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[glowsferatu]

It Is My Regrettable Duty To Inform You That The Count Of Those Present On This Plane No Longer Includes The Following
Jake English
Feferi Peixes
Roxy Lalonde
Rose Lalonde
And Karkat Vantas

There Are Others Missing Also But I Havent Identified Them
Just That The Number Of Familiar Threads Are Fewer In Number
It Seems As Though Some Sort Of Mass Exodus Was Accomplished While We Slept Last Night
And We Are The Ones Left Behind In Its Aftermath

I Wonder If We Havent Offended Her In Some Way

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[themisfit]

I will be sure to let you know.

[glowsferatu]

[ she has her on that one, but when there's still so much else going on... ]

What if I do slacken my efforts and no one steps in to compensate?

[glowsferatu]

And I Hope Youll Be Alright In The Meantime
Even If You Shouldnt Have Some Potential Solution
If You Should Need Anything At All

[shipper]

Then that's their mistake to deal with. You've got to trust that your friends can take care of themselves, even if it seems like a bad idea.

[dupable]

i guess that's true...
but in a place like this one where you can come back to life and all that it doesn't seem like doomed timelines would even be something that should happen.

[xuffasch]

no
that's just what people would have you believe.

[glowsferatu]

The mistake may be theirs, but there are many cases where the consequences will be on all of us.

Should I just...keep the larger responsibilities to myself, then? Let them handle the more personal ones...personally?

[ maybe that would be a good idea. less time spent being a helicopter, more spent being a breadwinner.

how much complaining will she hear if she stops making dinner every night? nepeta's pretty self-sufficient, she'll manage well enough. ...but what if she eats a bad squirrel and gets sick? kanaya will feel like an asshole. loosening the apron strings is hard. ]

[glowsferatu]

While They Are Isolated They Dont
While Our Eventual Return Is Assured
Compromise Either Assurance And The Rules Must Change To Match

But We Are Expending Too Much Time Discussing A Possibility That We Shouldnt Consider Pursuing Anyway
There Are More Immediate Matters At Hand
Like The Fact That You Now Reside With Only Three Striders As Hivemates
How Is That Working Out

[glowsferatu]

But Theres Truth To It When Youre Pretty Plainly Outmatched
It Takes More Than Tenacity To Conquer A Foe Who Is Your Superior In Every Other Area
That Only Works If Youre Already Dead
As By The End Of Such A Conflict You Will Be Either Way

[shipper]

It's a good place to start. [she laughs a little bit, this time more genuinely] Who knows? We might all start picking up some new skills by accident because of it.

[xuffasch]

it takes a winning hand
something to ensure you'll be victorious no matter whom you face.

[glowsferatu]

I suppose that result would be to a collective benefit. But the transition won't be simple, the others may require instruction.

[ read: feferi will definitely require instruction. ]

[glowsferatu]

And You Dont Think A Proper Understanding Of Her Mindset Would Provide That

[xuffasch]

has it, yet?

[glowsferatu]

Well Obviously We Would First Have To Acquire That Understanding Before It Could Serve Our Purposes
It Cant Do Us Any Good While We Still Lack It

[xuffasch]

everyone claims they know that she's sadistic and random.
that hasn't helped. and what if that's all there is?

[glowsferatu]

Yes But Those Are As You Said Merely Claims
Suppositions And Theories
Not Genuine Knowledge
So Until A Way Could Be Discovered To Know More What Can We Really Claim to Know
How Can We Rule Out That Such Knowledge Would Be Useful

[xuffasch]

because we keep coming back to the same questions and not getting anywhere with them.

[shipper]

Well, nobody's purrfect at furst. Pointing people in the right direction is a purretty good thing fur efuryone involved.

[so if you end up pulling Feferi out of the bay nobody's going to be particularly angry about it]

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[soulbonder]

bonds is more inclusive
it can mean different ones

family or friends

[glowsferatu]

Then Perhaps The Wrong Inquiries Are Being Made To The Wrong Sources

[xuffasch]

you think there's a source left we haven't tried?

[glowsferatu]

But would that really count as being so hands-off a you're suggesting?

[ if she has to do that again she is going to be so cross. she is going to start keeping a chart: it has been x days since feferi has had to be forcibly removed from sulking underwater. ]

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[glowsferatu]

Family Is Still A Concept I Have A Limited Understanding Of
But I Think Were Talking About Essentially The Same Thing
Did You Not Have Them Where You Originate

[glowsferatu]

We Implies A Collective
A Sharing Of Knowledge That Ive Never Seen Occur
What Sources Have You Tried