#i'll need time to recover

[bluewlnteroses]

finally watched aftersun, when does the crying stops?

[mobius-m-mobius]

It's a pretty cool name.

Loki + the progression of saying Mobius' name for @percheduphere

[purplerose244]

BONNY BEING OBSESSED WITH MARCY EVEN WHEN SHE'S THE ENEMY AND MARCY NOT WANTING TO KILL HER AND THEM DYING TOGETHER AS IT WAS DESTINY LIKE WTF WTF WTF MARSHALL GIVING UP ON HIS DREAM AND GOING TO HIS MOM IN ORDER TO GIVE GARY A CHANCE FOR HIS DREAM AND GARY DOING THE SAME TO PROTECT MARSHALL AND THAT KISS AAAAAAAAAAAA I CAN'T GUMLEE AND BUBBLINE SHIPPERS HOW ARE WE FEELING TONIGHT

[icewindandboringhorror]

... why he sit like this

[dreamlogic]

aye can i get a fuckin uuuhhhh

break. on my burger

[luv-again]

probably shld do something with myself today before I fall deeper into Wallowing

[lia404]

"Ai, living has no answer."

"When we're in pain, we search for an answer to feel better. A concise, absolute answer. But if you really want an answer… it's that there is no answer. There are no absolute in this world. Even if we think there is, in the end, it'll only make us feel better for a moment.

If there are no absolute, then what's left?

Bonds. Bonds between individuals. Bonds between one another. That's all there is.

That also changes with time. A huge trigger can cause a huge change. Bonds may be severed. But new bonds can also be formed. So living is a series of bonds.

That's what life is.

I have to do that forever?

Yes.

That's a lot of work.

Yeah.

I'd need to be so strong.

That's why people become stronger. That occasionally leads to conflicts. But even if that happens, we have to keep fighting. Keep searching for bonds, even if there's no answer.

You can't rush living."

So I saw on MyFigureCollection that October 13 was maybe possibly Yusaku's birthday, although I couldn't find any reliable source for this. I'd have loved to do something nice and light-hearted for the occasion, but I'm still feeling too strongly about it all. So here you are instead: Happy (maybe) Birthday, Yusaku! Please have some trauma to go with your trauma. Here's to another year of fending off expectations and looking for your own life and its non-answers with eyes wide open and always filled with hope.

[msmc-796-official]

Nngh... oh, my head...

Where am I? Phoenix? Slipshod? Hello???

The... the medbay... why am I here? What happe- my arm. I can't feel my arm. Why can't I feel my arm???

PHOENIX! SLIPSHOD! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU TWO????

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Wait, is that- Kennedi? Kennedi! Slipshod, get your ass to the medbay, now! Kennedi's awake! We're on our way, Kennedi, hang in there!!!

wait, WHAT???? yo holy shit, what are you telling me for?! Go! Kennedi, we're coming!

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// Kennedi! We're here! Holy shit, you're awake - how long have you been up???

> Not very. (And not so loud, I'm not deaf.) What am I doing in the medbay, and why can't I feel my right arm?

...you wanna tell her, or should I?

// No, I can tell her... so. Okay. Incredibly long and convoluted story short, you and Fireman - the hostile AGNI holed up inside a Genghis Mk. 1 "Worldkiller" - got into an argument and basically fist-fought each other to death.

> Yes, I remember that much. Where did my arm go?

// I'm getting to that. You overcharged your D/D and entirely cored out their Worldkiller, but they slagged your Caliban and KO'd you. Shattered your entire arm in the process.

if you want the official diagnosis - second and third-degree burns across most of the body, shattered left wrist, numerous broken bones all the way up the right arm. docs decided to amputate while you were still out cold - between the burns and the breakages there was no real hope of saving that arm

> ...I see. What became of the AGNI?

