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[sketchycharacter]

[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.

[action options - feel free to go from a network thread to one of these]

[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.)]

Comments

[ersatzeverything]

Next time I'll totally use bullet points and charts too.

Get her something for her pistol. Or replace the one she picked up here with something as close as you can get to the favorite one that got left back home. Doesn't have to be perfect, just has to show that you care, you know? And that you pay attention to the stuff she likes.

If you can't avoid fucking up, at least try to fuck up less often, or keep your fuck ups less fucked. You've got to show her that you're on a trajectory of improvement, that there's a hope for her that fewer fucks will be upped in the future. Otherwise she's going to get sick of the cycle and you'd better get used to being single again.

[sketchycharacter]

yes do that it'd be super helpful

just so you know i'm writing all this down
well not really i'm just going to save this message for later once i sober up
because she already bought a camera which is the other thing she likes down on vacation planet but she doesn't have a gun and she's picky about that
even if she won't admit it

ok i need to drink more or less because you lost me with that last section

[ersatzeverything]

Read it again when you're sober. It'll totally make sense then. Maybe.

Good luck, pal.

[sketchycharacter]

i sure as hell hope so

thanks buddy