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Who: Okie and you!
What: Flower shenanigans mostly
When: Mid month-ish

1. This Is How You Remind Me

Okie had a hunch that the plants were trouble when they started spreading out from the bridge. He decided they were to be avoided, given a wide berth, ignored as much as possible. But then he sees it. A patch of pink, a patch of home, poking out from the wall of the gym. He feels the homesickness long before the flowers implant it in him. He sits across the room, hands in the pockets of his jacket, staring at it.

When he hears someone coming, he'll say, "It's gonna kill me. I'm sure of it."

2. It's Not Like You To Say Sorry

It keeps getting harder to avoid them, and for Okie's money each flower is worse than the last. This time he's stood stock still in front of the memorial, face wet with tears. His Mask is on, his clouds hidden.

Someone else, not a passenger, stands behind him. There's a family resemblance to him, built from common parts, dressed in similar style. He's a touch younger than Okie, by his looks, but the dozens of tiny scars littering his face make it harder to tell. Not but two or three people on the Serena Eterna would recognize him. Earl Hitchcock. He's the first to speak to any passersby.

"Howdy! Ask 'im who put these cuts on my face. He'd be more'n happy to answer, won't ya, Cal?"

3. I Was Waiting On A Different Story

As a Lost on the lam, there is one thing he fears above all else, one nightmare he'll never escape. And it's here, he's sure of it. He's not crazy, he can't be. All these plants, springing from bare metal, they're not natural. They're an incursion by the Hedge. The Good Neighbors are here to take him at last. He can't just lie down and accept it. He has to do something. That's why he's brought one of the axes he swiped from the last excursion to the buffet, and is currently taking it liberally to every flower in reach.

4. Handing You A Heart Worth Breakin'

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Who: Okie and you
What: Do you believe in life after labyrinth?
When: Nebulously May
Where: Playback and the lounge

1. Every Time I Raise My Voice Inside I Feel So Tired

Everyone got stuck in a locked room surrounded by their own heads and the heads of people they know. That sucked. A lot of people were forced from the locked room to go slog through a bunch of murder puzzles. Also sucked. Okie finished the murder puzzles for everyone! That was kinda cool. The person behind the labyrinth was a kid and that made Okie yell at Vance. Not also cool.

He’s exhausted. He’s been exhausted, constantly. It’s all he can do most of this month to leave his room for anything more than food. When he does, it’s generally to change out books from the library and take them to the lounge or the arcade to read and fall asleep to. While he still tries to keep his Mask off most of the time to be his full self, he spends some days with it on, just to grab a little less attention as he moves through the ship. The clouds haven’t parted, and the air around feels heavy, and humid.

2. Trying To Stop But This Feeling Remains

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