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WCDT Strips 3966-3970 (25th-29th March, 2019)

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St.Clair:

--- Quote from: Mr Intrepid on 25 Mar 2019, 20:53 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 25 Mar 2019, 20:41 ---Me thinks Elliot has prior experience in talking someone down from an anxiety/dissociative spiral.

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Elliot works at the Horrible Revelation.  So talking someone down to defuse a situation is something he does on a regular basis.

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Yup.  I imagine most of his experience is with people who aren't in their right mind because of alcohol or other drugs (Bad Trip, Dude), but a lot of the same skills carry over.

JohnTheWysard:
As I was walkin' round Cambridge City,
'bout the hour of twelve at night
There I saw a fair pretty robot
Cutting her bangs by candlelight.
She had twenty, eighteen, sixteen, fourteen
Twelve ten eight six four two none;
Nineteen, seventeen, fifteen, thirteen
'leven, nine seven five three and one.

cybersmurf:

--- Quote from: Mr Intrepid on 25 Mar 2019, 20:53 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 25 Mar 2019, 20:41 ---Me thinks Elliot has prior experience in talking someone down from an anxiety/dissociative spiral.

--- End quote ---
Elliot works at the Horrible Revelation.  So talking someone down to defuse a situation is something he does on a regular basis.

--- End quote ---

Yeah, sounds a lot like de-escalation to me. Mostly aggression, with a bit of generally calming people down.
Let's hope Roko finds help before she has to pay for repairs or a new chassis.

BenRG:
It occurs to me that Melon isn't used to being the sensible one and it is a new and startling experience for her. Everything that's happened since Roko's accident has been shocking and frightening for her and I wonder if it will ultimately change her.

Meanwhile, Roko is continuing to demonstrate syptoms from the playbook of traumatic psychological side-effects. Right now, it's the "this is all my fault for being weak" part. I'm glad that Elliot seems to have some experience with this issue and knows how to refocus someone's mind on something other than the mad loop of feelings in their brains. That said, I really do wonder if Roko is going to be safe to leave on her own tonight.

"But then the mirrors... I didn't look right..." is heartbreaking really. This is something that won't go away soon and I do agree with what some on the Subreddit have sad about this reminding them of body image disorders like anorexia. Roko is going to be able to function mostly-normally and then she'll have a sudden surge and really need help to stop herself self-harming.

Finally... I wonder if Melon really does know what the next number will be? She's not demonstrated brilliant pattern-recognition skills in the past!

TRenn:
While I'm sure Roko doesn't object to Melon's attempts to be helpful, I have to wonder if it isn't just a little bit problematic. Since Roko's issue is that she doesn't "feel like herself," the fact that Melon isn't acting 100 percent like herself either might be a distraction (and not a good distraction).

So in panel 4, I'm imagining Roko thinking "THERE is our adorable little cloudcookoolander. Never change, Melon."

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