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[muffled old timey radio noises] time for an advice column
Name: Momo
Date: March 5th
Format:audio radio!
[After the expedition last month wrapped up, in the next few days, radio listeners of Aefenglom may have noticed a newcomer to the airwaves. Despite being a fresh voice, there's an air of experience to how he takes his programs, upbeat and cheerful but professional, talking with other hosts and guests and drawing out the interesting and comedic things about them for a good fun show.
And now he's here to get some talk show comedy out of the locals and Mirrorbound, wrapping up an informative little segment about local music to transition into that most loved and dreaded of call-in shows--
--the advice column.]
...Now we're back to just Momo, and you know, I've been in a real bind since I got here last month...I had all these juniors running around to give advice to, and now I've come to another world all fresh and inexperienced, my advisory skills as a weathered old-timer are getting rusty! [He's...26...] I've got to keep that stuff sharp like any good mother does, so if you need advice or a sounding board on anything that doesn't need me to know the deepest lores of this place, call in - or send a text in if you're shy, anons welcome too - and I'll help you out with it! Maybe someone else is having the same worries as you, so everyone benefits, you know? Send your daily quandaries, your work problems, your sordid love triangle stories...though not too sordid, we're still on daytime radio!
If you've got a question I can't answer, like monster or magic problems or something, then I'll put that to the audience and maybe we'll get some interesting answers from them, too! But whether we're talking it out or I'm reading it out for the audience, I'm sure we can solve some people's problems today. Even the weird ones. [Read: he welcomes the possibility of outright silly and questionably true responses.
The watch connection he gives for the calls isn't his own device, but rather one the radio station owns, because he's not here to tango with questionable calls after the show is over. He does enough of that at home. As for the texts, he puts up a post for those alongside the opening of the segment, so he'll both be talking and texting in response to those (and non-radio listeners can spot it even if they weren't listening to the segment).]
[[Tag-ins will be presumed as chronological, e.g. the first tag-in would be the first call/message and so on, so reacting to stuff from before your character sends their response is valid. Any question Momo puts to the audience will be open to threadjacking from when he does.]]
Date: March 5th
Format:
[After the expedition last month wrapped up, in the next few days, radio listeners of Aefenglom may have noticed a newcomer to the airwaves. Despite being a fresh voice, there's an air of experience to how he takes his programs, upbeat and cheerful but professional, talking with other hosts and guests and drawing out the interesting and comedic things about them for a good fun show.
And now he's here to get some talk show comedy out of the locals and Mirrorbound, wrapping up an informative little segment about local music to transition into that most loved and dreaded of call-in shows--
--the advice column.]
...Now we're back to just Momo, and you know, I've been in a real bind since I got here last month...I had all these juniors running around to give advice to, and now I've come to another world all fresh and inexperienced, my advisory skills as a weathered old-timer are getting rusty! [He's...26...] I've got to keep that stuff sharp like any good mother does, so if you need advice or a sounding board on anything that doesn't need me to know the deepest lores of this place, call in - or send a text in if you're shy, anons welcome too - and I'll help you out with it! Maybe someone else is having the same worries as you, so everyone benefits, you know? Send your daily quandaries, your work problems, your sordid love triangle stories...though not too sordid, we're still on daytime radio!
If you've got a question I can't answer, like monster or magic problems or something, then I'll put that to the audience and maybe we'll get some interesting answers from them, too! But whether we're talking it out or I'm reading it out for the audience, I'm sure we can solve some people's problems today. Even the weird ones. [Read: he welcomes the possibility of outright silly and questionably true responses.
The watch connection he gives for the calls isn't his own device, but rather one the radio station owns, because he's not here to tango with questionable calls after the show is over. He does enough of that at home. As for the texts, he puts up a post for those alongside the opening of the segment, so he'll both be talking and texting in response to those (and non-radio listeners can spot it even if they weren't listening to the segment).]
