caughtinanetwork | [action/anon text] - Struggles - 020 [Backdated to afternoon of 4/2]

Gnomeday, Gnome Redecan 02, ND 2018

[The first thing Guy noticed upon waking up was how unbelievably sore he was.

The second? The barrier on Zelda's bed was gone. He could easily tell - he'd sprawled out a bit as he started to wake up, mixed up in the covers and the remains of the uniform he had last remembered wearing. He hummed wearily, giving a confused and clouded glance around the room as he propped himself to his elbows.

Had he fallen into a coma again? Guy grimaces, rubbing a crick in the back of his neck. He'd left Zelda here alone like this again, of all times? Damn it. How long had he been out?

Worrying wasn't going to help matters, though. He heaves himself out of bed, stretching his arms above him, straightening his back, and adjusting his clothes enough so that he could wander the house without being too embarrassed coming across another housemate (if they were awake by now.) He pads across the floor with bare feet, descending the staircase about halfway before finally bother to call out.]

"...Zelda? Hey, are you around...?"

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[It's only after he' had a good share of time to talk to Zelda and get his bearings that Guy finally picks up his SFC, opting to keep himself anonymous this time around. There was too much that had happened while he was gone. It would just be nice to get a general sense of the city, if anything else.]

Breaking the ice around strangers is pretty hard, isn't it? I know we all have to do it all the time around here, with everyone coming and going. But it doesn't make it any easier.

Some people take to it easier than others, though. And I'm sure some of you have learned ways to interact with a new person just by being in this crazy place.

So tell me, Vatheon. How would you treat a stranger?

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Yup! The best way :)

Same as anyone isn't nice - you keep acting nice back. Less they're trying to kill ya, then you have to be mean! You come across a lot of mean newcomers lately? :/

Not exactly!

Sometimes new people can be hard to understand. Or it's hard for them to understand you. But I think that happens to everyone.

Can't old people be hard to understand too? I mean, like friends you've known for a long time. That's just people in general, new or old.

True. Some friends you'll never really truly get, even if you're close.

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I guess this is a bit more confusing of a situation than that, though

Okay. How about you tell me then, instead of being so cryptic? ;p

Right to the heart of the matter. Smart girl.

What if you had a friend here - a good one, one you trusted... that left and came back as a stranger?

We'd be here all day otherwise ;)

Hmm... That has happened to me too. But I guess, you could try and help them remember. If they don't, then you've gotta start from scratch - but you know that you guys can be good friends, it'll just hurt a bit, and take more time is all. That make sense?

Yeah. It makes plenty of sense.

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How could you help them try to remember, though? A stranger's memory can't exactly be jogged.

[He had to go through this at home with Luke, too - even seven eyars didn't help bring back memories that weren't there.]

Well, yeah. That's the difficult part. That's when you just gotta accept that is what it is and hope you can build a friendship like the one you had before :)

So just leave things to fate and hope for the best. That takes a lot of faith.

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You've lost a lot of people close to you, haven't you?

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Not fate. To friendship. Faith in friendship. It's about all we got down here.

..

Yes. I lost...nearly everyone I was close to...

I'm sorry to hear that.

You've been through it, though. And yet you say these things so easily.

How?

I don't really have a choice. Keep happy, or go crazy.

Those are some pretty crazy extremes.

Is there any other way to be?

*Cause sorry, but Selphie totally doesn't do 'feeling fine' or 'alright'*

Hurt.

Lonely.

Sad.

Even just "not okay".

It's not a crime to have emotions, just as long as you don't let them chain you down.

I lost count of how many friends I lost. All at once too. People I loved and lived with for years. Suddenly I was a stranger in the bubble.

When that happens to you, you come tell me that you're only just 'not okay'.

I have.

And I won't. I can tell you that you can't some it up with just being "not okay".

I'm angry. Sometimes I'm afraid.

But I know I don't have to choose between just being happy all the time or being crazy. There's more than just the black and white.

[Even if forcing happiness was the easiest way to cover up everything else... it wasn't the only way.]

*Selphie only knows this way - it's her whole way of living, keeping up happy appearances*

Well, maybe for some people there is. But hey, I'm all good here. I got myself new friends, spent more time with people I barely new. It's all good.

...

If it's what keeps you going, I guess.

Just don't burn yourself out trying to be happy all the time. It's okay not to be.

Who said anything about trying? That's just the way I am! ^^

Alright, alright. My mistake!

[But let him worry for you, Selphie. He's seen you down in the dark places before. That's not a very happy person.]

^_______^ NP!~

*Okay. But worry silently and secretly from a distance so she never knows - that way is always safer, right?*

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