just browsin' for now

[overworkedunderloved]

Hey, what's the sad face for? You've got nothing to worry about right now! You've dealt with some of your responsibilities and have a whole bunch of time left to deal with the others, so stop panicking, alright? Maybe dive in a little! Get things done super fast, no more of this "mm"-ing and "aah"-ing. After all, "fortune favours the brave", right?

As for me, it's really nice to be able to breathe again, y'know? I'm pretty excited that you're looking around for places for me, but even just being set up is a nice change. Aha, sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel guilty! But if you're serious about finding me a place, that's great. I'll keep working hard, too, so there's no real rush. "It does not matter how fast you go, so long as you do not stop."

--ehehe, I guess that's kinda contrary to the first one, isn't it? Oh, well.

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[northernimpact]

I'm going to miss Aphrodi, but at least you don't leave a tumbleweed's worth of hair on the bathroom floor in the morning.

[overworkedunderloved]

...he's still here too, y'know. You'll make him mad if you keep talking like that!

[northernimpact]

Oh no, I wouldn't want to face the wrath of Mickey Mouse.

[overworkedunderloved]

Suzuno please don't ruin this for me. This is my post. He'll want to say something and then it'll turn into his post.

[northernimpact]

Alright fine, I didn't feel like writing a eulogy anyway.

So. Games.

[vainity]

You're not getting into heaven with that attit--

[fearowed]

You've got the right idea, at least!

[overworkedunderloved]

Well, someone has to have it, right?

[fearowed]

Of course! Does your mun have any idea where they might send you?

[overworkedunderloved]

Not really... she's doing some serious searching, though. Checking out all the options!

[fearowed]

Anything in particular sticking out?

[sillyasduck]

You know a lot of quotes, huh?
Oh - do you know any poems?? Boys who recite poetry are the best kind, heheh.

[seriously she'll take a limerick just throw her a bone here]

[overworkedunderloved]

Sure do! Quotes are important to the way people think!

Poems... hm... how about this one? I mean, it's only a part of it, though.

"If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!"

[sillyasduck]

[As a reward, he gets a dreamy little sigh and maybe some eyelash batting.]

I was right! Guys who know poetry are the best kind of guy!
I bet you have a cute name too, huh? Mine's Mabel!

[overworkedunderloved]

[winks~]

I'm Ryuuji! It is a cute name, but you're a cuter girl.

[sillyasduck]

[whoa hey there cowboy she's not used to them flirting back
She blushes a little, with an added giggle.]

Oh, sounds like someone's got good taste in girls, huh? Well, you're lucky, there's plenty of little ol' Mabel to go around!

[y'know, said as if her only love interests weren't a gnome colony and a merman.]

What other poems do you know? I bet you know some real romantic ones~

[netting_nettles]

Heh, you really don't want muns to rush, though. You'll close your eyes for a second and end up in a game where you're a giant robot or a clone or something.

[...wait, hold on a second. Eyeing Midorikawa with growing suspicion!]

You don't ever stop with the quotes thing, huh?

[He'd sort of assumed it had gotten worse with age or something, what with all that lame office work or whatever. But wow.]

[overworkedunderloved]

Are you kidding? That sounds awesome.

[blinks... at... what's with the staring, kid]

Of course not! Why would I ever need to stop? "Good habits formed at youth make all the difference"! It's knowledge, you know.

[netting_nettles]

[He's just...kind of stunned that Ryuuji hasn't run out of them after a whole freaking decade.

But, oh right, this Ryuuji probably wouldn't know anything about that. So...]

It sounds more like you just memorized a bunch of quotation booklets.

And being a giant robot would just be freaky! Plus, you'd probably be one in a world where they, like, chop them up for spare parts. Clones would be even worse.

[overworkedunderloved]

[a little repetition never hurt anyone, either]

Well I had to pick them up from somewhere... but as long as the meaning is right, it shouldn't matter where I read it!

...man, you had to be a downer about that. Clones would be kinda weird though, I guess I agree with that.

[netting_nettles]

Called it!

[He chirps, wear the smuggest, little smirk.]

Right? And games are full of things like that. You have to be careful about what you let your mun get you into.

[Says the kid who's spent like 98% of his time in games playing with Pokemon, jeez.]

[deasta]

You're really going to let that mundane human of yours run your life, are you?
What a stupid choice. Why don't you pick the game you want to go to?

Don't rely on that puppeteer to guide you! Be your own being!

[deasta dont tempt children thats not nice]

[overworkedunderloved]

Wouldn't that kinda, y'know, defeat the purpose of this whole journal thing? If I could just be my own being so easily, I'dve found something already.

Besides, it's not like you're in any better a position.

[deasta]

My position doesn't change your own.

But still, you do raise a point. Perhaps, then...
You should try and do the opposite! Take charge of her!

[overworkedunderloved]

Maybe not, but isn't it kinda hypocritical to talk about muns running our lives when you've got the exact same thing happening?

Mm, you give it a shot and let us know how that goes, 'kay?