the unsolicited advice meme

[currysseur]

1. Post your character!
2. Other characters come tell them what they think they are doing wrong with their lives.
3. And, in return, go do the same to them. Turnabout is fair play, right?

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Somnus Lucis Caelum | FFXV

[luciing]

[inemeraldfaith]

How are you doing at adapting? I always give you advice you don't want, but you know I'm only doing it because I care about you.

[luciing]

[ As coldly as before: ]

You are kind, Healer, but you needn’t concern yourself any longer.

[inemeraldfaith]

You know there's not a time limit on that, right? That's not really how things work. I don't just wake up one day and decide that my quota for caring about you has been met. Nobody works like that.

[luciing]

This is your “advice”.

[inemeraldfaith]

My advice is actually that maybe...
Maybe!

Don't be afraid to rely on me sometimes. Or at least someone you trust.

[luciing]

Your healing abilities are indeed reliable.

[inemeraldfaith]

That's not what I'm getting at. It's cute that you're trying to be clever, but you know what I mean, Somnus.

[luciing]

[ He raises a hand, as if to say enough. ]

Your advice has been heard.

[inemeraldfaith]

[She frowns for just a moment. She should stop, but...]

Hrm...
Welllll. I guess I have been pushing you a bit, haven't I? I didn't mean anything by it. I'll ease up.

[luciing]

No doubt there are others who may wish to hear your advice.

[inemeraldfaith]

You don't have to go to such lengths to get rid of me, you know.

[luciing]

[ He appears willfully indifferent. ]

Do I not speak the truth?

[inemeraldfaith]

I don't know about that. I honestly don't normally give advice. I... actually try to avoid that, if I can. If I gave the wrong advice and someone took it, say there were poor consequences for it. It'd be my fault. I don't want to steer anyone wrong.

I guess that's why I just try to remind people that my input is only because I care. The truth is that I don't know any of you better than you know yourselves. I can't be putting my standards or my expectations on the rest of you.

No one should be asking for my advice and I shouldn't be giving it.

[luciing]

[ He looks at her plainly. ]

You are allowed to speak your thoughts.

They are allowed to take whatever they deem fit.

text; un: therightful

[problemsoncauthess]

Have you ever given thought to your relationship with your family?

[starting a little "distant" as if it's not absolutely obvious who this could be]

Un: 000000 bc he can’t be assed to come up with a better one

[luciing]

[ Having been in ring purgatory for 2k years, he’s terrible at technology.

And so, his reply comes after a significant delay. ]

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[ How does one backspace.. this button…. Oops, no, that’s send.

…Oh well. ]

as any other would

at least being better at technology is something Ardyn can lord over him

[problemsoncauthess]

May I ask what conclusions you have drawn from those thoughts, then?

[luciing]

[ Once more the reply comes delayed, each letter painstakingly typed into the little gadget. ]

n

O

speak what you mean

[problemsoncauthess]

[Urge to be a bastard Rising.]

Well now, how am I to give advice without first learning more about you?

[luciing]

unsOL

[ Oh that’s the capslock.

How does one undo the capslock.

He’s done this before. He can do it again.




After a few minutes, his search is to no avail: ]

UNSOLICITED ADVICE

GOES WITHOUT NEED OF HISTORY

[problemsoncauthess]

[The only upside to this is watching Somnus struggle so pathetically with the texting.]

How cold! Then I would, perhaps, advise you to be more... considerate of others. Though I understand that can be quite hard for a certain kind of person.

[luciing]

[ Unfortunately Somnus has nothing of value to say, or perhaps he does, but it’s not something he would exchange over a network. That, or apparently he’s still perturbed by his own technological deficit.

Behold his reply: ]


DELETE CAPSLOCK

[problemsoncauthess]

[He has never despised you more.]

Oh, my apologies, I can see where I went wrong. My advice is to finally put some effort into learning to operate these. How long have you been here, now?..

[luciing]

[ Somnus' next reply doesn't involve any defense to that.

therightful, what kind of username... ]

YOUR ADVICE HAS BEEN H

EARD