[Wow this anon looks oddly like someone you know,] hey flaps.i know it’s been really hard for you lately, and i also know you’ve been trying your damnedest to get yourself back together. Hopefully, the next time something like this happens, you will both be strong enough to establish that your help is NOT someone else’s right. i believe in you, Flaps, and Runi as well. [The anon winks and fingerguns. a… cartoon star comes out of their fingers? weird,]

* [Aw. This gets a soft smile from the dad…]

* hey, thanks. I feel like… Bad, that I was being so harsh. But I’m not gonna sit here and be told that I just didn’t know what I was doing, or that it was pretty much up to me to keep everything in line, you know?

* We don’t have that kind of power. It’s not going to do anyone any good if I get myself burnt out trying to overextend and do Everything for Everyone.

Although you are both exhausted, cannot help your loved ones as you wish you could, and face losing a friend, I know things will be alright. In time, you two will regain your strength, and ensure that everything will be alright. Next time something like Cubesy’s situation happens, you will have hopefully learnt a thing or two from on how to properly handle it. (*And just like that, music creeps up from nowhere… /watch?v=OkvVr6n1cGk)

* [Unfortunately, it’s abruptly cut off… Flaps looks a bit annoyed.]

* I know this is meant to be like…. Motivational, but. It can’t fall to me to make things better all the time?

* I have a right to want to look out for myself and not get involved with things. I’m not like…. The end all be all law enforcement of the void, and insinuating that I am is really pretty rude?

* And “learnt a thing or two on how to properly handle it”? Are you serious?

* Look, pal, I did what I could. I’m not in control of everything that goes on around here, and I absolutely don’t want to be. It’s exhausting. Don’t come in here telling me that I can “do better next time” and insinuating that it’s somehow on me for it going the way it has. It’s demeaning, and it’s insulting.

* I’m sure things will be fine, too, but it is not up to me to try and bust my ass to MAKE things fine.

Do you like Cubesy and forgive him for all the bad things he’s done, Flaps and Runiel? I believe that Flaps once described him as a good person with bad methods, and he has done things like out Runiel as a player, but he has made sincere effort to improve himself and he doesn’t deserve to die. If you two weren’t tired, would you have tried to prevent this mess from happening and protect Cubesy? Also, is Eight’s cat still with you? I think you should keep it; you two are far better owners for it.

* we do forgive him, yeah. he’s been a good friend to us.

* { that whole ordeal still… stings. but it overall didn’t really make too much of a mess of things. }

* { he’s been making the effort to redeem himself through this all… he’s a good person. he’s made a lot of mistakes, but he’s a good person. }

* on the matter of if we would have tried to help… we did, honestly. when we caught wind of what was going on, we did try to offer him this place as a sanctuary away from eight…. but he didn’t want to stay.

* { unfortunately we didn’t do much beyond that. it used to be talked about a lot in the group chat, but…. we couldn’t really speak up towards eight or anyone else about it in there. }

* the cat’s still here, though, yeah. i don’t plan on giving it back to eight anytime soon, not unless he shows that he can commit to taking care of it.

* ʸᵉᵃ ᶦ’ᵐ ᵃ ʷᵒʳᵏᶦᶰᵍ ʳᵃᵗ ᶰᵒʷ ˢᵒ ᶦ’ᵐ ᵒᶰ ᵐʸ ᶠᵉᵉᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ʰᵒᵘʳˢ ᵃᵗ ᵃ ᵗᶦᵐᵉ ᵃᶰʸᵐᵒʳᵉ⋅ ᵖᵃᶦᶰ ᵐᵉᵈᶦᶜᵃᵗᶦᵒᶰ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᴬᶦᶰ’ᵗ ᑫᵘᵉᶰᶜʰᶦᶰᵍ ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᶦʳᵉ⋅ ᵈᵒᶰ’ᵗ ᵗᵉᶫᶫ ᵗʰᵉ ᵒᵗʰᵉʳˢ ᵗʰᵒ, ᵗʰᵉʸ’ᵈ ᵍᵉᵗ ʲᵉᵃᶫᵒᵘˢ ᶦ’ᵐ ᵈᶦᵛᵉʳᵗᶦᶰᵍ ᵃᵗᵗᵉᶰᵗᶦᵒᶰ ᵃʷᵃʸ ᶠʳᵒᵐ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ᶫᵐᵃᵒ

* secret’s safe with me. 😛

* you think you might be able to get insoles for your shoes? i’ve heard that could work wonders. beyond that i’m not sure what else i can suggest, aside from talking with a doctor about it. x: