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[jamborees]

[need Soiree for a quest? She's always hanging out in her ballroom, decorating or moving things around or cleaning the windows, or sometimes, even in her room, finally adding a few pictures to her walls]

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[robitussin]

Liquor. Something strong. If you want to help... A quest where I don't have to talk to anyone else would be great.

[jamborees]

[she considers . . . then nods]

Okay.

I have a game coming up, and so I usually ask people to help me - what kinds of things do like to do at parties? Give me three, and I'll give you a bottle of something.

[robitussin]

Drink, get high, dance.

If I give you another three can I get more?

[jamborees]

. . . [well, she did ask] I can't let people get high here . . . I think.

I'll give you two if you make the answers more detailed. Think of other party games - objectives you had fun completing.

[robitussin]

It's legal in some places. You probably could.

Sure. Once we had to do someone's hair, that was alright because we didn't have to talk about our feelings and it's not awkwardly physical. Uh, teaching someone a new skill is cool, too. Learning new stuff is alright.

[jamborees]

Probably, but I don't have the means to get it anyway. . . . I think. There's other Echoes here who could, though.

—oh, those are good ones . . . is talking about feelings really that bad?

[robitussin]

We should be allowed to do it when we actually want to, not when we have to force it to get points in a game.

[jamborees]

[she hums in thought, tapping her chin with a finger]

It's really mean if it's forced, huh . . .

[robitussin]

Yep, pretty much.

[jamborees]

[her nose scrunches up, but she nods and makes a gesture for Natalie to follow her deeper into the ballroom]

What about giving compliments? Would that be considered the same?

[robitussin]

[following her]

Nah, not really. I mean, telling someone you like their hair is different from explaining your myriad of issues.

[jamborees]

But . . . isn't that what friends do? Talk about their problems to each other?

[robitussin]

Yeah, but there's a difference between, like... This person is my friend and I have a problem that I legitimately want their help with, and this person is my friend so I guess we have to talk about our problems if even we don't want to since this echo is making us.

[jamborees]

. . . good point. Okay, no talking about problems unless people want to.

[she stops in front of a large cabinet and kneels down to open it, then pulls out a bottle and holds it over her shoulder to Natalie]

What else don't people like?

[robitussin]

Having to make out with people they don't know.

[taking the bottle, yessss]

[jamborees]

[she pauses, almost guilty]

. . . I'll scratch that one. [and a second bottle]

What else?

[robitussin]

Having to share memories. Kind of the same principle as not liking having to talk about their problems.

[jamborees]

. . . what if it's sharing nice memories that aren't - um, private?

[robitussin]

How are you gonna regulate that?