A Decision [Video]

[now_i_know]

[The video feed opens to a girl with shimmering silver-blue hair and deep red eyes. Her fingers come together as she looks nervously into the camera for a second.]

U-Um... hello! I'm Catherine Fujishima a-and... well, you guys might have seen me over the past week? If... if you didn't that's okay. I was just a guest here and I know you guys were busy.

[As she gets going her pacing becomes a bit livelier as she gains more confidence.]

So, anyways, yeah! I just wanted everybody to know that I've made a decision: I'm gonna join this school! It... it seems like it'd be a lot of fun learning and stuff. I've been told I'm gonna be joining the 10th grade, though I probably gots a lot of work to catch up on.

I hope that we can all get along!

[She bows politely, her ponytail following her lowering head.]

Oh, yeah! And if anybody doesn't mind helping me catch up, I'd really appreciate it! I'm could use a tutor for math, an' science, an' English, an' composition, an' history. But mostly the first three.

Comments

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[now_i_know]

I'm starting to get the sense that everyone's story is a long story.

You know?

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[no_girl]

Seems to be a common thread among the people that wind up here.

[video; private]

[now_i_know]

Maybe that's what this place really is. Just a place where a bunch of wounded kids try to make sense of this crazy, fucked up world.

Or maybe they/re just lookin' for a place to be.

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[no_girl]

No, that's pretty much it. That's... exactly it, really.

[video; private]

[now_i_know]

Maybe someday I'll ask your what your story is.

And maybe someday you'll feel like tellin' me.

But for right now, I'm okay with just names. I mean, if you are.

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[no_girl]

That's totally cool with me. Though... I mean, it could be more! Like, tell me about your hobbies and stuff? The kind of stuff that isn't just crammed into a dossier, I mean.

[video; private]

[now_i_know]

My hobbies?

[She actually has to think about that.]

You know, I used to like going out to hikes and seeing nature and stuff. 'course it's a little cold to be doing that now. But I also used to like watching movies and playing video games.

Mostly, though, I liked to hang out. I wasn't super popular, but I had a few friends that I would try to go and see.

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[no_girl]

Sounds like a pretty normal life, all things considered.

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[now_i_know]

Yeah... you don't know what you got until you lose it, you know?

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[no_girl]

Trust me... I know. [Perhaps more than a lot of people at the school.]

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[now_i_know]

...hey...

...you okay?

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[no_girl]

Y-yeah, I'm fine... Sorry, got a little spacey there.

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[now_i_know]

Yeah, real deep space, like as deep as this conversation.

...

You wanna talk about it?

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[no_girl]

Thanks, but... It's pretty heavy stuff. A lot to say on our first real conversation.

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[now_i_know]

Yeah, I getcha.

...

Do you have somebody you can confide in? It don't need to be me, but that really sounds like it's eatin' yah.

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[no_girl]

Dr. Takakage, for the most part. Dr. McCoy, too.

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[now_i_know]

Good, I won't press then.

And it's good to meet yahs, serious stuff or otherwise.

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[no_girl]

It's good to meet you, too!

And, of course, you know, official sysadmin 'if you need anything just ask' blah blah.