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[alchemists]

 Hello, my name is Elfnein and I'm looking for someone that is able to buy the energy drinks that are available. Of course I will reimburse you for the points used to buy them, if you're willing to help you can talk to me or Romeo. Thank you!

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[myblueskies]

She says she doesn't need to sleep though... So maybe gods don't got to sleep as much as other people. [He sleeps lots, even when he tries to stay up to help Elfnein he often just crashes beside her.]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

If she didn't need to sleep she wouldn't need energy drinks to not sleep, would she? She's just being stubborn. As her shinki, aren't you supposed to take care of her, not encourage her to do unhealthy things?

[myblueskies]

Um... [He hadn't thought of it like that. If she didn't need to sleep she wouldn't need help staying awake. She was just being stubborn? And he was being a bad shinki?

His face grew upset as he stared at Zetta through the screen.] Yes I'm s'posed to help her. But she says it's not unhealthy and I'm also supposed to do what she says.

[Things are complicated sometimes.]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Of course she says that. But you tell me, kid, what does your brain tell you when I've pointed out it's not true and you gotta take care of her?

[myblueskies]

[He is quiet as he thinks. Because he wants to believe Elfnein, but Zetta has a point and Elfnein does seem very tired. Even when she was sick he had had to get her to go to sleep because she didn't want to...]

That it's bad of me to not help her and take care of her. I don't know how to make her go to sleep though.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

You gotta tell her to do the right thing. She'll listen to all of us if we agree.

[myblueskies]

So if we work as a team we can help her make a good choice?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Right! Exactly. One of us she can ignore, but she can't ignore all of us when she knows better herself!

[Romeo, you clever bastard. Zetta just right-out says that without even stopping to think about what he's admitting to.]

[myblueskies]

Exactly sir! If we work together we can make sure she does the right thing and takes care of herself!

[He's grinning. Mister Zetta just agreed that teamwork would work. Mister Zetta just agreed to work in a team with Romeo to help Elfnein.

This is great progress!]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Stubborn kid. [He means Elfnein, not Romeo; the shinki's true cleverness had slipped right past him.] Ugh, do we need to have, like, mandatory fun times for you guys?

[myblueskies]

We have fun all the time! I think Elfnein finds her work fun as well or she wouldn't do it as much!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

That's... not exactly true. She's taking too much weight on her shoulders. Figures it's her responsibility.

[Wait... wait! He's totally got it!]

She's not being a team player! She's trying too hard to do everything instead of relying on others!

[Choke on his logic, Romeo!]

[myblueskies]

[He thinks about that.] I think you are right sir. I think she is trying to do everything herself rather than letting her friends help. We got to help her more!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

No, she needs to LET herself be helped more. That's the problem. She's taking it all on herself!

[myblueskies]

I'll talk to her sir. I'm sure she will let us help if she knows we want to!

[He's starting to feel a bit bad. All this going on with Elfnein and he hadn't known. He's not a very good shinki after all it seems.]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Yeah, you have the best chance of getting through to her. At some point, you kids gotta just be kids, and that goes double for her.

[myblueskies]

[He nods] You're right! I can help her! I'm going to go and talk to her right now! So I'll see you later, mister Zetta!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Good. Get to work on that.

[This ought to handle the situation. Whew. These kids...]

[myblueskies]

Yes sir! [And off he goes, to find Elfnein!]