Probably backdated to a lot

[voidbug]

Sender: Ghost
To: Everyone
Subject: ???

My journal changed?


[It's not... anon anymore! It has a name! Their name at the moment. Although, maybe it's a permanent one now???]

[Regardless, kind of convenient it happened on its own, because frankly they wouldn't know how to do it otherwise.]

Comments

sender: Oriphi

[hearthwarming]

[ Although she cannot be certain who the sender is, the name "Ghost" reminds her immediately of a then-nameless little friend of hers with horns. ]

I like the name Ghost! It's nice to meet you again.

[voidbug]

[Well the handwriting would have still looked the same. However, it friend..!]

You do?

It is nice seeing you again too.

[hearthwarming]

[ That too! ]

Yes, because now I know how to send messages to you!

But do you like the name, yourself? That's the most important part!

[voidbug]

[Oh right, direct messages..!!]

[But do they like it though, hmmm......]

It helps remind me of someone.

[What is she doing now, they wonder.]

[hearthwarming]

[ Yeah, she's definitely going to send them images of owls on the regular, now. It'll be great! ]

Oh! Was this someone a friend of yours?

[ She hopes the reminder is a happy one, though. ]

[voidbug]

[Well, the owls were definitely cute.]

It is somewhat complicated.

[Hornet did try killing them like, twice, after all.]

But I think we are friends now.

[hearthwarming]

[ Sometimes friends just maybe try to kill each other once or twice! That's fine isn't it? ]

It's alright to have complicated feelings about it too! But it's interesting that the journal picked out that name for you. Would you mind if I kept calling you Ghost, for now?

[voidbug]

I thought of it as a temporary name. Not sure how the journal knew.

[It just, did it completely on its own??]

You can if you want to.

[hearthwarming]

I think the journals are bound to us with dreamotion, so it wouldn't surprise me if it just... knows these sorts of things about us! After all, I don't think I gave it my name when I first got it, either, but it knew!

[ privacy concerns with magical communication devices?? in our wholesome fantasy dream world setting??? ]

[voidbug]

[That's probably fine!!]

So I gave my journal a name by just thinking of a name?

[That...sure is something. Dreamotion is strange but fascinating.]

Well, I am thankful I chose one I am okay with.

[hearthwarming]

I bet you would be able to change it again just as easily if you found another name that you like better.

But I do like "Ghost." It sounds very cool and mysterious!

[voidbug]

[They get to be cool now?! Aaaa]

Even if I can, I could keep it anyway. Which is strange as I likely would have never had one at all if it weren't for this place.

[hearthwarming]

[ They were always cool in Ori's book! ]

I see... This realm definitely has no shortage of strangeness to it, right?

For what it's worth, I like that it can be strange! Because now you get to have a name when you might not have had one before.

[voidbug]

I think I like it here.

[Which may or may not be a problem for later, but for now, they're happy.]

[hearthwarming]

[ Oh... for a moment, Ori just clutches her journal to her chest before she writes back, ]

I think I like it here, too. A lot!

What else do you like about being here?

[voidbug]

It is more peaceful.

[Though they should keep some of their guard up. It might be still connected to that dream somehow and, if it is...]

[hearthwarming]

[ Hmm... ]

Even though people get really strong nightmares and the moon is gone?

[voidbug]

[Well, maybe those things are bad, but!]

I never knew the moon was something that important.

Are the nightmares that bad?

[hearthwarming]

Normally I wouldn't think that nightmares would be so bad, but... this place does seem to know to show you exactly what you're dreading, and in a way that just feel so real...

[voidbug]

[It may or may not be worse than Infection, but if it were that out of control it might cause plenty of problems anyway.]

There was someone I knew that might understand these nightmares, if he was still alive.

[hearthwarming]

[ Oh........ ]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend...

[ She assumes he was a friend, at least. ]

And I'm sorry that this conversation took such a sad turn! Thinking about nightmares can wait. We should be celebrating you finding a name. I really am happy for you!

[voidbug]

It was his own choice. For his child and his troupe.

[Actually it is even more awkward since they were the one that killed him, but...well, what's happened happened. And for a moment they were planning on leaving it there, however--]

I wonder if he had traveled to this world before. It's hard to know how big the Dream Realm really is.

[But uh, yeah. They could discuss about other things.]

[hearthwarming]

[ Perhaps they'll come to really understand how vast this place is, someday, but for now... ]

Please forgive my asking, but... what sorts of foods do you like? Or maybe there's something I can make for you to commemorate this?

[voidbug]

[Foods... ah.]

Not sure if I can eat.

But maybe there is something else instead.

[Just not, exactly sure what that might be.]

[hearthwarming]

Oh! Then... Something else?

What do you like to do here?

[voidbug]

[That... actually is a good question.]

I have not seen all there is to do here yet.

[And also a non-answer.]

Sender: Rokurou

[rokubro]

Oh yeah? Changed how?

[voidbug]

It has a name now.

[Well, it's actually just using their new name now, but...!]

[rokubro]

"It"? ...Your journal?

[HE'S SO CONFUSED bear with him, he'll get it soon (hopefully).]

[voidbug]

Yes, it did not used to.

I did not either.

[Helping??]

[rokubro]

[Doot. Doot. Doot. Ding!]

Ooooh you didn't have a name before! I gotcha now. Did you decide a name for yourself?

[voidbug]

I did, even though I did not exactly come up with it first.

[rokubro]

[Somehow he's getting deja vu and is reminded of Laphicet from back home.]

Do you like it at least?

[voidbug]

I think so. And so far everyone else seems to like it too.

[So it makes them like it even more!]