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[Part of Chris thinks he should've made this post awhile ago, and part of him still doesn't want to. But it's a compromise to do it now, and it's probably the best time for it anyway; the last event is over, and new people haven't arrived yet. It's the calm before the whatever, storm or otherwise.

But he's going with text because even though it's been a little while, he doesn't want to try to say the first part of this post in anything other than text.]

Hey everyone. So I guess I'll start off with the bad news: anyone who were friends with Ashley or Josh should know they aren't here anymore. Also, I'm going to add that if Josh owed you money or favors or whatever else, you're totally out of luck because I'm not honoring them no matter what he might've told you.

[Jokes make this not heartbreaking, right? Definitely.]

Though I guess this is also a good time to mention that if you're working on anything important or even just keeping general notes or something, you might want to consider sending them to a friend every so often. If whatever it is is just on your phone when you disappear, it's pretty much as gone as you are.

So yeah. Back up your data and all that. Even if you don't want to send an electronic copy to someone, at least keep paper notes or something.

[Semi-relatedly...]

If anyone needs help with how to send files or whatever, just let me know. And I'm finishing a program for something else right now, but then I guess I'm taking requests? If there's something you'd like a program on your phone for, I can see if I can figure out how to do it. It's not like I have a whole lot else better to be doing, so feel free and ask even though I can't totally promise I'll be able to do it.

[But still, please ask. Please give him something to do other than miss his friends.]

And okay, last thing I swear, and it's the good part. For everyone who's new here and doesn't know, we have pretty awesome coffee at the bar thanks to Delight. Usually either Emily or I are there to make it, but if we're not just send one of us a message; it's part of the deal with Delight about the coffee to make it, so you're not bothering us or whatever.

So yeah, you might be stuck in a shitty cave, but at least there's coffee. That's something, right?

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[Wait, so here he's been suffering in his isolation and wracking his brain trying to find a way out of this damn hellcave, and all the while people can apparently just go back to their own worlds without even doing anything? Out of nowhere, a pang of jealousy strikes the alien's hearts-- one that he knows is misplaced, of course, so he's going to just let it dissipate before he types out a response to Chris. What comes instead is probably much more pertinent.]

Oh.

I apologize, in that case, if my question was insensitive. I am sure the loss is difficult. [Now he pauses to think of what would happen if any of the people that he'd come to befriend just up and vanished from this place one day... and he immediately tries to abort that train of thought for how distressing that is. And if he, a creature who is still learning how to befriend humans but still sometimes feels as though he is an outsider to them, is that affected by the concept... then he can only imagine how Chris must feel. It prompts him to try something that he might normally not because he knows he can be rather clumsy in this regard; a few minutes later another message comes through.]

Can I

do anything for you?

No, it's okay. When we noticed Ash missing that's what we thought first too.

[Hence why he'd asked Hope. With Josh they'd sort of accepted the truth a little faster.]

I didn't think that not everyone here knew about the whole disappearing thing, yet. I guess we should make sure that's in the newbie guide.

[And as for that last part, he really appreciates the sentiment. It means a lot that people here care enough to offer, especially those who aren't usually the talking and feelings types. ]

I don't think so, but thanks for offering. It's just sort of a matter of time thing.

[But then again, he makes the next part of the message private so Emily doesn't see it before asking--]

[Private]

But maybe next time you're around the sewing shop, if you can say hi to Em or something? She's pretty down about all this too, and I think it'd cheer her up a bit to see you.

[Judging by her 'animal' from the last event. He hopes so, anyway.]

[Glacius is still not quite sure what to make of her temporary companion. On the one hand, it was flattering and maybe even a little bit validating to know that his presence had such a positive effect on her. On the other hand... it felt more than a little bit baring. Especially knowing that others could stumble upon Emily and Plushius and draw conclusions from that...

But that's not what they're focusing on now. Instead, the ice alien suffers a pang of sorrow on behalf of his friend.] Oh. Of course. You know I am still getting used to the idea of my presence mattering to humans, but... you are right, it does seem to be the case. And I want to do what I can for her, after all she has done for me.

... And if you change your mind about needing anything from me, well. Now you know how to contact me. I know we do not know each other all that well, but any friend of Emily is a friend of mine.

Em's kind of picky about her friends too, so yeah. She definitely really likes you.

[Chris isn't even sure of the whole story there, mostly because he hasn't asked. But he's really glad Emily has people that she's made friends with here, and who care about her.

And it's really easy to see why she likes Glacius so much; Chris already liked him too from their previous talks and the entire dream thing, but that Glacius cares enough to truly want to help really does mean a lot.]

I will. And same to you, okay? Whenever.

[Because it's pretty inevitable something will go wrong in the future, for all of them.]

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[Glacius doesn't really know how to comment on that first remark, but he's glad they're doing this over the phone because the notion is one to color his cheekbones just the slightest bit. At least this way he gets to save face!]

Fair enough, Chris. I appreciate the offer. [Which is the truth, even if reaching out to humans for help is a concept as foreign to him as befriending them. It is nice to know that there are people here that care, to know that not everyone in this cave is as callous or conniving as the inhabitants of earth had been.] I hope our next encounter finds you in better spirits.

Thanks. Me too; that'd be a nice change.

[It's a joke, but also somewhat serious. Things have been bad here for so long that he could really use a break, but considering how calm the last few events were he's pretty sure things are just going to get worse.

Oh well. Maybe he'll be wrong.]

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