R4 Viewing Party - no crying til the end (if you can help it)

[serrata]

I'm sure this is fine.

WELCOME TO THE R4 LIVEWATCH: AIRLOCKED REACH EDITION

Comments

[ratherdoweddings]

Um... I suppose they wouldn't tell you about that if you were really sheltered. It's, ah, sort of frowned upon by much of society? I think it was actually illegal back then.

[daughterofthemark]

I suppose using drugs for recreational purposes could be seen as a harmful activity. It would waste valuable resources, after all.

[ratherdoweddings]

And it sort of messes up your head. And other things, depending.

[daughterofthemark]

People do this for recreation?

[ratherdoweddings]

You'd get in trouble for it back in military school, but a lot of people tried sneaking around anyway... I don't know how they thought they wouldn't get caught, it smells like skunks wearing old socks.

[daughterofthemark]

People break the law and impair their minds as a form of recreation?

[the princess does not understand this]

[ratherdoweddings]

People do a lot of weird things.

[daughterofthemark]

...so it seems.

[Well you've ensured Arianna will never try this herself. Aren't you proud?]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yes, now no one has to smell eau de weed in the mansion.]

Poor Lucina-san doesn't know either...

[daughterofthemark]

[Oh god that would probably qualify as a status effect on her. Also Lucina is her favorite now. She already was.]

...there seem to be many things she does not understand.

[ratherdoweddings]

Her world must be very different. It sounds like some of yours.

[daughterofthemark]

...do you suppose this made her popular with the audience?

[??????]

[ratherdoweddings]

You mean, why they'd bring more people like you from worlds that are really different after her.

[daughterofthemark]

[Congratulations, Yurika, you've followed her reasoning!]

And in particular, a princess. One who often has difficulty figuring things out.

[ratherdoweddings]

I think you've been doing a good job with what you've got! You know how to use the Internet and everything.

[daughterofthemark]

Regardless, what if I was only taken in an attempt to replicate Lady Lucina's popularity?

[ratherdoweddings]

We were all taken to appeal to the audience. And so we could suffer. It doesn't make you any lesser, it makes InterGal 7 the bad ones!

[daughterofthemark]

Well... yes, but...

[Sigh.]

[ratherdoweddings]

What's wrong? You can tell me.

[daughterofthemark]

All of us are here because we stood out, correct? What if I only truly stood out in being similar to Lady Lucina?

[ratherdoweddings]

You and she might have some things in common, but you're different, like everyone else! And how could we stand out if we were picked just for being like others?

[refusedtoleave]

[Just ignore Natsuhi trying to listen in without being noticed.]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Maybe if you talked about your problems...]

[refusedtoleave]

[You call them problems she calls them trials!

Casually sips her tea, then chokes on it partway through the explanation.]