— @lark | text, late october.

[appeale]

Hello! This is Lady Rudbeckia de Borgia. 😊 I wanted to speak to... the new Restless? Um. Those of us who have arrived recently. Actually, that was the first thing I wanted to discuss!

1) Should we have a name for ourselves??? Maybe that seems silly but everyone else here in the Netherworld is also part of the Restless, aren't they? So if I want to address "us" as a group then I can't just say the Restless... And I think we are a group! It would be nice if we all worked together.

2) What districts is everyone staying in? I was curious to know how spread out we are. I've been staying in Serene so the Oakwoods thing was really really scary for me. 😰 Does everyone have proper housing? Should we be making an effort to fix some of the empty houses??

3) Do we... have a plan????

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[appeale]

Yes, that's what I was thinking!
Or at least an idea of where to start...
I mean, I hadn't even considered that there might be anything we could do about our situation?
So it would be good if we could all be on the same page.

[salvageable]

that's right. if we want to achieve this "ascension" then it's going to take cooperation.

[ Says the guy who won't COOPERATE. ]

lady rudbeckia? would it be okay to call you that?

[ Instead of her whole name... ]

i hope you don't mind if i ask you a personal question.

[appeale]

I still don't really understand this Ascension thing... I wish people would talk to us a little more. :(

[ a personal question??? she doesn't like the sound of that. ]

Of course, go ahead! And you can just call me Ruby, Signor Dokja. I'd like to become friends, after all!

[salvageable]

ruby then. and in that case, just dokja is fine.
as for my question, do you truly believe you've actually died?

[appeale]

Well
I don't know...
I thought it must be true because the last thing I remember, I was a little bit sick and I had just fainted.
But I don't think I was THAT sick?

[ but her life was on such a thin thread anyway, didn't it just make sense that she'd have failed? there's no gut feeling to say that it's impossible she might really be dead. ]

If I didn't die, though, I don't know why I would be here.
I'm not anyone special who would get pulled into this kind of mystery.

[salvageable]

it's a lot to consider, isn't it?
i know we were given instructions on how to fare in this place, but
it's the mystery of how we were all brought here that i'm stuck on.

[appeale]

Why is it only us, too?
I mean... Even if this really is where people go when they die, shouldn't this place be filled with faces we recognise?

[salvageable]

it's the number of familiar faces i've been seeing that has me alarmed.

[ LIKE WHY IS EVERYONE DEAD? ]

also i saw that han sooyoung asked you to stay with us.
i don't mind at all. i think that's a great idea.

[appeale]

Really??? The three of you are so kind!

[ is this really happening... well she still expects YJH to say no, so maybe not. ]

I promise I won't ever get in your way!

[salvageable]

[ K-kind.... They're gonna siphon rent money from you, Ruby!!! ]

don't worry about that.
it'll make things easier in the long run, and we can keep an eye on each other this way.

[appeale]

[ IT'S FINE... that's more reliable than kindness...... ]

I know, but I want to do right by you all!
Like I told Signora Sooyoung, I'll earn my keep! I'll do anything you ask of me!!

[salvageable]

[ STOP THAT'S SO SAD ]

oh i don't think you have to go that far...

[ Ruby?? ]

but we'll do our best to take care of you as well.

[appeale]

[ she's a sad person!!! ]

Thank you! 🥰
I just hope Signor Joonghyuk is okay with it too...

[salvageable]

oh that guy?
he's fine with it too.

[ Did Dokja ask him? No. ]

[appeale]

[ DOUBT.JPEG kdj and hsy are going to give her many a yjh-related heart attack... she's going to hide behind him every time yjh's eye so much as twitches in her direction. ]

Well...
He is a really nice person so maybe I shouldn't worry 😌

[ GAGS ]

[salvageable]

[ HM....... ]

Do you really think he's that nice of a person?

[appeale]

[ dokja please don't make her do this she's begging you ]

Of course!!
He's courteous and forgiving... He never gets mad at me and he tells me I don't need to apologise.
I behaved so shamefully at the festival but he didn't scold me at all.

[salvageable]

[ Wow, she's worse than Dokja. ]

it's no wonder why you think so highly of him, then.
just don't be too shocked when you see a different side of him.

[appeale]

[ Oh, please. With that bastard, I wouldn't be shocked even if he tried to cut my head off. ]

Ah please don't worry about me! ^^
Just because someone is kind to me doesn't mean I have any unrealistic expectations... I'm not a greedy person.
Even if I do see a different side of Signor Joonghyuk, I won't be hurt by it.
But thank you for your concern, Dokja! 🥰

[salvageable]

of course, ruby.
i imagine we'll get along without any problems. your comfort is what's most important, after all.

[ Why are they both so.............. ]