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Apr. 28th, 2016 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ratherbelockyYou know, I never thought I'd be that guy, but I guess I'm that guy.
[He is the Jewish guy. It's him.]
Back home, the past week or so would've been a holiday for some people. I'm not gonna get into the whole story--well, unless you want me to and you've got some time--but the short of it's that it's a celebration of freedom, and of the end of generations of oppression, death, and slavery.
[That is, hag pesach sameach, Route. Happy Passover.]
Now, there are a lot of traditions that go along with the holiday, most of 'em about food, but the important one's the retelling of that story. Figured I'd open it up to everyone, though, especially now that the big sit-down dinner parts of the celebration are over.
What I mean is, you guys got any stories you want to share about...deliverance, I guess? Of getting free from something that was bringing you down, or worse. I know turning up here in Johto's been a huge breath of fresh air for me, personally, and I want to know about you all, too.
[Later, another text comes from that 'Nathaniel' character.]
Hey, all. After a few weeks of testing out how it works, I'm happy to say EXCH△NGE is completely up and open to anyone who needs to talk.
EXCH△NGE is an anonymous, text-based peer-to-peer support network created as a space for those seeking help, but who are unwilling to reveal their identities, to have safe, understanding conversations from likewise anonymous volunteers. The idea is to provide a listening ear and coping tips from other transplants to Kanto and Johto who may have gone through similar experiences, come from similar worlds, or share other common ground, so that no one feels that they have to deal with their burdens alone.
For more information, you can read the introduction here. If you'd like to volunteer or you want to be paired with one of our volunteers, please contact me here.
Have a good one, guys. Nathaniel out.
[He is the Jewish guy. It's him.]
Back home, the past week or so would've been a holiday for some people. I'm not gonna get into the whole story--well, unless you want me to and you've got some time--but the short of it's that it's a celebration of freedom, and of the end of generations of oppression, death, and slavery.
[That is, hag pesach sameach, Route. Happy Passover.]
Now, there are a lot of traditions that go along with the holiday, most of 'em about food, but the important one's the retelling of that story. Figured I'd open it up to everyone, though, especially now that the big sit-down dinner parts of the celebration are over.
What I mean is, you guys got any stories you want to share about...deliverance, I guess? Of getting free from something that was bringing you down, or worse. I know turning up here in Johto's been a huge breath of fresh air for me, personally, and I want to know about you all, too.
[Later, another text comes from that 'Nathaniel' character.]
Hey, all. After a few weeks of testing out how it works, I'm happy to say EXCH△NGE is completely up and open to anyone who needs to talk.
EXCH△NGE is an anonymous, text-based peer-to-peer support network created as a space for those seeking help, but who are unwilling to reveal their identities, to have safe, understanding conversations from likewise anonymous volunteers. The idea is to provide a listening ear and coping tips from other transplants to Kanto and Johto who may have gone through similar experiences, come from similar worlds, or share other common ground, so that no one feels that they have to deal with their burdens alone.
For more information, you can read the introduction here. If you'd like to volunteer or you want to be paired with one of our volunteers, please contact me here.
Have a good one, guys. Nathaniel out.
[text][anon]
Date: 2016-04-30 11:38 pm (UTC)I have a story I can tell about being free from something! My home city was attacked by a lot of monsters for a long time. It took a lot of fighting and my friends got hurt along the way. Near the end of the war, I had gotten myself involved and was granted powers. But my powers didn't help me achieve of change anything. To this day I don't really understand why I was given them.
When peace was finally achieved, to stop future tragedy, my friend and I chose to exile ourselves to a new planet. It was great at first but then we were attacked by another monster and in turn, my original home town was threatened again. It all turned out well in the end but I realized again that I wasn't too much help.
During that process, I reached out for help to an old friend and it made me realize again how reliable and dependable he is. I still feel really bad for reaching out to him though. But really thankful that he came to help me. And it made me realize how lonely it was being exiled onto another planet. Being surrounded by animals and one other person in a paradise is really nice but you really miss other people. Building relationships.
Coming here has reminded me of how much I missed connecting with people. It reminded me of what it was like to have somebody looking out for me instead of having to always keep my eye open to keep a certain someone out of trouble. It's a nice change. It's nice to be here in this world. And it was nice to see a familiar dependable face again. But I don't know how much of that I can really tell him.
OH! I'm so sorry, I talked for so long. [She really hesitated sending this message because she didn't realize she had so much story she wanted to tell.] I hope I didn't bother you and I hope my story was something you wanted to hear about!
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Date: 2016-05-11 11:30 am (UTC)It's a lot, but it's all so weirdly resonant that it takes longer for York to process it all than he'd normally give himself credit for. He recognizes everything she's saying deep in his bones, in the center of his chest, in the prickling at the back of his neck where his last friend used to live.]
Hey, don't apologize. I actually know what you mean, on all of those counts. Minus the monsters, I guess. Maybe. The monsters I'm used to fighting looked a lot more human, I guess, and sometimes it was hard to tell if the monsters were the folks on the other side or us.
You don't have to feel bad for reaching out to people. That's what people are made for. To help one another, to connect. It's what makes us human.
I was in an exile of sorts myself, for a while. Just me and a friend of mine. You can talk about it if you want, I know what it's like.
[text][now not anon]
Date: 2016-05-12 04:03 am (UTC)Thank you. It's Mai here. I thought it would be nice to let you know. Since your reply was so nice back to me. It's sad to hear that you were exiled too. Even though we did it out of choice, it still got lonely sometimes.
But it does make you really close to the person you went with at least.
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Date: 2016-05-14 02:14 pm (UTC)So how're you doing, Mai? Settling in okay?
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Date: 2016-05-15 02:30 am (UTC)[It was definitely much easier to sound positive and happy through text.]
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Date: 2016-05-22 01:58 pm (UTC)It's the nice ones you have to be worried about.[Would be a very apt response given her history with a certain very nice guy.]
That's very true! They're the nicest people. And they're always so welcoming when you wander into the pokemon centre really tired after travelling.
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Date: 2016-05-23 01:30 pm (UTC)