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savetheearth2013-09-29 05:54 pm
hoennmaihime) wrote in savetheearth2013-09-29 05:54 pm
[ 3rd | text | iPad ]
[ Haruka Minamoto did not get scared. Fear was for children, not competent adults (...even if too few people saw her for what she really was. Hopefully the number 16 would bring her more respect and acknowledgement than the number 15 had, although two weeks in, she couldn't say much had changed.)
Experiencing feelings of... caution, however - that was perfectly acceptable. Well-advised, even. All successful people of business dealt with them. Someone who did not feel the need to properly evaluate danger, or saw the point in seeking to manage and mitigate potential risks, would quickly find themselves at the helm of a failed endeavor.
Another thing - successful businesspeople also knew when to seek advice. Asarrogant proud as she was of her abilities, Haruka knew when it was time to outsource. Google had only been able to take her so far, and it was time to gather more firsthand, specific information has to how she might better control her newly-echoed back Blaziken.
It had kind of attacked that girl, after all. Again, not that she was afraid or anything, seriously, what kind of coward would be afraid of a 6ft tall fire-breathing chicken, jeez. ]
I need to bond with someone. Quickly. If you have any experience with this, especially if you've done so in a short period of time, I would appreciate being regaled with how you achieved it.
It is pertinent to our cause.
[ Because lord knows too much of the bullshit that goes on the network isn't. ]
Experiencing feelings of... caution, however - that was perfectly acceptable. Well-advised, even. All successful people of business dealt with them. Someone who did not feel the need to properly evaluate danger, or saw the point in seeking to manage and mitigate potential risks, would quickly find themselves at the helm of a failed endeavor.
Another thing - successful businesspeople also knew when to seek advice. As
It had kind of attacked that girl, after all. Again, not that she was afraid or anything, seriously, what kind of coward would be afraid of a 6ft tall fire-breathing chicken, jeez. ]
I need to bond with someone. Quickly. If you have any experience with this, especially if you've done so in a short period of time, I would appreciate being regaled with how you achieved it.
It is pertinent to our cause.
[ Because lord knows too much of the bullshit that goes on the network isn't. ]
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[Trying to explain kindness to you is a herculean effort already, that's like trying to teach advanced calculus to someone who can barely do arithmetic.
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[well haruka you kind of are]
I find myself suddenly responsible for keeping an intelligent beast under control and I believe that if we are bonded, it will be far more inclined to listen to me.
So give me your tips, unless you want the network's cover to be blown even more than it already has been. I'm doing my part, you do yours.
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An intelligent beast like the talking pony on the network, or what're we talking here?
Anyway, it's not complicated. If you want it to like you, be nice to it.
[Then again...this is coming from the girl who thinks empathy is a burden and is confused by the concept of feeding starving children, so maybe...he ought to take a crack at breaking it down further.]
Let's start with if it can talk or not. If it knows how to talk with you on your level, it'll be different than if it were a magical echo-dog or something.
[He's trying to teach a teenager that's not even his daughter how to make friends, what is his life.]
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And yes, I realize that much. What kind of simpleton do you take me for? I am looking for specific activities we can do together. Fishing. Camping. Hikes through the woods. That kind of thing.
[-wait. She was being mildly sarcastic, but that actually might be a part of the answer. Welp, she knows what she's doing next weekend. Kid with the leash and monster camping trip~
oh and his life is amazing, don't knock it kotetsu]
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Lives may depend on it. At the very least, our cover not being blown further out of the water does.
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don't freak out, for sure
and secondly just
i dunno
show it that it doesn't have anything to fear from you
i mean it worked out well enough
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[Seriously, how?]
But that's besides the point - think of this less of a friendship, more of a [hmm...] a matter of being placed in the same military squadron. Circumstances have brought you together and now you need to be able to trust your life in their hands, and visa versa.
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Okay, the first part is easy enough - my poker face is flawless and keeping calm in stressful situations is as easy as breathing.
