(Accidental) Text. un: kensei

[keihatsu]

[ For no reason, a new user just posts this in the network: ]

DO WARM-UPS!

BARBELL SQUATS (SUMO STANCE)

- FIRST SET 10 REPS

- SECOND SET 9 REPS

- THIRD SET 8 REPS

BARBELL GOOD MORNINGS (HIGH BAR)

- FIRST SET 9 REPS

- SECOND SET 8 REPS

WALKING LUNGES (GLUTE FOCUSED, BARBELL)

- FIRST SET 24 REPS

- SECOND SET 24 REPS

LEG PRESS

- FIRST SET 16 REPS

- SECOND SET 13 REPS

BODYWEIGHT SQUATS

- 10 REPS

DO COOL-DOWNS!

- USE POOL IF NOBODY IS AROUND!

HOW DO YOU
DELETE
DELETE!
DAMN IT DAMN IT!
IGNORE THIS!

[ Shizuka is still getting used to the network, now her schemes of building a bakery is made public. She sits in panic alone in her Revelation bedroom. Oh no. She made an ass of herself. Now she's gonna be the butt of every joke. She can never put this behind her. ]

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[keihatsu]

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS TOO PRIMITIVE

[ The drop-down menu with posting things privately and publicly is so annoying, she swears! She needs to fix the sensitivity of the mental cursor movements. ]

[bowtography]

Really?
What kind of technology are you used to?

[keihatsu]

WE CAN GO TO SPACE EASILY

[ Give her a sec, she'll adjust the caps ]

Cities are clean
Food is plentiful
Implants like these are seen as crude
Because they are

[bowtography]

I guess that's what happens when you're not dealing with an apocalyptic thing...
Though I'm also a little worried something will go wrong with these implants and I'll lose an eye or something.

[keihatsu]

It's likely
Bodies tend to reject implants

[ Geez, don't give March nightmares. ]

[bowtography]

[ too late ]

You're terrible at comforting, you know that?

[keihatsu]

So I've been told.
But it's important to know potential dangers, is it not?

[bowtography]

I think at the very least
We can hope for the best...

[keihatsu]

Hope is for the weak

[ She mentally typed that without really thinking. A bit of bitterness stirs in her chest. She wants to correct it or tell March to forget that, but she's curious what this bubbly girl will say. Something inspirational, perhaps like in those annoying motivational posters? A well-deserved insult? ]

[bowtography]

[ There's a short pause. ]

If you really believe that, then you must have been really badly let down before.

[keihatsu]

Everyone eventually does.

[ Always one of a few words, Shizuka feels her own gaze fall when she sent that reply. Lingering pain of her past life clutching at her heart in that moment. ]

[bowtography]

Then you need better friends!

[keihatsu]

[ She'll need friends first. Shizuka feels like she can't argue with March. She's not good at that, and March seems like the determined type. ]

And where can I find these "better friends"?

[ She doubts it. She knows she's difficult, and she knows these people she's forced to live and work with won't care about her. After all, none of them are here willingly. ]

[bowtography]

Start making them here, of course!

[ March will not be fazed by your uncertainty, ma'am. ]

[keihatsu]

Friendships are already fickle in our worlds
Yet you think it's possible here?
Any of us could disappear at any moment.

[ And yet Shizuka's uncertainty remains. Still, credit to March for making the grump feel a tug on her lips. March's positivity is infectious, she'll give her that. ]

[bowtography]

So do you think friendships aren't worth it if there's a chance you might not see someone again?

[keihatsu]

[ Shizuka's eyes fall for a moment, thinking about that question and how to answer it. After thinking it through, all she can muster are three words: ]

I don't know

[ Honestly, she was expecting to be blown off or ghosted by now. Not expecting to even get this far, Shizuka doesn't know how to respond to that. March really is stubborn... ]

[bowtography]

[ March, for better or worse, can't leave people alone. In her own way. ]

Okay, then.
First step: test it.

[keihatsu]

Test what?
You're being too vague.

[bowtography]

We can be friends!
You can decide for yourself whether it's worth it or not after a while!

[keihatsu]

[ There's a long silence after that message. Shizuka wasn't sure how to reply to that. Someone actually willing to be her friend? That's something she couldn't wrap her head around so her mind took it in a way that's easier to swallow. ]

I accept your challenge.
I'll give you the honor to decide the first course of action

[bowtography]

You're really bad at this, aren't you?

[keihatsu]

That isn't a good way to talk to your friend

[bowtography]

I talk to all my friends like this. Honesty's important.

[keihatsu]

Good. Then we have something in common.

[ Shizuka, your only friend was a dog ]

I don't know how to proceed.