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[experiencepoints]

Who: A ~mysterious anonymous poster~ and you
Broadcast: Anonymous text
Action: In her room on the Bishop, if you really want to say hello
When:

[It's taken Nightingale a while to figure out how to make the anonymous text function work, and even longer to decide it's worthwhile to post. Still, she doesn't have anything else to do, and this has been eating at her for a while...]

I realized recently it's been over a year since I was last home.
Over a year since I've ever seen anyone from my world, even.
And that year has been kind of a mess.
Now I'm two crazy worlds removed from home, and it's not looking like I'll get to go back anytime soon.
It's just now really starting to sink in.
I'm starting to get homesick, I guess.
But I know there's a bunch of people here who have been here even longer than I have.
Or have a lot more pressing things to get back to.
So... How do you cope?
How can you deal with this for so long?
After this long, my usual distractions aren't really working so well anymore.

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[mortalcoil]

[what are the cheery answers he has for her questions?]

i dont know

text (anon)

[experiencepoints]

Very helpful.

text (anon)

[mortalcoil]

ive been here for over a year and other places before that

i still havent figured out what to do with it

[mikangirl]

You don't wallow. That's it.
It doesn't solve anything, makes you feel worse
Go and talk to people you like
Go and pick a fight with people you don't like
Treat it like an extended vacation from home

You'll go back eventually

[experiencepoints]

"Eventually" is a scary word in this context.
What about the people back there?

[mikangirl]

What about them?
I don't mean to be callous
I miss my friends terribly
But time doesn't pass at home while you're here
Nothing changes
Remember them fondly that's it

Or unfondly as the case may be

Voice; because sorry he can't type with hooves

[preformthisneigh]

I feel you there. The same thing, actually over a year from home with two different crazy worlds in-between it. It's never easy.

[Sometimes, he feels homesick, but it's more for his own kind than it is for Equestria itself. Equestria's a pretty shitty place what with the near-constant border attacks and whatnot. At least there isn't some horrific monster trying to destroy his world's existence ever other month here. ]

I travel a whole lot. When we hit new planets? I just pack light and travel the planet for a while, meet new people, learn new things. That helps a lot.

[experiencepoints]

[She's responding in text, because she definitely doesn't want to risk Cheese overhearing her answering, since they're on the same ship.]

It's comforting to know I'm not alone there.
I did a lot of visiting weird places at home, though.
It was sort of my hobby.
It makes it a little harder to enjoy that here, in this kind of a mood.

[preformthisneigh]

[Wise move on her part. He'd only try to make her feel better with a party or something.]

Hmmm, you got a point.

Maybe try to do some things with your crew? I mean, if you got a good one, you can get a real sense of family there. It makes everything a little more bearable, having people around you can feel comfortable with.

...

And yeah, I know the deal with places like this. That they could vanish in a second, but that's why you gotta make the most of it while you can.

[save_the_souls]

[he responds after he's had a chance to cool down from what happened earlier today.]

I cope by doing what I always do. I keep walking. I try to live my life as if the present matters as much as my time back home.

[experiencepoints]

Just to clarify, are you suggesting walks to take my mind off it, or was that a metaphor?
That's a good way to go about it, at least.
But it's not so easy to convince myself that.

[save_the_souls]

Ah- mostly a metaphor. But I do go on literal walks when I'm stressed!

I know...it takes some time to be able to.

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[droprate]

Honest answer or one that might not actually help that much?

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[experiencepoints]

Both?

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[droprate]

- You can deal or you can die.

- Knitting.

[tothefly]

Do you really want to be distracted?

[experiencepoints]

Well, let's review my options.
Either I can distract myself and keep going on here.
Or think about how my friends back home likely won't even recognize me anymore once I do return and be paralyzed with loneliness and homesickness.
Distraction sounds good.

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[stefanged]

I think most of us get homesick at some point, but honestly, I try to keep pieces of home with me.

[Prayers, Qur'anic recitation, even brewing tea like his mom used to... those little bits keep him going.]

The Fleet's given us some pretty cool experiences, so I focus on the people I've met and the stories I've heard. Until we go home, wherever that may be, we're kind of all we've got.

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[experiencepoints]

The only piece of home I have with me is my phone.
And go figure, the charger didn't come too.
... I guess that's true, though.
But it's hard to think that way when people leave all the time, here.

anon text

[effluent]

idk
remember that you have something to go back to
that's something

anon text

[experiencepoints]

And if you don't?

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[notmutantbutmiracle]

I have not been here as long as you have. But I can understand how you must feel. The weight of this place, and what it means to be kept from your home, from the familiar. I can only speak for myself, but... this place has become my new "normal." Though, my life has never, ever truly been "normal" to begin with. As odd and scary and dangerous as this place can be often times, I have been able to draw comfort from getting to know and interact with other fleet members. Knowing that we are not alone. All of us are in this together. For better or worse. I do not know if you have found these words helpful, but perhaps simply knowing there are those here that share your feelings... Perhaps there is some comfort in that?

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[experiencepoints]

A little.
I understand what it's like to not have a 'normal' life, too.
And talking to other people does help, but...
At the same time, it drives home just how alien I am to all of this.

[repths]

Try to think positively! I know it's hard.

I miss my home too (•͈⌔•͈⑅)

[It makes her sad. They have to keep trying their best even away from home.]

[experiencepoints]

I don't really do positive thinking.

[She almost wants to make a quip out of it, but no, let's leave it as it is.]