Squidling Farseeker

they ask him if he wants to talk about it because they can solve their problems together. they have perfected empathetic tone modulation and sympathy sharing. ("my sister takes toys when it's not her turn and it makes me mad and i cry too. it's okay to cry if you're mad.") their clumsy little hands are patting him on the back and hugging at his arms. we are a species of immaculate mimicry.

he says jessica was mean to him. 3 of them who know jessica agree that jessica is never ever mean, so they posit that perhaps there was maybe an accidentally communication error ("maybe you didn't mean to say something that hurt her feelings! it's okay! it was nobody's fault if you did!") or that maybe jessica is having a bad day. they are working together to completely remove blame from the situation, effectively cooperatively de-escalating. there's a little bit of talking over each other, but no one puts down anyone else's ideas. if they do disagree, they subtly "yeah that, but also maybe—" to it so no one feels like their idea was stupid or bad or wrong. i don't even think they know they're doing it. inclusivity requires absolutely no thought or effort.

they hunt down jessica and bring her to the tribunal. jessica is also treated to blame cancelling, comforting touches, lack of judgement, and sympathetic tones. they ask her if she's feeling okay. they tell her she made arjun cry "accidentally and not on purpose" and they want to fix what happened.

jessica and arjun stand opposite in a circle of very concerned little faces eager to problem solve. jessica (crying) says she didn't like the way arjun was playing. arjun (also crying) says he didn't know because she didn't tell him the rules. jessica says she's sorry. arjun says he's sorry. they hug it out. the group is very excited to have successfully solved conflict and immediately announce they'll be doing a new activity, all together.

It's been a while, health and life things happened and are still happening, but I finished something! I got really into Critical Role, mostly campaign 4 (I've got general knowledge on the other three but I've watched all of campaign four and mostly just read and watched recaps of the others). Some explanation on their appearances: it's mostly based on how they were described and some pixelated screenshots of their minis. The other big things were that I wanted nods to Cruelty and Agony kind of flagrantly not following the Candescent Creed, Enmity and Tyranny are important and front facing so they have to be the picture of obedience. Agony has metallic tears as a nod to the blasphemy of misusing filament and Cruelty has a crown in the shape of the Candescent Creed symbol as a nod to the frequently referenced blasphemy of putting oneself above the light.

i was so confused for so long why he licked icing from the cake. i thought he was just hungry and i was always like “okay that tiny bit of icing will do nothing to make you not hungry”