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[cullscuttlefish]

[Feferi looks...tired. That's all you can really say about her, when she lets the video come on. She looks like she hasn't slept much, and she looks like she's gone somewhere to cry for a few minutes before calming down enough to speak.]

H-hi, everyone. I hope everyone's all right?

I - mm. I was going to ask whether or not anyone else's roommates weren't waking up, but...

Please be all right, Sayaka.

...what do you do when this place finally gets to you? I've been trying not to - to let it, but...I think I just really need some friends right now. I was up by the aquarium earlier and I think I'm gonna go back up there.

[She wipes at her eyes, and she thinks she's cut the feed, but:]

...it's never easy, this whole 'actually needing to step up and make decisions' princess stuff...

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[cullscuttlefish]

Of course. Do you know where the room is?

[moontothetide]

I, I'm sure I've seen her name. On the wall. Around. I-I can find it.

...I probably can't do anything. But, um, I've been trying something, with all the people who are sleeping. M-Might as well keep trying, right? Maybe something will change.

[cullscuttlefish]

I'm Feferi, one of her roommates, and we're in 01-05.

Definitely. I'm sure it'll change!

[moontothetide]

...you're a nice roommate.

[Tara doesn't talk much to her roommates, all things considered. She feels a sudden and awful pang of jealousy, but shakes it off.] I'll, I'll be right there. Just a bit. Have to, um, get some stuff. [And, with that, she hangs up. But it won't be long until Tara moves from her place on the fifteenth floor back up to the dorm levels. She's getting better about elevators.]

[cullscuttlefish]

She's been a really good friend to me since I've been here.

[A nod.]

Okay. I'll see you soon.

[moontothetide]

[And, sure enough, it won't be more than ten minutes before Tara finally comes aacross the room and knocks lightly on the doorframe to announce her presence.]

Um...h-hi. I was, um, wondering if I could check in on S-Sayaka?

[cullscuttlefish]

Of course. I'm her roommate, Feferi.

[Feferi opens the door, leading the way.]

I've tried a few different things, but nothing seems to work. I'm scared that something bad is happening to her while she's sleeping but we can't do anything about it...

[moontothetide]

Well, um, if this works, m-maybe I can ask her. Or, um, at least I can get a sense, if she's in trouble or hurt, or anything like that...

[Tara looks around for a chair to use.]

I, I'm good at the astral, invisible-type stuff. So... [She holds up both hands, her fingers crossed.]