, I don't miss your typical jocks at all.
[and a chuckle] Yeah, you're probably right about him.

[oh, shit. what does one say about that? thiiiiiiiiiiiink]

That sucks.

[that was not the right response, Lexi]

Dude, that IS weird. Huh.

They can be pretty insufferable.
Oh, god, you've meet him? Isn't he a fucking riot?

It does! [He laughs, though.] But like... it happens. My friend Vira-Lorr, she was at some place that was like, the precursor to this one or something? And she says there it was worse, like every time it happened you came back more and more fucked up. Here you just go squid mode and wash up on shore again. So far, anyway. I don't think I know anyone who has died a lot.

Yeah, that's putting it mildly. [a sigh] So I'm really kind of...stuck, trying to figure out why she's apparently miserable. And I have asked, but she yells at me.

Yes. Yes! It's like he was cryogenically frozen mid-eighties and just now woke up. Scary part is, if my mom was here, she'd absolutely try to pick him up. And probably succeed.

[faintly]...okay. Squids. Squids are fine. Let's go with squids.

I'm really, really sorry that it's like that.

Oh, god. That's horrifying. He means well, though. Like, I like him even though I'm not sure why.

Sorry. I know it's a lot.

It's all right. I should be used to it.

One thousand percent horrifying. But I think he'd be better than most guys mom picks up. Even though I decided to train with Sasuke, he seems to really care about his students.

It's okay. Better I find out now instead of later, right?

Oh, are you? Guess we're on opposite teams then, I totally agreed to learn "American karate" which is the dumbest thing ever.

It's less shocking. And you'd have read about it in the archives anyway at some point.

[she laughs and grins] I probably won't get to actually have a match.
I'm like an absolute beginner. But yeah, 'cause isn't karate from Japan? So it's like saying I'll have American sushi.

I'm pretty sure I'll still be shocked the first time it happens. Oooh, which I hope is far, far, far off in the future. Or never happens at all, that would be nice.

Ditto me. I took karate lessons for a little while when I was eight, but that's it. And yeah, exactly. God, he's so weird.

Yeah, I hope you avoid it.

It honestly makes me wonder if there's some sort of Venn diagram for who washes to shore here, with nice on one side, weird on the other, and most of us fall somewhere between the two.

Thanks! I'm trying!

You're not wrong.

Cool. And, you know, if you ever need anything you can call me, okay?

I will. Thank you!

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