Seasons: IC Contact/Continuations

[abnormalizes]

This is Evangeline! Sorry, I'm a little busy right now, but leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

Comments

[rollcharisma]

Oh, it's already passed. November 3rd for me.

[abnormalizes]

Oh! You should have said something!

[rollcharisma]

I'm really not used to making a big deal out of my birthday. Back home, there wasn't ever any time to celebrate. Honestly, I just forgot.

[abnormalizes]

I can understand that. When I was growing up, we rarely had any extra money to do anything special for birthdays, so they were pretty much just like any other day.

[rollcharisma]

Exactly. It's not as though I'd be opposed to celebrating one, but I just don't really think about it.

Still, a few of the people from my world gave me gifts, and that was very kind of them. It was a good day.

[abnormalizes]

I'll think of something to get you belatedly. You can't stop me.

[rollcharisma]

Evangeline, you really don't need to do that.

[abnormalizes]

I know I don't need to, but I want to.

[rollcharisma]

Well, that’s very kind of you. It seems I have no choice but to accept.

[abnormalizes]

Get wrecked (by friendship), Armin.

[rollcharisma]

I've been rendered unconscious. x - x

[abnormalizes]

Now you're completely vulnerable to receiving gifts!

[rollcharisma]

I'll have to move into a bigger apartment!

[abnormalizes]

You'll end up with one of those giant mansions and 90% of the rooms will just be full of presents.

[rollcharisma]

I can't imagine...

My apartment is pretty sparsely filled as it is. What would someone even need with all of those belongings? I'm sure there are mansions just like that - here and other places.

[abnormalizes]

From what I know about rich people? There's no limit to the amount of luxuries you can get if you've never had to worry about money. Even enough to fill a mansion.

[rollcharisma]

You're right about that. It's nothing I've ever known, though. Ha. Even the idea is laughable.

[abnormalizes]

Imagine having so much money that you can just buy things any time you have the whim to get something. Wild.

[rollcharisma]

I truly can't.

[abnormalizes]

Me neither. Like, objectively I know rich people exist, but I have no idea what mindset feels like.

[rollcharisma]

I've certainly met one or two. I know what impression they give off, at least, but as for putting myself in their shoes, I really can't imagine at all.

[abnormalizes]

That could have been us. If we'd been born in different circumstances, our lives would've been completely different.

Honestly, I don't like to think about it too much. It just makes me uselessly jealous of a hypothetical version of myself.

[rollcharisma]

I've given into thought like that a time or two as well. You know plenty about our world by now, and why I might think that way. But I never spent all that much time on it. You can't help what you're born into.

[abnormalizes]

Right. We can't change our circumstances, we can only make the most of them.

[rollcharisma]

Maybe I thought at one time that we could - change our circumstances, I mean. But I think you're probably right about that, Evangeline. You've put it very well.