GAEL / JAKOB, FIRST CONVERSATION

[gallantTyrant] has started messaging merrimemtousPerformer at 10:54 PM.

[GT]"Hello there."
MP: OH! Hello! It's pretty rare someone contacts me. What's up?  What's your deal? Are you in charge of something? Are you a dickhead about it? Probably not, you may be a tyrant, but your gallant too.
[GT]: "Well clearly you have never met a bot before. Those things hit me up all the time. Anyways, yes I am in charge of something. Myself. Regardless, who are you?"
MP: My name's Gail! I'm studying to be a circus performer! It's super exciting! I mean, mostly. And also, it's not like I"m going to clown college or anything, it's more of a personal study, but I'm getting really good at it! I can do makeup, make popcorn and snowcones, throw knives, balance on things, swing on things, read fortunes-want me to read your fortune?
[GT]: "Wait...the circus? Like, the actual circus. PfffttttttHaaa. Ok. Now that I have gotten that out of the way, sure you can 'read' my fortune."
MP: Okay, gimme a minute, I gotta go get my tarot cards.
MP: And I'm glad you laughed! Lots of people think clowns are scary because John Wayne Gacy and the Joker are total bastards, but they're not!
[GT]: "They can be. It really just depends. But you better hurry up and fire up that deck. I am a very busy man."
MP: Okay, got it! Gonna do a simple three card past-present-future spread. Also, I'm not going to use the minor arcana because nobody likes those.
MP: For your past, we have...the heirophant. Something religious? Something traditional? Notably masculine.
MP: In your present, the hermit in the reversed position. Are you lonely? Isolated maybe? If you are, you don't have to be. You seem likeable enough so far.
MP: And in your future...the tower. I've been getting that one a lot lately. A disaster. A sudden change. Something that'll upheave everything you know. But sometimes, good things can only come from destruction.
MP: It's like a volcano. It destroys everything, but the ash is super fertile. I am, like, 87% sure that's how volcanoes work.
[GT]: "87%? Like, not even 87.1. Just plain ol' 87. Dang. Well that was fun. Honestly, truly insightful. But, what about you?"
MP: What about me?
[GT]: "Yes, what about you? Your reading."
MP: Oh! Well, I dunno whether you're supposed to do readings on yourself, but why not! Lemme just reshuffle these...
MP: In my past, there's the  emperor, in the reversed position. Excessive control, inflexibility and rigidity. Yeah, I definitely feel like the world is that way sometimes.
MP: For the present, I pulled the upright Fool. Beginnings, innocence, spontaneity, all that good stuff!
MP: And for the future...the tower again. I swear, I shuffled this deck, I didn't do that on purpose!
MP: Maybe something big is coming.
[GT]: "You could be lying. But, I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and play along. After all, I did ask you to read the cards. I am sorry to hear about your past though, why was it so oppressive?"
MP: I'm not sure why I pulled that. I mean, my mom can be a little strict, but she's not that bad. Maybe it's something further back than I know about. She must have run away from the circus for a reason, after all.
[GT]: "Waitwaitwaitwaitwait. Your mother ran AWAY from the circus? Are you sure? Arent circuses meant to accept and be cool about their performers? Was your mom that big of a freak?"
[GT]: "Wait, I said that badly. Sorry."
[GT]: "...whatd she do to run away?"
MP: "She says she ran away to be a programmer."
[GT]: "Who needs to run away? Why not just leave?"
MP: "I dunno. She's never told me about it, and I super don't get it either. According to her, we have a long, proud pedigree as circus freaks! I want to continue the proud tradition of the Rhodnais family! But nooooo, mom says I've gotta finish schoooooool first! I suck at school. School is hard. They expect you to sit still for EVER!"
[GT]: "Wait...your name is Rhodnais? Thats a cool name. And you should appreciate going to school. I dont get to."
MP:  "Isn't that, like, illegal? Isn't a truant officer supposed to kidnap you and put you in juvie and talk to you about how drugs are bad or something?"
[GT]: "Nah. At least, it hasnt happened yet. I just go around the country all the time with my dad. But he teaches me, so I am not a complete loser.
MP:  "My mom tried to teach me about programming, but I have trouble sitting still long enough. Like, right now I'm typing this on a phone while bouncing around my room. What's your dad teach you?"
[GT]: "Nothing important. ANYWAY, are you any good at it? Programming that is."
MP:  "Nuh uh. Not at all. I'm great at performing though! Drama elective is the only thing I'm good at. I may not know what the hell shakespeare is saying, but I can say the crap out of it!"
MP:  "Oh, I'm also really good at balancing, knife throwing, and card reading, as you saw above. Not so much at animal taming though. Despite my best efforts, my mom's cat will not jump through a hoop. And never mind when I light it on fire, that just went over horribly."
