[Anonymous]

[tigerpoet]

I need something to occupy me that doesn't require me having control of my body.

Split personality. There's less we have to fight here, so I take control less than I used to, and I'm bored.

I'd take offers to spar but you'd have to run it by the other half first.

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[peerlesscucumber]

[ You're the SAME PERSON, YOU HAVE FRIENDS you're just the awkward half about the fact you have friends, because, quite probably and not without cause, people may have a preferred personality. Or something. He's so glad this is not something he has to worry about. Luo Binghe has... had mood swings, but it's not the same.

This is such a headache. Bless you, Anonymous Bro, for managing to keep yourself together enough to try and entertain yourself while the rest of yourself has control of yourself. ]

Right, right, but I don't think anyone who says their his friend would say they're not yours, too. You don't need to feel close to them for you to share the same interest in your other half.

Just saying, just saying! I'll continue to wish you well.

[tigerpoet]

Most of them don't know I exist.

[Again, because his other half prefers to keep it a secret. There are a few people who know, but Ranpo isn't friend to either of them, Kenji just likes everyone, and that third Atsushi...

Well, everyone has one exception. It might as well be for someone who shares your name but not your body.]

But if you want to continue on that line of thought, I won't stop you.

[peerlesscucumber]

[ ... but still! They're not going to hate you, Hidden Anonymous Bro! People like their friends, even when they have odd, hidden, aggressive sides looking to stay entertained riding along with the rest of their personality! ]

Very gracious of you.

[ There's no smiling face, thus it's being fairly sincere. At least according to some Chinese net lingo... ]

If you end up feeling inspired while you're still in control, feel free to leave a note for the rest of you that at least one Anonymous Bro on the network finds you an admirable enough person.

[ a.k.a. the whole? is admirable? but he's not even going to pretend he can keep rationalising this. There's some trace of familiarity with Liu-shidi, only frankly, Hidden Anonymous Bro is more patient than Liu-shidi.

Then again, he's also more restrained.

Also, Liu-shidi is the kind of person who would still insist on fighting as a resolution to every situation even if it was, patently, not the resolution to every situation.

... Why the hell is he reminded of Liu-shidi again?! ]

Seeking alternate answers to a difficult situation, a willingness to learn new activities, patience in asking, restraint in acknowledging the wishes of the rest of you. Not everyone treats themselves so well.

[ Or the people they care about most... ]

[tigerpoet]

Your standards are too low.

[Read: those are some of the nicer things anyone's said about him, specifically, and he's embarrassed.]

Do you go around complimenting everyone like this?

[peerlesscucumber]

[ Hidden Anonymous Bro... you're both not wrong and not right! He has standards! Based on actions, and sometimes words! ]

As I work neither in politics nor the service industry, no.

[ Thus alluding to it being a genuine compliment if he feels compelled to giving one in the first place. ]

[tigerpoet]

Good. I hate politicians.

[Inner Atsushi hates a lot of people, but especially people who upset his other half. Outer Atsushi, diplomatic as he is, holds a dislike for people who make life more difficult for others just to achieve their own agenda.

So, congratulations, you're not in one group of people that Atsushi especially hates. It's not the same as saying he likes you in the least, but it's something.]

[peerlesscucumber]

[ It's hysterical since he's technically a leader in a political arena....... who is not in any way a politician. Jazz hands! That's what a Sect Head is for! Peak Lords just keep order on their peaks and try not to harm the face of the sect! ]

They're not easy to like. I have little love for them myself. Let's hope we won't end up needing any on our side the longer we're on this world.

[tigerpoet]

[So a civil servant, or something like that? Not quite as bad as politicians.]

If we have to have one, you have to talk to them. I don't talk to anyone I don't want to.

[And that's not a huge number of people.]

[peerlesscucumber]

[ Hidden Anonymous Bro, why are you electing him to talk with their theoretical civil servant?! ]

You really believe I'd be qualified?

[ Shen Qingqiu, you're legitimately overqualified, you laid back nerd. ]

[tigerpoet]

Qualified has nothing to do with it. I just don't want to do it myself.

[Sorry, anonymous...]

[peerlesscucumber]

[ Respectable, but still! ]

Even if I did, how would I tell you about it?

[tigerpoet]

Don't. Whether you have or not just affects the rest of us.

[peerlesscucumber]

Which would then be better stated for the sake of transparency to this network as a whole, if this one bothered to do so.

[tigerpoet]

"I met with the civil servant and they aren't terrible." Along with any business conducted. That's all that needs to be said.

[peerlesscucumber]

Duly taken under advisement. Should I end up in that position, I'll make that anonymous post to here.

thread wrapup I think

[tigerpoet]

Good. Then that's when I'll hear from you next.