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[trusttheshovel]

Name: Kurumi Ebisuzawa
Date: 3/1, Evening
Format: Text

Hey. Good Morning. Or is it evening already?

Whatever. I have a problem. My Bonded vanished. We arrived together last month, she was someone from home, so I thought we got this whole Bond thing sorted immediately. But, well... I think she's gone back home. To anyone who knows Yuuri Wakasa, she's no longer here.

[Kurumi had cried a lot about it, to the point tears aren't coming out anymore.]

I heard things that we could go crazy under the full moon and it'll get worse without a Bond. Being a vampire sucks on its own already and I'd rather not lose control of myself, thanks, so I figure I should reach out.

This is a call for friendship. Let's be friends! Maybe we'll eventually get to bond, too?

[Also horribly, horribly lonely, but she's not going to write that down. The implication is already there in the post.]

Comments

[trusttheshovel]

[lol pat the player's head]

Super fun!

[It's... not exactly a lie. Yuki was there to make things fun and give some sense of normalcy.

She would have more things to add about her school and the clothes here, from what she have observed outside, but she shouldn't hold Leslie off from asking her friend for some important vampire advice.]

Alright, I'll wait!

[foundfamilies]

[Leslie hopes she'll get to hear about this super fun schooling! She's unfortunately not coming back with super fun advice.]

All right. I asked her.
Aside from the things I mentioned before about buying blood from the market, she says that the most important thing is to get used to drinking blood and having it on hand.
If you have some blood you bought with you, it curbs the urge to get it elsewhere.

[This is an edited verison of "curbs the urge to hunt." Leslie thought that it might be better not to term it like that.]

You should prepare for things in that way, like with keeping things on hand that you will need.
But you should not fight the changes directly.
If you accept the changes and work with them, they will not control you.
If you try to ignore them, it will get more difficult to ignore.

That is what she said.
Approximately.

[trusttheshovel]

[She would appreciate Leslie for omitting 'hunt'. God knows she'd be more than uncomfortable if she'd read that. That said, she still has to read this over and over.

Several times.

'Get used to drinking blood'. 'Don't fight the changes'. 'Accept them'. Ironic, how she almost changed into a monster back home, fought the change, and came out alright, but it wasn't even long after that horrific experience she's now turning into something else and advice to not fight the change. At the very least, she might be able to stay sane and be herself if she follows this advice. And get herself Bonded.

With Yuuri gone, she doesn't even have the energy to even express her anger somewhere or punch the wall, no all she feels like doing is sigh and type.]

Okay! Thanks again Leslie!

Things gonna get rough, just accept the changes is... I don't know. Difficult? But I'll get through somehow.

I'll be mentally prepared.

[foundfamilies]

[The words chosen make it seem like Kurumi is taking this extremely well -- which means that she's trying to hide it, or so Leslie concludes. This must be a hard thing to hear, but she can't read from this text how much of a big thing this might be. She certainly doesn't guess that this is something Kurumi has experience in before.]

It is better to know. I am sure it is a difficult thing to do, but it will be okay in the end. I promise! My friend has been fine now that her changes have completed.

If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know. I am happy to help.

So you do not need to keep it to yourself.

[trusttheshovel]

[That last text hits her deep. She's the kind to keep her troubles to herself, putting up a farce that she's a-okay, not wanting to burden anyone, and she especially doesn't want to burden Leslie with her baggage here and from home.]

Yeah. I like to believe things will be okay in the end.

If you're not busy, we could hang out maybe? Just have fun together? You don't have to if you have things to do, tho.

[foundfamilies]

[Leslie has to type and erase a few responses before she actually sends one. She still has trouble believing that people want to spend time with her, but since this is a text medium, she can get out all her usual protests without the other person seeing.]

I do not know very much about having fun. But if you are sure you would like to spend time with me, I would like that.