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[cant_even]

Welcome back everyone :)

[Warded to Casper]

[...] Thanks again for the pep talk.

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[theniceboy]

Welcome back, Issy. How was your summer?

[cant_even]

Thanks, Solo. My summer was okay. How was yours?

[theniceboy]

It was good. I visited a lot of American museums.

I'm happy you chose to come back.

[cant_even]

Really? That sounds like fun. Did you go by yourself?

[Solo]

I had to come back, didn't really choose to. I'm [...] glad you're here, though. At least I have one friend. We're friends, right?

[theniceboy]

I went with Sam. We read a lot. It was nice.

[Issy]

[...]

I feel like I didn't speak up for you as much as I should have last year but I'll be better this year. We're friends and I'm sorry you didn't choose to be here but I am glad to see you back. Hopefully this year will be better.

[cant_even]

Oh that's nice. Isn't she kind of du I'm glad you had a good time :)

[Solo]

I hope so, too. It's okay Solo. You don't have to stand up for me. That didn't exactly do you any favors last year.

Issy | Solo

[theniceboy]

I thought about it and I've made my decision.

Group think and peer pressure are stereotypes of our age group and extremely tempting, but I don't want to shave down the person I want to be in order to fit in better. If I do not fit in because of that, I accept it and it's okay. It's worth it. You will always have at least one friend here, Issy.

This is a new year and I plan to better this year.

Issy | Solo

[cant_even]

[...] Well, thanks. It's nice knowing someone here has my back. Especially with Laurel and Ivy gone. It really means a lot to me, Solo.

Issy

[casperkim]

[...] No problem.

Are you all right?

Issy + Casper

[cant_even]

I'll be fine.

Guess I just didn't expect to come back really? Now that I'm here, it's hitting me that I won't have Ivy and Laurel by my side and they were like... my only best friends. They knew about ev But you're right. I'm sure I have more friends here than I think right now and everything will be fine.

Issy + Casper

[casperkim]

Good.

[...] I know that it feels like shit right now. Being somewhere you don't want to be and not having the people that are important to you. There's no choice but to keep going, though, and you'll figure out the rest while you do. [...] And people will surprise you.

Issy + Casper

[cant_even]

I know, I know. I just need to focus on the positives. It's so easy to dwell on the bad stuff.

[...] Do people surprise you often?

Issy + Casper

[casperkim]

It's not even about the positives and the negatives. More [...] the things you can change and the things you can't. There's no point in dwelling on the things you can't change and focusing on what you can change, what you want to change, gives you direction. It helps. In my experience, anyway.

But that probably doesn't work for everyone.

[...] Not many do. But enough.

Issy + Casper

[cant_even]

I guess I feel powerless, then. Like, there's nothing I can change. Or maybe I just don't know how, so I don't start because I don't know where to start, you know?

Sometimes they surprise me too but, not lately I guess. Not all good surprises, either.

Issy + Casper

[casperkim]

You're not powerless. [...] What do you want to change?

Issy + Casper

[cant_even]

Everything How people see me, I guess?

You know, I'll just [...] always be that girl who had a breakdown. I'll always be "unstable" or "hysterical" if I'm worried. Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut, blend in? Low profile and all that.

I feel like I have to try so hard and it's not getting me anywhere. Maybe I should stop trying so much. Or caring. It's not easy to stop caring, though.

[pintsizedsass]

YAY! Hi ISSY!

[cant_even]

Hey, Ana!

[destructobot]

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[cant_even]

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[magitechnically]

Not everyone is BACK. Welcome back Issy.

[cant_even]

Thanks, Essie. Welcome back. I haven't seen Pi Did she Are you How are you?

[fillefidele]

I'm glad so many people came back.