[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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[fineprinted]

A... split personality?

What happened to your other half, then?

[tigerpoet]

He's fine. He's been talking to you like normal.

[fineprinted]

Eh? What are you talking about? I don't remember anyone else who has split personality?

[ unless shu is here, but even then tsumugi wouldn't pin his oddness down like that. as far as he knows he's just a really good ventriloquist. ]

[tigerpoet]

He prefers to keep it a secret. I don't care either way.

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[spellspeak]

So you primarily take control only to FIGHT? Given how some people react under the sway of their moonblessings I would say that if you simply wait a while you'll find yourself with more than enough to keep you occuPIED.

[tigerpoet]

To fight or if we're seriously injured. Neither are things my other half will go out of his way for.

[spellspeak]

I can't say that I blame HIM. Do the two of you share memoRIES?

[tigerpoet]

I remember what he remembers, but he doesn't remember anything from when I'm in control.

[spellspeak]

How convenient for YOU. I'm guessing that you use this to your advantage whenever you get the CHANCE.

[tigerpoet]

No. I don't have any interest in taking over for anything but fighting or defending ourselves.

[spellspeak]

Oh? I guess it's not my place to judge what makes someone else feel fulfILLED, but don't you think your boredom might be best solved by trying something NEW?

[tigerpoet]

That's why I posted this.

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[peerlesscucumber]

[ It has taken him some Time to figure out how to properly work anon here without registering to a handle, and he's reeeeasonably sure he won't be traced back easily. of course, now that he's worked it out, he wants to test it, and lo! here is a post to respond to!

likewise anonymous. even better, as far as he's concerned! the subject is... strange... and he's not sure what the hell a split personality that shares a body is even supposed to do, are both always aware? what kind of a headache that has to be! ]

Logic puzzles. Meditation. Strategy board games. If you're both aware at the same time, tell the one controlling your body what move you want, and they can mark it. Play an app version on your communication device and you can consider moves against other players before asking for the other personality to mark your move.

[tigerpoet]

We can't communicate directly. If we could, I'd be much less bored when he's the one in control.

[peerlesscucumber]

Makes for complications. You're aware of each other, but incapable of direct communication... Logic puzzles wouldn't need the interaction. You both share awareness of the same events? Or is it only when one or the other is in control that either one of you is aware of what's going on?

[ Just how interaction starved is each side of this anon's personalities? That's a whole nice fucked up issue he's not really sure what one does anything with. It's not like they're two souls in the same body... they're aspects of one individual's... brain? How do split personalities work compared to someone just being plain ol' two faced? ]

[tigerpoet]

I'm aware of what happens when he's in control. He doesn't remember anything from when I'm in control.

Taking turns on puzzles is an option.

[peerlesscucumber]

Then you can at least leave him notes to communicate, which is better than nothing.

So, puzzles. Or very slow chess games. Puzzles, puzzles... jigsaw ones? 3D ones? Logic ones? Gives a whole range of 'things' to work with, if you don't mind taking turns. Ask him to read logic puzzles while he's awake and you can have more than one to think about until you're active. All the others can be combined efforts, I guess.

You could also do something crazy like think up scavenger hunts to send him on when he's in control. Then you're along for the ride watching him try to figure it out, if it's the kind of thing he'd do.

[tigerpoet]

He might. But I'd need to take control to hide anything for him.

Logic puzzles might be best.

[peerlesscucumber]

Photo scavenger hunt. All you need is a list. All he needs is to take the pictures proving he's seen, done, or witnessed the "hunt."

[ There are things university students may do when bored, and there are things a former millennial may or may not have heard about peers doing. It's like a photographic fetch quest! Games have similar things, really. ]

Logic puzzles are easier to access. Might be an app for that. Library should be a good source for them.

[tigerpoet]

It's not a bad suggestion.

[This is as close to 'thank you' that he gets.]

[peerlesscucumber]

[ He's fairly fluent in "never directly saying thank you." If anything, this response makes him smile. On the other hand... yeah, he's exactly the type to say things directly when he doesn't need to worry about consequences. Like now! ]

You're welcome. Let an Anonymous Bro know how it goes.

[tigerpoet]

[Fluent in tsundere.]

I'll try to remember. Perhaps.

[peerlesscucumber]

[ Yes. There is coaxing required. Some pandering to aspects of ego. Tsunderes are good people. ]

The effort is duly appreciated, fellow Anonymous Bro(?)!

[ For the moment where he goes: wait is this personality also male??! Maybe?! ]

[tigerpoet]

I'm not your bro. But I am a man.

[peerlesscucumber]

Slang! Just slang! Anonymous "Bro"ther. It's not a claim to family! Or closeness.

[ Let his inner dialogue be outer dialogue for once, Anonymous Man-Bro! Not that he really registers so much of the entire cultural background behind why he's calling a fellow anonymous internet denizen brother/sister. His family is not that large! He's not adding you to it! ]