networkinthenight | @fuckthis (text)

Entry tags:

@fuckthis (text)

hey
so me and wash and gene were gonna go on an adventure in the woods
see what we can find, you know?
but we're looking for a couple of people to bring with us
maybe two or three
gene's a medic, wash is a marine, and i'm a wizard with experience dealing with monsters and nasty magic
anyone that thinks they could round that out would be great
but no serial killers or anyone that would like
murder us in our sleep
and sorry, but no kids yet
i know some of you are gonna argue that, but we have no idea what we're dealing with and we don't want that on our consciences
anyway, let us know
thanks

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Jesus Christ it's like texting with himself at 15. Nate pinches the bridge of his nose. ]

i'm nate.

listen, i've known teenagers with amazing fighting and magic skills, and i'd be just as pissed in your position

this isn't an intent to be exclusionary, it's that someone i trust has already seen enough kids get hurt and doesn't want that for the duration of ONE expedition

i don't think that's too outrageous a request

You do remember being a kid, right?

i don't need you joining in on the dogpile, too

neither are you

"one of you already got yourselves killed"

if you had a brain, you might have asked how or why

( clearly he has to watch what he says around this kid, because lordy. kid's got a future in lawyerin' he keeps that up.

patiently, )

We're hopin' for the one an' anticipatin' the other. Y'can't be too careful, which is why we're stackin' our crew the way we are. Ain't nobody needs a medic to take a pleasant walk through the woods, but I'm goin' anyhow.

Not wantin' kids ain't just a matter of fear or of tryin' to keep y'all safe. It's just as much tryin' to suss out who'll obey an order when they hear it an' who's going to try an' play hero. The fact that a whole passel'a you guys piled in here up in arms is proof enough that you don't like the confines of rules an' may not operate well within 'em when we're really in the fire. An' I know it's an assumption, so don't you throw that back at me. Fact remains, the younger someone is the less they're risk averse.

You can't help your age, no, an' that's fair enough, I'll admit I hadn't thought about it that way, bein' stuck there forever. But we ain't leadin' anybody who ain't on board for comin', we ain't tryin' to set ourselves up as some authority, we're simply settin' out mission parameters in a way that those of us already goin' are comfortable with. You don't have to like it.

so what are you suggesting?

I would say 'try not to rile them up', but...

At this rate, we may have to watch them learn an agonising lesson. Though at least one of them did not seem to learn it so quickly.

[ thanks spiderman ur a true bro. ]

no that was pointing out all this bragging about how badass you are doesn't mean shit when you're already in the first five dumbasses out there

also if you guys had information
you'd actually share it
it's called being proactive instead of waiting for teacher to call on you

Well, my guilty conscience is between me an' God, an' your insults ain't.

I'm the one who specified I didn't want no kids along. You can go on an' call me stupid for that if you'd like, but you leave her outta it.

[ “don’t need you” WOW what does that mean. ]

I’m not saying you’re wrong.

I’m just saying that now there’s going to be a kid out there who’s going to WANT to prove you wrong.

Edited 2019-07-21 19:30 (UTC)

[It means she's about to crack from stress!]

it's not even a hard rule for me
but it is for someone else i care about
and all of our powers seem like they're all fucked up here
what am i supposed to do?

[ The name is helpful. ]

I believe her intent is to protect herself as much as it is to protect kids. sounds like she's been through a lot.
this isn't about going on her expedition. this one or any that come after.
the point is we all have something to offer regardless of our backgrounds.
it's a mistake to write them off.

yeah, i know. that's why he's got those scales.

this isn't the only expedition that's ever going to happen here. this is just the one where a friend of mine who's seen a lot of kids die doesn't want to see that happen.

i don't think that's unreasonable.

thanks buttercup 😘

Hey, no one asked you to keep us safe. We've been doing that already by ourselves without anyone's help.

It's not that we don't like the confines of rules, but you're excluding a number of us here just on the basis of our age. We know combat and we're familiar with each other's skills here — put us to the test and we've got better teamwork than the rest of you guys here.

Whether or not you believe any of us is one thing, but before you start writing us off as a bunch of kids who don't know what we're doing, think about it first.

probably, yeah
and we're all responsible for keeping each other safe
there's like 50 of us here
except the aforementioned serial killers, they're on their own

you sure about that?

you want to bet your life on it?

if you aren't trying to set yourself up as an authority then you shouldn't be testing out who'll obey some rules you made up

and if orders aren't good then they should be challenged. that's how we get smarter and stronger.

i already told her that i don't think i'm gonna change your minds. whatever you say about the reasons you're saying no kids, this obeying orders thing, isn't what everyone else is saying.

help doesn't always come from places you expect, or from the people either. and we can help without going in with you. but that won't happen at all if you keep shutting us out. it just divides us up.

sure about what?

that you're holding back information? cause a couple of you have already said as much
or that you're a dumbass? yeah you're proving it pretty solid here

I'm not trying to convince you to take kids along on your expedition.
I guess I'm trying to say it's a mistake to write off all the resources you have available. and pretty sure most of these kids are as worried about something bad happening to you as you are for them. we're all in this together.

it's not my expedition and it wasn't my call alone
i just made the post because someone had to
i'm not a leader

Why should I?

She agrees with you. In fact, it sounds like all your little friends do.

i don't think it is either. i know that people do things when they're scared

but that's not the way he's explaining it to me, so even though i see your point of view, it also feels like one of you is lying. and that won't help anything either.

Edited 2019-07-21 19:42 (UTC)

more experience with what, exactly?

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Page 5 of 20

«

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

»