PM: Be the plumber in the pipe

-- peripateticMeddler [PM] began trolling recreantOctopus [RO] at 04:16 --
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  is timidly hiding behind a mast, clutching his knees close to him. --
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  is running through the land of steel and pipes --
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  slides to a halt when he thinks he sees what hes looking for --
RO: Cephus? is that you?
PM: @h!
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  scoots to the opposite side of the pipe. --
RO: hey could you give CIRRIN RUNFAR some directions?
RO: kinda a bit lost
PM: U-Um... !-! don't th!nk !-! c@n help...
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  looks slightly concerned --
RO: um this is your land isnt it?
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  approaches slowly --
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  slowly backs away. --
PM: Y-Yes, !-!t !s.
RO: well yeah
RO: hoping you would know it a little better
PM: U-Um... !-! do but...
PM: !-! d-don't th!nk !-!'d do @ very good job @t g-g!v!ng you the r!ght... d-d!rect!ons...
PM: S-Sorry...
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  scoots closer --
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  scoots back --
RO: come on youre not turning into Elizan are you?
PM: !-! d-don't know...
PM: D-Do y-you w@nt me to?
RO: huh you sound like you already have
RO: what with the bending over backwards
RO: the lack of self confidence
RO: and the stuttering v
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  blinks --
RO: voice
PM: !-!'m s-sorry, !-! shouldn't be t-t@lk!ng should !!
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  scoots back even further. --
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  advances --
RO: erm theres nothing wrong with talking
PM: Pl-Ple@se, d-don't hurt me!
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  backs off suddenly --
RO: why would CIRRIN RUNFAR hurt you?
PM: Th-Th@t's wh-wh@t they s-s@!d too. B-But th-they hurt me @nyw@y. B-Bec@use !-! couldn't sh-shut up.
RO: erm think you told CIRRIN RUNFAR about that
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  kind of whimpers and doesn't answer. --
RO: the going against the hemospectrum?
RO: yeah that was bound to happen
PM: !-! sh-shouldn't be t@lk!ng @-@nyw@y. S-Sorry, b-but !-! c@n't help y-you...
RO: thats
RO: disapointing
PM: S-Sorry.
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  hides behind another pipe. --
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  gets up and turns away --
RO: you used to give good advice before
PM: !-! c-c@n't do th-th@t @nymore.
PM: !-!... t-trolls w!ll g-get m@d @t me.
RO: whatever
RO: you can stay here and work out the game yourself
PM: ...
-- recreantOctopus [RO]  runs off to find his own way through the land --
-- peripateticMeddler [PM]  disappears down a pipe. --
-- peripateticMeddler [PM] absconded from recreantOctopus [RO] --