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[dramatispersonae]

[When you step through the door, you find yourself in a dark room. The only thing that seems to light the room is a candle that one of you are suddenly holding.

You can hear a voice echoing around you though you don't know who it belongs to.]

Comments

Round 1

[dramatispersonae]

Please list up to three ways that you can help change someone. You may interpret this as you'd like.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

Uh, that's a little philosophical coming from someone who lives in a candy house.

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

Not to mention open-ended.

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

Yeah. I mean, we could just say, "Buy them new clothes." That gives them a change, right?

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

We could, but is that really how you want to play?

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

Depends. How do you want to play?

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

Not with an attitude of "you better do whatever I say because you're a knight," let me just say that to start.

Beyond that, I haven't decided. But didn't that Persona look like she was in trouble, to you...? If she's taking this game seriously, I don't want to mess her up.

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

[a brief grin, and then he nods]

Then let's try to help her out. We'll take this seriously, and we'll come up with some ways to help someone change for the better.

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

[nods!]

I'm in. Besides... I want to win.

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

I'm with you.

But, uh...do you have any ideas?

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

...the problem is, in the end I think people have to change on their own, if we're talking about it in a positive way.

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

Probably...

But the question's how to help someone change. Not how to make 'em do it.

Maybe--"be their friend"? Kind of sappy, but that's Aather for you...

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

Too vague, too. You can definitely have the kind of friends who just enable your crappy choices over and over.

Maybe... "give them a reason to change" or "show them a better and more appealing way to be"...? And then, about friendship, more specifically... "have faith in their ability to change"...?

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

[nods; some of that seems to strike a chord]

Give them something new to strive for. And believe in them when they try. Right?

That's two...

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

Yeah, exactly.

Any ideas for the last one?

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

Huh...

I'm not exactly a thinker. It should go along with the other two, though...

Er, "lead the way if they need someone to follow for a while until they can make their own path"?

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

[nodnod]

So, in summary: Give them something to strive for. Give them an example of how to reach for it if they don't know how. And believe in them when they try.

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

I'm good with that.

Re: Answer

[reelroyalty]

1. Give them something to strive for.
2. Give them an example of how to reach for it if they don't know how.
3. And believe in them when they try.

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

Guess we'll see how that goes over.

I'm Natsuki, by the way.

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

I'm Bucky.

Re: Discussion

[reelroyalty]

It's nice to meet you.

Re: Discussion

[soldieronwards]

You too. Let's win.