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Post by pickledcatnip on Jun 12, 2012 1:06:53 GMT -5
Hiya~ I'm pretty sure most of you know or at least kind of heard of benignNetherworld, right? She's on here all the time as far as I know...
Well I finally think she broke. About six days ago we lost complete contact. Entirely. Then we realized she blocked us all on pesterchum. Yeah, how lovely is that? Literally we had no way to talk to her anymore. So then we started looking, as that is WAY beyond her normal behavior. Obviously there were signs before, and I feel bad for not noticing in time. I guess we were all just busy and forgot that she was alone...
Finally I was able to scry her location. That's the good news.
Bad news, she's managed to get herself into a weird spot.
Somehow she has managed to squeeze herself in an area just outside of an Atomic Ebonpyre, where we would have to go through it to get to her. And I'm not sure how to do it without anyone getting hurt.
I also have no idea what we should do once we find her. I'm afraid she hasn't slept in at least three weeks, and from what I could tell she has stopped eating as well. She might berserk or something, and I don't think that's good.
Any help or suggestions? I won't let her die out there, she is my friend and I swear I will help her whether she wants it or not.
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Post by tungstenTinkerer on Jun 12, 2012 3:52:56 GMT -5
Sounds like a standard issue case of Aggrievance there. It's something most players end up dealing with sooner or later.
GG's guide suggests stopping to listen to whatever she is saying and hugging the shit out of her. However, I have never really been sure what's up with GG and hugs, I mean, seriously.
I suggest having the Space player bypass the ebonpyre via portal and try talk to her. Tell her that yeah, we know, it's hard, but you get used to it. There's people with 28 sessions out there, right?
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Post by specificNihilism on Jun 12, 2012 5:42:59 GMT -5
trying to talk to her can be good
but spenih has found that the hugs pretty much always help
and in the case of a [bl od] [bers rk trig er]
the hug is actually the best option
so spenih would go for that first
trying to portal in would be best
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Post by pickledcatnip on Jun 12, 2012 10:23:14 GMT -5
Okay guys, we got our Knight to portal in. And about five minutes later he came back with a broken nose and several spikes stuck in his arm.... Apparently she alchemized a shield that shoots these nasty barbed spikes, and he tried to talk to her and all he got was a face full of fist. Then she proceeded to shoot the spikes and he had to portal back out.
He did say she looked like she was leaking that wispy red stuff like the guide says happens when a Blood player goes berserk.
We are going to patch our Knight up and try again, this time he is going to attempt a sneak hug attack.
I am a little frightened that her first thought was to just attack him, those two were always pretty chummy beforehand. But she won't actually kill him or anything, right? That would be just awful and nothing like our dear Lyra....
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Post by specificNihilism on Jun 12, 2012 10:36:10 GMT -5
when people have a bad case
they just want everyone to leave them alone
they'll lash out
even against people they like
just be careful
and keep trying
and give bennet a big hug
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Post by pickledcatnip on Jun 12, 2012 11:20:38 GMT -5
Holy shit. Holy fucking shit that really could have gone better.
So our Prince volunteered to help this time, so both of them portaled over there. The Prince said he was just going to make it so she didn't hear them approach. Yeah, well what he actually did was cast [Blitzkrieg Bop] to try to DEAFEN HER. Instead it went horribly wrong and instead of it deafening her it deafened the Knight and caused her to spot them.
Which also means it made her worse, because apparently the Pulsey Thing she had going on got worse and she attacked them both. Turns out she had been grinding really hard because she is at the top of her eccheladder, and waaaay beyond us.
Now the Knight has several spikes stuck in his side and back, and the Prince got punched in the chest... He isn't allowed to help anymore, but the fact that I think one of his ribs is broken is enough of a deterrent to keep him from trying again.
I think the Prince only made things worse, huh? And now our Knight is deaf, god this turned into a clusterfuck
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Post by specificNihilism on Jun 12, 2012 12:17:38 GMT -5
oh
oh dear
it does sound like that took a turn for the worse
hm
hmhmhm
spenih would suggest regrouping and healing
keeping the [pr nce] away from the matter
actually
get your in on it
have him use psybuffs
or [sme ls like a w ve spiri ] are good choices
they should at least keep her chances of attacking you down
and your [ ane] will get a bonus to his roleplaying
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Post by pickledcatnip on Jun 13, 2012 12:23:31 GMT -5
Well we have patched up the Knight again, and the Prince says his hearing loss SHOULDN'T be permanent... And I hope he's right. Our Bane seemed pretty eager to help, so we decided to try again. Only this time the Knight hung back a bit, and I also went.
