returninghope | Regret 009; [Written]

[A message appears in the journal, first a series of crossed out words and intelligible scribbles, then a harshly scrawled question. Someone seems to be having trouble finding the right words to express themselves today.]

~~What do you all do to- What happens when--~~

What do you do to take your mind off something? What are you supposed to do when there's something you just can't stop thinking about?

~~If there's any way to beat it out of me, that works too.~~

[Zan'nen's frown deepened. Such a stupid question, but the emptiness of his house was really weighing on his mind. The loss of his roommate, and everyone talking about being sent home and disappearing only made it more apparent. The kid he lived with was always so nervous, how the hell was he supposed to know if he was okay out there? Back on his world? Why wasn't their a way to find out?]

Also, I'd like to know who's still around that recognizes me, if anyone. I was gone for a while. So, hello to the rest of you too, I suppose. Anything major change recently I should know about?

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That's it I guess.

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You don't have to prepare the food, you know. You can just go out and buy something you can eat right away, or you can go eat in a restaurant.. It works to get your mind off stuff for sure, it's never failed for me ever.

Guess so. [Although the amount of eating he'd do would probably wind up severely unhealthy.]

You're saying you've never made yourself sick doing that?

Nope! Why are you asking that either way, can you really make yourself sick with that?

[ She blink a little, genuinely confused. Stomach of steel and all that. ]

Yeah. If you eat too much it can make your stomach hurt. Especially if all you've eaten is sweets and junk food.

That's seriously never happened to you? [Stomach of steel indeed.]

No, it's never happened to me before..

[ She seems to think about it for a few moments, but nope, she can't recall it ever happening. ]

No matter how many sweets I eat, I never get a stomach ache!

I'd consider you lucky then. Stomach aches are really annoying.

Do you at least get cavities?

... [ at that her tone drops a little. ]

Sometimes.. But the dentist is really, really scary, so I try to avoid having to go there since it's horrible!

... Scary? What's so scary about the dentist? They just fix your teeth, right? [He sure hopes so, because right now he's imagining horrible, bloody things being done at the dentist's office in your world.]

No, it's much, much worse!

[ Sorry, Zan'nen, Usagi is just going to confirm this mental image. ]

They put stuff into your mouth that almost makes your jaw melt, and they break off your teeth, and when you sit outside their office you can already hear the sounds of hell!

Break off your teeth? How is that supposed to fix anything? [Usagi, your world sounds terrible. Why are these dentists still in business?]

[ It's just Usagi exaggerating.. poor dentists.. ]

I don't know..! It's just scary and I never ever want to go see one ever again, no matter how much Mama will make me!

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