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[ On the morning of the first of July, a new pop-up greets everyone who logs onto the main network: ]

NEW APPLICATION DOWNLOAD: ADOPT-A-PET

PURPOSE: PET ADOPTION APPLICATION

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ALLOW DOWNLOAD? Y/N

[ Once you have hit download, the app will load itself onto your tablet, and a new message will greet you: ]

Hey everyone, this is Jim Kirk. Welcome to Aldrip's shiny new Adopt-A-Pet app! These lovely puppers are looking for good homes; all adoptions will go through Kakashi. Please reach out to him if you have an interest in any of the dogs you see here. We'll update periodically as dogs are adopted/new dogs taken in; please @thecapn in the help tool to alert me if you notice anything glitching with the application itself.

ARIEL

Shepherd mix

Ariel is hoping to become "Part of Your World". This sweet pupper is ready for her next adventure. Ariel knows sit, down, and takes her treats gently.

CELESTE

Retriever

Meet Celeste, the 1-year-old Chocolate Lab/Husky Mix. She is currently working on skills like "off, "sit, and "touch. Celeste likes to settle down with a nice chew after her training sessions.

SCHNITZEL

Maltese

Schnitzel is an energetic Maltese mix looking to find his forever home. He's a goofy boy who loves squeaky toys and tennis balls. Schnitzel is also very affectionate and will lean in closer to you to get more cuddles.

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[ ooc: feel free to make up any dog you want, the above is just an example of what the interface of the app looks like! ]

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I don't think there is an other side for me.

[ Ange avoids his gaze as she says it - but Jim is true in thinking that Ange gets a lot of what he's saying here. It's why she doesn't protest it. It's very true to her own experience as well.

This feels like the only difference. Not that she envies him for it. Jim seems like he's a really nice guy, and he deserves to be on this side of it. He deserves a better life than what he's gotten. ]

I'm already dead. [ Ange looks at Bones instead, gently petting the dog again as she speaks. ] I was only revived to do one single thing before I'll die again.

I'm so sorry, Ange. You mean...back home?

[ Jim presumes, but it could very well be Aldrip. Either way, the news puts a new furrow in his brow, despite Jim's best attempts not to let it through. But, obviously, hearing that a child - let alone someone like Ange, who's already been through more than enough - is dead is not good news. Peter Parker is similar, with his genocidal alien problem back in his home world, and it's no less concerning.

Jim tilts his head, blue eyes clear, thoughtful as he contemplates her countenance. ] What do you mean by that? What do you have to do?

[ There's a slight nod in response to the first question, though Ange doesn't seem to further elaborate on the how or whys of it all. Maybe it's since she doesn't want to talk about it, or maybe she doesn't actually mind and it's more just because he's asking another question.

One that's important enough to her that she has to answer that first. ]

I have to try and find the truth of what happened to my family. And then expose that truth to the world. [ She did call it a mysterious incident, after all. It seems like even Ange herself doesn't know the truth behind said mysterious incident.. ] That's all I still want to do.

How are you meant to do that? [ The question is gentle, a careful kind of prompting. Jim, of all people, can understand how delicate such a topic is. She might not know, or she might not want to get into it, but hopefully Jim can at least get across that he's willing to listen, whenever that day comes. ]

If there's anything I can do to help... [ There likely isn't, given the fact that they're stuck in this place, with no way of finding out any more about her situation and whatever is happening back in their respective homes, but Jim wouldn't be Jim if he didn't offer. ] Just say the word, and I'll be there.

.. I don't know.

[ It's not a total rejection, at least. Ange isn't shutting him out, or she would have been a whole more clear about it.

No, rather than her answer being some attempt at being avoidant or anything of the sort, it seems more like she just means those words. She genuinely doesn't know what he can do to help - and the helplessness she feels at the entire situation shows in her eyes, even though she isn't directly looking at Jim. ]

It's been so long already. It feels like there's no chance of finding out what really happened back home as long as I'm stuck here. It's not like we can just access information from our worlds.

Even if it's just sitting here with Bones, if that helps...I'm here. [ When it all becomes too much to bear, and the helplessness makes Ange feel like she's drowning. He's been there. Sometimes, things take time to come to their ultimate resolution, and sometimes...well, sometimes there's simply no resolution to be had. But having people around you to support you - if it's an option, and here, at least, it is - is the best defense. ]

You never know. Someone from your world could come through. [ It doesn't sound like there are many people Ange would want to see from home - at least, none she's mentioned so far - but there surely has to be someone who could help, who might have at least one of the puzzle pieces she needs. ] And I've noticed...sometimes it's more than just people, finding their way through. Some people have found objects, at the markets, or even outside their doors. If you keep looking, there's always a chance something might appear.

[ If only she knew what would help, really. Ange is even conscious of the fact that she doesn't know - and that's why she can only cling onto the one thing she thinks will help, even though it's the one thing that's unattainable in this place.

.. though he seems to suggest different. Ange glances over at him, though there's something a little worried in her gaze.

Like she doesn't want to give herself this hope from his words. Like she's too worried about it getting shot. ]

You think so? Even after all this time..?

I don't know for sure. [ Jim can't give her any assurances, but he's long since learned that words like impossible don't really have a place in the world when it comes to things like this. Not his world, anyway. ] But maybe. This place is...strange that way, you know?

[ The girl releases a soft sigh.

Then she learns forward, burying her forehead - and face - temporarily against her knees. There's a slight pause as she stays like that, but then she mumbles from that position: ]

This place has mostly just been torture to me. I don't know how to withstand it anymore. [ It's so hard to latch onto that tiny bit of hope when reality is just so constantly overwhelming, after all. When it feels like the bad often outweighs the good.

Though her admitting as much out loud is already more than what she usually does - which is keeping all of that to herself, burying it where no one can see it. At least she's allowing him to see it at all. ]

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