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[girl_unlocking]

[Red. In-your-face red. Both figuratively and literally, as the Forge is pressed up against the bright red wood of - welp, it's hard to say what it is until the camera pulls back to reveal that it's a place to sit. Or to put stuff (namely baskety stuff) - and it's attached to what looks like the bastard child of a clock and a unicycle.

(static)And

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[video]

[obsessed_gamer]

We have a welcoming committee?

[video]

[girl_unlocking]

I guess. I mean, yeah. I'm---

---we have half.

[video]

[obsessed_gamer]

Your friend...?

[He gives a small smile of understanding.]

I'm sorry.

[video]

[girl_unlocking]

You didn't do it.

[It's not even that snarky, but she feels bad anyway.]

I-it happens. A lot. I just...

...you're new.

[video]

[obsessed_gamer]

I know, but I know what it's like to be without your friends.

[Much like he is right now.]

Mmm. I'm Yuugi Mutou.

[video]

[girl_unlocking]

I'm Dawn Summers. It's good to meet you, Yuugi. I can call you Yuugi, right?

[video]

[obsessed_gamer]

[Grins]

Of course you can, Dawn-san!

[video] /laaaate

[girl_unlocking]

It sucks that you're by yourself, but it's not the worst thing. It gets better.

[Pardon the flatness in her tone, it'll fade in a few weeks.]

Eventually.

[video]

[obsessed_gamer]

Yeah, it usually does.

[He learned that with the bullying. Some of those bullies are even his best friends now, go figure!]

[video]

[girl_unlocking]

Sometimes it doesn't!

[...]

I didn't mean here. Here's...

[uh]

...words are kind of not my best thing, today, can you tell?

[video]

[obsessed_gamer]

[Laughs softly]

Mmm. I like to believe that it gets better eventually. As long as you believe in yourself and your friends.