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[after_the_flower]

[Sophie had left for a few days to visit Asbel and the others back home. When she returned, anyone who saw her might realize she seemed very distant. People who knew her might really see this. She was very quiet. Sad. Something was serious up. After a moment of keeping to herself and being away from everyone, she finally got on the network. For your dose of awkward, sad, dark, morbid things...here she is. She looks uncomfortable in her seat, but she's serious.]

I need to...ask a question.

[A pause.]

What do you...do when you realize that your friends will all die before you?

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[punchtheflowers]

Make sure they live well. Protect'em while you can, and afterwards, protect their dreams.

[after_the_flower]

[That was one of the more sensible answers she'd heard. But she's still sads.]

Protect their dreams...?

[punchtheflowers]

Yeah. You make sure the things that were most important to your friends stay alive. Their... legacy, I guess.

That way, a part've them will never be totally gone.

[after_the_flower]

[Little did you know Vinnie, you just described the whole real solution that occurred in the video game. OR DID HE KNOW.]

Legacy...

[She trails off.]

[punchtheflowers]

[He's just so obsessed with protecting stuff and being dead okay NO IDEA ABOUT ANYTHING???]

I don't know anything 'bout your friends, an' you don't gotta say what's all goin' on, but... everyone leaves behind something they care about.

[after_the_flower]

[Sophie took in what he said and...Sophie still didn't know but...Now this man has him curious.]

What's your...name?

[punchtheflowers]

Me? Vinnie.

An' yours?

[after_the_flower]

Sophie...

[Sophie No Last Name Proto Heis, etc.]

[punchtheflowers]

[That's cool Pokemon don't have last names all the time.]

Nice t'meet you, Sophie.

I dunno if I helped much, but... you got a lot've shit on your mind you wanna get off?

as I now see I typo'ed and it was supposed to be "Protos Heis"

[after_the_flower]

There's a lot in my mind...it's all very confusing.

[This man...for some reason Sophie feels she can tell him how she feels. Why is that? Is it the way he's talking to her? Maybe...]

I feel so sad. It makes my chest hurt. People cry when they're sad but when I try to cry, tears won't even come out...

I'm not a human. I can't grow old with everyone else.

it's cool I can't tell cuz I don't know shit bout Tales games

[punchtheflowers]

[Vinnie let this digest for a moment. This was a level of grief and confusion to a degree he couldn't possibly hope to understand completely.]

...I'm sorry.

There's a lot've guys here who aren't human - some've'em probably got long lives, too. I mean, there's immortals in the student body. But not bein' able to change with the people you love... that's not fair t'you.

you people need to play them

[after_the_flower]

...There's others here like me?

It's sad. And it makes me even more sad when people said I should just stay away from people.

I don't want to live like that. Friendship changed me a lot.

I apologize for my slowness u_u

[punchtheflowers]

The people who say that don't know shit. There's nothing to be gained from trying t'isolate yourself. Bein' lonely and cynical's a worse poison than loss, and it'll turn you into something ugly in the end. Whatever you get from your friendships, that's worth keeping - and that's part of your friends' legacy too. You become the person you are cuz they're inside you.

I've only known a few gods that've come to the school, and they've definitely been around... seen their loved ones go. I don't think they age, either. I couldn't tell you if it's any different being a god to whatever you are.

I HATE YOU FOREVER okay no

[after_the_flower]

An android.

[This person...is making a lot of sense. Most sense.]

You sound like you know a lot about it...

;_; [Private now]

[punchtheflowers]

Oh. [Wow holy balls she was lifelike this would be so cool if it wasn't so sad.] Like, the kind've robot with superpowers...?

I ain't exactly immortal, but I have died once, if you wanna put that in my credentials. I remember a whole other life where I lived angry an' alone, and I remember all the regrets I had when it all ended. My friends saved me from all that.

[Private]

[after_the_flower]

I guess you could call it that, I don't know. I think I can do a lot of things humans can do. But I can't cry. I think they called me "humanoid" too.

[She gets sad again.]

...Asbel said I kind of died too years ago. I didn't really die though, I...

...It's complicated. But my friends saved me too. You're...kind of like me, is that what this means?