Valour 5: Thought I was the one with the alcohol problem Valour 5: I don't use that word lightly, so it was mostly the madness talking Valour 5: I'd appreciate it if you forgot everything I said before then, too
Thancred: it is nnot a probhlem Thancred: i wivll put your confcessions out oyf mind, snice you askde Thancred: in the name off ouhr lukepwarm aquaintance
Valour 5: Thancred I'm an alcoholic 58 years old man I can spot a drinking problem when I see it. Valour 5: If it makes it any better it's more than lukewarm. I do enjoy your company.
Valour 5: And I'm doing remarkably well Valour 5: I haven't gotten drunk in days, maybe weeks. Valour 5: Considered I used to on a daily basis I'm considering that a resounding success on improving my lifestyle
[ Well now he really is concerned. Should he even say anything? Thancred is younger, but he is an adult, and they are on opposing sides. He already knows getting too involved will make things worse — he experienced that with Auracite and Noah both. ]
Valour 5: I more or less swap it out for caffeine instead when I feel like drinking Valour 5: That, and I've been talking to those I love instead Valour 5: It's been easier to stop relying on alcohol ever since I realized I'm no longer alone Valour 5: Do you have anyone you can actually talk to? With no filters.
[This is the point where he would usually clam up, but, y'know. He's very drunk and very upset.]
Thancred: i hajve nfo desire to eget into my feelings with anyone. Thancred: all vi would like to do right znow iys forget abogut them. Thancred: i am well aware i'll find no succor at the bottom of a bottle, but i caon hofld thiks pain azt awrm's length until it is dulled. Thancred: i would appreciate sit would you let me do so without lneeding.
Valour 5: You know as well as I do that that won't work Valour 5: The alcohol will dull the pain temporarily, and even then, only if you manage to pass out from it Valour 5: And once you wake up in the morning it'll be right back there, eating at you Valour 5: The more you'll try to push it aside the more it'll catch up to you Valour 5: And judging by your current state I'd say it already caught up to you and you're not doing very well in trying to escape it Valour 5: Whether you like it or not you're going to have to face it Valour 5: You can do so by confronting it properly and talking it out with someone, or you will have to when you'll break apart enough that you will not be able to function at all Valour 5: It's your choice Valour 5: But I will listen and I will show no pity, if that would help.
[That sure is a lot of painful truth. He'd feel like an immature fool to argue at this point, so instead he just doesn't respond for awhile.
He's removing himself from the sensitiv common area, so he can sit in his own room and fall apart alone. It's just too hard to put it into words, especially in person where people can see his dumb sad face. But he does, eventually, reply.]
Thancred: i knfow everything you've saaid is true, and i thank you fhor your support.
Valour 5: We may not be friends Valour 5: But I understand better than most, perhaps Valour 5: I'll give you a few days to gather your thoughts Valour 5: But I will bring it up next time I see you
[Maybe he will feel better by then, but right now it's hard to imagine doing anything but running for the hills if he's asked what's going on. Even if he knows he needs to address it, just thinking about it is sending him into a panic.]
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Day 278, late night
Thancred: are ew actually friends nofw or was thta tdhe magdness talking?
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Valour 5: I don't use that word lightly, so it was mostly the madness talking
Valour 5: I'd appreciate it if you forgot everything I said before then, too
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Thancred: i wivll put your confcessions out oyf mind, snice you askde
Thancred: in the name off ouhr lukepwarm aquaintance
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Valour 5: If it makes it any better it's more than lukewarm. I do enjoy your company.
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Thancred: but i am pectelfry reasonalbe witmh amy dalcohol consumption.
[He is too wasted to remember that the more he says that the worse he probably is. He's fine. Everything's fine.]
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Thancred i know to dtrink zwater. i am nto ea child.
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Valour 5: I get to treat you like an overbearing child if I want to
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Valour 5: Go to your room. You're grounded.
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Valour 5: And admittedly the game did bring about some unfortunate thoughts
Valour 5: But I'm fine
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[In other words he doubts it. But he'll not poke at Valour if he can avoid being poked at in return.]
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Thancred: yaou called yourfels an alcoholic!
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Valour 5: I haven't gotten drunk in days, maybe weeks.
Valour 5: Considered I used to on a daily basis I'm considering that a resounding success on improving my lifestyle
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Thancred: i dwas doinwg that well, untcil this placye ruined it
Thancred: but i will not xlose control zof it
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Valour 5: I more or less swap it out for caffeine instead when I feel like drinking
Valour 5: That, and I've been talking to those I love instead
Valour 5: It's been easier to stop relying on alcohol ever since I realized I'm no longer alone
Valour 5: Do you have anyone you can actually talk to? With no filters.
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Thancred: i hajve nfo desire to eget into my feelings with anyone.
Thancred: all vi would like to do right znow iys forget abogut them.
Thancred: i am well aware i'll find no succor at the bottom of a bottle, but i caon hofld thiks pain azt awrm's length until it is dulled.
Thancred: i would appreciate sit would you let me do so without lneeding.
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Valour 5: The alcohol will dull the pain temporarily, and even then, only if you manage to pass out from it
Valour 5: And once you wake up in the morning it'll be right back there, eating at you
Valour 5: The more you'll try to push it aside the more it'll catch up to you
Valour 5: And judging by your current state I'd say it already caught up to you and you're not doing very well in trying to escape it
Valour 5: Whether you like it or not you're going to have to face it
Valour 5: You can do so by confronting it properly and talking it out with someone, or you will have to when you'll break apart enough that you will not be able to function at all
Valour 5: It's your choice
Valour 5: But I will listen and I will show no pity, if that would help.
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He's removing himself from the sensitiv common area, so he can sit in his own room and fall apart alone. It's just too hard to put it into words, especially in person where people can see his dumb sad face. But he does, eventually, reply.]
Thancred: i knfow everything you've saaid is true, and i thank you fhor your support.
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Valour 5: But I understand better than most, perhaps
Valour 5: I'll give you a few days to gather your thoughts
Valour 5: But I will bring it up next time I see you
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[Maybe he will feel better by then, but right now it's hard to imagine doing anything but running for the hills if he's asked what's going on. Even if he knows he needs to address it, just thinking about it is sending him into a panic.]
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