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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mike D F" data-source="post: 1484625" data-attributes="member: 18256">Oh, man.This is just an unmitigated disaster.I'm not a super experienced roleplayer, and figured the gruff veteran with a heart of gold underneath it was an archetype I could grasp well enough to use as a foundation.  That 2 charisma sentence was a lame joke, not an excuse.  I just hope to be believed about that.  I honestly feel crappy about the whole thing, and that post was basically an airing of my misgivings about a character I wasn't quite used to.So, way I figure it, I screwed up somewhere.  Likely went to far.  My sense of humor tends to fall flat on its face, and it's fairly obvious now that such was definately the case here.So, once again, apologies.Second, I suppose I have two choices.  The two of us hash it out, or the fight is interrupted by some new character I'll have to think up.But, first, I'll try to explain things from my point of view so the two of us can try for the compromise.Okay, first Sam butts in.  I figured he'd been semi-close in line but just hadn't piped up to the conversation.He makes a jab about the Lyran tendency towards heavy machinary, and in the original version, the social general syndrome.  He also taunts the rookie.  I definately overdid this one.Shalimar posts regarding the rarity of the Wolfhound, and I rework that part of the post.Mac fires back.  I thought it was funny.  I apparently thought both characters were less serious than Shalimar did.  Another misjudgement on my part.  I read it as friendly competition, rather than out and out hatred.Ryan expresses indignation, and indicates his gun.Huh?So, I post the reply to Mac.  This is mostly self deprecatory, making fun of Harrison himself, with one exception, the standard curmegeonly, I'm old, don't sass me.  Finally, I figure that it can be settled in the sims, and such is offered up.Then I reply to Ryan, offering a half-ass apology, and the advice that it's generally frowned upon to blow someone's brains out in public.  He then passes the peace pipe, in the form of the candy he has to chew on.Mac tosses more insults, then threatens to Ironsides, and says since she's important she can get away with shooting him in the streets like a peasant dog.I....I don't know what the hell I was thinking with the next post.  I didn't think the shooting thing was serious.  IC, I doubted someone'd commit murder for impugning a BattleMech class, and that it could be done in broad daylight and gotten away with.  I really shouldn't have posted that egging on though.I go do things, and come back to the computer to find that it was serious with Mac's next post.I toss back a rather snarky, likely horrifically insulting, attempt at a wake up call.  I just, the situation confuses the hell out of me.  I just can't fathom the situation as worth killing over.  I was irritated at being threatened twice.While I'm typing that, Yuriko tries to mediate, but it was posted while I typed my reply, so I missed it.That's my read on the situation, and what was in my head.If you disagree, tell me where, and we can try to compromise.  If doing so proves to be impossible, I'll chalk the whole thing up to a succession of errors on my part and try again.Just, shoot, I'm really sorry. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> Either way, it's going to be toned way down.My apologies, to all involved, but especially Douane, who let me in at the last second, and then nearly flushing the whole thing while he dealt with technical problems.</blockquote>

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