Of course the Bane immediately started dumping psybuffs on her, because holy shit she had glowy red stuff seeping out of her and it was somewhat terrifying. She seemed to calm down, at least for a few minutes. We managed to actually talk to her this time... And what she said was a little fucking horrifying.
She said she is simply done with this game, and refuses to play by it's rules. And if we didn't help her either break this thing or kill her she was going to do it herself and take us down with her. Even with the psybuffs she looked edgey and didn't want us close. The more I tried to get closer and give her a hug, the more panicked she started looking. So I backed off a bit and said the others and I would talk about it....
Now what???
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Post by genesisArtificer on Jun 13, 2012 13:48:50 GMT -5
Dont run. man up and hug the girl this instant.
Man this is some shitty Aggrievance. she has too much Pulse in her, she is to active. If you hold her you will absorb some of the surplus
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Post by specificNihilism on Jun 13, 2012 14:47:36 GMT -5
you really
really
really
need to give her a hug
it may be scary
but you have to do it
she's suffering and needs someone to show her that they do actually care
and nothing's better for that than a hug
keep all of those buffs on her
and give her the nicest hug you can
because she needs it
and don't let go until it feels right
don't you dare give up on her
or let her talk about dying
or killing
spenih has treated more cases of this than you've played
she knows what she's talking about
give her a hug
show her you care
don't leave her alone like this again
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Post by tungstenTinkerer on Jun 13, 2012 14:53:42 GMT -5
A solution that doesn't involve trying to hug a berserk blood player with deep mental problem involves just making sure she is not able to restore her pluck by any means and after a while she should not be able to maintain [Chaotic Strength] anymore.
When her buffs start fading you should be able to confront her on more equal terms and/or subdue her. Do keep an eye on her and wait until she is exhausted. Not very nice but it should work.
After she is not homicidal anymore you can probably deal with her Aggrievance a little better.
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Post by pickledcatnip on Jun 13, 2012 17:25:01 GMT -5
We did it.
All together we just sort of charged her and group hugged the hell out of her.
Also in the meantime we had the Prince making a landbed tower. Just so she could sleep.
And forced her to sleep. I think everyone is going to be okay now. Even though she punched me in the arm and I think it's sprained, and she headbutted the bane so hard he was bleeding.
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Post by pickledcatnip on Jun 13, 2012 20:23:07 GMT -5
Sorry for the double post, but anyone have helpful tips for dealing with Aggrievance? We haven't left her alone, and got her to sleep and eat a good meal. But obviously that isn't the root of the problem... Our Bane has taken it upon himself to be her personal cuddlebuddy/bodyguard? thing, so I guess that's good, right?
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Post by specificNihilism on Jun 13, 2012 21:08:18 GMT -5
spenih is good at dealing with this sort of thing
she does it fairly often
make sure you keep someone like your [ba e] with her
minor psybuffs are a good idea while she's recovering
don't let her withdraw like that
essentially
she got sick of the game
and broke down at the thought of having to keep playing it
in not seeing a way out
what you need to do is remind her of the reason that she's here
of why she should keep trying
that she's not alone in this
the fora help
but you can never beat someone in person being there
she's in a delicate time
just be there for her
because really
we all just want that
if you think about it
she just broke down because of it
and because she's overwhelmed thanks to the game
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Post by pickledcatnip on Jun 14, 2012 12:20:56 GMT -5
Okay, well the Bane has been keeping the psybuffs on her, and hasn't left her side. I kind of have to keep an eye on the Prince though, as he doesn't like to sit still and his broken ribs are easily agitated. What a dope, he keeps making it worse. She seems to be getting a little better, and has actually taken up sleeping once in a while. Currently right now she's curled up on the Bane's lap while they're sitting on the landbed tower. I think they were talking earlier, but I wasn't up there to listen. Actually it's kind of cute that they're so close right now. They would make an adorable couple.... Augh, but that is off topic. We will keep a close watch on her until she feels better, hopefully this won't happen again.  |
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