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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

[saidsarcastically]

It's hard to say what kind of talking is going to help in any kind of situation or even if it will help. That kind of stuff depends on the marriage and the two people in it. All I can say is in times like these it's good to remind her of how much you love her. [Because it could all go away in an instant, is what he doesn't type but thinks to himself.] Sounds lame but it never hurts.

[sketchycharacter]

i'd like to think that part was never in doubt but then i'm a huge fuckup so what do i know
it's ok to sound lame
can't be worse than how i sound

[saidsarcastically]

It doesn't need to be in doubt. Sometimes it just helps them to hear it. Kind of like when you're losing your shit and someone slaps you in the face.

You sound like a man with regrets. I think that's like half of us on the ship so you're fine.

[sketchycharacter]

yeah
that's probably true
god
i don't know how much of this i'll remember tomorrow or how much i can take your advice
but for what it's worth
thanks

[saidsarcastically]

No problem.

Hope it all works out.

[sketchycharacter]

thanks
me too