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The Second Turn [anonymous text/video]

[anonymous text] Hollow Comfort

a question
by now many of you have realized your situation
and where we are and what this place is
so to those that have embraced this world:
what do you find worthy of your time?
how do you find meaning in this nothingness?
how can you say that helping someone is worth anything?
when they might not be here next week
right now i don't see the point in anything
and would like a different perspective

[video] When the Piper Seeks his Fee...

[Vaggie looks up on the camera as she sits on a bench in Everglade looking morose as usual. Beside her are a set of boxes and bags, and she seems to be peering soberly at the camera.]

Well, it finally happened. Those little red bills they gave me are finally down to the last few. And as charming as it is to sleep out in a back alley or under a newspaper in the park, I don't really find that all that appealing.

So, uh...

...yeah, I'm asking for a job. Not asking for much, but it does have to pay. I've done some bookkeeping stuff in the past, and maybe a few odd jobs here and there. Its not exactly like I have references. But if you have something or have heard of someone that is hiring, help a girl out? Thanks.

Oh, and if that job is Torchwood -- I'm not interested.

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How is it ever not worth your time?

The people who disappeared from my life had an impact on me. If I disappear from someone else's life too, I'll probably leave an impact on them too.

I think it's better to try to make that a good thing. Even when people disappear, or go to new places, the time you spent together doesn't get undone.

A job, huh?

Why don't take one at my store down at Nova City? I'm looking for some clerks and cashier who may help me out here. Those boxes are killing me!

[He wasn't joking. Turns out carrying boxes containing restocks of video games really cost him his own back.]

For the record, I don't think people
know the situation half as well as they suppose. The kidnapping theory, for example, doesn't have much substance to it that I've found. All people know is that the world seems happy we're here, so their imaginations gin up an adversary and crafts a narrative that's comfortable. The truth is likely far stranger.

That being said, I'll echo with the other cliches and truisms you'll get in saying that the present is more than the future. No one, barring the justified, is going to live forever. Any hope of eternity in others is doomed to disappoint, whether it's weeks or decades. Genessia simply teaches that lesson sooner than most. Ergo, one does good now because it's worthwhile now, and not in hope of some abstract, future payout.

[Once the video portion appears, Ted usually would recourse to the paper and its classified. It's not like work is hard to get. But the deciding factor may be in how much she knows about the dolls and whether she can stand them.]

Any preference in coworkers?

Edited 2019-04-03 04:46 (UTC)

Oh my! Do you enjoy bookkeeping? I could use more help around my archive business, should it be of interest to you, miss. My name is Eliot Durant, by the way.

There's plenty that's worthy of doing around here. Just because this world might be temporary doesn't mean we can't do good while we're around.

Here, just as anywhere else, there's going to be people in trouble or down on their luck. Just because we're stuck in this world doesn't mean it doesn't matter, to them or you.

Despite losing people and how painful that feels, what else can we do but just live our lives? In a world like this, maybe they'll come back, maybe they might not, and it sounds cruel. But...I don't really believe that's all there is to this place.

But if you don't find something to keep you occupied, you're going to lose your mind. I speak from experience - feeling hopeless isn't easy or pleasant, but being here certainly isn't 'nothing' to me. It's a second chance, even if I miss people dear to me...

Edited 2019-04-04 01:52 (UTC)

Let me know if you find one.

I've been here for years and haven't yet.

Some people cling to the "opportunity" of other worlds or fallen enemies. Fools.

Interesting questions to ask anon and honestly, I find meaning in the people I become friends with. That doesn't mean I've embraced the world because really some here might be here for years but never really do as such, but friends are a good enough reason.

The only job I have to offer is a paid internship and a receptionist.

[She wouldn't be sure if the other would like the internship, you would need to have an interest in automail or prosthetics.]

But hey you say you aren't asking for much, but usually, people do something they are passionate about. So what are you passionate about?

I have many a job in my clothing shop and host club, but not sure if you would do well at being a host.

I can find meaning here because I've seen real nothingness. Seen it, felt it, lived it, been it. And this? Isn't it. I don't what exactly to call this place, but it's not nothingness.

And sad as it is, this place is the closest I've had to an actual life for over a decade. I've got a job, an apartment, friends, pets... And yeah, they might all be gone next week or even tomorrow, and that would definitely hurt. But when you get right down to it, the same is true no matter where you are. Nobody gets any guarantees in life.

You can't let that stop you from living your life, though. Or from enjoying it. Some of my friends might not be here any more, but they're still in my heart and my memories, so we're still connected, no matter where they are. And that's good enough for me.

I'm hiring. I have a public relations and marketing firm in Nova City, and the other branch is a photography studio and print shop in the Attleton mall. How are you with technology?

I do not know if I have been here long enough to say anything.

I am not the type to dwell on something too much. While I do not have the answer to your question, what I do know is that I am not going to do nothing if someone is in danger right in front of me.

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