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[lifetothefullest]

[Lance doesn't typically post to the network within a few weeks of a previous post, partially because talking to so many people is exhausting and partially because he usually doesn't have anything to say so soon after. But this time he has two brief announcements that happen to be time-sensitive, so here goes.]

Hello everyone. The list of who is available and willing to teach particular skills is now available, and I'll continue to make changes to it as requested; it isn't too late to volunteer, if you'd like to. Where possible I've provided references to the initial responses, so be sure to look at the details of what someone is offering.

[And that's the main announcement. The second one he's still nervous about, even though he's been set on doing it for awhile, and it's part of the reason this is text; it's easier both to choose his words and not back out if it's through text.]

I'm also going to be taking a brief break from non-emergency counseling. This will only be for a few weeks, and if a situation is very pressing or serious I'm still available to meet; please don't hesitate to contact me, and don't second-guess yourself about whether it's serious enough to warrant doing so. The last thing I want is for someone who really needs help not to get it because I decided to take a vacation.

[And he really, really means this; the entire idea is making him nervous all over again about the decision to take a break, because if something happened to someone because he wasn't available to meet with them he's not sure he would forgive himself. But people here survived a long time without a psychologist around, right? Surely everything will be okay.]

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[lifetothefullest]

Of course, and that's good to hear. Hopefully it'll get a lot of use.

[Doing something productive would be a much better way of spending time than fighting or drinking or both, which seem to be favorite hobbies amongst a lot of people here. As for the last question--]

Yes, I'm okay. I just need a break; it's been almost ten months.

[Of him being here, so of being available for counseling and for dealing with everything that's happened. He really just needs a chance to work on handling the latter a bit more than the former for awhile.]

[odinbolt]

( Has no one heard of things like chilling or reading? They're perfectly legitimate hobbies, people. )

It's good to take a break when you need it. But I guess this world doesn't have theme parks or anything...

[lifetothefullest]

A theme park would be pretty cool, but yeah. Options are pretty limited, but that's partly what the teaching list is there for.

[And he's actually planning to spend his vacation learning more magic.]

[odinbolt]

( To build a theme park? No we kid. )

Are you going to learn something new?

[lifetothefullest]

Sort of, yeah. I'm going to continue learning a skill I started awhile ago.

[But although it isn't a secret it isn't public knowledge either; Lance doesn't necessarily want everyone knowing he's capable of magic, since it gives him a big surprise advantage in an emergency.]

You have anything you want to learn yourself yet?

[odinbolt]

That's great.

( Hmm, she's been thinking about it. And without her friends from NORA, or Lightning, there's one thing she should look into. )

Maybe handiwork. In case anything breaks.

[lifetothefullest]

That'd be really practical, especially here. I have a friend at home who could fix his own plumbing and he got a lot of use out of that.

[Including not-flirting with his totally platonic 'partner' by teaching her to fix a sink, but whatever.]

[odinbolt]

( The most platonic sink fixing there ever was, obviously. )

Yeah. Back home I had my sister, or my friends. But if I'm living on my own here, I should learn to take care of these things myself.

[lifetothefullest]

I should probably do the same, but I'm kind of concerned I'll just end up breaking things worse in the progress.

[He's joking, but this is definitely not an area of expertise of his and he's worried it'll turn out like his attempts at learning to get better at cooking.]

[odinbolt]

( It's not hers either, but hey, faito and all of that. )

That bad, huh?

( It's a shame that text doesn't allow for her laughter to translate. )