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Post by disasterAverted on Jul 21, 2012 20:42:55 GMT -5
Ok, I know she's a Time aspect. And I have read up on what that means. So I get that this probably does not mean my sister is actually permanently dead in a "you'll never see her again" way. But... fuck.
What am I supposed to do here? I can't bring myself to tell her, rather less give it to her. This is gonna be a hundred times worse on her than me. But I can't hide it either...
Ok, I guess I know I'm really going to have to do it sooner or later, but... someone say something useful. Please.
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Post by elegantOdyssey on Jul 21, 2012 22:58:36 GMT -5
Contact your sister. Ensure that she is, in fact, alive. Make sure that you understand this thoroughly and determine whether or not this body is a doomed self (although it should be perfectly clear that yeah it is).
Then throw the body somewhere you won't see it again (consider incineration?) and attempt to forget about it.
Whether you want to warn her that she's at risk of being shanked in doomed timelines is up to you. How old is she? Is she capable of understanding (and accepting) that she is going to die several times over the course of this game, even if it's not really her? Consider the meaning of Time, etcetera, yadda yadda, and so forth.
Unwanted Anecdote: My own Time player had to come to the 'hey, you're going to die a lot' realization rather unpleasantly, so I suggest she hears it from a person she trusts. If there are other players likely to stumble across bodies, beat them to the punch. Don't literally beat them that might make them upset.
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Post by stanzicApparati on Jul 22, 2012 2:22:05 GMT -5
Honestly, it's better if you just tell her where (and when!) the body is and ask her what she wants you to do with it.
The game gets...tetchy if you try to subvert [No Rest For The Wicked] by keeping the Time player out of contact with dead doomed selves.
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Post by silentAnswer on Jul 22, 2012 8:58:07 GMT -5
Alternately, you could post about it on a public forum where I have a feed telling me whenever you make a post. That works too.
I'm coming over there now. I assume it's in your house somewhere?
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Post by elegantOdyssey on Jul 22, 2012 13:49:47 GMT -5
Busted.
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Post by disasterAverted on Jul 22, 2012 14:25:21 GMT -5
Ok so she sort of freaked out and ran away when she saw it. Which wasn't unexpected. But then she locked herself in her room and hasn't left for about twelve hours. She won't answer anybody in chat and all she's doing is staring at her crystal ball and occasionally crying (yes I spied using the client-server connection. I got worried after the first hour ok?).
I... guess she's trying to avoid having to deal with timeline doom by handling all the screwups by seer power instead? I don't know, but she honestly looks to be in a worse state the longer she does it. You guys have to be better than me at gauging breakdowns, should I be stopping this?
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Post by elegantOdyssey on Jul 22, 2012 14:40:03 GMT -5
I'll confess I'm not exactly skilled at this whole thing. Actually I'm the complete freaking opposite. As my advice was unhelpful before, on this matter I'll defer to a more experienced player.
Although I hear hugs are helpful.
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Post by musicalDecay on Jul 22, 2012 14:42:46 GMT -5
She may have a case of [knights syndrome] the best I could offer is to try to hug and comfort her:). Someone more in tune with sburb mental illnesses should be able to give better advice, sorry:).
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Post by disasterAverted on Jul 22, 2012 16:12:17 GMT -5
Knights Syndrome? Isn't that supposed to be my thing?
And as I said she's not responding to anyone and locked herself in her room. As her server player I could certainly force myself in or her out, but both sound like a violation of trust and a bad idea anyways.
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Post by elegantOdyssey on Jul 22, 2012 16:23:17 GMT -5
Well, she's made it clear she can see your posts here.
SA: Dying happens when you're a Time player. Dying happens a lot. With all due respect for your feelings, fears, etcetera - get over it. You're going to have to deal with it sooner or later. Make it sooner. You are inconveniencing your brother (?) and probably the rest of your session as well.
On that note, DA: How are your coplayers reacting to this?
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Post by disasterAverted on Jul 22, 2012 16:56:09 GMT -5
Stacey's taking it pretty bad. They were always the closest of the group. Timmy and Alex are probably a little worried but Alex doesn't think there's much he can do and Timmy is best left out of any delicate emotional situation (Guard of Heart or not). Adam... I'm not even sure he's aware anything's up, even after we told him. Whatever the game's done to his head when it made him a "Rain" player makes him impossible to talk to. I try not to think about it since the guide assures me it'll be fixed at the end of the session.
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Post by stanzicApparati on Jul 22, 2012 20:21:48 GMT -5
Go in and tell her that she can't break down. Tell her to get up and keep going and not stop until you've all beaten this damn game.
You're going to have to mean it, but you're Rage. It'll work, at least for a little while, as long as you mean it.
Also, hug her. This sounds more like Aggrievance than Knight Syndrome. And make sure she has [All The Time In The Medium] and [Time Heals All Wounds] running, too.
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Post by musicalDecay on Jul 22, 2012 21:23:48 GMT -5
oh, just so you know. [Knights Syndrome] is a sburb mental illness that makes the person affected by it seem to just want to give up. It's fixed by hugging, comforting, and in some cases sob sessions.
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Post by mislaidLullaby on Jul 23, 2012 7:32:18 GMT -5
[Knights syndrome] typically only affects Knights and Pages though, doesn't it? Hm. I think I may need to revisit that part of the guide.
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Post by stanzicApparati on Jul 23, 2012 9:29:59 GMT -5
It does, but Time's Berserk can present similarly to Knight Syndrome. As long as she's not time-stopping the area, it's probably not a BT, though.
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