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[It's been a bad month or so for Stein. He went home for a while, and it wouldn't be much exaggeration to say his worst fears all came true. And then back to Vatheon, and things slowly began to get better (minus Karkat's one misuse of Death the Kid's powers).

His mind is clearing, but he still can't trust himself to go out of his room and interact face to face with anyone. But he's bored, and with his current instability, bored is dangerous. Text is an acceptable compromise.]

Well, that's one more week finished.

Does anyone have a favorite curse? Or at the very least, is there one you wouldn't mind living through again?

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Last week, anything we thought was visible in a little bubble floating over our heads.

[That explained nothing...]

I don't understand. Is it meant to be embarrassing?

I don't think it's meant to be anything. The curses are just experiments to see how the population reacts to different situations.

[That explained a lot more but... but now what should she say? Other than voice her concern about how horrible that was... Maybe these curses weren't meant to last forever. Oh, he did mention as much.

In that case, it was better not to say anything...]

Thank you very much for explaining it to me.

[She hoped that didn't sound too formal. Wait, no, she did. She starts to write something else, but accidentally switches to video. There's a girl in plain view. She was in a hotel room, a very generic one. She seemed tired, even for a newcomer, as if she hadn't been sleeping well (or at all). Monaka continues to write, oblivious to the change.]

I don't know what has happened but I greatly appreciate the help you've given me. [Even so, she was still so confused. As much as she tried to bury the emotion, she was still so very, very scared. She rubbed her eyes, trying hard to erase the tears.]

[There's some vaguely paternal part of Stein's mind that doesn't like to see kids crying. There's also some part of his mind that wants to take her apart piece by piece.]

Do you have any friends here?

[Friends would be wonderful to have, but the only one she's ever had was her cat. A human friend would be a wonderful and amazing experience.]

No. The people here are kind but not very friendly.

I can't promise that we're all kind or friendly, but you'll get better reactions if you post on the network than if you just try for face to face interactions.

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