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[mouflon]

Ugh, who cares about Valentine's Day?!

[...Apparently, Rin is sick of the Valentine's-related posts and has decided enough is enough. As the video starts, she immediately launches onto the offensive, her body language growing rather...energtic.]

Seriously, don't you people have anything better to worry about? I can glance at the news for two seconds and see story after story about how people want us rounded up and tagged like cattle, and you're sitting here prattling about dates! Am I the only one who sees how ridiculous this is?

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[youcouldbemine]

Maybe people want to not think about that... I guess that's a little silly, too.

[the_prodigal_son]

I'd rather talk about something that isn't depressing.

[mouflon]

[SLAMS A HAND ON HER DESK]

Then you're part of the problem! We don't have the luxury of overlooking something just because it's upsetting!

[voice]

[mouflon]

It's more than just silly. [She puffs, but sounds somewhat mollified.] We can't just not think about something like that because we don't want to!

[voice]

[youcouldbemine]

Sometimes bad things are really difficult to process. I think everyone has different feelings and they have to do things that help them deal with those.

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[dandyelegance]

My dear young lady, it's all in good fun. We need some happiness every once in a while.

[the_prodigal_son]

[GENUINELY SCARED BY THAT.]

I'm sorry! I'm just sick of how shitty everything is outside of the school!

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[musou_tensei]

calm down. dont be offended on behalf of people that arent asking for your help.

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[friendofdorothy]

Are you sure we should be advertising ourselves as the most outspokenly radical in the school?

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[mouflon]

We weren't advertising ourselves as anything until you decided to include yourself.

[grumbles...]

Did I even say anything that radical? I'm just sick of sitting here listening to people talk about this holiday like it's something important.

[mouflon]

no

[There are other, stronger retorts she could make. She doesn't make them.]

[friendofdorothy]

I'm sick of it too. The person I want to be with is either on the run, dead or in prison right now. [What an uncharacteristic admission from Mr Reserved. But he knows he can trust Rin.] But if we show ourselves being grumpy about it, people will say 'Oh, look at the radicals, no fun at all'. Of course if we embrace it, we end up distracting attention from the cause and looking frivolous. It's a game that's not really winnable.

[mouflon]

[She had fun once. It was terrible.]

Once in a while, sure. But I don't think now is really the time?

[mouflon]

[Sorry, Jack. If it helps, she's angrier at the world than she is at you.]

I'm sick of it too! That's why I can't just ignore it!

edits this tag a million times because I'm not happy with it

[mouflon]

And my feelings are that I'm angry! [huffs] You can't just look away from something because it hurts. That's not how reality works!

[But there is a certain truth to what Elphelt says that Rin can't necessarily argue with. She won't ask people to take up up the same burdens she has if she knows they aren't capable.]

[mouflon]

[She understands the weight of that admission, and it's for that reason that she doesn't comment on it. Also, feeling vaguely taken aback. Fucking friendship, how does it work?]

So the only way to win is to not play? [Her voice creaks with her frustration as she tells him:] I'm just so tired of not being able to do anything!

[the_prodigal_son]

[Too bad Jack just assumes all anger is directed at him.]

I just don't... I've gone through so much shit already I don't want to worry about anything that doesn't involve me.

[musou_tensei]

if you want to do something so badly, talk to the prof.

until then, accept that escapism is a thing. it could be any one of us out there fighting and dying, and thats hard for a bunch of teenagers and kids to deal with.

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[youcouldbemine]

Of course it's still bad! I think it's bad, too. But even if it is bad, really, some people can't handle that.

[She should know. She was the Bad Thing.]

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[theveilisin]

You know, I don't care one whit about Valentine's Day - it seems terribly overwrought to me - but... the more terrible life gets, in my experience, the more people need to talk about silly and pointless things. If you don't ever let yourself do that, you'll eventually end up cracked seven ways from Sunday.

[dandyelegance]

I understand your concern. If you feel so strongly about this, perhaps you should talk to the higher-level faculty?

[nyancrophile]

[This other Rin here makes a "whee-whoo" sound.]

The Fun Police are here, everyone get in the paddywagon!

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[friendofdorothy]

Yes. It's a Catch 22. [And he knows how that book ends.]

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[friendofdorothy]

[In the last couple hours, Emma's post just went up.] ...Huh.

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[soccerwhisperer]

Everybody needs a break every once in a while.