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[The video starts up on a new face, someone who's apparently found her apartment and original clothes and everything. She is very orange. She has also propped the phone up somehow and spread out across the table are a whole bunch of pamphlets -- pretty much every pamphlet it's possible to get when first arriving to this world -- and a notepad which, due to angle and distance, it's possible to see some writing in it but not to make out what it actually says.]

Allll right, everything seems to be working... Hello everybody!

[That smile is very wide and almost tangibly nervous. She bounces on her feet; a pen is in one hand even as she gestures them a lot as she talks.]

It is great to meet all of you, I am super excited to get to know more people who've been brought into all of this... From what I've seen, we have the responsibility of helping save this world, but we're also responsible for leading our own lives like normal people, needing places to stay, money, jobs...

[She picks up her notepad, eyes darting over what she's already written.]

It sounds like there are a lot of benefits to joining one of these Guilds, but I'd love to hear from anyone who actually has experience with them, good or bad... Or experience with other jobs or ways to help! And if someone happens to have any more questions, who or what is the best source of information in this city? After all, it's always safer to know what to expect.

--Oh! I almost forgot. I'm Anxiety!

[She sure is.]

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[Oh ho, is this one of Sadness' friends? He doesn't want to just assume, but they are both very colorful.]

Regarding more questions, I would suggest asking someone who was with the first wave of people to be brought here two years ago, such as myself.

I'm employed as a doctor primarily, but I do take on some of the easier guild quests as well. The level of commitment expected is very low.

[There's a long pause as she listens to the message, feeling that that voice sounds awfully familiar. Not as familiar as some of the emotions, but familiar nonetheless.

It's only when she hears 'Anxiety' that she finally looks at the feed itself, seeing who's on the other end and nearly dropping the phone in surprise.]

A-Anxiety!? [There's a very rare shocked expression on her face.] Wh-where are you? Are you in the starter apartments?

[Anxiety perks up at that, smile growing again and even her hair straightening up a little.]

Are you volunteering? [AUDIBLE PEN CLICK]

Are the easier guild quests enough to live on? Because I'm not sure I'd be able to, like... fight monsters, or go exploring dangerous places no one should go...

I am, in fact. [Smile!]

Hmm... I can't say it would be a reliable source of income. Some months may have plenty of easy quests, and some may have relatively few. 'Tis better treated as a source of supplemental income, in my experience.

[Likewise, that voice isn't as familiar as some people Anxiety knows very well -- but when the person is saying her name, her eyes are widening and she looks at her phone even before the voice clicks.]

Sadness, you're here too?!

That's, that's what they said they are -- places we can stay for free for two months, and it's where I found my things... Where are you?! Did you just get here too? I didn't see you anywhere in that other building!

I really appreciate that.

[She even appreciates the relatively bad news, mouth turning downwards as she scribbles a few notes, then looks over what she's already written down.]

I'll have to take a look at other options, then... What did that Olwen person mean by saving this world? Do you happen to know what their end goal is, if it's driving out what they called the Darkness, or completely reclaiming their Seasonal Segments, or there being more power holders from this world again?

I believe driving out the Darkness is the primary goal? That seems to be what we've focused on in the time I've been here, at least.

All right, are there ways to do that that don't involve fighting?

[That's a pretty immediate next question, even as she's making note of Kantera's last answer.]

Certainly. Many missions involve solving puzzles to find secrets. And I usually find myself offering healing to combatants, or preparing food for them to take with them.

[Anxiety's sigh of relief is obvious; her entire body wilts a little with it.]

That is very good to know. Thank you, um...

Oh, I'm sorry, I never asked you your name!

Kantera. Pleased to meet you, Anxiety. May I ask, do you know a person by the name of Sadness?

I'm very happy to meet you too, Kantera!

[!!] I do! I just spoke to her, I wasn't expecting her to be here at all... Do you know her? How is she, is she doing okay?

We've spoken a few times. She seems to be doing relatively well - a bit shy and overwhelmed, but alright.

I was quite moved upon meeting her - she and I, and perhaps you, are the same sort of existence.

[Just little 'part of another person' things.]

