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[strangelic]

I want to--Um...

I feel like life would be improved here if we all played more games, and... [ Kate, why are you making him do this? ] I-I wanted to ask if anyone else had any games that they could teach us. Party games, this time, not card games. Like Twister.

[ He glances off screen cautiously, then looks back, trying to seem more courageous on the subject than he is. ]

Kate thinks that life here would be much improved if we all played more together, and I have to agree with her. Play is important...for the well being of people, especially those who don't have anything else to occupy their time.

So...that is to say, if we could organize a...party, I suppose, everyone would be invited. We could hold it at the bar.

[ Yep, that's it. ]

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[strangelic]

Then you've played Twister. Maybe you haven't played it with the right people?

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[unitas]

I didn't know there was a 'right people' to play with, but I don't think that would change anything. I'm just not a big fan of being touched. [ and Twister is a close proximity game. ]

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[strangelic]

Oh. No, I understand that completely. I do. It's what I was taught myself. That people don't want to be touched.

There can be drinking games. I think that certain people will enjoy them as well.

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[unitas]

It's not the case with everyone, but... [ it ends with a near audible shrug ]

Thanks for understanding.

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[strangelic]

Is it not the same for everyone?

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[unitas]

Of course not. Some people like to be touched, and hugged, and don't mind if someone invades their bubble because they don't have one. Others have personal space, but in party situations, they don't mind letting it down. [ People are like flowers, but... ]

But it's really best to always assume the other person doesn't like to be touched unless they tell, or show otherwise.

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[strangelic]

And if they've explicitly said otherwise, such as yourself, then it's best never to touch them, correct?

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[unitas]

For the most part, yeah. It can change, though, depending on your closeness. I mean, I hate to be touched, but to get hugged by my dad? It's one of the greatest things in the world.

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[strangelic]

[ A little pause then, and then with defined sadness. ] I see. Is it just family, or does it have to be your father?

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[unitas]

It's family, or... the people I think of as family. [ Family isn't blood. If it were, she wouldn't have one. ] There has to be trust.

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[strangelic]

Are any of those people with you now? Here?

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[unitas]

I've... I've made a few here.