Check-In [Week 1]

[helborn]

All right, you know the deal. If you're yourself, psychically raise your hand.

Or, uh, if that doesn't make sense to you, just... let people know you're you. I'm myself, obviously, but I have no idea what the hell my archetype or role is. I was infiltrating last time as Ace -

- shit, I need to avoid him. Anyway! Yeah. Uh. ... Yeah...

[His psychic voice just trails off as the awkward overtakes him.]

Comments

[youandyoualone]

Well. Yes. From what I can tell, aside from our two youngest, all of you who were young at the start of this have grown to manhood and womanhood here. You're none of you children anymore. It isn't a matter of years lived, Casper, or carnal knowledge--it's a matter of taking on adulthood responsibilities. And that you have done.

[helborn]

[There's a sensation of nearly choking at the 'carnal' piece, but he recovers.]

... Yeah. I kind of had to grow up fast here, but...

[Hm.]

... When I showed up here I was still a teenager, and one with kind of stunted emotional growth that I just hid behind a cheerful mask. I guess... I don't have to hide anymore.

[youandyoualone]

You don't. Nor should you. Playing at happiness to ease the minds of those around you... it may seem like a tempting solution, but it only creates more trouble later down the line.

[helborn]

I've learned that. Tends to be one of the big things that pulls people into dungeons, in my experience.

... It's hard to remember that's true for me, rather than just everyone else.

[youandyoualone]

Applying what we've learned of others to ourselves is always so.