Entry #B-6: "Backup"

[originalprodigy]

I have to say, of all the things in this world that irk me, futility is probably the top contender.

What is the point of investigating getting to know people if they have a tendency to vanish into thin air?

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[divinewolfblaze]

Doesn't help that there seems to be a lot of people disappearing lately too.

[originalprodigy]

...

Right. That's what I was referring to.

Since you're still here, apparently, I suppose I should inquire after your well-being.

[bestninja]

I don't think it's 'their' fault that their poofin' away, bud.

If everyone were to stop interacting, we'd eventually start sufferin' from lack of social interaction. And if we're all grumpy, well that's just gonna cause more problems than not.

Duh.

[originalprodigy]

Whoever said it was their fault? If you put words in my mouth, I won't like you.

[neverquitedies]

That's an interesting way to look at things.

After all- everyone vanishes eventually, Adstring or no. If you go by that thought, what's the use of stepping outside in the mornings?

[originalprodigy]

I don't need an existential crisis. I need some motivation to do something in a world where efforts so often come to naught. There is no pattern to the disappearances, no kind of predictable trend... they come from all worlds and all walks of life, and presumably go back to them when they vanish.

Nothing is reliable here. It's almost better not to step outside, and just haunt the journal network for news of people going away.

[neverquitedies]

Why do you require motivation, then? If you feel it's useless, don't bother.

It's easier if you view everything as temporary. Forming temporary alliances in order to protect you from the temporary evils and the temporary effects- and when those alliances vanish, form another temporary alliance. Never give too much of yourself, don't ever completely depend on one person.

[originalprodigy]

Not bothering is something I'd rather consider a last resort. It's synonymous with giving up.

If everything really is temporary, then there really isn't a point.

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[hainyan]

Did someone close to you vanish?

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[originalprodigy]

I don't know.

I guess it's always going to be uncertain, from now on. It happens so suddenly.

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[hainyan]

It does seem that way I am afraid. But one should be happy for them to go home.

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[originalprodigy]

I am neither happy or unhappy. I'm merely annoyed by the lack of a discernible pattern in population waxing and waning. That is my only sorrow.

[bunny_flower]

Human relationships, however short, are rarely futile, Ryuuzaki-san.

[originalprodigy]

You base this claim on your experiences, surely. It's a subjective phenomenon.

[bunny_flower]

I base it on observations, Ryuuzaki-san. I am not human, so I can only observe human relationships from outside.

[originalprodigy]

Perhaps there are some things that are impossible to see, from the outside.