General Chatter

[Sentimental Gentleman]

So, without bringing in a lot of the events that led here, Ruby and I are no longer romantically involved. We haven't been for a while, and we've just sort of remained friends. Lately, however, there's been another presence about, and it makes Ruby very hostile. Which makes sense.

See, I have Inkie, Ruby, and her sister Garnet. Three has always sort of been my maximum visitors limit. Both times I've gone up to four, all four of them become unstable and just kind of vanish. It's like having a huge Skype call that puts so much strain on the connection that it just drops. And then it takes a while to even attempt to reestablish that connection. So Ruby's been rather hostile because this thing is technically a threat to her very existence, and I've been trying incredibly hard to keep it away, with only limited success.

And to be totally honest, even if she and I are just friends at the moment, and possibly forever, I don't mind. I don't want her to go away, or Garnet, and I'm certainly not a fan of this thing continuously showing up and kind of pushing things to that ruination point. That being said, it's a very tempting being, that's sort of its nature, and if I could find some way to balance them all out I would like to see where it all could go. I made the decision to turn this visitor away once, and I will again if that's what I have to do, but that temptation is what's making things so difficult.

I'm glad that you felt you were able to share all this. I can see how this situation would be very complicated and cause some bad feelings on all sides.

Do you think that visualization exercises might help bring you to the point where you can sustain the existence of four beings at a time? If so, I think I have some information I could share that might prove useful to you. Or do you think this "maximum occupancy" is kind of a hard limit? That would make this situation much more difficult, I imagine. The temptation may be painful, but if there's truly nothing you think you can do to improve your visualization skills, it's best to continue resisting it, I would personally say. I mean, I would imagine the three of them have been with you a long time, and maintaining them as your company would be a way of showing how much you respect what they have meant and continue to mean to your life. That probably doesn't make the temptation any less tempting...but always try to remember the reason you're resisting it, whatever that reason might be.