

:)Īlthough lets be fair, even looking back, there wasn’t much Sydney could do that wouldn’t have required defensive violence :) It’s based on the person’s perception AT THE TIME. Yes but self defense is not about looking back at what happened after you’re already safe. Which is another way of saying “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.” what your subconscious thinks of as justified may not be what you consciously accept as justified). while stuck in a trench in some muddy French field, or seeing a kid run out into the middle of a crossfire) and enacting violence (whether it’s withing the rules of engagement not necessarily withstanding. being intermittently shelled, gassed, etc. Tragically, there seems to be two contradictory causes: stress caused by being subjected to or witnessing violence without recourse to response or escape (i.e. It was ASD and/or PTSD, it just wasn’t psychologically defined as such until later, when we’d sent enough people to war and seen enough similar symptoms to realize it was a definable psychological condition. In World War II, it was usually referred to as Battle Fatigue (although Shell-Shock was still used sometimes).

In World War I (or the “War to End All Wars,” as it was optimistically called), it was often called Trench Eyes, the Thousand Yard Stare, or Shell-Shock.
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Feel free to contribute as much as you like! Cause, you know, making people literally pass out from exhaustion is ‘hardcore’ or whatever.ĭouble res version will be posted over at Patreon. In fact, I can’t help but think there’s probably a perverse delight in running NCOs into the ground. I imagine the military, especially in boot camp, is probably not reeeeeal sympathetic to complaints of insomnia and the like. Doing it while exhausted? I think you’d probably plod along in misery for a few minutes, then you’d get some sort of adrenaline reaction that could carry you 10-15 minutes, then after that you’d start feeling like you’re having an insulin crash or something. It seems I can barely motivate myself to do it when I’m feeling 100% these days. I can’t imagine trying to exercise while sleep deprived. Incidentally, her room is next to Dabbler’s, but fortunately the resident succubus had extra soundproofing done. Dogs barking, your neighbor’s party or TV. It just doesn’t keep out the usual annoying noises when you’re trying to sleep. Well, it keeps out lasers, so maybe it keeps out dangerously loud sounds. Except that her shield doesn’t keep out light or noise. It’s a pretty secure way to sleep actually. Falling asleep in her airtight bubble would be actually bad, so – tape. In case you’re wondering, Sydney taped her orbs to her hands, as she has done in the past a few times, because dropping her shield orb while she’s sleeping and letting the monsters in would be bad. Just nightmares bad enough to give her insomnia. There might be a better diagnosis – she’s not to the point where she’s having panic attacks or waking flashbacks, at least not yet. For a lack of a better term, let’s say she’s got a touch of PTSD. She’s being progressive about asking for help when it’s needed instead of letting this fester because she’s hoping there’s a pill she can take for it. Notably when she was younger and got diagnosed with ADHD, and a few follow-ups to tweak her meds. Soteria will always push herself onto the MC, but I do let you chose to go further or not.Sydney doesn’t frequent psychologists, but she’s been around them a few times in her life. Kelyera, not your thing? Don’t say she is yours in front of her Father. Marena not for you? Don’t show up at her doorstep at the time she gave you, show up when everyone else arrives. Didn’t like Katsumi? Let her be on her way and don’t offer her a job and to keep her safe. The next one being Kelyera because I tried to convey that she is oversaturated in Lust-Inducing-Pheromones the times she meets the MC, and therefore the MC is not thinking correctly and just goes with it.Īfter that, however you have the choice, do you want to stay with Vanessa? Make a choice to offer her a way out or comfort her. That was to push the plot along because she comes in more later on in the story. The first time you meet Katsumi the MC has sex with her. Sure I am, guilty for two of those girls. Have you read any Greek Mythos? Most of the Gods in those show hardly any restraint, lol.īut for the most part, I do put up choices for each girl. I base most of the Lore of this game off of Greek Mythology with my own twist on it.
