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[ well, that's quite the mental update. while ishmael isn't reeling from the download's sappy effects, she is in the mood to yap and gossip -- which is typically unlike her at all. and so, while they're all still waiting for the download to finish, she's got this to ask on their shared network. ]

Looks like this is going to take a while. And I know that most of us here were haunted by certain dreams a while back, me included. It's something I've already gone through back home so I'm not too bothered with it now, but I'm going to go ahead and ask anyway.

What are some of your happier memories?

That's probably easier said than done, though. You don't even have to think too far back and just share whatever made you happy since coming here. It's corny, sure, but we could definitely need some cheering up after all that on top of this horribly hot weather.

Of course, if you're too shy to share them to everyone in the class, I get it. I know I am. You can just tell me privately if you trust me that much, or you don't have to say anything at all and just read or react to everyone's contributions instead. Also if anyone's gonna come here to say shit like "Oh I'm not gonna share anything :/" then do us all a favor and not waste our time. Thanks. 👍

[ ish is too embarrassed to share hers right now, if anyone's wondering 🧍‍♂️ of course, feel free to threadjack if needed. happy yapping!! ]

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[ It's true… Gundam: the series where they make even the most innocuous and mundane things sad, or they make you happy to specifically make you sad later. Still, if there's one thing Elysium's quickly learning, it's that their forced conscription has been quite the boon for more than several people. ]

Oh? Mind sharing what they are?

A lot about this place is so far up its own ass that it's hard to find something unique, and not just something being peddled out for a quick buck to gullible people.

So I settled on a book I found about the folklore and history of this place.

[ woah

he wasn't quite expecting this level of 'who hurt you' (Vegas did, apparently, Elysium's been having a great time on the flip side) but sure he'll

roll with it ]

Not bad, not bad. Have you had a chance to read it? From what I've gleaned, this place is otherwise known as Sin City. Hard not to get a little interested in its history after hearing something like that, admittedly.

Not much. We got pretty busy soon after I picked it up.

Plenty of its current features make it pretty obvious why it got a nickname like that, though. While a lot of aspects of this place have been altered to adhere to current laws and "cleaned up" so to speak, it used to get away with a lot more illicit things. Gangsters owning casinos, prostitution, illegal alcohol distribution when there was a prohibition on it, violence due to said gangsters running things.

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