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[peerlesscucumber]

Question: If someone tells you to do whatever's necessary in order to ensure you don't crystalise from chroma deprivation, what does that mean to you?

[ help him prove his point that people's first assumption isn't "have sexual relations!" or help disprove his point... ]

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un: mercy

[cadeuces]

Besides their concern for my wellbeing?
I would take it as invitation for physical contact, especially in the case of an emergency.
And if it were an emergency, most likely an embrace.

I tend to offer the same to others without question, or if an embrace is something embarrassing or too intimate for them, something like a shoulder or neck rub where the contact is elongated but it's more practical, and still considered rather "intimate" by way of touch.

I suppose it depends on everyone's individual comfort levels and self-assuredness in offering their tactility to others, or their aversion of the same.

permanon

[peerlesscucumber]

These are the same assumptions I'd make, and what I would intend, so I'm happy hearing that it's a first assumption for a handful of those here. I'm inclined to offer these things out of necessity, as situations and circumstances allow.

With those you've encountered who are averse to tactile contact, what have you heard or observed them doing to address the need for contact (albeit not skin to skin contact) here?

[cadeuces]

Well, as someone under the Iris moon, I'm afraid I would also say I'm at times inclined to dive into more than just an embrace or casual affections as well, but it would not be my first assumption by mention from someone else.

For those who are avoidant, however, I've seen some who essentially throw themselves into crowded areas so the general bump and contact making their way through assuages some of the "itch", or trying to use some suppressants that crop up now and then, but I've yet to have found any actually effective. An acquaintance of mine has opened a service that caters to those who are more comfortable moonlacing with a stranger for payment, to whatever degree they wish, instead of approaching those around them.

And for those who are truly stubborn, sometimes they just try to suffer through it until they reach a breaking point and accept something easy. Some that don't like to be touched or held will usually agree to something as simple as catching a couple hours of sleep next to someone else so it's more of an unconscious abatement when they inevitably draw closer in their sleep.

[peerlesscucumber]

The moon phases can induce those greater likelihoods, as well as the temporary moon reactions such as we saw after the Sinless fox incident, or more recently with those gaining a more... octopus influence.

Suppressants... those I've heard less about, outside of how they don't seem to offer much relief or assistance. More stated from the Lunatians than any of the Moonblessed, but it would stand to reason it could hold true to both.

Yes, I can see how that would be easier, if one can lower their guard enough to rest next to another individual when they may not otherwise be so inclined.

[cadeuces]

Mm, and before the foxes there were the dragons.
That was where it began; they've all been fairly regional and as a result of imbibing something from these different regions.
It seems the moons affect these other areas differently as well, and thus our changes, as we encounter them.

And as you've said, they've been rather ineffective for most. The side effects were reported to be quite unpleasant. I haven't bothered with them, myself.

The sleeping beside one another has worked well for two acquaintances of mine who have no interest in sexual interactions. It is certainly something to consider for others who may be disinterested or otherwise repulsed.

Which is to say, thank you for hosting this network discussion. I'm sure it will benefit many here.