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We've all had some time to settle in. Hopefully everyone's holding up all right!

For those of you I haven't spoken with, my name's Sakura. I'm both a doctor and healer and I have a little ad hoc clinic down by the docks. （ a helpful location ping follows this. ） If you ever find yourself needing medical care, please reach out and let me know. There's at least one other person here with medical experience that I know of as well, but I'll let them speak up if they want to make themselves known — and I'm happy to collaborate with anyone else, none of us can be everywhere at once.

（ paging

terraria, party of bird. ）

As for my reason for addressing you all... I'm looking to keep blood on hand for medical emergencies, transfusions and any surgeries that may be necessary. If anyone is willing to come down to the clinic and give a donation, it'd be very appreciated. I promise it only hurts a little! And you'll even get a candy afterwards! While supplies last.

Those with O-negative and O-positive types would be ideal. If you don't happen to know what your blood-type is, I can run a test for you.

Thanks everyone!

（ she's almost finished, and it seems like that might have been the last thing... but a few minutes later, she clicks the feed on again: ）

I'm still looking for information on anyone who's undergone the soulbond as well. Purely for research purposes. You can reply anonymously if you'd like, or privately if that's easier. I promise anything you say will be kept confidential.

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[It's extremely kind of her to provide several explanations for Fukawa, free of charge. She's a little mystified. But really, is she gonna look this gift horse in the mouth?]

It's fine it was just a pain in the ass.

We could, but our thoughts also began to bleed together. It wasn't full communication, more like having a radio signal in your brain. But one with static and intermittent pictures.

We were still able to talk but it was disconcerting.

That sounds like it could be dangerous...

（ what happens if you have a fight? is it just like being yelled at in stereo...? she'd encouraged sasuke and naruto to form that bond to keep each other in check the same as in their world, but now she's wondering if it would do more harm than good. ）

If it were a different circumstance absolutely. I don't like that someone could pry into my brain and pick apart the folds. Especially when they weren't invited.

It might be easier to manage with time, but like I said, I haven't seen or felt her since. I don't know what happened. Maybe she got taken to the Forges.

Hard to say.

（ the forges... that terrible place. she hasn't been near it, but some of the stories she's heard... it doesn't exactly paint a pretty picture. ）

Do you think we should be searching for her...?

（ um?? ）

Don't you think I've been trying?

I guess if you see her, tell her to find me. She'll know who I am.

[sends a link

Please don't judge her]

No, I realize that. But it can be easier and more ground can be covered if you have multiple people searching. I'm sure that I can ask a few of my friends to help out as well.

Are you all right, though? I know it doesn't seem like you knew her very long, but we don't yet know how traumatic it is to have these bonds severed.

[dear sweet Jesus WHY ARE YOU SO CHRONICALLY PROTAG, LEAVE HER ALONE!!!!!!

But she can't just leave Asa to the wolves either. And while she feels fine now, there really is no telling what the effects are.

Is it strange that she misses it? Nothing about the experience was pleasant, and neither girl was happy with what their darker halves had done, but there was a sort of.... weight to the world. For a while. She was both more and less herself at once.

After some time, there's a response. Private this time.]

I'm beginning to wonder if looking after people is some kind of fetish for you.

（ 'spring wind'...?

sakura has no idea who this username belongs to, but it's clearly someone who knows her.

she flips back through the network briefly, her mouth pulled down into a faint frown at one corner. someone she's had an adversarial relationship with to this point, who knows her language...

after a few minutes: ）

Fukawa?

Disappointed?

Not at all.

I just got the impression you didn't like me very much, so I guess I'm surprised you'd reach out like this.

I definitely don't.

But I'm not some psycho either. If there's going to be a drawback to this soulmate crap it's better that everyone knows about it, before there's some huge catastrophe.

So what now? Do you need to poke at me with needles? Open up my skull?

（ wow, okay. sakura, no stranger to being disliked, sort of sighs and rubs at her temples. ）

I didn't think you were a psycho, and it's generous of you to want to help others.

I don't really need to run any tests like that at all. Just talking with you is enough for what I would like to know.

What the hell? So I exposed myself for nothing?!

That's really underhanded of you, implying there might be something serious you needed to examine. I won't fall for it ever again!

What else DO you need?

Don't put words in my mouth. It wasn't underhanded. I asked if you were okay, I didn't say you needed an examination.

'Trauma' doesn't always mean physical. I wanted to know if you were sad, or upset, or in need of someone to talk to because you've suffered a loss.

（ excuse the fuck out of HER! ）

[me crying when I have to be mean to perfect girl sakura

Anyway Fukawa scrolls up and realizes that Sakura is, in fact, correct. There was no allusion to actual examinations.

She takes a moment to seethe. Okay well, she's not admitting she's wrong. And she has worries but she's not bringing them to some girl she barely knows and can barely stand her.

Unfortunately, everyone's a stranger here, and thanks to Syo she's burning through what little goodwill she had.]

In that case I'm fine.

If you see that Asa girl just tell her to stop disappearing for no good reason.

I will, if I can find her.

In the interim, please see to your own needs. I don't presume to know what self-care would look like for you, but if there are things you like or enjoy doing, you should.

Don't worry. I won't be making my welfare any of your business again.

That's entirely your choice.

However, whatever issues you have with me are one-sided. I have no quarrel with you.

It's always so easy for pretty girls, isn't it? You always get what you ask for and the second you don't it's such a shock. Nothing's ever your fault.

I can't stand this whole sainthood act. Don't pretend like you're here to fix everything for everyone. Just leave me alone.

（ she's no stranger to the ugly jealousy of women. she's been on both sides of that fence, and it's not a pleasant step back into that cruel reality. ）

You don't know a thing about me.

As women, we should stick together. Trying to tear each other down doesn't do anything but make people miserable.

If that's how you want to be, fine. But you don't get to blame me for the way I look or how I am for whatever perceived inadequacies you're insecure about. I've worked on myself to stand where I do. Maybe you should try the same.

[Emotional maturity.... Hate this]

GOODBYE.

[adds Haruno Sakura DNI to her twitter bio]

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