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hey there,

first of all I wanted to say thank you to everyone who came to my party last month, and a huge thank you to gorgug for helping me out. I really had a lot of fun with everyone and getting to know each of you a little better.

on that note, I got to know some of you a lot better, and it made me realize we all have something in common. the need for human connection and support for all of the things that seem to bother us or have us concerned. So I had a bit of an idea, especially since it seems I'm going to be in Etraya for a while.

back home I worked for a while at a youth crises center as the person who answered calls and helped out others. I want to offer something similar here, and while I know it's tricky to keep things anonymous, it looks like I'm able to get a dedicated line for this. I also wanted to setup a little hub for those who want to talk and share in person. I can't offer advice, but I can offer a shoulder to lean on and someone to vent to (me!)

so I guess I'm just asking for another favor again- if anyone has any items they can donate, or help me find items to spruce up the office I'd appreciate it. I want to create a warm and safe environment for anyone who wants to swing by. let me know your thoughts too! I can use any and all help.

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apologies for the delay, had to take a hiatus

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( she wasn't going to admit it, but there was pride in her expression as she heard jayce speak positively about her friend. truly he was everyone's friend, but she felt close enough to him to share more of herself than she should. )

I'd be more surprised if he didn't!

( if there was a compliment, it was that. )

Is there...a specific reason you're looking into that? Did you find out something about this place?

now im late too so we match!! but also we can drop this if it's been too long

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I want to utilize it for devices I want to make.

[Which... sure. One could use electricity. It would be easier to do. But electricity has it's limits, and magic doesn't. And also... magic is his hyperfixation. He's going to try and use it as much as he can.]

At the very least, I think we'd learn more about Etraya even if it doesn't wind up working.

no worries!

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Aren't you fairly new here? I don't think I've seen you around...

( which makes her wonder why he was so eager to learn about etraya in such a short while. yet when she thought about it—

she hadn't been that eager to find out about the world itself but rather of echo and aurora, and their standards for what qualified as proving their worlds were worthy of saving. )

Did you find out something about this place? I've been here a few months and feel like I haven't learned much.

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New-ish, yes.

Not enough. Obviously it already has a lot of what we all agree are common utilities: water, air, gravity, electricity. But there's something I've noticed isn't a consistently agreed upon force of nature: magic. I don't know if it's that in their worlds, magic is beyond their understanding or grasp, so they don't believe in it, or they're really from a world without any magic whatsoever. That part doesn't matter as much, but finding out if there is magic present here is the first step to harnessing it. That's my goal.

[Sorry, did Heather not ask for the Captain Yap.]

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( as she sat back in her rather dusty chair and chipped away at the water she had, heather thought about what he was saying and how it wasn't the worst idea out there. with what little information she's gathered about this place and its machinations, there had to be something beyond just the companion bots running the place. the bubbles over the world, the way animals hatched from eggs in december—

there was something more mysterious at play. it could certainly be magic. )

I can't say I come from a world where 'real' magic exists, but you're probably right about this place. I mean really the question is, who made Echo and Aurora? How did they make this place and pull us from our worlds?

You might be onto something, but unfortunately I don't have much technical skills to help you with that.

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[And this is where he leans a little heavier on his knees, a clearer fascination written on his expression.]

That's part of what I want to find out. Aurora— from the sound of it, she's something that was 'made' by Echo, not something that came out of nowhere. She has to 'obey' Echo's demands. I've been told she's like a "computer" somehow.

[Which he isn't sure he entirely gets yet, but he will!]

But Echo— that's what I want to know more about. If no one but Aurora has seen Echo, and they're the one who controls all of this... Is Echo even a person? In my world, the arcane— what we call magic by a more formal name— isn't just a passive resource to be used. There's theories it's alive enough, in it's own way. It makes me wonder... if Echo has more in common with something like that, than any one of us?