I like to think I try to roll with most of the punches that get thrown my way. I try to have my character react to the situation as he would in such a case - maybe even being dorky enough to believe them for a bit to see where it goes before deciding whether to duck out. So I've dealt with a bunch of... interesting concepts in little one-shots and the like.
My big issue comes when they try to involve some of my other friends, who might not be so open to such things. How does everyone else handle that sort of thing? You're dealing with an... odd situation that you're relatively okay with, and then they want to bring a friend of yours?
A situation like that happened yesterday, in fact. It was honestly an interesting situation, and an interesting approach to dealing with it, but it was also... kinda sketchy in its presentation, I guess? Anyway, they wanted Chachan to bring in other characters that he knew that could help them out.
But I wasn't sure if they'd be so open to the idea being pitched, so I followed the first rule of RP and opened communication. I talked with those who could potentially be pulled in, gave them a rundown of my understanding of the situation, and mentioned what the character wanted. The responses were generally negative, so I found myself trying to deflect the situation or "pass the buck" elsewhere. And I felt kinda bad about it because Chachan, as a character, totally would've wanted to help if he could.
Fortunately, the situation itself kind of provided an "out." It involved the void to some degree, and the FC had just wrapped up a big arc involving a troublesome voidsent. And the character Chachan would've most likely directed the situation to had played a hefty role in said arc... and was still recovering somewhat. So, as a good friend, he wouldn't want to shove them right back into those sorts of dealings, right?
... Still felt awkward, though...
My big issue comes when they try to involve some of my other friends, who might not be so open to such things. How does everyone else handle that sort of thing? You're dealing with an... odd situation that you're relatively okay with, and then they want to bring a friend of yours?
A situation like that happened yesterday, in fact. It was honestly an interesting situation, and an interesting approach to dealing with it, but it was also... kinda sketchy in its presentation, I guess? Anyway, they wanted Chachan to bring in other characters that he knew that could help them out.
But I wasn't sure if they'd be so open to the idea being pitched, so I followed the first rule of RP and opened communication. I talked with those who could potentially be pulled in, gave them a rundown of my understanding of the situation, and mentioned what the character wanted. The responses were generally negative, so I found myself trying to deflect the situation or "pass the buck" elsewhere. And I felt kinda bad about it because Chachan, as a character, totally would've wanted to help if he could.
Fortunately, the situation itself kind of provided an "out." It involved the void to some degree, and the FC had just wrapped up a big arc involving a troublesome voidsent. And the character Chachan would've most likely directed the situation to had played a hefty role in said arc... and was still recovering somewhat. So, as a good friend, he wouldn't want to shove them right back into those sorts of dealings, right?
... Still felt awkward, though...
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