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Looks like I missed out on Canas during this run. Never met the requirements for his side quest! I'm playing the game blind, and so I'm sure there are lots of things I'm missing out on. Even support conversations are a little tricky, since I keep trying to pair unlikely units. I should stick to obvious ones!! Glad to hear you'll be able to go backpacking! That sounds like a lot of fun. I'm a little nervous about things here too. Places are opening back up, and cases in our immediate area are down, but that's no excuse to be lax. I'm half expecting things to shut down again before long... we'll see!!

This is good to know! I wasn't sure which of the two I'd move onto next. I'm sure I'll enjoy the QoL stuff in FE8, but I'm also willing to accept weird quirks and oddities in FE6! After all, that's kind of what I was expecting from FE7. Thank you both for the warning and tips for chapter 25! I'll try to be prepared! How is everyone doing on this fine Monday? I hope you had a good weekend. Looks like businesses are starting to reopen here, so I'll likely be resuming my job on July 6th (after three months off work! It has, admittedly, been glorious). I am, however, looking forward to having some spending money again. There are some good games coming out in the next few months that I'm really looking forward to! Wonderful 101, the new Paper Mario (I'm tentatively optimistic), and Crosscode finally coming to Switch.

It was very refreshing!! Living so far from home can be tough, but I’ve been able to talk with a lot of family and friends lately. I really appreciate it!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!! That's very kind of you! I had a nice couple of days, with lots of video calls and phone calls to family and friends. It was nice to talk to so many people! Though I need to recover a bit now 😛 I enjoyed having a day today spent at my desk drawing my comic. Very refreshing! I am LOVING it! I was instantly so delighted by the absolute playability of the game by modern standards. I don't feel like I have stepped back to something more archaic, and I'm not really sure why I had expected I would. I'm currently on chapter 22 or 23 of Eliwood's story, and there hasn't been a single map so far that I've not enjoyed. I'm very excited think that I still have two more GBA titles to play in the future, when I'm finished with this! Very much looking forward to Hector's route. I've grown very fond of him

We can work together and devour those calories >:D This thread is secretly a Florina fan-club. I'm really enjoying her in FE7! Thank you very much!

The cake sounds perfect!! We are going to have a cake with strawberries and cream, though I am tempted to also make a cheesecake (my favourite!)

Do you live near family and friends? I hope that you can at least spend some time with them, and maybe eat some of your favourite foods!

Nice!!! I hope that you'll be able to make some plans. Maybe you'll be lucky and some places will open by then!

It's my birthday this coming Wednesday! Don't have much planned (due to lockdown), but we are gonna get a feast from our local Indian restaurant!!

Haha, we've swapped countries 😛 I hope the lockdown stuff over there hasn't affected you too much. I heard from my family that it had been very strict where they live in Wales (which, on one hand, is good! But on the other hand, isolation can be tough!)

We Welsh are a friendly sort 😛 Where are you from, friend?

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Yay! I'm a big fan of Riki. He's so much better than Tatsu.... 😣

That is such a good idea!! I would love to see a life-sized Riki plush. His shape shouldn't be too challenging. He's just a ball with arms, legs and hair 😄 If you do start to make him, please show me some progress photos!

Band class sounds fun! I miss having group activities like that. Once life resumes here, I should look to see if there is something local I can join! (I used to have a group of people back at home who would meet up weekly to draw comics and it was such a lovely time!) Can't wait to hear your oboe jazz 😛 I'll post pictures of the terrarium if it survives! 😛 We'll see what it looks like in a few weeks... What projects are you hoping to start? You can do it!! Hello Wraith - that was quite the entrance!! ...If you're old - then I'm older! I hope the mountain of whisky bottles didn't crush you 😐

Had a bit of a rough day today, but I did make a terrarium out of local resources and a pasta sauce jar! I’m excited to see how it ends up

Much appreciated!

I'd say that such algorithms definitely don't function quite so reliable when applied to real life. Your suggestions almost feel more like video-game logic, or mathematics or something. When it comes to interacting with people and attempting to reach understanding, often the key factors at play are emotions. And, as I'm sure you well know, these can be drastically unpredictable! Some people can overreact emotionally, others might let emotions caused by other events to affect their decision. On the other end of the spectrum, people might be so willing to please that they will pretend to understand you to avoid hurting your feelings. This isn't to say that there aren't things that you can to do make positive steps towards understanding, however! As human beings, our greatest tools of communication are our ability to empathize and exercise patience. If you (and the other person!) are willing to take the time to slow down, discuss, and make efforts to listen to each other and explore the topic at hand, then your chances of understanding are much improved. Even if you don't both necessarily agree with each other in the end, as long as you have had an empathetic and supportive conversation about the topic - then everyone is a winner!! I would say that promoting positive values is always the best approach. Shaming somebody for their actions and telling them why they are terrible would only ever spark negative responses in that person. There is always a better way to approach situations that might allow you to discuss negative actions in a more constructive I've gotta admit, I have no idea what Ertrick36 did to potentially earn a warning. I tried reading what you suggested and remain in the dark. Given the topic of this conversation, there's a certain irony in my lack of understanding!

Hello! Welcome to the Forest! I'm loving the idea of tabletop-roleplaying FE experiences. That sounds like a natural fit! I'm looking forward to seeing what you've created 🙂

Shy Guys can talk! 😛

Hiking in the rocky mountains must be amazing!! I'm glad to hear you've still got some nice hikes closer to home though. It's much the same here. We're lucky to live in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, so thankfully we have no shortage of really nice trails nearby. I wouldn't like to be living in a city right now!

Haha! Alvis is good! 😛 I wish I had a dog! That sounds really wonderful 😊

Welcome to the Forest!! (and thanks for reminding me that I still need to finish Bravely Second...)

Great to meet you both!! Looking forward to seeing you around and getting to know you!

Are you SURE you're not a shy guy? Welcome to the Forest!!