[GT]: "You...lit the cat or the hoop on fire? THIS IS IMPORTANT, so please answer honestly."
MP:  "The hoop! Why would I light a cat on fire! I may think it's bullshit that circuses can't use animals that much anymore (and that one time when they put two dudes in a lion costume was really really stupid), but I don't wanna be a jerk to animals!"
"They don't like me very much, but that doesn't mean I don't think they're fuzzy and adorable."
[GT]: "Ok, good. I was just about to judge you. Maybe thats a good thing. I mean, if animals liked you, then that just means you are too refined for their tastes."
MP:  "I'm not sure I get what you mean, but I'll definitely take it being a good thing. Unless I get better at it though, I'll have to be content with throwing a stuffed lion through a hula hoop. Especially since I'm not allowed near lighters or bar-b-q fluid anymore."
[GT]: "I would honestly be more concerned if you were allowed near them after that."
MP:  "I wish I were. I wanna practice fire swallowing."
MP:  "Ah well. Can't be helped. At least I'm still able to practice other things. And someday, when I go to the circus, I'll be good at so many things that no matter where they need help, I can be a part of it!"
[GT]: "Promise me, for your sake you do not attempt that. Like, ever."
[GT]: "You could fail. Then burn. Fire bad."
MP:  "It is a little scary when you get right down to it. But isn't being a part of the circus all about conquering fear?"
"The fear inside of you as an acrobat or a daredevil or a human canonball! Haven't been allowed to practice that one either by the way."
MP:  "Or the fear outside of you as a musician or magician or clown, letting people confront the strange and surreal and letting them see how wonderful it is!"
[GT]: "Thats lame. Conquering fear isnt needed if you werent scared in the first place."
MP:  "All while under the blinding heat of the spotlight, with your heart pounding at the thousands of eyes all on you? I'd do anything for that."
MP:  "And everyone's scared of something."
[GT]: "And maybe there is a reason to be scared, ever consider that?"
[GT]: "Pfftttt. Try again cheif. I am only scared of what I want to be scared of. And that is absolutely nothing."
MP:  "...you can just do that? Not want to have psychological issues like phobias and not have them?"
MP:  "Plus, doesn't that mean that you're not scared when there's a reason to be?"
[GT]: "Hush now child. For I am simply too good at being me for you to understand. But maybe you will one day. But then I would have to kill you. For there can only be one...HIGHLANDER!!!"
MP:  "Isn't that a movie about decapitation?"
[GT]: "Kinda. Don't make me do it, I am crazy enough to. I am, Ill do it."
"...how? Do you have magical internet decapitation powers? Is that what you're the tyrant of? Trolls? Ooh! Oooh! Use your magical internet decapitation powers to cut off the head of the guy who called my last youtube video gay!"
[GT]: "My powers are simply too much for your puny device to handle. And I must say, if he was calling it gay as a joke, you should learn that that is the norm. Perhaps not acceptable, but the norm nonetheless.
MP:  "But he's a toooooool! For multiple reeeaaaasonnnnns!"
[GT]: "Explain."
MP:  "Well, for one, what you just said. And for two, my videos are awesome and he should be able to see that! Look!"
(merrimoniousPerformer linked a video: "Gail Rhodnais' death defying tightrope walk!")
[GT]: "Eh. I like em, but not everyone has to. Respect their opinion, and learn that you not allowing them to hurt you is the best way to become better as a youtuber."
MP:  "mnnnf. I'll try. Still, shame you won't use your powers for good."
[GT]: "So murdering a person for their opinion is ok?"
MP:  "I.......shit, good point."
MP:  "Damn. Guess I can't do much other than ineffectually fume. Oh well."
[GT]: "I mean, you can. Maybe try to take this as a step to fame? Like, people will always try and fuck with you. You just gotta learn to deal. Be yourself, and not let this harsh world crush you under its weight."
MP:  "...it can be hard sometimes. But that's all the more reason to fight back! I said myself, the reason for being a circus freak is to face your fears, remember? So if the world makes me hurt or be afraid, that just gives me all the more reason to be what I am!"
"I've gotta go now, but thank you for talking to me! Is it okay if I add you to my friends list? I like you, gallant decapitation tyrant."
[GT]: "Sure. You werent terrible, so why not?"
[GT]: "Yeah, it was interesting talking to you too merrimountus lightshoopsonfire performer."
MP:  "Awesome! Watch out for the tower collapsing, but when it does, don't be afraid or try to stop it, something new will be waiting in the ashes. I'm absolutely sure of it."
[GT]: "PffttttttOKAY. I will surely do that. Thank you for that amazing advice."

[merrimentousPerformer has stopped pestering gallantTyrant]