[audio] @HK; set during the middle of the event! [open]

[catholicisms]

( Matt isn't big on the devices, for a multitude of reasons. he'll answer on occasion but most of the time he observes and doesn't participate. his username might not be familiar, even to the people who have met him. maybe his voice will be; that's the medium he chooses, it just makes delivery easier. )

I am sure we've all heard what is going around, that plenty of us are suffering from hallucinations. I know how real they must look, or hear, or sound.

( he's had at least a little of his own issues, mostly voices in his head. touches he can't explain. Matt thinks he might be getting off a little easier on this round of misery because he's blind. that's a first, but it also means he has a different perspective on the situation.

and while he's generally not big about talking about how he uses his other senses, in this instance? he feels like he should. )

If you don't recognize my voice, my name is Matt. If you don't know me yet, I'm the one with sunglasses and a walking cane. ( hopefully this is obvious enough a cue to imply he's the blind guy wandering around. ) I can't see what you are seeing, any more than anyone else can. But I can tell you that your other senses could help you decipher if what you are experiencing is real.

If you see blood, something dead, rotten, you'd smell it as much as you'd see it. If you can feel things on you, they can't just come out of nowhere. When things come towards you, they leave an audible clue, and it means something if you can't hear it.

The things you are seeing, hearing, feeling — they're terrible, and horrifying, but they also aren't real. Try muffling the sense that is troubling you most. It's already dark here, but a blindfold could help you ignore what isn't there.

( and because he realizes it isn't easy to rely on senses without practice, ) And if it seems real and you need help figuring out what you can trust, maybe I can help.

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[catholicisms]

( #freethenorth #winteriscoming )

It's not impossible, though I'm more likely to assume it's something they may have heard of, and it's just one of a multitude of spirits that they haven't had time to mention.

Though the idea of more spirits showing up is an interesting one. More of us show up every month — why not spirits?

[song_of_ice]

Isn't that what we really are? We're dead, how are we not spirits?

It seems impossible that we should be able to die in this place, considering...

[catholicisms]

( oh my god, Jonathan, that's a terrible thought. that anyone that dies here turns into an unrecognizable spirit at some point... )

It's a good question. I'm not sure I have an answer. I've never considered how the spirits come to arrive here. Will or Robin might know.

( he might ask, now that he's wondering about it. )

[song_of_ice]

[He's always been one for pleasant and clearly good thoughts.]

I thought the same, but when I arrived and asked them, they couldn't explain it. They said this world already existed when they were brought here. They didn't seem to have found many answers either.

Now we're passing along the same non information to every new arrival.

[catholicisms]

So the spirits predated any of us? Interesting.

It's information, if not all encompassing. We have to start somewhere.

( he won't lie that it's frustrating to have so many questions and so little details, but, they do know some things. just not enough. )

[song_of_ice]

[He's an expert at not knowing things.]

I don't know if the spirits were effected by the reset. If some people could survive that, it's possible spirits could as well.

[But this is just speculation.]

There might be others who know more. We should compile the information we have.

[catholicisms]

We should. We had a town meeting shortly after I arrived — I think we're due another.

( it was good for sharing information, even if much of the conversation had turned political. )

[song_of_ice]

I think you're right. We should do it soon and not risk being caught unaware again.

[Which was likely to happen anyway.]

[catholicisms]

I believe Cao Pi was responsible for the last meeting. Maybe I'll ask if he'd like to host another.

[song_of_ice]

Good idea. Let me know if anything needs to be done that I can help with.

[catholicisms]

I will, ah...

Snow? Is that your name?

[song_of_ice]

Jon Snow-

[But it's not his name and he knows that now. The other though, it's not one he's used to using.]

It's the name others know me by.

[catholicisms]

( well that’s a super awkward way of putting that, Jon. Matt can tell that means it isn’t actually his name, but hey. he’s besties with a guy named Foggy. he’s not going to get too weird about preferring something other than your given name. )

Jon, then. It’s nice to meet you.

[song_of_ice]

And you. Keep in touch, in case we need to arrange things ourselves.

[catholicisms]

Sure. I'll let you know how it shakes out.

Stay safe out there.