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[The following is actually a series of three separate posts to the network; all three are posted in fairly quick succession, likely before anyone can reply to the first two, though they are open to comments.]

how do you make it so not everyone can read one of these things

[like thirty seconds later]

oh

[a couple of minutes later LOCKED FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE NAMED ELENA FISHER]

so a bunch of people use this system to pour their hearts out and get other people to do the same which usually seems weird to me. i mean just because you say it over the mid doesn't mean you won't run into people later and make it really weird and awkward. i don't know maybe that's just me.

except what the hell i'm pretty drunk right now so why the fuck not!

RIDDLE ME THIS, CREWMATES. pretend for a minute that you're a complete asshole who somehow got the most amazing woman in the world to marry you, fucked it up real fast like dropped a grenade on it bad BECAUSE you're a complete asshole, got her to take you back and start over and then fucked it up again.

what do you do? asking for a friend.

also the first person to make a suggestion that actually works can have some of my alcohol stash. everyone else can fuck off i'm not sharing.

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[OPTION 1: DRUNK. Nate is pretty toasted as he wanders around the ship, but not so much than he has trouble getting around with just an occasional stumble. Alcohol tends to loosen his lips, so he'll gladly (well, not he's not real glad about anything right now) talk to anyone who makes the poor life decision to talk to him first.

[OPTION 2: DRUNKER. Jeez, he's getting to be a real mess now. Nate makes a trip to where the Mess Hall used to be so he can pour one out in honor of the lost bar. What a hideous waste of alcohol. Afterward, he visits the observation deck to drunkenly look at the stars, and will stay there.

[OPTION 3: DRUNKEST. Oh god he's so unhappy. Look at this complete wreck of a man who's making the observation deck a pretty unpleasant place to be. He is completely wasted. (Existing CR only for this option please—basically, if they've had at least one conversation, you're good.)]

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Huh. Maybe, one of these days. When I'm not in space anymore.

[Purple people aren't up to scratch compared to some of the shit out here. Or other places, going by what Dorian's said. Demons he can imagine, dragons he gets, darkspawn sounds shitty and creepy and probably really gross.

But ugh. Back to the current reality, had to happen eventually. Unfortunately.]

Oh what's to tell, I mean I just proved to my wife that I'm a dick who runs from the hard talks and all the progress we made fixing our marriage was fake bullshit.

Yeah, I guess it does.

[Her point of view might be different from his on that matter, but it always was. She needed someone she could rely on. Count on. At the time, he wasn't that person. And if he expected her to go down in flames with him, then he didn't know her very well. At least until she changed her mind in Shangri-la, anyway.

As for the other stuff.]

God Nate, get your shit together. Elena has more balls than you do. And more sense, too. Just tell her. Whatever it is you're feeling, lay it out there. I'm no expert in the whole relationships thing, but I know keeping secrets doesn't keep relationships.

[That pulls Nate up short, sort of. He's still drunk and still curled up in a metaphoric blanket of self-pity and recrimination, but there's not a thing Chloe just said that isn't true.]

it's not about keeping secrets i just don't
some things i can't talk about

but
yeah
you're not wrong
especially about the balls

Edited 2016-07-18 16:24 (UTC)

That's sort of the definition of keeping things secret.

If you really love her and she really loves you, then there isn't anything you can't talk about.

Otherwise, I don't know what business you have getting married. So man up and just talk to her.

You know what I mean. Very improbable shit.

See, that is a good spirit. I think that will help.

it's not that simple
i wasn't hiding stuff i just never brought certain things up and
fuck
can you stop being right
it's really irritating

well i probably can't hurt things more than i already have
so things have to look up from here
right

I wouldn't say that, but maybe is better to say if is worth the effort and risk.

I can't say that I'm much better, I ran away from my fiancé...granted we were arranged before either one of us could even speak. Marriage sounds...complicated.

[Doubly so in Dorian's case, but that was beside the point.

Dorian wasn't typically so schmaltzy, but he knew that this wasn't as causal a situation as he made it seem.

Carefully, the mage pulled Nate into the manliest half-hug he could manage considering the man's drunken state. He would blame this on the wine later.

Aaaaaaaand release.]

You love your wife, anyone can see it...when you talk about her you get this look on your face that I can't put a description to, it's almost nauseating...but adorable. Your marriage isn't fake...I've seen plenty of fake marriages, people who stay together for coin, prestige, power, and because it is what is expected of them. My parents can barely tolerate one another, I suspect I was the reason why- coy insults round every corner. They try not to stay in the same room together longer than they can manage, reason why I'm an only child.

[Ruffling Nate's hair.]

You've problems, but some things are not impossible to repair.

There are always people who mean one thing but truly can't ever push themselves to it, no matter how much they say they want it. Considering your position, I'd think that's more than enough proof you want to make it count.

I don't know her very well, so you'll have to start by telling me what you see in her.

ok so before i start can you make this private
because i'm sober enough to know i should but too drunk to do it

[immediately]

it is

That's usually people's first mistake.
Look. Sleep this off, sober up, then read over what everyone told you. Maybe something will stand out.

[Huh. Now that's a story, and he'd consider asking about it if he had more of his wits about him. Dorian hardly comes off as the marrying type...apparently there's a reason for that.

But then he catches Nate off guard with the very manly half-hug and hair ruffle and speech, not that that's hard.]

Makes it sound a lot more possible, the way you say it.

[And really, he wants it to be.]

Too bad they don't make duct tape for this.

i'm more inclined to never be sober again but i suppose it's inevitable

[Ask him about it sometime when you're sober, he might be inclined to talk about it. Fair is fair and all of that.]

Of course, I have such a way with words, perhaps I should have warned you. And honestly, I think it is possible, easier when people love one another than when they do not.

[Of course it's impossible to work on anything when you loathe the other person. Nate has a better chance than most.]

I don't know what duck tape is, Nate. Is it a device used to truss up the limbs of unsuspecting waterfowl?

Tried that. Doesn't work.

[ Normally Snake wouldn't go so far as to admit that, but what are the chances this guy will even remember once morning comes? ]

And she found out about it? She probably finds out everything eventually.

A moment, then. These are different from the lockets.

All locked away, as asked. You're free to tell me as much, or as little, as you want, monsieur Drake.

she does but
not this time
not exactly

that's what i figured
rats

[That's a remarkably mild curse, considering his mood.]

[If he remembers.]

Prob'ly, yeah.

[If he says that without an extreme amount of conviction, well...look at where he is now, in a situation where two people love one another.

Of course, Dorian said easier, not easy.]

Duct. Duct tape. It's tape for ducts. Do you have those? Naw, you must not. I bet a duck would get pretty pissed if you taped it up. Kinda want to try it now. But that's animal cruelty.

yay

okay so she's pretty much amazing
'yeah nate we know you think so that's why you married her' no shit but she really is
she broke me out of a god damn jail cell once by tearing out the wall with a 4x4 it was amazing i'm pretty sure i fell in love with her then
and she just wants to help people by telling her stories it gets her in some real shit sometimes but it's really unselfish and brave and honestly entertaining too
she's good at what she does

also she's really really really good in bed

Edited 2016-07-20 02:47 (UTC)

[Drink deep and plenty Nate, so they do not have that conversation.]

That's the spirit, Nate.

[All he needs is the proper motivation and someone to light a fire underneath him...Dorian will just have to find someone who can do that.]

You have the right of it there. [No ducts where he's from, they build things the old fashioned way.] I bet a duck would attack you if you tried it and, somehow, the idea tickles me.

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