Second Petal [video]

[rosetotheoccasion]

[Well this is... new. For those who know Ruby, they're probably used to see her as a bouncing ball of energy and excitement. Which isn't a bad thing - Ruby's a pretty upbeat kid who just wants to keep making sure her friends always feel that way too!

But now... now she looks a bit withdrawn. Not outright upset, but she most certainly has the look of someone that's really being bugged by something.]

... Hey, guys.

[Geez, even the way she talks is a bit deflated.]

I kinda have a question. People have been talking about their friends disappearing, and it kinda got me wondering...

When someone returns home, what if they... knew things. About stuff that happened that they didn't experience yet, 'cause someone knows what happened to them in the future, and told them about it.

[... Ah. The picture is becoming clearer now...]

Do you think... could what happened to them later on change, then?

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[rosetotheoccasion]

it is, yeah

especially when you're worried about someone really important to you

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[ladywithnovoice]

Is it alright if I ask who it is?

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[rosetotheoccasion]

it's
someone still here
a girl named Penny

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[ladywithnovoice]

[Oh boy. Red discretely makes this a private conversation.]

Have you talked to her about it?

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[rosetotheoccasion]

I did, yeah
and she told me it wasn't my fault and she knew that I probably did whatever I could

but

I dunno. She doesn't know all of what happened, y'know?
I could've done a lot more.

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[ladywithnovoice]

Maybe. Have you heard of the phrase "we're our own worst critics"?

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[rosetotheoccasion]

but isn't that supposed to be like
for school and work and stuff???
this is a lot different

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[ladywithnovoice]

Not necessarily.
If you critique something, it means you analyze or evaluate it.
Anything can be analyzed or evaluated, even yourself.

However, the problem when you try to critique yourself is that you're not objective. It can be frighteningly easy to put too much responsibility on your shoulders because you want to have been able to do something more.

I don't know the situation myself, so I can't say if you're right or wrong in what you could have done...

But you shouldn't be too hard on yourself.