un: ulysses | video

[restingstitchface]

[On the latest feed: a man with combed hair, a clean face, a mismatched suit and a pair of rimless glasses. Video is streaming from an office where one might spot a painting of an anguished man. He closes his eyes and fixes his lenses on his nose, looking away while leaning forward. His preference is for messaging, but today he is showing his face. He inhales in a calm and controlled manner. Facial cues encourage trust. He prefers to remain unobserved, but this should encourage a positive impression.

Unless you’re Batman, apparently.]

Well, that was a terrible couple of weeks.

In any case, my apologies for the intrusion. I was managing the aftermath and hesitant to reach out until today. I have nothing further to add except that I understand you might feel nervous. But if you resist those feelings, you will have to face them again, and when they catch you…

[He swallows his sentence and focuses on his reason for posting, grounding himself in the present moment by inhaling.]

Back home I treat people for support with their mental health. I had excellent resources there but here I can offer nothing but a listening ear. Perhaps you would like to take me up on that? It’s not like you need insurance and sometimes it’s good to talk.

Feel free to contact me. I'm here to help.

Comments

[will_chase_balls]

Exercise...my mind? Like...lifting heavy things with my brain? I can't do that, but I do know a psionic back home who can! I think. Maybe.

[restingstitchface]

Ah, not quite. I mean something like painting or reading a book. Those kinds of things.

[will_chase_balls]

Oh. I like theatre. Plays and acting and stuff. Sometimes when I'm doing cage fights for easy money I like to give some dramatic lines before shifting into a wolfman and attacking my opponent.

Other than that...no. Not really.

sorry for delay! feel free to drop if you want

[restingstitchface]

Well, theatrics and theater involves following a script. We choose a role or embrace one we are given that defines a path for us.

They both involve acting and consideration of how we present to others. Have you ever wondered what your fondness for acting says about you?

That's okay!

[will_chase_balls]

Um...no? I don't really do a lot of thinking. I just do stuff, and if I'm having fun, then I'm happy.

I do like being sexy and being told what to do, so that's kind of caring how I present to others and being given a role.

[restingstitchface]

[Well, there's some information he wishes he could take back.]

Of course. Though it begs the question of what you do when it stops being fun. After all, we all want fun at the end of the day. To cut loose and not care about what anybody thinks. Nobody can fault you for that.

[will_chase_balls]

Well, that's easy. When one thing stops being fun, I go do something else that is fun.

[restingstitchface]

Well, you don't seem the sort who'll stick at anything boring. No offense.

[will_chase_balls]

Of course not! Why would I take offense? After all, who would want to stick with something that's boring?

[restingstitchface]

Bureaucrats and insurance salespeople?

[will_chase_balls]

What's insurance?

I always assumed books and papers were fun for bureaucratic sorts. Like how wizards love reading extremely complicated books to learn how the universe works so they can manipulate it. They're always so happy when they get a new spellbook, so I assume bureaucrats get that same rush of excitement when they encounter a book of laws or other policies.