trainingwings | I know everyone's busy with the event, but I thought I'd toss this out here anyway.

Player Name: Lauren
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Character Name: Yahiro Samukawa
Character Fandom: Guilty Crown

[After learning all he can from the resources given to him upon his arrival, what's the first thing Yahiro leaves his recently acquired apartment to do?

Grocery shopping, of course.

Living with his brother, and later by himself, had him on a shoestring budget. Add that to working with limited food supplies while holed up in the school and you have someone who's rather eager to see what's being offered for free. By the time he's gone through most of the store his cart is full of far more than any one person would need for a week or more, but how can he not take advantage of this?

He stops to look over a selection of wines, thoughtful.]

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[Later, he can be found just outside his apartment complex, a basket set beside him with a strange medley of food inside. He has a sandwich in one hand, a can of soda in the other, and seems to be just as content as can be.

His journal is sitting out in front of him as he casually listens in on the current going-ons around the village.

Eventually he speaks up himself.]

Are there ever any uprisings here? Because it sure seems peaceful for a place where everyone's at the whims of unseen hands.

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You're missing my point.

How many successful rebellions have taken place in your world's history simply because someone decided to take the risk?

Successful ones?

...three. The American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Texas Rebellion.

But for those two I can easily name a dozen that failed. In 1848 dozens of European countries rebelled against their governments and were put down in under a year. The American Civil War, the New York draft riots, the Sioux Uprising, Wounded Knee, the Boxer Rebellion.

...Sometimes someone standing up and saying something is wrong isn't enough. Sometimes it just gets people killed.

And sometimes people would rather die knowing they tried to make a difference than live a long life having done nothing.

This just isn't one of those situations, I see.

No, it's not. Most people here just want to go back to the lives they had before they were here, not get involved in something and die before they can get home. Some people had horrible, violence-ridden lives and just want to be somewhere quiet for a while. Or want to experience things they can't experience when they're in their own world.

Not all 'differences' are made through rebellion. And I wouldn't consider everything I've done here to be 'nothing'.

Settle down, settle down.

I'm not trying to incite anything. Just getting a feel for the place and how people are responding to their captivity here. I've only just arrived, so I wasn't sure what the general outlook was.

[Elizabeth takes his advice and huffs quietly. No, no one's trying to start something, fine. She'll stop.]

...It's complicated. How people feel about being in captivity. Here.

I imagine it would be, given that the situation itself is complicated.

[He leans back against the wall of the building some more to make himself comfortable.]

And you - do you like it here?

That's a hard question to answer.

[She's wanted to be free her entire life. But now... Now she has something that only exists in this place at this exact time. Things have happened that she would forget, people have touched her who she would never see again.]

I've always wanted freedom. But now I may have too much to lose to it.

You're talking about how you forget everything if you leave here, right? I've been doing my required reading.

[And then some. Who wouldn't immediately read up on the rules of this place?]

I guess I am. But even if I didn't forget, I don't know if I could leave then either.

Because then you would remember, right?

I can see how the issue would be troubling if you've made a life here.

I try not to think too much about it. What could I do if I was sent home without my consent anyway? I would forget, and I would have worried for no reason.

Are these things on your mind constantly while you're here?

...They didn't used to be.

I guess you think about things you could lose when you actually have things to lose.

I can understand that.

[Somewhat, a least. Perhaps his perspective wasn't exactly the same as hers.]

[The answer he gives doesn't sound terribly enthusiastic. Sort of dismissive, even.]

Do... most people not think about things like that? [Elizabeth really wouldn't know. Maybe she'd just had too much to care about thrown at her all at once.]

I doubt you're alone in thinking that way, especially here.

Why especially here?

Because of the way this place operates, and how people can come and go at a moment's notice. Because of the sorts of people it brings.

I guess this place does put us in situations where we're sort of... forced to make stronger relationships than is typical.

[Not that she would really know what developing a 'typical' relationship was like.]

And it's true, everyone is so unique. I doubt I'll ever meet anyone like some of the people I've met here. Some of them it's absolutely impossible. [She laughs a little.]

I've only just gotten here.

[He takes a thoughtful sip of soda, glancing up down the path further into town.]

So who knows how I'll be a few months from now if I'm still around.

Well have you met people? Given we're all so unique, from strange places and times, the opportunity to learn alone is incredible.

I'll have to agree with you on that. Just reading the journal we were given has been enlightening.

Later on, I'll have to take a proper tour of the place.

You haven't even seen all of the village yet? How long have you been here? [Teasing, just teasing.]

I'm not a member of the Welcome Center, but if you'd like I could point out a few things.

A day, actually.

[He chuckles a little.]

Thank you, but I think I'll be fine for now.

I know everyone's busy with the event, but I thought I'd toss this out here anyway.

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