November catch-all ♫

[traceofeffort]

⭐ Who: Lisa and ticketed attendees- wait, no, she didn't issue tickets, it's just everyone.
⭐ When: November, perhaps with backdated stuff as needed?
⭐ Where: Around town! Maybe in the Dream Sphere too, we'll see where things take us.
⭐ What: A certain bassist has Some Things on her mind and may require distractions. She still hasn't entirely wound down from the last Disturbance, but there are some... other issues also cropping up.
⭐ Warnings: Lisa-typical spirals, though it might be a bit worse than usual this month... Otherwise check headers, but should be fine.

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[traceofeffort]

[That gives Lisa pause, and she sinks back into her train seat as she thinks. It's... vexing.]

And when I did get that weird power, even all that was still better than the situation I was in when I got it, so I didn't mind diving headfirst into that lifestyle because it hurt less... and even now, the way it's changed my life, I'd still rather have this. [For a second, she looks helpless, as she looks at her hands in her lap. Then she shakes her head, glancing back to Zeke.] Damned if you do, damned if you don't, huh? And then you've got the crazies like me that want to keep doing it. [There's something about the grin that comes to her face... it's self-deprecating, sure, but she knows she's going the right way at the end of the day. Pain now with the promise of a better tomorrow.] I'm sure we frustrate you to no end when we aren't taking this seriously.

[thezekeinator]

More when you don't take yourselves seriously -- as in your own needs and feelings and all that stuff. But you don't get taught better to start with, like you should. And that's why I'm pushing paper nine to five.

[Someday, he'll get those mandatory counseling and Dreamer skills courses to be law. SOMEday.]

[traceofeffort]

[Yeah, Zeke, right when Ai becomes mayor of Yumemigaoka and just writes Dreamer reforms into provincial law herself.]

And even if you teach us to be better, that doesn't mean we'll listen. A lot of us are teenagers, you know. [Lisa flashes him a wry smile.] We're going to be rebellious just because you said so. I think you're right to want that, but... [Some of the cheer bleeds off.] Some of us just won't learn until we mess around and find out. I sure didn't, even with everyone helping me. That's also part of being a teenager.

[thezekeinator]

[Ai wouldn't do that. She's just as bad as everyone else, if not worse.]

Sure, sure. You're going to make mistakes. That's just life. Best I can hope for is that you make all new mistakes instead of ones I'm trying to help you avoid, yeah?

[But then he smirks.] Meanwhile you'll just have to put up with me ignoring the actually quite small age gap and treating you guys like kids. Or maybe kid sisters. Whatever the case, I'm gonna keep looking out for you all, whether you're glad or it drives you crazy. In the perfect world it does both!

[traceofeffort]

Oh, so we're looking to make new and exciting mistakes now? Count me in, that sounds like my kind of chaos.

But... yeah. I'm not complaining about someone else looking out for me. I need all the help I can get! So... thanks, for having my back.

[thezekeinator]

Hey, it's my pleasure. You want to thank me? Pass it on. Make the next generation of Dreamers even better.

[Some days, Zeke feels so much older than he really is. 'Future generations' seem an eternity off, too...]