05282014rysporsami

 -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] began pestering arcaneArt1san [AA] at 21:23 --

 [09:23] GT: ~Hello, ʃami! It'ʃ been a while ʃince we've talked, haʃ it not?~

 [09:24] AA: I'm not sure. I've sort of lost sense of how fast time is going on this world.

 [09:25] GT: ~I ʃvppoʃe I'm rather ʃvʃceptible to that aʃ well. One never realizeʃ how hard it iʃ to keep track of time vnderwater vntil one experienceʃ it...~

 [09:25] AA: Wait, aren't you some sort of mer-troll anyway?

 [09:26] GT: ~Well, my lvʃvʃ waʃ land-dwelling, ʃo I waʃ forced to bvild my hive above the water. I never really went vnderwater all that mvch back on Alternia, actvally. It'ʃ rather nice being able to do ʃo now.~

 [09:27] GT: ~In any caʃe, I have a bit of a favor to aʃk of yov, if that'ʃ all right.~

 [09:33] AA: Oh? What's up?

 [09:37] GT: ~Well, I'm ʃvre yov've experienced thiʃ before, being Beav'ʃ mateʃprit, bvt Beav haʃ rather crippling ʃelf-eʃteem iʃʃveʃ, which iʃ a ʃhame, becavʃe I feel ʃhe really doeʃ ʃo mvch to help people and I wiʃh ʃhe covld recognize that. I attempted to help, bvt I don't think I'm going to make mvch of an impact on my own, ʃo I waʃ thinking that perhapʃ we covld organize ʃomething to ʃhow her that people

 [09:37] GT: really don't think ʃhe'ʃ vʃeleʃʃ? ʃome kind of meaningfvl geʃtvre, perhapʃ?~

 [09:37] GT: ~It might be a ʃilly idea, I don't know.~

 [09:38] AA: Lord knows I've tried to help her believe in herself more. She is WAY too hard on herself.

 [09:38] AA: I'd love to help. But I'm not sure if a big gesture's going to be enough.

 [09:39] GT: ~It'ʃ worth a try, I ʃvppoʃe. I've actvally already recrvited Nate and Doir, haha.~

 [09:39] AA: ...to be honest, I'm a little scared that showing her how many people believe in her is just going to make her feel even more like she can't live up to their expectations. :(

 [09:39] GT: ~Mm, yeʃ, yov make a good point.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:40] AA: If she could just see herself the way I see her....she'd never doubt herself again!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:40] GT: ~What if we all wrote ovt ʃomething talking abovt how we ʃee her? That might be more effective than jvʃt a general 'we believe in yov'.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:46] AA: Hmmm. I don't know. We can try it....but I've been telling her how great she is the whole time we've been here.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:47] GT: ~Aʃ I ʃaid earlier, it'ʃ poʃʃible many voiceʃ will have the effect one alone cannot acheive.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:48] GT: ~One can bvt hope, I ʃvppoʃe.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:49] AA: Maybe so. I'm willing to keep on keeping on.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:49] AA: I was going to anyway, in fact!

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:50] AA: Maybe all she really needs is a good, unambiguous victory under her belt. And beating this world will be enough to show her she's a good leader.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:52] GT: ~I hope that'ʃ the caʃe. It'ʃ terrible watching aʃ wonderfvl a perʃon aʃ her talk abovt herʃelf aʃ if ʃhe were the moʃt loathʃome thing ever to come into being.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [09:58] AA: Yeah. You're preaching to the choir. Hearing her be so hard on herself hurts way worse than that broken leg did.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:01] GT: ~I can only imagine, eʃpecially conʃidering yovr ʃtatvʃ aʃ her mateʃprit. I imagine it mvʃt feel aʃ if yov're perʃonally reʃponʃible for it to ʃome extent.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:02] AA: Sometimes, yeah. I can't help feeling like there's something more I could be doing...

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:04] GT: ~I wovldn't be too harʃh on yovrʃelf. ʃelf-eʃteem iʃʃveʃ, eʃpecially thoʃeʃ aʃ deep-rooted aʃ Beav'ʃ, are difficvlt indeed to covnteract.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:05] AA: Yeah, I know. That's why I'm just trying to be someone she can lean against when she's feeling down, instead of trying to keep pushing her to believe in herself.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:06] GT: ~It'ʃ good that yov're there for her.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:07] AA: Yeah. I just hope it's enough.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:08] GT: ~Aʃ do I.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:09] AA: Let me know what you guys decide on. I'll help however I can.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:10] GT: ~I think we will end vp going with the letter idea. I'll commvnicate it to the otherʃ.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:11] GT: ~Thank yov for yovr ʃvpport, ʃami! I knew I covld covnt on yov.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:12] AA: No problem.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:14] GT: ~I'll leave yov to whatever it iʃ yov were vp to before I peʃtered yov, then.~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:14] AA: All right. Talk to you later.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> [10:15] GT: ~Vntil next time!~

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"> -- gregariousTroubadour [GT] ceased pestering arcaneArt1san [AA] at 22:15 --