The second part, however... if I am to be honest with it (and that is an important part of forming a successful bond, yes?), it has much to fear from me, the same as everyone. I might desire its safety and happiness now, but nothing is static, and regardless of what I wish for it, if it is found out I am not entirely sure as to what I am prepared to do for it.
[The bright side of this is that one day, when she holds blaziken as her dearest friend, she's going to look back on this and be disgusted with herself.]
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Tip 1 though: Don't call someone you want to be friends with the "ace up your sleeve". Magically echoed or not, no one likes to feel like someone only has them around because they're useful in some way.
[AKA start by actually giving a shit.]
GIANT FIRE-CHICKEN? SOUNDS LIKE AN ECHO OPPORTUNITY TO ME
well first you need to establish a common ground with them, like a mutual interest.
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[She doesn't feel like she can be much help here, though.]
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you sound like you have problems tbh
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Have you tried just being friendly? It's usually a good start.
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[Wally, you are not helping.]
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Taking this private, no one need know her shame.]
I don't really know anything specific about them. All it does is stare at me intensely when I let it out. And eat. What am I supposed to derive from that?!
And being referred to as the "ace up one's sleeve" is an extremely high compliment. I would be honored to be regarded as such by someone I respected. Which, it does seem to do, at least.
[see, the thing is, she does give a shit. just... badly and awkwardly.]
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[She didn't. And silently disagrees with Kurogane that there is one out there, even if neither of them know it.]
But there are certain things that generally work, yes? Like being friendly. Which I'm doing.
[being civil and watching j-dramas with it doesn't really count, haruka...]
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[Oops, don't tell her she got that wrong, that would be mildly embarrassing.
NOT EVEN GONNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LAST COMMENT like you can really tell there's something wrong with her from just a couple of lines of conversation, geez
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[That common interest being 'let's take out the people who landed us in this situation'. Nothing like a mutual enemy to get a partnership rolling.]
But what comes next?
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[That's how she wished more people talked to her. Curt. To the point.]
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[Two can play this game. That is, if they're even playing the same game. Who knows man.]
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Not helping.
["You did read what I actually wrote, right?" lies at the tips of her fingers, but... that 'keeping her cool' thing she's working on. She needs to keep working on it. Which means clamping down on her instinctive responses.]
Do you have any relevant advice that's more than a sassy quip?
[Well that's marginally better I guess.]
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are you serious
oh my god, you're serious, aren't you.
[He literally cannot even with you right now, Haruka. He's sort of torn between wondering how you exist and finding it unfathomably sad that you think this way.]
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[SUCH A DEEP SIGH on his end, because wow he is in over his head even trying with this, but.]
What kinds of things does it like to eat? Take your meals together, feed it things it likes. If you don't know what it likes, try different things and see what works best.
That's pretty much how friendship works in general. Trying to do things you think each other will like. Respect. Caring. I'm not sure what you meant by letting it 'out' but consider keeping it out as much as safely possible. Spending time with it doesn't mean doing things the whole time. Just be with it. Your company is the important part, the rest is just details.
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if you're also treating the "intelligent creature" you wish to bond with like a tool or an issue to be dealt with, you're not going to be able to bond with it as effectively as someone who regards it as an actual intelligent creature and creature to bonded with
i'm not saying bonds can't be formed for such reasons, but you have to be a better manipulator for that to actually work
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In spite of the impression I seem to be giving off, I do actually want to bond with it. The less manipulation, the better. I just don't know how much time I have.
[And that's the most she can manage in terms of explaining herself at the moment.]
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if you don't normally respect people enough to want to bond with them i mean
i hope that works out for you
i think it would probably appreciate being cared for
in general, people and creatures like to be cared for and appreciated
and, admittedly, respected
what sorts of things does it do
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be nice to them and listen to what they have to say and share your own thoughts and feelings with them. make them feel welcome in your life! and don't act like you expect anything from them either, most people can tell and it really puts them off.
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bonds involve trust
trust needs to be built
is what i'm fucking talking about
i know this cuz i ain't a goddamn robot like you apparently are