17 ✿ i believe this was a mistake.

[crosseyed]

 [[ phone // unfiltered // late evening ]]

So, correct me if I am wrong, but the thing that has been bringing those that die back, is gone? That is not good. I am sure we all know that, though.

But, I do not think yelling at each other is going to help. We need to stay together now, more than ever! I know that some of you are mad at whoever did this, but we all make mistakes. [[a deep breath.]] We can not change what has happened in the past, we can only go forward!

If we help instead of fight, I think it will all turn out alright. No amount of arguing will fix this, so we should pull together and work together!

Comments

[imperial_ray]

I agree... We can't stop now just because we've been set back.

[crosseyed]

Yes, exactly!

That is the way we should be looking at it.

[imperial_ray]

There must be something to lift their spirits...

[crosseyed]

Of course there is! I do not know what, yet...

[sparkling_eyes]

Honestly, I think it's kind of refreshing that we're all being forced to actually care about the value of life again, even if it's probably going to be temporary.

[crosseyed]

It is good, in a way, but you know how dangerous Mayfield can be! Those who have died before, I do not think that it was because they did not value their lives. It was because they could not avoid it! It seems like it can be very easy to die in Mayfield, which is why the revival system was so essential.

Still, you are right. We need to understand that life is, once again, something precious.

[sparkling_eyes]

I just hope everyone else sees it that way too.

[crosseyed]

I am sure that everyone will understand the situation we are in.

I have faith that they will.

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Yeah, screamin' ain't ever gotten folk out of a fahng-tzong fung-kwong duh jeh like this. You survive by havin' good people around you.

[crosseyed]

I do not understand what you just said! [[that long, weird sounding term, she means.]]

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Oh, sorry, keep forgettin' not everyone speaks Mandarin here. I'll get used to it eventually. Knot of self indulgent lunacy, basically.

[crosseyed]

It is alright! It was a very pretty phrase, even if I did not understand.

[masonry]

What’s done is done. Fighting ain't gonna change that.

People should be tryin' to fix this mess before it gets worse instead.

[crosseyed]

That is what I think as well.

I am sure if we all work together, we can fix what has happened, somehow!

[masonry]

Course we can. Problem is gettin' people to realize that.

Just hope no gets hurt with that—thing gone. 'Specially if it really is as important as everyone's sayin'.

[crosseyed]

It is very important. And I hope the same thing...

[miraculls]

Preach it, sister! Ain't no need to be all fronting nastiness at each other, it won't help none.

[crosseyed]

It certainly will not! It will probably only cause more problems, and that will only lead to trouble.

[miraculls]

Exactly, yo. Everyone's just gotta get their chill on up over this. Shit ain't being that bad, we just gotta wait for a motherfuckin' miracle to be happening.

[imoutos]

[ there's a long pause, but then Nadeko speaks up - quietly, nearly inaudible, and definitely uncertain. ]

Are you sure.. i-it'll be okay..?

[crosseyed]

Yes! We can get through this together, if we do not fight!

[imoutos]

Some people are really mad though, so.. I-I don't know what to do anymore.. Everyone is j-just yelling at e-each other, and the machine is broken, and..

[werejew]

But yelling makes me feel better.

[it does]

[crosseyed]

It may help you feel better for now, but it will not help you, or anyone, in the long run!

[werejew]

But how will they know they've fucked up if we don't yell at them?