homophonic: libby

[camena]

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[camena]

Right? It can be frustrating trying to get things done with someone who isn't thinking straight.

[medeian]

[she nods]

Or being the person who has to carry the group, even if they're trying their best.

[camena]

Haha. Yeah.

[ stares off into the distance ]

[medeian]

Personal experience?

[camena]

Yeah, there was just—a kind of chaotic night. And my best friend kept eating special brownies so he was... a little out of it.

[medeian]

Special - oh, god. I would've been so mad.

[camena]

And it was like—the first one was fine? Nothing had happened yet, he didn't know?

But the second one? Halfway through the night? Come on.

[medeian]

Did it end up alright, at least?

[camena]

Yeah, he's fine.

Or he should be fine. We were together last I remember, but he's not here, so...

[medeian]

—Right. I guess that was, um, not the best question.

[obviously it wasn't alright in the end, because, well.]

[camena]

[ ... ]

They said that only some people come here. That it's basically random.

[medeian]

Which of them said it was random? The overseer I talked to said she wasn't sure about the reasoning, but guessed it might be about lost potential.

[camena]

Maybe it was more like "it might just be random."

[medeian]

So either they don't know either, or they're just refusing to tell us.

[camena]

One of those.

Annoying to not know which. I don't—I'm not even sure I'd be mad if they just didn't know.

[medeian]

[her expression says that she'd be mad, but also]

I guess it wouldn't be their fault if they didn't know.

[camena]

It's still annoying. But... I don't know.

[medeian]

[tilts her head, waiting for her to continue.]

[camena]

... Sometimes things are just more complicated than you think. I guess.

[medeian]

If I were angry, it wouldn't be at them.

[camena]

The cosmic unfairness of the universe?

[medeian]

[snorts.]

That's usually what gets me, yeah, but in this case it would also be whoever put them in a position to oversee a group when they're missing crucial information about what's going on here.

[camena]

What, like... Management?

[ their boss... ]

[medeian]

Yeah. When I asked specifically who had picked us, they said it was someone higher up on the chain.

[camena]

So it might have actually been a person or—maybe not a person, but someone picking? Ugh.