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[stilldontgotit]

[...okay, so when was the last time he did this? Three years ago? ...ha. Right. It's really been three years since he came to Luceti.

Well, after a few moments of just staring into the journal, Riku clears his throat and decides to speak up.]

You know, it's been three years since I came here, but it feels like I'm just going through the motions. Everything's just so routine. Maybe I'm just not making enough effort to shake things up. Hard to say, but...

[Heh.]

Okay, you know what? I think I should just get to the point. So... yeah, name's Riku, and I'd say I'm in need of some friends. Yes, Kairi, I'm actually doing this by choice this time.

[Because last time was just awkward.]

And for anyone else who's been here a while, got any pointers for keeping busy long term? I know at least some of you keep pretty busy. Heck, if any newcomers have pointers, I'll take just about anything right now.

[OOC: WARNING. Thread with Ino veers slightly into nsfw territory.]

Comments

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

There are some that have happened more than once while I've been here. I thought, maybe, it was their intention because many of the people here would be new by then.

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

Yeah. It means they have new lab rats to toy around with, even if the rest of us have already gone through it before.

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

[This conversation will become ironic with the event redux, but for now Ami simply takes it in stride for what it is.]

If we believe it's intentional, doesn't it seem like they're mocking us? Or at least, they don't expect us to be here long enough to notice it.

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

No, I'm positive it's to mock us. Why else would they keep pulling that same love experiment year after year?

[Voice]

[geniustheveil]

That one... [She has more than few mixed feelings.] I just thought... it was because it was Valentine's Day.

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

Might be, but they probably know how much we hate it. Toying around with people's feelings isn't a laughing matter.

[Yes, he's still a bit bitter, even if it did help him out this year.]

Re: [Voice]

[geniustheveil]

I know. It's wrong and it's cruel. I want to end what they're doing, too. [Though she's been frustrated, for a long time, that even concrete efforts have turned out to be futile.]

[Voice]

[stilldontgotit]

Too bad that's kind of impossible here. At least for now.

[He groans. Not that he isn't used to it, but it's hardly encouraging.]