[[Tag-ins will be presumed as chronological, e.g. the first tag-in would be the first call/message and so on, so reacting to stuff from before your character sends their response is valid. Any question Momo puts to the audience will be open to threadjacking from when he does.]]
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Sure is! Do we get a name, mystery caller, or is this the kind of problem you don't want to put your real name to? We don't judge here.
[His tone is slightly conspiratorial, but in more of an exaggerated and comedic manner. He doesn't mind taking a fake name, it's just handy to have something to refer to someone by.]
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[ his voice is considerably lower than his usual voice, but momo will probably be able to recognize it anyway. that's not what lance is worried about, though. he's concerned that his team will realize it's him and quiznak, he Does Not Want That (tm). ]
Sooo, guess I'll -- [ he clears his throat again. ] get to the point. [ cough cough. astrals, this voice thing is harder than he thought. ]
How do you deal with friends who are obviously having a hard time but refuse to open up to you about it?
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But then, it does mean he knows how people usually react to him doing it, so his answers have an air of experience to them as if he's dealt with that same problem before.] Alright, well, first thing's first: people out there who do this sort of thing, it's okay to open up to your friends! I know some people think that's too much to put on someone else, but it's really easy to hurt and worry them more if you don't, especially if it starts having visible effects on you. They'll be able to tell if you're tossing and turning at night or whatever. But when we talk about dealing with it, you can't go too hard in a lot of cases, either. Some people will withdraw or retaliate if you really press them - you have to get them into a position where they're comfortable letting you in. Just so I know not to suggest it, is there anything you've tried already?
[Might as well not retread ground if he's had a go at doing certain things and they haven't worked.]
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when momo turns it onto lance though, he clears his throat again before he speaks. ]
Well, with one guy, I just ask once in a while if everything's okay. I'm pretty sure he's a hard egg to crack. With the other one? I keep trying to check up on him, but he's just being dumb and isolating himself!
[ towards the end, his real voice starts to emerge again. whoops. ]
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Careful there, Mr. Mystery, your accent's slipping. [It's a cheerful tease before he gets onto the meat of his answer.] But that definitely sounds like one of those delicate situations - you won't get anything out of them if you're not a little bit more direct, but if you're too forceful it'll most likely just be offputting. With the first guy, I think making it clear it's more of a burden to not know his problems than to know them might help out. Some people keep it to themselves for that kind of reason, but it's clearly worrying you if you're asking about it, so...I don't know if I'd say stage an outright intervention, but if you have any other friends who you know are concerned, it might help to group up and sit him down and talk. Don't force it, but make your feelings clear and that not knowing is what's eating at you. As for the second one, how exactly is he isolating himself? I'm too cute to be handing out advice on smashing down people's doors if that's the kind of isolation he's doing, but if he's just being avoidant I might be able to help.
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[ mister...momo..... ]
I know the second guy and another friend of ours are concerned for the first guy, so maybe we'll give that a try. I'll see what they say. As for guy number two, he's just...kind of being dodgy and not hanging around the house a whole lot. He kinda just disappeared.
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Alright, I don't condone stalking, but...if you can't get hold of him while he's in the house, it might be an idea to find out where he's going, even if you just ask around for his description or something. People are entitled to their space, but if something goes really wrong at any point, it's best to know where he goes to feel safer. If you can catch him in the house, you could offer to go with him - if he's your friend, it's natural that you'd want to be able to spend more time with him, right? He might not realise how obvious it is he's isolating himself and how that could hurt you guys as well. Sometimes people think they can just be evasive and nobody's going to care or follow up on it.
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I'll give it a shot. Maybe with a little mini intervention, too.
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[He's making this sound vaguely like an attack plan or something along those lines.]
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[ is he going to ask allura to come with him? absolutely. lance grins, though momo can't see it. ]
It's definitely gonna be a hard sell, but it'll be worth it if he comes around. ... Thanks, Momo.
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No problem. Tell me how it goes when the dust clears, okay? [Though Momo might just ask him in person.]