>>58489444
>Agh, who am I kidding, I should just get over myself and send the text already.
>Not like I'm going to do a group call, I doubt any of them are quick enough on decyphering shit to understand my speech without a solid minute-long delay.
>Wait.
>Shit, could my phone even detect I'm touching it if I'm made of paper?
>Ugh.
>I think I still have LINE installed on my desktop, so that should do the trick, just hope it doesn't need an update...
>Aaaand of course it does, why wouldn't it, great.
>Guess I have some time to spare.
>I could try exploring glorious Nippon's netto, but... Somehow I feel that wouldn't be productive unless there was some guidebook back in... Shit was it 2016? Published over there that said anything about Kartana, unlikely.
>And if I'm being honest with myself.
>...I can feel my body begging me to slice something.
>Or maybe that's just latent curiosity about this whole situation still lingering within me.
>I think I read something about Kartanas not being particularly aggressive? Relatively, anyway. So at least I don't have to worry about murder instincts cropping up.
>Body's still a super death knife though.
>What to do...
>Definitely don't want to slice something here, don't even want to think how much money already went down the drain from trying to grab some stuff off my shelf before...
>...
>Well, I guess there's that withered old thing in the backyard...
>Actually, yeah.
>I was thinking of getting rid of it anyway...
>So might as well get some fun out of this crummy juncture while I finally cross that off my to-do list!
>...
>I feel like I'm way giddier about this than I should be.
>But complaining about some levity in my life within all... This, is probably stupid, so I won't.

>>58489787
Sometimes, the daily chores of a dayjob are the best at keeping you grounded...

>Showing not telling is surprisingly difficult.
Slightly debating if I should switch the narration style I'm going for because of that. Something to think about...