Text; Katie.Cakes

[littlemisskate]

I've been thinking a lot about how this place could be seen as a second chance. I wanted to ask... what would you do with that second chance? I know a lot of people want to find their way home but if you didn't, what then?

[She knows that it's an intrusive question and that maybe no one will respond but she's curious.]

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[text | un: edward.elric]

[alchemyfreak]

Then you make a home here.

[That's the plan anyway, even if this was only some temporary holding until they move on to bigger and better things.]

[littlemisskate]

That's what I thought but I'm not even sure how to do that.

[alchemyfreak]

You find out where you fit in. Get a job you hopefully enjoy, make friends. Start putting down roots, I guess.

[It had happened in Purg without him even seeing it coming, he wasn't exactly the most self-aware or best to explain.]

It happens so gradually you don't even see it coming, usually.

[littlemisskate]

Sometimes the things we need aren't the same as the things we look for. I used to be so sure about everything that I did but in the end, well, things didn't go the way I thought I would.

In order to keep going, you need hope that it'll be alright. How do you find that?

text; v.valentine

[chaosvessel]

Someone once asked me if sins could be forgiven.

I think I would try.

[littlemisskate]

[She wants to try too.]

How did you answer them?

[chaosvessel]

[There was a delay before his response came.]

That I'd never tried.

[veritron]

Try not to fuck it up.

[That's what she'd do. Or try to. She lost so many friends already. ]

[littlemisskate]

Sometimes that's easier said than done.
What would you change first?

[veritron]

...

don't know.

I can't stop my friends from doing stupid and dangerous shit. They wouldn't be themselves.

text; un: d.pavus

[tevinteraltus]

Make the most of it, I suppose. That is, of course, assuming everyone here needed said chance.

Is it you feel you do?

[littlemisskate]

I've been going back and forth. I used to believe that everything happened for a reason and that God's love would get us through whatever we faced. Now, I'm not so sure. Things didn't end the way I thought they would and now I'm here. It's easy to feel lost.

[tevinteraltus]

Ah, I see. I'm not particularly religious, but...what's to say this isn't what this God of yours intended? The Chantry says the Maker works in mysterious ways, and it would serve to reason our Big Picture varies from His, wouldn't it, seeing as he can see much more of it?

text; un: s.cougar

[radicalspeed]

A second chance, well! I'm glad you asked, seeing as this feels like one.

Hmmm.

I've got a lot of things I'd do with a second chance, I suppose. For one thing, I would get around to reading all the books I've never read yet and then perhaps take more road trips! Not just for the thrill of driving, mind you, but to enjoy the essence of nature, or perhaps to sightsee beautiful sights! That's one thing I think about a lot, you know? Not getting out enough! And sure I did my fair share of moving around my home country but it's all pretty plain and small-minded to assume that's all there is to the world, right? No, I would visit all different countries! Only now I suppose I would be visiting different planets or galaxies or universes, wouldn't I that would be the most fascinating thing to visit other worlds and explore new cultures I've always had a love for how people incorporate their individuality with their wonderful native cultures you see it's really an amazing thing oh and maybe I would have to pilot a spaceship but I think I could handle a spaceship without any difficulty, no matter the speed, in fact the faster the better and then maybe I could turn it into a job occupation you never know when you need a space taxi right haha just imagine giving a call when you've had a drink too much and then bam there I am I would just need a fabulous audio system you should always try to drive or fly in style that means the best equipment you've got on hand or hell you could always make your own like I do but anyway I would potentially be a taxi driver though that sounds dangerously close towhatIwasalreadydoingduringmytimeatHOLYsomaybeI'lljuststicktomyownpersonaltravelyouknowtheysaytravelisimperativeforahealthylifestylebutahyourquestionwasaboutsecondchancesandhereIamchatteringabouthomelifenoIwouldusemysecondchancetoabsorbasmuchinformationandknowledgeaspossibleperhapsjoinafewgroupstoenhancemylearningexperienceandmaybedothingsI'veneverdonebeforeyouknowhowimportantitistopracticenewandexhilaratingactivitiestoomaybedosomebasejumpingorskydivingorperhapsstuntworkmoviesarealltheragenomatterthetimeorplacewhatwasIgoingonaboutagainohRIGHTIwouldprobablytrytorelaxmostlybecauseI'vealwayshadahardtimerelaxingandtakingthingsslowevenasachildImeanhoweasyisittolettimeflybybecauseyou'rededicatedtorushingfromoneplacetothenext_

[If you don't stop him at some point there's going to just be pages and pages of unintelligable rambling at rapidfire speeds and annoying phone pings.]

[littlemisskate]

[Kate rather enjoys reading his text and for a few minutes she lets him ramble.]

I don't know where I'd go here. I haven't been outside the city.

[She can defend herself if she has to but she isn't a big fighter.]

[radicalspeed]

No? well, you might be better for it. I've heard there's some pretty nasty things out there.

text | un: detdecker

[couldkillthedevil]

Make better choices, I guess. Or do my best so that second chance didn't slip out of my fingers.

[littlemisskate]

I don't think I made any bad choices but I think you're right... to not let a second chance slip away.

[couldkillthedevil]

Sounds like something you've had on your mind for awhile now.

text; @gamora

[godslay]

I think I already had a second chance in my own home.

[ Betraying Thanos and Ronan. Joining the Guardians. That was her second chance. ]

There's no erasing your past, even if people here don't know about it. If I was treating this place as another opportunity to rebuild, I would make amends for myself, not others.

[littlemisskate]

I don't regret my past and I wouldn't change what I've done... even when it was hard, I know that it was for the best. Now that I'm here.

I just feel lost. I'm not sure what to do during this second chance. If I change nothing then it'll be similar to before... wouldn't it?

[godslay]

Then change who you are moving forward. You should grow, shouldn't you?

text: un: scavenger.rey

[talentedscavenger]

If you want an honest answer? I don't know.

You could try to make the best of what's here, and accept things as they are...or keep hoping you'll find a way back.

[littlemisskate]

It's difficult, isn't it? To know which of those two options are best.

Do you know what you'd choose?

[talentedscavenger]

of the options I listed?

Both. I would survive, but still have hope. If you can't go home, you can still hope to one day go home. If that makes sense?