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[miseris_socios]

[It's been a busy few days. People are saved or dead, but time ticks on. It's early morning on the fourth, and a message appears on the network. It takes him a long while to write it out. It's hard. He wants to sound grown-up. And reflection isn't the easiest thing, but still... he manages.]

Marking days that are important to you are hard. You never know how to talk about them, or explain them to other people. They wouldn't understand, right?

But sometimes you just have to get things out there. If you want to skip this, that's fine. I understand.

( Cut for mention of parental death, attempted murder, and attempted suicide. )

... Dates like today... where you remember people who died... they can hurt. But... I think most people you really care about would want you to move on. Death... is inevitable. I know that. Most people know that. Just because one person's life ends doesn't mean they stop affecting you. It doesn't mean you have to stop fighting to save people.

But if they don't make it... they're still with you. Even if you go through hell, you can survive if you remember the people important to you.

I think sometimes here it's easy to forget that. It doesn't matter how 'normal' or 'ordinary' you think you are. I've seen people like that survive the worst kinds of situations.

We still have the future. We can still make our own way.

CALL FOR HEALERS

[phoenixstrut]

URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT

[The feed shows Dove just as her wings fade away, her expression as steady as she can possibly manage given the whirlwind of things happening in the room behind her. You'll have to excuse her as her attention is pulled a thousand directions at once.]

Healers, you're needed in the infirmary immediately. If you have any basic first aid skill, we could really use your help.

Anyone else who can contribute in any way, please do. There's no shortage of need around here- if you can't think of anything specific, I'm sure we can find something to keep you busy.

Once things have calmed down, I'll be around for Light exposure, even for those- especially for those who helped the rescue teams. Don't exhaust yourselves. Come find me.

[There's a crash from somewhere behind her, and she jerks her head around to look for the cause- seems that someone has knocked something over in their haste.]

Just... get to the infirmary now.

((ooc: The infirmary log is here! ))