[video] unresolved issues

[blue_ice]

[ From the gaming car, it's Kaiba. He's taken to tying his orange hoodie around his waist and popping the collar of his orange polo, in an effort to maintain the dramatic silhouette he loves so much. ]

Does it bother anyone else that the only glue holding this tiny slice of society together is the fact that we're trapped in a claustrophobia-inducing tin can rattling through the interdimensional void?

Think about it. We're from all walks of life. All different social structures. Predators and prey, haves and have-nots, all together and brought down to size. Homogenous societies themselves don't have a great track record of avoiding division and war, so the only thing keeping our tiny tube afloat and relatively at peace is the fact that there's no escape should we cause a big enough disruption.

Can alliances forged under these conditions truly be called genuine? Is it really what you call friendship, if such a thing exists? Or family? Would you accept someone who would be your enemy in any other circumstance? Who's committed unforgivable acts, and is still capable of doing so? Somehow I doubt it.

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[Video] Yes I logged back in just to make this comment. >.>

[unfavorableinstigation]

Yes. Most of the friendships I've made over the past few years, I could probably call 'fire-forged friendships'.

Making friends out of enemies, eh, it happened to me less often, but I've met a lot of people I didn't think I would get along with who I wouldn't consider life without, now.

[And then there was how Dairine felt about Roshaun...]

But, yeah, I believe friendship can come from anywhere, and stick around even when it can't be called a matter of survival anymore.

[Nita's even been compassionate towards the inventor of Death, so she kinda has a track record for this sort of thing.]

[blue_ice]

Is it really so easy to forgive your enemies?

[ Yugi had said something like that. He'd taken it to heart at the time...but he's never been one to trust completely. ]

People agreeing long enough to stick together. It seems like it wouldn't work.

[unfavorableinstigation]

I wouldn't call it easy, especially if they attacked you personally.

[Aka 'my mother got cancer, and the Lone Power tried to make me give up my wizardry to stop it']

But moving beyond just anger, through maybe sharing that feeling over something else... that makes it more palatable, confronting what's between you instead of the other person.

Whether it's prejudice, different methods of coping with a shared pain, pity - it can be overcome.

[blue_ice]

[ 'Coping with a shared pain' hits him hard. There's a flash of golden light in his mind, a memory of what stands between him and Yugi. ]

Two people like that truly coming to understand each other?

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita nods.]

Even the realization that you have something in common can be hard, but having one person realize it before the other...

It's a delicate balance, but if the person does care about you, they'll do whatever they can to walk it.

[And vice versa, she doesn't add.]

[blue_ice]

...that's the hard part. There wouldn't be a rational reason to care about me when I haven't cared about them.

[unfavorableinstigation]

[Nita quirks an eyebrow.]

Maybe they're not in the habit of giving up on people. Sometimes it really is that simple, though it depends on who you are.

[Ahh, personality factors.]

[blue_ice]

He didn't seem to want to give up on me.

I'm still not sure. But I might give it a look.

[unfavorableinstigation]

[And the other heart of the matter is revealed!]

Being able to try to reach out can make a world of difference.

[Nita gives a thumbs-up.]

Let me know how it goes for you, okay?

[blue_ice]

He wants to play. I've never done this casually before. But there's a first time for everything.