Ohh, that's good... N-not to imply anything about your skill as a doctor, but I was worried that you knew her because she'd gotten hurt...

[Wait. Record scratch. Anxiety had been wilting a bit again in relief and, well, anxiety, curling in on herself a bit, but her already big eyes widen again.]

Wait, you're like us? Are you an emotion too, or-- a part of someone's mind?

[He shakes his head at the first part - no, she's fine.]

Part of someone's dream, to be specific. Sadness is the first person I met here who is like me.

[Which he has a very normal amount of feelings about, definitely.]

Yeah... I've been in and out of mine for the past couple of months.

[To be fair, anywhere is a fine sleeping spot for her. She doesn't need to eat, doesn't need to sustain herself... she wouldn't even need an apartment, really.]

I'm around the city. I can be at the apartments in a couple of minutes.

[That's a relief... And honestly, this revelation is really... something; it's so unexpected she doesn't even know how to feel about it, but she's at least a little touched. And very curious.]

I hadn't expected to meet anyone else like us here. Not that wasn't actually one of us.

--It's different, being here without that person, isn't it?

It is, yes. -Though in my case, that person - Russell, for me - is here now entirely separate from myself, but I had been independent for years before that.

[And being here with his person but not a part of them is an entirely separate can of worms.]

You've been here for months?

[That ends on an incredulous squeak. That was definitely magic -- and at least it seemed to prove that they were telling the truth about time not passing in their worlds while they were gone, which was a relief, but knowing that Sadness had been here for months was still a terrible surprise. Anxiety almost looks like she's hyperventilating for a moment, then refocuses on her phone, giving a nod.]

I'll be right here. Let me send you my room number, just knock and I'll let you in.

[Anxiety is obviously taken aback by the very idea of that. An entirely separate can of worms indeed.]

Oh, that would also be... very unusual. I, uh, hope that everything's going well with both of you.

[Kantera holds up a hand and wiggles it in a 'so-so' gesture.]

We are getting by, at least. But it is a difficult thing to talk to ordinary people about.

Two months, yeah. I've learned a lot about how this place works, though I haven't been here as long as most of the others. Oh, and I was here at some point before you and the other newer emotions had come along. Which probably sounds really confusing... but I can confirm that you don't remember anything when you go back... but you do if you return. It's weird.

Be there in a sec.

[She's already on her way even before she finishes her message - her preferred mode of transportation sure makes getting around easier. Not so much faster, but it works.

Soon enough, there's a knock at Anxiety's door. Sadness would look just the same as she remembered, at least.]

[Two months. Two months, that was awful! Was it awful? Sadness seemed calm, she didn't sound too bothered by it, and Anxiety already knew they might be here a lot longer than two months and supposedly time wasn't passing back home at all and it sounded like that was true... But two months alone, away from Riley and most (in Sadness's case until now, all) of the other emotions, and trying to survive in completely unfamiliar lives...

That felt awful, anyway, but Anxiety tried to ignore the feeling, raising her notepad to hide behind it and scribble a few more notes on what Sadness was saying.]

Right, I'll let you go so you can travel more easily, I'll be waiting!

[Anxiety puts away her phone for now and manages to find what's necessary in the lightly furnished apartment to make some of her Anxi-Tea. She could really use some tea. When a knock comes to her door, she figures monsters probably wouldn't knock and if it's not Sadness it might be some more people going around greeting and explaining things to new people and they'd be worth listening to, so she hurries over to the door and cracks it open to peek out.]

Sadness! It's great to see you, please come in. [She opens the door wider and steps out of the way so that Sadness can enter, managing a wired, nervous grin. Two cups of tea -- she desperately needs to find more somewhere -- are on the table alongside the now-stacked pamphlets.] I made tea! Yours is the cup closest to the door.

I can believe that. It can be hard to talk to even other emotions about things they're not used to feeling. We're all very specialized in a few areas of expertise, but that can have its downsides sometimes.

It's nice that you and Sadness were able to make friends.

Edited 2025-02-05 18:20 (UTC)

I can begin to imagine how that might be a struggle...

I would also like to talk to you more, if that is not too presumptuous?

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