// Fireman escaped back to the Baronies - apparently they had a backup Worldkiller at the ready. Their casket got fried in the explosion, but it sounds like they weren't using it anyways. We sent it over to the folks at HRA - they wanted a peek at the code inside. Slipshod took a look in there, too, but couldn't find much. Fireman still doesn't like any of us, but they've got at least some modicum of respect for you. Not every day that someone cores out a Worldkiller with an angry AGNI inside and lives to tell the tale.

> ...I'm going to assume that's why my prosthetic has these flame decals plastered all over it?

something like that - those were my idea. Phoenix had that arm commissioned custom for you by a kid from IPS-N called Gray (@whohasfourthumbsand). no offense to the medics here, but the original prosthetic they had you set up with was hot shit. you deserved something nicer - something that fit you better and could hold up to repeated D/D use

// Speaking of Gray - they'd like to meet you at some point, most likely after you've finished physical therapy. Apparently you've made quite the impression on them.

> Hm. Tell them I'll consider it. As of right now, I'd prefer to-

[PING]

// Was that your pager, Slipshod?

yeah, sorry, hang on a sec - looks like upper management sent us something...

[OPENING FILE "msmc-796-congratulations.omni.png"]

// ...oh my RA. We actually did it!

> What? What's going on?

// Management let us know a while back that we were getting close to a community engagement milestone - and we've just hit it! 50 whole people on the Omninet who follow us!!!

well I'll be. that many people enjoy hearing about the nonsense we get up to around here, huh?

// Certainly looks like it. Between Kennedi waking up and us hitting that milestone, I'd say we have some cause for celebration!

> It would appear so. I appreciate the enthusiasm, but I must ask - how long have I been unconscious, exactly? I must have missed quite a bit, if we've gained that many followers.

that's one hell of an understatement, Kennedi - there's a LOT that's changed since your spat with Fireman. lots of new people around, too

// Yeah, we'll have to catch you up on everything at some point. We've made some changes around here, too. As for how long you've been out... a little under three weeks, I'd say? More or less?

> ...well then. Yes, that has been a while, hasn't it. I'll need a moment to process all of this.

// Don't be too hard on yourself, Kennedi. We'll be here to help you through it. (Also, we're on deployment probation until the end of the month, so we can't really go anywhere anyways.)

the place hasn't burned down yet, K. we've got it all under control. I can help you get the print codes for a new mech set up here at some point, but I think you better get used to your new arm first before you go anywhere near the hangar

// Agreed. I'll get the medical team in here so you they can check you over. In the meantime, we've got a celebration to plan!

-- Angel, Slipshod, & Lockbreaker

[theplantbish]

Today I:

Saw Käärijä live for the first time

Got a picture with Käärijä, leaned against his chest as he had his arm around me, made him laugh

Met Häärijä, had a nice conversation with him and got the best hug ever from him

Met Jesse, had a nice conversation with him and got a hug, made him laugh

I've been literally screaming for a couple of hours now 🥹

[vaquerobuckaroo]

My poor boy Kieran, they made him a dullahan

[vani-candy]

today on "i played a video game and fell in love with a character whose story ended in tragedy and i fell into such a depression as a result that i had to drop everything and doodle him to heal the sadness"

[byanyan]

oh boy i sure did go from "i think i'm feeling a bit lighter this week" to being lowkey kinda casually suicidal with some ironic speed lmao,,,,

[queridaz]

dude, genuinely, why can't i be happy? why can't the universe ever let me be happy?

[standfucker]

not gonna lie yall, it feels like all I do is either work or recover from work and it's bumming me out big time

[astriiformes]

Curse of "thought of a really good Halloween costume but it is four weeks until Halloween and I can't move my arms above my head"

[idealisticrealism]

okay obviously I knew that this moment was coming and I knew that it was going to be incredibly hard, but god this ep just absolutely shattered my heart... what a beautiful and tragic goodbye for a beautiful and tragic character.

Rest in peace, Adan Canto.

Rest in peace, my beloved Arman Morales.

Thank you both for everything.