It's a real thing! Actually, I think I remember... back around Esto Gaza... the locals would make special footwear to do it using metal or animal bones. It was cold year-round on that whole continent, so in some places... there would always be water with ice.
Say there's someone you've been... playing some games together with... and one day, they played a little too rough. On purpose. ...Actually, a lot too rough. Now, you knew they COULD do this if they wanted, but you sort of thought... ...never mind that part, that's chaff to the real point.
Anyway, so... they've went ahead changed the rules of the game to something else. This was their choice. And it's a game you've played before plenty, you know the rules like the back of your hand--
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What do you think? Make your move in the new game? Or stop playing with them anymore because they flipped the book around without warning and so... viciously? And... also.... ...It'll be REALLY unsatisfying if you do the second thing.
...the new game is definitely more... high-energy, high-stakes, high... risk. But it is. Still... fun.
And, yes, quitting the new rules feels like losing. And... like if you do... that how the last round ended is maybe going to start hurting a whole lot more than you thought...?
The old game was just, fine. But there was always something a little... not quite there. But now going back would feel insulting to both of you! And...
S.. some of the old game pieces broke. So it'll take work to play again.
For me, um... If I was playing with someone, and they started playing mean, I would take that as a sign that they don't really want to play anymore. Maybe there's new rules, but I would be worried about what's going to happen the next time they get sick of it.
That's um, just what I would think. I'd worry, but— quitting and playing harder aren't the only two options. I don't always stop playing with people because I fought with them once. When they cool down, sometimes they don't want the rules to be so high-stakes anymore either.
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Have lived in places with seasons, but never anywhere that gets that cold... Could ice skate. Is that a real thing?
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It sounds so slippery! Must work if they do it, but I would have to use all my claws and tail not to fall over.
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[ he makes the skeletal leaf float above the palm of his hand. ]
...hmhmhm... What do you think? With a little insurance from your favorite sorcerous Rose... maybe it won't be too scary~?
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Maybe...! Would be safer than any helmet, shield, or training wheels.
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You'll only fall if we'll have fun~.
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That's safety I can trust!
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Muffin, I have a question~. Maybe it'll sound a little odd, but would you hear it all the way through?
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Sure, what is it?
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Say there's someone you've been... playing some games together with... and one day, they played a little too rough. On purpose. ...Actually, a lot too rough. Now, you knew they COULD do this if they wanted, but you sort of thought...
...never mind that part, that's chaff to the real point.
Anyway, so... they've went ahead changed the rules of the game to something else. This was their choice. And it's a game you've played before plenty, you know the rules like the back of your hand--
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What do you think? Make your move in the new game? Or stop playing with them anymore because they flipped the book around without warning and so... viciously? And... also.... ...It'll be REALLY unsatisfying if you do the second thing.
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[stands on one foot, thinking...]
Why would it be unsatisfying to stop playing? Because you liked the old game or because quitting the new rules feels like losing?
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And, yes, quitting the new rules feels like losing. And... like if you do... that how the last round ended is maybe going to start hurting a whole lot more than you thought...?
The old game was just, fine. But there was always something a little... not quite there. But now going back would feel insulting to both of you! And...
S.. some of the old game pieces broke. So it'll take work to play again.
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...Thanks, Muffin. I like knowing your perspective on these things. I feel I really do understand you a little bit better now.
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That's um, just what I would think. I'd worry, but— quitting and playing harder aren't the only two options. I don't always stop playing with people because I fought with them once. When they cool down, sometimes they don't want the rules to be so high-stakes anymore either.
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A signal, then?
"Gloves on, gloves off?"
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Don't break rules on each other, negotiate them. Let each other disengage when you're not having fun anymore. Take breaks.
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[ gently. chinlifts Muffin to look him in the eyes. ]
...tell me when I play too hard, okay~?
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I will.
…You haven’t so far. For the record.
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[ leans in.. very lightly brushes his lips on Muffin's forehead...
before he swans off toward the lakeside~
...right after he's "snuck" the skeletal leaf behind Muffin's ear. ]
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Quetzal?
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