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Type: Video
Sender ID: paradisaea (Kaveh)
To: so, so public
Subject: important question!!!
Warnings: Alcoholism and the chaos gays probably in the comments somewhere.

[Kaveh is laying at on a couch in his home, sprawled bonelessly across it, and he's clearly flushed. Given he's staring despondently up at the ceiling and not directly at the camera, this is not because he's having a good time.]

Hey...how are you s'posed to convince people y'care about them? [Kaveh laughs a bit, bitterly.] I'm clearly doing it wrong.

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mehrak: Voice to text mode activated! ^_^ Transcribing speech...
mehrak: "I thought we were were doing okay until recently..."
mehrak: "Well, no, one of them wasn't...I just didn't think I had the right to say anything and they didn't want to talk about it..."
mehrak: "Oh no, I haven't been supportive at all, no wonder they don't believe me, I'm a failure of a boss and a landloooooorrrrrrd"
mehrak: Transcription ending due to emotional distress! :( We'll Be Right Back

[Alcoholism, Wrio. What Kaveh's doing is Alcoholism.]

[Wriothesley's got ways to sober him up if needed. Also, oh no, Mehrak is transcribing? Not good.]

You're not a failure, you just thought you might be prying. Sometimes, it does become necessary to force an answer out of them; always a matter of deciding if the moment calls for it.

[There's a moment's pause and then ~~I don't want to type font tags~~ Kaveh apparently gave up on trying to override Mehrak's protective functions and just went to voice.]

Won't they just resent me more if I force it?

Could; or you have an argument, let things cool off, and they become more willing to talk about it. Most don't mean it, but when they're in a mood, they can only lash out. Doesn't matter the person, they become unable to contain their emotions and the first person across them just ends up in the crosshairs. It's why usually telling someone to blow off steam when they get upset or heated helps. Also why I keep the Pankration Ring going in the Fortress along with some machines that people can hit.

Do I look like someone who could survive in a Pankration Ring?

[That's what we focused on, Kaveh? Really?]

[He laughs to himself. Kaveh focusing on the wrong thing.]

You can use some tools to help you if needed. I've seen some interesting fights and we had some surprising winners.

[Distracting him might be the best thing he can do for Kaveh right now, being honest.]

...Mmm, but it'd be dangerous for me to use Mehrak, most places here are going to risk a bloom reaction.

[He's upset not out for murder.]

True, that would be. There's a very limited allowance on Vision usage since we want to keep some things fair. Now thinking about it, if I tried to arrange one here, I'd have to find a way to keep it fair to everyone.

Insulated from the elements...or maybe any energy at all. That's tricky, you'd need resistant materials and something extra built into the floor, but still retaining some bounce and flexibility...

[Well now you've really gotten him going, Wrio.]

[Again, a chuckle on his side. At least Kaveh's thinking about something else.]

Much easier to renovate it in the Fortress, that's for sure. Where would you recommend I start researching such materials?

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