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[neverfinishanyth]

A friend of mine fell asleep and has yet to wake up this afternoon. I've tried splashing water on him, but it was not very effective. Does anyone here known any other methods that we could try?

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[ferraio]

I suppose that's true.

[ Well...that sure sucks! It's after a very belated moment that he even thinks to add anything else, and the another delayed moment while he decides if he ought to, but eventually... ]

I hope your friend recovers, whatever the cause ends up being.

[neverfinishanyth]

Thank you for your concern. It seems a little bit less scary, now that we are settling in until he wakes.

[ferraio]

[ He's biased, and maybe he should know better than to say this out loud, but...Risotto's never been great at socializing for a lot of reasons. ]

Wouldn't it be kinder for your friend to hope he'll simply stay in his home world, if that's indeed where he is right now?

[neverfinishanyth]

Not if his body is still here. That's more than a little bit concerning.

[ferraio]

An unusual but fair point...I wonder how this reality merges back with others, if his body is staying here.

Mostly I wonder if it's possible to figure out how to send anyone back, body and mind together, but I suppose if it were possible, someone would have tried such a thing already.

[ Okay he says that but Risotto is 100% convinced he's smarter than the average pokemon trainer, and now he's fully walking himself through what to try... ]

[neverfinishanyth]

I imagine if any such experiment had success, it would be rather difficult to share the results with those of us still here.

[ferraio]

Naturally... Although since none of us can be killed here, if someone were to disappear entirely, I suppose the only option would be that they left, since it would be clear they hadn't just died...

[ Should...Risotto be implying he knows no one can die here? Hopefully that's normal information to know. ]

[neverfinishanyth]

I suppose anyone who ends up suffering an unfortunately almost-fatal accident finds themselves at the Pokemon Center.

[ferraio]

[ Risotto almost has to delete an incriminating 'oh, is that where he went'... ]

The lack of permanent consequences in this world is starting to make it almost sound like a shared dream.

[neverfinishanyth]

If it's all a dream, it's a very realistic one.

[ferraio]

I don't know what is possible where you came from, but such a thing would not seem entirely dismissible back where I lived.

[neverfinishanyth]

Alas, I have dissected too many corpses to be convinced that the world is anything other than very real.