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[Lance is looking a little more awake than he has been the past two weeks or so, and also in a better mood; his expression and tone are both lighter as well when he addresses the camera.]

I guess everyone is working on solving mysteries at the moment, and I actually had something I'd been meaning to ask for a little while, so this seems like a good a time as any; I'm interested anything anyone is willing to tell me about their experiences regarding being skipped over during an event. Or, similarly, if anyone was affected by one and it didn't last the entire time; I know several people began to see through the latest one while it was still going on.

[Including himself, though he doesn't know if that's something that happens often or it was kind of a special case. He does know, though, that people sometimes get skipped over completely, and why that happens seems like a mystery worth looking into.

And, for a completely different subject--]

I also wanted to ask about how someone would go about getting more bullets, because I know they aren't stocked at the armoury. I'm not out yet, but I'd prefer to solve this issue before I am.

[Thinking ahead, and whatever. He'd had to use a lot more than expected during new arrival day this month.]

I heard something about a deal with Rage, but that doesn't seem to be an option right now, so I was hoping someone else might have an idea or be willing to trade for something.

[It's worth a shot, no pun intended.]

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I'd like to learn to use one, and actually I have someone I need to contact about that, but I don't want to be useless in the meantime while I'm learning.

[Also he's a little scared of having to get close to monsters, even assuming he'll ever be decent at using another weapon.]

That makes sense until you run out of bullets. But I guess you are working on fixing that.

[Well, she's not wrong.]

I'm hoping to avoid that, yes; since I've only been needing to use them when monsters arrive in the arena, I should hopefully have a month to solve this problem.

[Also he still has several left, but considering how many he went through with the steampunk crabs he's nervous about whether they'd be enough. And that's assuming monster arrivals are the only problem, not an event or something else.

But on a less weaponry-oriented note--]

How have you been?

That's...probably not long enough to get very good at anything else. You'd better figure something out quick.

[She's just being honest that time. Totally a downer, but honest.]

Okay. Could be better. But not terrible, I guess. How about you?

Yeah, and that's assuming nothing happens in the meantime.

[Nothing that requires shooting anything, anyway. He really doesn't even like killing monsters, but considering that the choice there is to either do so or let them eat innocent people he can justify it; any other situation, especially an event, he really doesn't want to deal with.]

It's pretty much the same answer for me.

[Not... Totally true, but mostly.]

I'm mostly trying to get some things done while there's nothing else going on.

[Because who knows when the next event will be.]

Yeah. I mean I guess there's time for practice, at least. [A whole lot of time. And she is really not used to not being busy.]

"Some things?" Can I ask or is it covered by doctor-patient confidentiality?

Actually, aside from checking in on a few people none of it really has to do with counseling.

[So no, not a problem of doctor-patient confidentiality, just that his life here is kind of a mess and he doesn't necessarily want to go into it. But there are some things he's willing to mention, at least.]

A lot of it's pretty boring, like making sure there's food in my apartment, finding another jacket to replace the one I lost in the arena, making this post, that sort of thing.

That's...a pretty mundane list. [For a place like this, that's impressive.]

I don't know whether to say "I'm sorry" or "good job."

I am pretty boring.

[It's a joke, but he also means it.]

I'll take either, or both. But it's better to have boring things to do than a bunch of really serious problems, right?

[Of which he has none, of course. None.]

I guess, but then it's boring. I don't think I've ever had a lack of really serious problems. I'm almost jealous.

Don't be too jealous; it's usually after something being boring that things then suddenly go really badly.

[At least in his experience, anyway.]

At least you got a break?

I'm not sure if that makes up for it.

[In those instances, anyway. But that kind of thinking isn't really helpful, so he continues.]

But whether or not boring moments are included, you just sort of have to deal with what life throws at you. Which, at the moment, involves mundane errands, at least for me.

I guess that's a good way of thinking about it. I just wish sometimes there was a little more mundane in my life.

You haven't been getting enough of that between events here?

[It's a genuine question; it definitely gets boring, although he supposes it might've been busier than usual lately.]

I guess, but the place by itself doesn't exactly qualify as "mundane."

I guess that's true.

[Although he thinks everyone here has kind of different views on what counts as mundane.]

[Everyone does, really. But this isn't exactly New York, either.]

Yeah. I mean it's quiet enough for now. Not sure how much longer that's going to last.

Probably not that long, unfortunately. It's been almost a week since the new arrivals got here, and usually something happens not too much longer after that.

[Though he's still getting used to the pattern himself.]

Of course. Someone always needs something.

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