Yippee

this guy was often one of the first people on the scene following a suspected arson, once emergency services had done what they needed to do. at times, there were also civilians on the periphery. often, they were freaking out, and understandably so; their home or workplace had just, quite literally, gone up in smoke

this investigator wouldn’t try to calm them down. he wouldn’t comfort them or be a shoulder to cry on.

instead, he’d walk up to the person most visibly losing their shit, hand them a fire extinguisher, and say “hey, can you keep an eye out for any other fires, and if you see one, can you put it out with this?”

of course, there was no actual risk of another fire. he wouldn’t be on the scene investigating if there was even a chance that the fire wasn’t completely put out. but the bystander didn’t need to know that

because that person, without fail, would immediately pull it together, take the fire extinguisher, and stand guard. they were, at least temporarily, calm enough for this investigator to do this job

Give them a job.

My lecturer had a chance to test this- she was on the scene for a motorbike crash, realised everyone had frozen and so started giving orders "you, call an ambulance, you and you, stand there so cars know to go around etc etc."

And it worked. Of course it worked.

Most people are dying to have a script to help. It's why part of first aid training is telling everyone: You. You are in charge until someone with more skills/training gets there. Step 1 call for help, step 2 make sure you won't get hurt helping, step 3 if you can apply first aid until help can get there.

OKAY here's all of them together. the gradual progression of me getting braver with her design since december is kinda funny.

thanks to those who suggested the first two hairstyles. took a lot of liberties with the third one lmao.

(picture is a reconstruction to protect the kids identity)

interesting! they're trying to trick the AI by watching videos that have a primarily adult viewer demographic? well im a curious fella so naturally i have to take a look-see, and

"I feel dead inside all the time and nothing helps!" - character who does like, regular introspective thinking and is aware of the concept of mental health.

"Leave me the fuck alone I'll be fine once I get over my stupid shit." - repressed character.

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the dress has always been gold

r u saying this doesn't look white and gold to u???