un:happyaround, post-event

[roundandaround]

I hope everyone's okay now! Cleaning up after all that is HARD but at least my house didn't get hit too bad... Does anyone need help with anything after last week? Oh, and speaking of my house, we just added a bunch of expansions! We've got an indoor pool now! Friends can come over whenever! I think I know most people on here anyway, and Mary-chan's got a bunch of friends too.

Also also! During that whole thing I tried the full shapeshift. You know, the dragon skill that changes you on the inside and not just the outside? I did it to be more giraffe than I already am because I thought it would help me fight. And it was like, whoa! I could see everything! And hear everything! And I kinda kicked a guy into a wall! Does anyone know how to deal with sensory overload if I ever do that again because it's kind of a lot and by kind of I mean a lot a lot.

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P.S. Hina-chan's turning one on the 7th! If you're friends with her come over then! We'll have blood cake and regular cake.

Comments

[roundandaround]

That's kinda hard. Sometimes it just happens without being able to control it, and other times I try to focus on something and I just can't. Maybe it'd work better if I learned that hyperfocus skill next?

[Actually being able to control when she hyperfocuses... amazing.]

[emanation]

There's a hyperfocus skill? But maybe, that is possible. But what about this... what reason do you have for wanting to do this to begin with?

{ rinku's first lesson on conviction is about to begin- }

[roundandaround]

Hm... Because I wanna save the world. I wanna keep the city safe. If those guys attack us again, I wanna be able to come back to Mary-chan and Mecchan and Hina-chan and Mimi-chan and the dolls, and be able to say I did my best and they'll be okay now. I don't wanna make Neechan cry. If my friends who are even less human than I am get attacked by that gang who wants to keep them captive and dissect them, or anyone I love gets hurt by anyone else, I wanna help. I want to ask the guys who are doing this why -- why they hurt this world to begin with when it welcomed them and kept them safe, and why they won't stop. Maybe even change how they feel.

I think that's all the why.

[emanation]

{ he doesn't interrupt as rinku speaks, but a soft and warm small smile forms on his lips as she does. they're very similar in that way. seeing people in pain and suffering is the worst. wanting to protect people, that can be a powerful thing. }

I don't think I said this before, but the blessings I received are useless on their own, y'know? It's the power of my conviction that gives me the ability to use them. For me, it's pretty similar to you. I want to stop people from hurting, to end their suffering, in any way I can. When I focus on that, it's easier to take one step forward at a time, gives me that focus I need. Do you want to try focusing on that instead of a specific sound or sight and see if it helps?

[roundandaround]

[Rinku tilts her head for a minute. She hums and thinks.]

'Kay. I can try.

[She breathes in and out. It still seems like a struggle -- occasionally her eyes will dart in some direction, and she makes a face once or twice -- but this seems to hold her attention for longer. She nods.]

Okay. I think... maybe it's okay?