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[like247]

So...

[The image behind Wendy is of a wall that looks a bit like a log cabin. Sprawled as she is, it's likely she's laying on a bed, half slumped against the wall.]

For those of you that lived with other people back home, how do you get used to the quiet here? I mean, like there's all the craziness and madness and all but like at night, when things are all slow, and it's just you... Whaddya do?

[Nope, she's not missing all that noise of brothers and all. Of course not.]

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[spycurious]

I read, or... I write. Sometimes I play draughts--chess or checkers, maybe a game of cards if anyone is willing. I adopted a horse here and I look after him, or if I'm feeling particularly restless, I'll head to the firing range. Even in the wee hours.

I'm accustomed to the sounds and routine of an army camp. It helps to find a routine of your own, but... that doesn't always work.

[please introduce him to TV, Wendy.]

You could always immerse yourself in a new hobby. There's almost no limit to what you can do here but I suppose that's what makes it so frustrating.

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[like247]

Tell me you don't play chess or checkers by yourself. I mean, I know some do it, and without even computers, you know? But I don't get it. I would just cheat playing against myself.

But yeah, I try and do those kind of things. Even the range. Sometimes though...

[She sighs.]

After a while though you can only watch the same movies so many times. I found myself watching the Little Mermaid the other night! My brothers don't even like that movie.

[That though leaves her a bit quiet, head canting at the device.]

Okay, I'm gonna ask. You got any ideas? I mean, you're talking the military and all, right? So any ideas? I could consider a horse. I've never cared for one before, and I go to the range and know a crossbow as well as working with a pistol, but it's still leaving me time.

[Which is what it comes down to. Too much time to think.]

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[spycurious]

Sometimes I'd play chess alone, but I could usually find a willing partner at home. A close friend of mine happens to be here too and he's always ready for friendly competition. [Ben is surprised when she mentions knowing how to use a crossbow and firearms, but he really shouldn't be in a place like this. It makes sense.]

There's horses, there's--Well, you could adopt a dog to keep you company. I... honestly, and you may laugh, but I've never seen a... a movie. I know what they are--moving images with sound, I've been studying future history--but I'm from a time long before them. The 1770s.

[It's not his fault, but it's still embarrassing.]

[angewiesen]

Well, I've got an obnoxious roommate now, which could be a solution for you too, but before that... I made a routine for myself. I made sure I got my training in, that I cooked every day, that I spent a certain amount of time reading and finding new books-- that sort of thing. If you've got stuff planned to do every day, it makes the hours go by faster.

Or is this more of an insomnia thing?

[like247]

Yeah, that's kinda where I am. I had three of those, so this place gets quiet. Like especially at night.

I'm working on that. Learning a few things I hadn't been taught before, and like that. Kind of eh on the whole too much reading thing. No school here and avoiding edging into that if I can.

[angewiesen]

Brothers and sisters or something?

[While Jean is very familiar with living in a barracks, he's an only child, so he doesn't understand the unique cacophonous camaraderie of family.]

There're more books here than I've ever seen in my life. And most of them aren't even about anything useful. They're just... stories.

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[modore]

You can't sleep? Or do you mean the times when no one else is really around?

[He considers.]

I have a roommate, sort of, and that helps.

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[like247]

More the whole thing when no one else is around. I lived in a house with my dad and three brothers. So I didn't realize how noisy everything was all the time. Not until I'm here and it's all quiet. Like at night.

Yeah, that makes sense. About it helping to have others around.

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[modore]

Having your room near the stairs might help and on a lower floor. Or just close to a lot of other people, if you aren't already.

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[uncoils]

Music, movies, bug people on the network. I'm not going to lie, I think the quiet's nice most of the time...

[No guards, no obnoxious cellmates, no people in the rest of the block that won't shut the hell up, she really can't complain about that.]

...but sometimes I need a break from it too.

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[like247]

I thought it was cool when I first got here. Longer I'm here though, it gets kind of annoying. More annoying than my brothers were.

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[uncoils]

Yeah, I get that. Didn't have brothers, but it's like there's so much peace and quiet, you start going nuts from all the peace quiet. Which makes no sense because it's a hell of a lot less crazier than the zombies and all the other shit Wonderland throws at people, but that's how it is.

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[jivitadana]

If you want to hang out at the Diner any time again, just let us know.

[That way she wouldn't have to feel so lonely or alone. He was up for just hanging out too, but food was a good way to also feel not so lonely, perhaps.]

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[like247]

Dude, that'd be cool. I liked it there when I was in there for the holidays. That was fun.

[Because it was a lot like home and she hates admitting she likes having that connection.]

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[jivitadana]

What other kinds of foods do you like to eat? We should learn to make them for you.

[Not that he was trying to get her to be so homesick or anything, but he just thought food was comforting too.]

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[mucked]

For one, I try not to take it for granted.

[ perhaps the more expected response is to bemoan the silence, but peggy finds herself rather grateful for it. after army quarters and lodging houses, it's rather nice to actually have room for her thoughts without distraction. ]

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[like247]

Well, no. Not like I want this to be all whatever those events and all are. I just... I just miss my brothers. Which I never thought I would say.

[It's easy not to when they're always around. Without them it's easy to realize they aren't just nuisances.]

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[mucked]

[ that, at least, she can understand. partially. ]

Have a lot of them, do you?

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[shslliar]

[It's quiet, eh...?]

Oh, hey. Sorry if this is off-topic, but I was wanting to give you a gift and I can't find your room.

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[like247]

Wait, what? Seriously?

Uhmm, I'm on the second floor. Room two oh three.

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[shslliar]

Okay! I'll be there in a second!

[He shuts off the feed.]

[Then, fifteen minutes later, someone starts blasting a song just outside her room. It starts off very subtly...]

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[bibliocorn]

Well, I'm used to being alone, so I guess it doesn't bother me as much. But I read? Books can make a difference to any life, in my opinion, if you let them.

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[kryptomight]

I played video games, or went out to find someone to hang out with. . but now my mom's living with me! So even when I'm lonely I'm not really that alone, and I know I can just go find her and stuff.

Why? Are you lonely?

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[like247]

Dude, that's awesome for you. I'm glad she's here.

[And she is, even if she barely remembers her own mom.]

Kind of? I mean, not really? I guess? I never really had a chance to be lonely before so maybe.

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[kryptomight]

Do you want to hang out? I've got a really cool hoverboard and some action figures.

( if she's lonely clearly the solution is to unlonely her. )