The weirdest of dreams

[whats_a_good_end]

[1]

Wuaaaaagh!

[Dreams can sometimes feel very, very real.  And when it involves spooky or creepy circumstances that actually might be pretty realistic considering your current lot in life, that can make it even worse.  The nghtmare Ana just went through is one of those, and in the midst of waking up and flailing-]

THUMP.

[... Gravity took its toll when she wound up on the edge of the bed.]

... For that matter, don't tell me.  Is it November ye-

[One glance at the calender clears that up.  Only the 24th... though it hasn't exactly been a great month though for other people...]

[2]

 

[Later that day Ana's actually looking over the memorials and reminders of those in or allies of the Unity Group whose luck ran out.  Even the Breaker theft incident has some stuff set up too...]

... Just seems kinda childish now that I'm actually thinking about it..

[Out from her pockets comes a little black book, one she flips through briefly before closing it with a frown and a sigh.]

Just an excuse to get drunk off my ass and think it was justified.

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[whats_a_good_end]

I know that. It's more just... I think I was going about things I ran into for that one month the wrong way. Maybe even an excuse to get caught up with every inconvenience that happened to me and then get plastered at the end of things.

Like you said, everyone has burdens and times things take a turn for the worse. But I don't need to arbitrarily try to keep stock of everything bad that happens to me in one month, even down to-

[It's not hard for her to find a rather petty incident she wrote down.]

"Umbrella got bent backwards and broke in the rain. Had to buy a new one."

[jianai]

True, that's not quite on the same level as your friends being hurt, or worse.

Well then!

[Ren claps their hands.]

Let's reverse it, shall we? For the next month, please try to keep track of good things that happened to you, not bad ones. I am sure you will find there is quite a lot of those, too.

[whats_a_good_end]

I can definitely try to do that. So...

[Flipping over to the end of her list-]

It'll be a fresh start come this November.

[And with a decidisve tear she rips the former leaflets out and balls them up.]

And I won't let bad turns of luck, past or present, get me down this time.

[jianai]

That's the spirit!

[A cheesy thumbs up.]

Oh, by the way. I don't think we met before, did we? My name is Ren Ubuntu.

[whats_a_good_end]

Ren...

[Right, that name sounds familiar. One of the more unusual people here, but even without reading that primer it'd be obvious on account of Ren being all red-skinned, horned, and androgynous.]

Nice to finally meet you Ren. I'm Ana.

[jianai]

I'm glad that we could talk, Ana.

"Finally", you say. Could it be, that I'm already famous?

[Asked in an amused tone.]

[whats_a_good_end]

Well, maybe not famous but at least unique around here.

[jianai]

Everyone is unique in their own special way.

[Cheese levels rising to critical values, captain!]