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[majorlyugh]

do folks celebrate valentine's day here? is it too early to ask about this?

TOTES unrelated: anyone have gift suggestions that are thoughtful but also not creepy or weird?

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[majorlyugh]

i mean, idk. it feels weird to take someone else's idea and say i came up with it.

[dejerate]

I guess I just thought of it since -- well. After the virus hit back home, we lost a lot.

[majorlyugh]

ah, geez. i'm sorry to hear that. i can't imagine.

[What a bold-faced lie, Major. Of course you can. Vividly.]

what sort of virus was it?

[dejerate]

About eight years ago back home,
it killed off most everyone over thirteen.

[Yuu was only eight at the time, so he had survived. And survived being taken in by the vampires through one of the nobles allowing him to escape.]

[majorlyugh]

... jesus. that's .. awful.

[dejerate]

Yeah, it was rough. Still, we're recovering about as well as to be expected from it, so far. Made coming here a change again. Adjusting to there being so many people around.

[majorlyugh]

oh, yeah, geez, i hadn't even thought of it. i imagine coming here was a shock for you.

when did you arrive?

[dejerate]

I'm used to it now. I guess I just forgot over those eight years since it happened back home. How crowded things were.

I got here a while ago now though. Nearly a couple years, give maybe another two or three months.

[majorlyugh]

oh, wow. so you've ... been here a while. huh. i've been here about 7 months, i think. being here a couple of years seems ... crazy.

[dejerate]

Honestly this place is about as close to normal as I've had. In a long time. Compared to everything back home. I know it's still back there waiting for me to deal with it but.
Here, for now.

[majorlyugh]

yeah ... i get that. a lot. .. more than you realize, haha.