The Warpath

You know what? Skip the huge fancy news about the con. Anything worth remembering will come up later, I bet. Anyway, something more serious has been on my mind, and since this is my philosophical dumping ground, it gets dumped here.

A friend is a friend is a friend. That's the key to life, and lately, it feels as if I have to think more about what makes a friend. Me-chan's been feeling down because of the postboard, something that I dragged her into. And it feels like I can't convince her that they really don't hate her, which I doubt they do. Me-chan ('cause I know that you're the only one who reads this), look here, just because you don't necessarily agree with the AMSA's opinions does not mean that you aren't a valuable member of the board. And just because I do tend to agree with them doesn't make me all that valuable either. You are an intelligent person with opinions and thoughts worthy of expression. And as long as you argue them intelligently (and when don't you?) then I don't see why disagreeing opinions aren't valuable. It gives another side to the great Truth. And anyway, RPGing can't be right or wrong, and one person's opinion doesn't need to influence you to just pull out a character. I bet Kage's on that list of characters ticking her off too, and trust me, I'm living with it.

Anyway, just want to make sure people know this about friends. Friends will go through anything for you. The people I respect most are the ones who have stood by me no matter how bad or how selfish I've been. And Me-chan has been one of these people, and so I'll gladly listen to her obsessions, reassure her, serve as her temporary backbone, and above all defend her to the death. Mess with me fine, because you know what? I have my opinions, and I know when to defend, when not to defend. But you all, watch what you say to Me-chan, or I will go on the warpath.

Warpath good . . . . aggression is good stress-reliever. So yes, do not mess with the wrath of Dagas. Because Dagas does have wrath.

On to the topic of friends. It takes a lot of time and energy to be a really good friend. Yes, those people you go out with Saturday nights could be considered friends, but that's not the friendship I'm talking about. I'm talking about the people who stand beside you. The ones that don't require a Saturday night out at the movies to have fun with, the ones that you can sit down and talk for hours about anything with . . . those are real friends. It requires loyalty, and despite what some of the people in my calc. group were saying, I think you have to have common values, or at least share the same manifestation. Me-chan and I are completely opposite as far as religious upbringing and moral values are concerned, but both of us express our values in the same way. The compassion (at least beyond the aww . . . noises that I seem to make online) thing comes later as you start to understand the people better.

And yes, I am a selfish, self-centered, mostly anti-social teenage girl. Anyone who wants to dispute that can talk to me later in that imaginary dark alleyway *readies sledgehammer*

This attitude problem was brought to you today by The Warpath, making immature rants possible one dead soul at a time. At least by venting here, I can be nice to all the people I talk to today. *winks and waves*

Over and out.

The Guilt Trip from Heaven

*dies, prefereably a long slow painful death* Beware, I am depressed, empty would be a better word. Things have . . . gotten out of control, and despite what Me-chan keeps telling me, more of it is my fault that it seems.

Inori chewed me out. That hurt. I swear the old character has it in for me. You know, give a character the power of conscience and truth and they'll stomp you for it. Anyway, it reflects my feelings on the issue, so I figure it has some merit.

Inori: *glares at Dagas* What is your problem?

Dagas: *shakes head* I was just trying to defend a friend.

Inori: What you DID was escalate something that didn't need to be escalated. Mika essentially apologized to Nana AND the topic that got started would have been started regardleses of your ranting. You were just picking unecessary battles, regardles of how 'noble' your intentions are. It needed to end there, and you knew that. Between those IMs to various people and this militaristic garbage you were spewing, you carried on something that should have ended a long time ago.

Dagas: I didn't mean for it to--

Inori: Sit down, and stop telling me that you didn't mean for it to get out of control. If you're not going to apologize and try and calm down all the dissension you stirred up, then the least you're going to do is listen to me. Not that I actually expect that you can calm things down, knowing the way you look. What you've been doing lately is childish and completely out of line! When you observe immaturity that you think is rampant, you are the most guilty of them all. Honestly, you're like a twelve year old.

Dagas: Maybe I should apologize, but I . . .

Inori: *full rampage mode* No buts. You will apologize to them, else I will boycott you and persuade the rest of the original characters to leave: Kage, Kozan, Landra, Persei . . . all of them. It's the right thing to do, more importantly. You always make this big deal about how good and how noble you are. How tolerant you are. Cut it out, and stop being such a hypocrite.

Dagas: *regaining some of her backbone* Hypocrite? That's low, you know that?

Inori: That's the truth. And who are you to call me low for expressing 'truth?' You do it all the time, often based solely on your own perceptions and without tangible evidence.. I know Truth, Dagas-san, you created me that way. You're hearing Truth now, so, to quote you, "Live with it." Here's the Truth: You are way too aggressive and selfish for your own good and the good of others, and face it, you don't relate well to people on-line or in real life, so you should just stay out of these sensitive issues until you learn a little bit about dipomacy.

Dagas: *shrinks* Okay . . .

Inori: Oh, and take Kaitos off those sedatives. I do NOT appreciate having one of my boys drugged. Beyond that, don't talk to me until you've apologized. Farewell. *leaves*

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Regarding this situation, I am not the only culpable one but I am not innocent. Many people involved with the issue at hand should or could have acted or reacted in a different way, myself and Me-chan included. I apologize for anything that I have done that escalated this conflict out of proportion.

In the interest of closing this issue, all personal apologies will be done in private instead of on the forum.

*bows head before crawling into her hole and dying* Over and out.