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15. Text/Action for Goldenrod City
[TEXT]
I have what might be seen as a weird question; I don't really know, because I've never tried asking anyone before, but it's something that's been troubling me lately and I'm wondering if any of you might know.
[Well, at least he's trying to keep this from dissolving into immediate trainwreck, with damn near palpable effort.
That said, it's been a little while since he's been on the network, so hello there. No video today, it seems, but at least that comes with the benefit of him having to actually look it over before he sends.]
Assume, for the sake of argument, that you have a way to improve someone's life. Factually speaking, I mean. Their life would be better with what you're offering, because it would relieve their suffering in some way. But the person doesn't want it because they believe they're better off without it, even though objectively that isn't the case.
Is it better to relieve their suffering anyway, even if it goes against their wishes, or to respect what they want even though "what they want" is going to hurt them?
[ACTION]
[Well, outside of making Text Posts That Certainly Are A Thing, it seems that Ishimaru has the day off today.
He's been scarce ever since he and Naegi returned from Kanto; it's not in the same way that he goes scarce when something has gone wrong with him, he hasn't been avoiding people per se – it's just that his life has mostly been work and sleep and very little else for the last several days, and it's a bit hard to say whether that's because he's off inside his head again or because it's a routine and it's comfortable and socializing has simply...slipped his mind as something he should actually do once in a while.
But! Today he has the day off, and he's wearing that damn hoodie Naegi gave him last year and as usual there's a small Meowth camped out in the hood (sleeping, more often than not), and he's in Goldenrod City and wanting to blow off some steam, so his options for the time being seem to all revolve around "stupid amounts of physical activity"; thankfully, there are a few ways to do that, though the one he eventually chooses still strikes him as a bit unorthodox – he admittedly still doesn't see the point of doing things just for the sake of doing them, and doing exactly that seems to be the point of spending time in an arcade, but Kirigiri introduced him to something a while back that is at least...halfway worthwhile.
Namely, at one point she got this man on a DDR machine, and he has been determined to memorize the entire damn machine ever since.
So today that is where he will be, and he is not opposed to company either in the arcade or outside of it; this is just something for him to do with himself today, clearly. At least it keeps him from being idle.]
I have what might be seen as a weird question; I don't really know, because I've never tried asking anyone before, but it's something that's been troubling me lately and I'm wondering if any of you might know.
[Well, at least he's trying to keep this from dissolving into immediate trainwreck, with damn near palpable effort.
That said, it's been a little while since he's been on the network, so hello there. No video today, it seems, but at least that comes with the benefit of him having to actually look it over before he sends.]
Assume, for the sake of argument, that you have a way to improve someone's life. Factually speaking, I mean. Their life would be better with what you're offering, because it would relieve their suffering in some way. But the person doesn't want it because they believe they're better off without it, even though objectively that isn't the case.
Is it better to relieve their suffering anyway, even if it goes against their wishes, or to respect what they want even though "what they want" is going to hurt them?
[ACTION]
[Well, outside of making Text Posts That Certainly Are A Thing, it seems that Ishimaru has the day off today.
He's been scarce ever since he and Naegi returned from Kanto; it's not in the same way that he goes scarce when something has gone wrong with him, he hasn't been avoiding people per se – it's just that his life has mostly been work and sleep and very little else for the last several days, and it's a bit hard to say whether that's because he's off inside his head again or because it's a routine and it's comfortable and socializing has simply...slipped his mind as something he should actually do once in a while.
But! Today he has the day off, and he's wearing that damn hoodie Naegi gave him last year and as usual there's a small Meowth camped out in the hood (sleeping, more often than not), and he's in Goldenrod City and wanting to blow off some steam, so his options for the time being seem to all revolve around "stupid amounts of physical activity"; thankfully, there are a few ways to do that, though the one he eventually chooses still strikes him as a bit unorthodox – he admittedly still doesn't see the point of doing things just for the sake of doing them, and doing exactly that seems to be the point of spending time in an arcade, but Kirigiri introduced him to something a while back that is at least...halfway worthwhile.
Namely, at one point she got this man on a DDR machine, and he has been determined to memorize the entire damn machine ever since.
So today that is where he will be, and he is not opposed to company either in the arcade or outside of it; this is just something for him to do with himself today, clearly. At least it keeps him from being idle.]
[action]
Today, she's found herself down a street on the other side of town to where she's been frequenting lately, and it's all rather exciting! Mainly because she's stumbled upon a rather odd establishment. They have 'arcades' in London, but nothing to this extent...all the games and machines look so fascinating, and she's not quite sure which one she wants to try first.
...that was before she spotted the SHSL Dancer on the DDR machine, however.
...
...hopefully you won't mind a rather enthralled spectator there, Ishimaru. Or, well, two of them, because she's got a strange floating metal...thing hovering around her head.]
...that's incredible! You're so quick at it!
[action]
That actually gets him to startle a little - despite the fact that he'd gotten started on this by watching Kirigiri for a good amount of time before just suddenly announcing his presence, it somehow hadn't really occurred to him that people...watch this sort of thing.
Thankfully the song is more or less over with and so he can turn around without sacrificing anything; catching his breath is also very okay, so really, thank you Emmy.]
Ah, thank you! I've been practicing for a while now, so I'm better at it than I was - still not as good as I could be, though, but that's why I'm here!
[...because apparently "fun" is still kind of a foreign concept, or at least it's not one he's going to admit to as being a primary motivation for doing anything.]
[action]
So is it a game, then? You tap the arrows in time with the music...?
[...
this is her kind of puzzle]
Is it terribly difficult?
[action]
...honestly, he sort of suspects it's just a Psychic thing...]
I thought it was when I first started, but it gets easier in time! ...I also don't have much of a sense of rhythm in the first place, so that might have had something to do with it!
Did you want to try it?
[action]
[...but she also really really really wants a go...it looks like such fun! But she doesn't want to be rude...
...
...hang on, thinking pose...
...aha!]
Ah, what if we played it together? There are two screens - does it allow for dual-play? If that's what you call it!
[Hopefully this will be a good solution! Besides, this young man is so polite; what a refreshing change from the grunts in the Rocket Base...]