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[lucentia]

HELLO

"Greetings."

GOODBYE

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post cyoa!

[artificialsweetener]

[RANDY THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU his fucking mass blanket text to the injured river fools.]

Do you need anything?

[lucentia]

I'm all right, but thank you for asking. How is everyone else?

[artificialsweetener]

About as well as can be expected, I think.
Some of them left or were taken away so quickly that I haven't been able to speak with them quite yet, so I'll need to do that later.
Are you sure you're fine?

[lucentia]

Yes, the river healed me.

[artificialsweetener]

[He's just sitting here like WE REALLY GOT THIS HOSPITAL ONLY FOR YOU FUCKS TO BE INJURED SO BAD THAT PEOPLE JUST KEPT SHOVELING YOU ALL INTO THE RIVER!!!]

I've heard the effects from that can be pretty unpleasant, so be careful, okay?

[lucentia]

Indeed, I'd hoped never to need it myself. I'll stay alert.

[artificialsweetener]

I'm sorry that you have to.
Today's was one of the worst we've had yet, return-wise.

[lucentia]

Yes, the amount was quite alarming. At least we managed to get everyone looked at in time.

[artificialsweetener]

That really is good news!
So no one was lost, then?
The river is a little rougher with people who die, I've heard.

[Thanks for the signboard guys he loves reading horrific scientific findings.]

[lucentia]

It causes one to go backwards in progress, correct?

[artificialsweetener]

That's what I've heard, at least. I haven't experienced it myself.

[lucentia]

I cannot afford that risk to my friend, so all the more reason to avoid dying.

[would lucien avoid dying for his own sake? eh.]

[artificialsweetener]

[Him immediately picking up on that implication you stupid self-sacrificing other-people-focused punks.]

There's the hospital, but we don't have the capacity to take on injuries that really have a person on the very brink of death.
At this rate, I'm a little afraid that hoping for one would just be asking for trouble, too.

[lucentia]

It does seem as though everything is a double-edged sword here.

[artificialsweetener]

I guess it wouldn't count as a place of trials if too many things were just straightforwardly helpful.

[lucentia]

Testing us for the sake of testing us feels a little pointless at times, however.

[artificialsweetener]

I can't disagree with that!
Rather, on a whole, I find it pretty distasteful that we have to endure this and that at the whim of some higher power.
Even if we agreed to be here, it's frustrating, don't you think?

[lucentia]

Of course, I will endure it for the sake of my friend, but I do grow rather tired of being pulled around by higher powers, yes.

[artificialsweetener]

Hopefully we're getting closer now, if nothing else.

[lucentia]

I truly hope so. I feel as though I'm making progress, but I don't quite know what that means.

[artificialsweetener]

I'm choosing to believe that signs of progress are good no matter what shape or size they come in for now, at least.

[lucentia]

Yes, certainly better than the opposite.

[artificialsweetener]

Take care of yourself in the meantime, okay?
And let me know if you need anything!

[lucentia]

Of course. Thank you, Dahut.