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[vulpeus]

If you had an old friend you had parted ways with, and they showed up here as well, how would you go about approaching them?

Assume that you parted on very bad terms.

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[vulpeus]

Sorry, but I was looking for serious answers.

[badluckblues]

yeah, and? this ain't hypothetical. you want someone to come down and talk to you, sometimes you gotta confront them.

[vulpeus]

And if the tree is an entire city on a planet neither of us are familiar with? What am I supposed to use as a rock?

[badluckblues]

look i can't live your life for you, i trust that you can choose your own projectile

i assure you that just vagueposting on the network about it isn't gonna do the trick, though

[vulpeus]

What else am I supposed to do, if that person is avoiding me and we can't agree on whose fault that is?

[badluckblues]

like i said. i threw a rock at her, you get to decide your own method of starting a conversation.

if it's any consolation, in my case most of the reasons we had for wanting each other dead don't really exist on this planet, so i guess we've agreed on a truce of sorts. could that be the case for any of the shit you've gotten yourself into?

[vulpeus]

Actually
I guess you could say it is. Both yes and no.
What works in theory may not work in practice.

[badluckblues]

well.
good luck. it might go better than you think. or worse, but you'll never know unless you try and start the conversation.

[vulpeus]

What do I do if it does go worse? It won't affect just us.

[badluckblues]

how would i know that? i'm a total stranger to both of you

hey. you can ask a million what ifs and stay with the status quo until you're both dead, or you can just do it and find out. seeing as the other party is avoiding you, looks like that's your choice.

[vulpeus]

You're right, ultimately. Though I may not agree with how you got there.
What do I do if it does affect others?

[badluckblues]

apologize and make it right.