Five Smuppets [Private to the Adults; Unhackable- But also an Unfiltered bit!]]

[plushaeusrumpified]

ok so.
i need help.
oh look bro striders asking for help.
its a sign of the fucking apocalypse or somethin.
whatever shittyass douchebag comment youve got about this you can go shove it up your hairy ass.
because i dont fucking care if you think its funny.
i legit need help so just keep your fucking commentary to yourself for once.
murdoc i am looking right the fuck at you.
go away.
i dont even know why i didnt filter you out of this.
i know youve got shit to say.
and yknow its not like you have anything relevant to add to this anyway.
youre the last person i even want to ask for advice from.
especially on this fucking matter.
anyway.
yeah so here i go.

[Well now that he's about to get to the matter, he feels really hesitant. It's been a while since he's talked about this kind of thing. In fact, he... hasn't really talked about it since it happened. It's just something he's bottled up and tried to forget about. He's tried to ignore the signs that it's still an issue, for himself and for Dirk. But after what happened on the journals with Dirk, he can't keep ignoring that there's a problem. A problem he just doesn't know how to fix at all, because... To be honest, it still hurts him too. Even though he's pretended that it hasn't ever since Dirk moved in.]

so yeah yknow.
my bro died. im sure you all remember that.
theres no need to point out how i fucked up there guys.
i know.
i really do.
so just shut up because im sure youre dying to remind me how much i fucked up there.
dont.
seriously just dont.
anyway. yeah. he died and so im left with a nephew.
a really fucking rad nephew by the way.
hes great.
i really just couldnt even ask for a better nephew.
except i think hes broken.
i mean.
i dont mean that in like a bad way.
i legit mean that i think somethings wrong.
and i dont know how to fix it.
i just think its really getting to him and i dont think he wants to even admit it himself.
i mean im sure if i asked him hed just deny the hell out of it.
because thats what striders do.
and i can admit we can be really fucking annoying like that.
but the thing is even if i did ask him.
i couldnt.
because i dont know how to fucking ask.
i dont know how to deal with this shit you guys.
i dont even know how to deal with his death to be fucking honest.
so how the hell dyou help an 11 year old.
its just really obvious from the way he talks that its there.
right underneath the surface.
i think hes got some resentment or some shit.
maybe even for me because i didnt really talk to my bro all that much.
i just dont know.

so how do i deal with this.
what do i even do.
i never thought id ask for parenting advice but.
well here the fuck i am.

also.
uh.
i know that dave went through a lot last year and i was wondering if there was anything i should do about that too.
like. do i talk to him about it or just.
pretend none of it ever happened. because im sure hed rather just forget about it.
but i dunno i mean that doesnt seem to be helping dirk so i just figured that maybe dave might need to let it out or something too.

anyway yeah.
i need a drink.

[After a few seconds, he adds an unfiltered part as an after thought, because he really just needs to get his mind off of this shit.]

so i hope you little shits all had a fantastic time at the party.
you owe me some fucking lube though.
and condoms.
because seriously who uses a mans condoms.
thats just rude.

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[plushaeusrumpified]

that a promise?

[He writes it, then hastily scribbles that part out until it's pretty much illegible. That was stupid of him to even say.]

hah ok.

and yeah i think i have.
sort of.
i mean i dont know.
maybe i havent said it in so many words.
but
no.
no i guess youre right huh?
fuck though i just...
my biggest problem is even bringing this shit up.
like how does it all just come up in everyday convo?
it doesnt.
fuuuck.

you didnt know him before he started staying with you?

[There are several little red inkblots as his quill drips onto the page while he stares at it. He feels guilty, for reasons he finally decides to address.]

im sorry.
if- i mean not if. because theres no if about it.
im sorry that ive made it tougher.
i mean by giving him more issues to deal with.
and making it harder for you guys as parents.
i should never have said that shit about him. ever.
and im really sorry about that.
im not gonna say anything about him again.
not even joking.
he doesnt deserve that.
you dont deserve that.
its been real shitty of me to do that and im just really sorry.
i never realized just how fucked up it was until now.
hes a good kid.
and i know that im not like.
an authority on this shit obviously but.
youre doing good.
really good.

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[accioleggings]

It's going to happen and if there's not a big Strider group hug after I'll eat my wand.

The best thing to do is take them aside separately and just let them know "Hey, I know things are hard right now but if you ever need to talk about it I'm here to listen."
Except, you know, Striderize it a bit.

I met him once before at my wedding. He was a toddler and he screamed when I hugged him.
Not much has changed since then.

[He takes a few minutes to reply to that last part, reading it over a few times just to make sure he's not misreading anything. This is a really heartfelt apology, huh.]

Apology accepted, Strider.

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[plushaeusrumpified]

kay.
maybe i can do that.
but im curious.
youre gonna have to elaborate on the whole striderize it thing.
how would one striderize this thing.




thanks.
so that means were cool right?