someone's not happy about fourth-wall weekend at poly_chromatic.

[wouldnotkindly]

Is it really too much to ask for me to just stay inside for once? Please?

I mean, after everything else that's happened this past month... Not all of it's been bad, but a lot of it's been just awful, and I have a feeling you're only going to try to make it worse before the month is actually over. I don't want anything to do with it, okay?

Please. Just let me stay in. Whatever you think might happen — I really don't want anything to do with it. I think I deserve a day off, anyway.

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[ryanizing]

Haven't you learned by now? You cannot have everything you ask for simply because you've asked. Especially with these people.

[wouldnotkindly]

It's not like asking ever hurts, either. [Usually. He thinks.]

And if I'm not supposed to start by asking, then what the hell am I supposed to do?

[ryanizing]

Tell. Tell them what you want. Assertiveness is key.

[wouldnotkindly]

I don't really think assertiveness is going to help me when I'm dealing with them.

[ryanizing]

Do you think deals are made out of polite and subservient whimpers? No; they are made with strength of will, with iron resolution. This is the way I built my city, and this is how you must deal with them.

[charring]

Come over to my place. We can play card games and ignore the masses.

[wouldnotkindly]

I'd still have to go out to get to your place, though, wouldn't I?

[charring]

Maybe if you run, you'll avoid everyone.

[wouldnotkindly]

Wouldn't that look kind of suspicious?

[charring]

Probably but then it might work in your favor and people would consider staying away. They might think you were being chased.

[little_sister_keeper]

I take it your mundane wishes to send you out into a game. At least it is not Rature, no?

[wouldnotkindly]

I'm already in one. [He sighs.] And...it's definitely better than being stuck in Rapture. But that doesn't really make the things that happened this past month any less unpleasant.

[little_sister_keeper]

Would you like to talk about it?

[wouldnotkindly]

I don't know... [A halfhearted smile comes to his face.] You know I'm not much for talking.

[little_sister_keeper]

This is true. Words are not your strong suit. Still, a simple summary cannot hurt, yes?

[fearofscissors]

...Will staying inside keep it from happening?