corporate-giant:

He chuckled as well as he bent down to retrieve the coffee. “Well they should, given as I gave them the request through their minds.” That fact hadn’t come up until now not because it was any sort of secret, but because he didn’t consider it to be any sort of big deal and thus hadn’t gone out of his way to bring it up.

He really had no hope of properly gripping that bottle cap himself without spilling it so he had one of the workers place it in his palm and then he brought his hand up to his guest.

The speck wondered for a moment what before nervously gulping his throat. “Wha- you are a telepathic!?” He shuffled a bit backwards when the hand landed in front of him. Patches looked at the drink and slowly took the cap in his hands. He was staring down his reflection in the nice smelling coffee. “tack..” Patches wondered if maybe he was sending thoughts to his head. They couldn’t help the negative thinking with their paranoia being off the charts all the time. He was always used to wonder the worse case scenario. “Um..have you been reading my mind and stuff?..”

corporate-giant:

He nodded. “That’s correct. Though I’m the only one of my kind to have come to this planet, so you won’t be running across any others.”

Right about then, a group of Gifre’s staff came into the office. Several of them were working together to transport a very large coffee mug, while another was holding a bottle cap filled with coffee.

“Oh, the coffee is here. If you would be so kind as to stand here for a moment.” He held his hand up to his desk so that Patches could get on it.

Now that was strange, Patches didn’t remember them asking for coffee to the workers or anything. Patches paused with confusion before sliding down the fingers and halting with his feet on the desk. Slowly stepping off so he wouldn’t trip off the giant’s finger nail. When Patches was free to roam the desk that seemed to never end he only took a few meters back, trying to see Gifre in all of his entirety. 

“Really uh- good workers huh? They seem to know what you want ahaha~” He chuckled out.

corporate-giant:

A bottle cap, that would be perfect. He wasn’t sure why he hadn’t thought of that. Probably because they didn’t make bottles his size so he didn’t often interact with them. But he would pass the suggestion on.

His expression was somewhat apologetic when his ‘passenger’ fell over. It seemed that despite his best efforts he couldn’t prevent the impact his movements had due to their disparate sizes.

“Oh, it isn’t intrusive at all. The answer is simple, really. I’m from another planet.”

The little guy took in the sights of the factory, taking in the fact that he was so high up in someone’s hand but didn’t feel scared but amazed. Deep down he kinda wished he was as tall as the friendly giant in a suit. At least nobody could pick on him. 

Patches looked up at them with a tilted head. “Really? Well I guess that explains things…wait there’s a whole race like you?” He squeaked up.

Respect Your RP Partners

retribuxion:

Something I’ve noticed in the RP community is that we expect our RP partners to be writing machines. We expect them to churn out a reply almost immediately after we post ours, be on when we are, always send us memes, et cetera. Here’s the thing: our RP partners are not machines. They are human beings who need to be respected for more than their ability to write. Other than the usual “your RP partners may not feel like replying at the moment,” here are some things to respect them for, and remember when you’re RPing:

  • Respect that your RP partner may be in school.
  • Respect that your RP partner may be employed.
  • Respect that your RP partner may have at least one physical illness.
  • Respect that your RP partner may have at least one mental illness.
  • Respect that your RP partner may have friends outside of tumblr.
  • Respect that your RP partner may have a family outside of tumblr.
  • Respect that your RP partner may be a parent.
  • Respect that your RP partner may have hobbies outside of tumblr.
  • Respect that your RP partner may have religious obligations.
  • Respect that your RP partner may not always have internet, or computer access.
  • Respect that your RP partner may be going through a difficult life situation.
  • Respect that your RP partner does not have to disclose everything happening in their personal life to you.

Too often, it’s easy to say “no one RPs with me” or “no one ships with me” or “no one sends me anything” without considering any of the above, or even more circumstances your RP partner(s) may be dealing with. Too often, it’s easy to say one of those things, and not consider how the other person feels when reading it. Someone dealing with at least one of these circumstances can feel guilty for not replying right away, sending something, et cetera, or feel like they have to once they see their partner is unhappy. 

I know I do when I see things like that on my dash.

When you start feeling guilty for not doing something that is part of your hobby, or feeling like you have to do something that is supposed to be fun, it stops being fun. It feels like a job. I know when I feel obligated to do a reply for a person, I drag my feet. I do not feel excited about the RP as much anymore. Even if they say, “Sure, I’ll wait,” I see them post elsewhere that no one sends them things, or no one RPs with them. The guilt turns on. I feel like I have to reply. It’s a passive-aggressive tactic that a person may not even be aware that they’re doing. No matter what, though, it needs to stop.

All in all, we need to show more kindness and patience towards our RP partners. The best relationships I have on this website are the ones where we treat each other with not only that, but with mutual respect. We also communicate regularly, and tell each other if we need to hold onto replies. I feel relieved knowing I can go to my RP partners, and tell them to hold onto my replies because I’m not feeling well, and I don’t know when I will be. It is an amazing feeling. We need more of that on this website, and less expecting one another to be robots.

We are all human. Never forget that.