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[harmonicalsoul]

[ Soul looks worse for the wear when he appears on the network. This isn't unusual, as of late - he's spent most of September looking like that. But what's different is that he has a big grin on his face, not often seen by anyone here yet. Except, of course, people from home. ]

So, August sucked. September kinda sucked for a lot of people too, and even those who it didn't probably need a break So it's good that we're nearing the end of September, yeah? Because we're almost to October.

[ That is super obvious but whatever. Even cool guys state the obvious sometimes. ]

October rules. We get to spend all month preparing for the biggest party of the year and the general atmosphere is nice. I know some of you might not even know what Halloween is. [ He imagines there's worlds where it doesn't exist, as sad as that makes him. ] If you don't, it's a great time where for one night, we all get to dress up as the coolest things we can think of and pretend. We get candy and treats and play pranks, too.

So this is a general PSA. If September sucked, October is gonna give you great things. Let's all be prepared and try our best to make it awesome, yeah? All this war stuff will ruin it if we let it.

[ October makes Soul optimistic. How odd. ]

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[harmonicalsoul]

Maybe we can do our stuff together? I really want to throw a party.

[freedom_engineer]

I think that can probably be arranged. I try to keep morale up around here, and a party sounds like a great idea.

[harmonicalsoul]

Keep up morale, huh? That's admirable.

[freedom_engineer]

Half admirable, half self-serving. We're less likely to get killed horribly if we keep our spirits up.

I like seeing everyone in good spirits, but I also like not dying.

[Sometimes, the humor is REAL hard to get with this one...]

[harmonicalsoul]

Heh. I get that. my spirit's been kinda low but I'm determined to get it back up. I like not dying too.

[freedom_engineer]

Anybody told you about the movie nights? I show movies every couple of nights, just to give everyone a nice little communal spot of diversion and socialization.

After that last month, though, I can understand why anyone would be down in the dumps.

[harmonicalsoul]

Never heard of that! That sounds great. [ Soul doesn't exactly socialize well, but if he tries, it'll probably make both him and Maka feel better. ] And my problem's more related to someone from home. They've been pretty ridiculous.

[freedom_engineer]

Yeah, we try to get snack food, and some good all-purpose movies. And I try to play to requests, so hey, you think of anything you wanna see, you let me know.

Rough time with acquaintances from home, huh? Anything you need to talk about?

[harmonicalsoul]

What kind of movies are available here, anyway?

...possibly, but I'm not sure you want a stranger unloading on you.

[freedom_engineer]

I have the collected digital libraries of six planets stored in my arm.

Without going into too much detail about multiversal differences, just assume I have all the movies. The planets I've download from are Corsica, Earth, Draconis, Fieras, Mentar, and Rigel. If any of those names mean anything to you, I mean.

[You can't see him, but he's giving a shrug.]

Worse comes to worse, I can tell you that I've heard enough. Why don't you let it out and we'll see where it goes?

[harmonicalsoul]

Yeah, the name Earth does, at least. In your arm? That's boss.

[ A pause as he tries to decide what to do about the offer, then he speaks again, his voice a little hesitant. ]

Is there a way to make this so nobody can hear it?

[Locked down to Private!]

[freedom_engineer]

Yeah, sure, gimme just a sec...

Okay, yeah, we're private now. Nobody'll be tapping into this convo unless they're a better hacker than me.

So nobody will be tapping into this convo.

[harmonicalsoul]

Hey, thanks. Cuz yeah, some of this would be pretty dangerous if it got out. At least for my friend.

[freedom_engineer]

That bad, huh?

Just having a rough time adjusting to things? Or is there something dangerous about?

[harmonicalsoul]

See, uh, my world's pretty normal. [ To Soul, anyway - a lot of people would disagree with him. ] But he comes from a place where our world went horribly wrong. And apparently he had to do a lot of scary shit to survive. It made him snap. So we've been trying to take care of his mental state and nurse him back to health but it's hard.

[freedom_engineer]

Alternate universe difficulties. That is... not easy.

Sadly, there's not much I can do to help with mental issues. I'm on that boat myself, actually.

But I can point you in the right direction to at least get started. There's a fellow here named Ghaleon. He's the sort that seems to be best suited to dealing with matters such as that.

[harmonicalsoul]

I'm on the mental issue boat too but he's worse off than I am. Ghaleon, huh? You think he'd mind me contacting him out of nowhere?

[freedom_engineer]

I can say with near certainty that he wouldn't mind it at all.

He's offered himself for people who need him. He knows the value of keeping people... ah... sane, I guess is the best word here?

[harmonicalsoul]

How do I contact him? Just ask around or what?

[freedom_engineer]

If you ask on the network for Ghaleon, I'm certain he'd answer. If you don't want to do that, he sometimes attends the movie nights. You can't miss him, I think the only person here who's taller than he is would be AZ, and AZ is a giant.

[harmonicalsoul]

Oh dang. I'll try the network, I think. Seems easiest.

[freedom_engineer]

It usually is, once people figure it out.

So, you gonna be okay? Sounds like this is taking a toll on you?

[harmonicalsoul]

Physical toll, if anything. I'll be fine emotionally.

[ Soul's a liar. ]