⒊ TIPS TO MEDIATE ♣ SCENARIOS (ASHEN EDITION!) Taking a pause on the peopleprobing to cap off this romantiseries with a little something something different (different). (Also, might anyone spill the deets as to what the [HONK] is a Fight Night? I would ♥ to conduct some post-match interviews, if that would be ↑ anyone’s alley.) Anywho. This one’s a bit of the black baabeast of the four in the way that it’s ENTIRELY SITUATIONAL and doesn’t necessarily require rocket science to realize you’ve been roped into one. You might be in one as you read along—which isn’t a ✕ thing! You are doing a service by preventing two big bads from causing a S↑ERNOVAIC CATASTROPHE. But let’s get one thing clear: auspistices AREN’T s↑posed to be a permanent development. These sticky situationships are contingent on how LONG two trolls can stay mad at one another and how QUICKLY you can defuse the bomb. Generally, your challenge as the middle-leaf is to get this solved as quickly as possible, whether it ends in two trolls never speaking again or two trolls pa-s-sionately canoodling in front of you (Wolf-whistle!). It’s a lot better than bloodshed, that’s for certain. Whether you’re stirring the pot or inside it, let’s dive into tricks to maneuver through your impromptu negotiation situation: ⒈ COMMUNICATION IS KEY. Facilitate communication between them. Tap into your inner delivery dweeb. Weasel each and every bit of honesty out of these guys individually, or serve as the referee as they chat to one another. (I might add that a little white lying IS okay in some instances, particularly when the original delivery asks for its receiver to “cul-l- themsel-f”. Any comment that’ll deepen their heels in the pile of incendiary [HONK] they’re standing in should be avoided at MOST costs. Unless you want to see all hell break loose. Your call.) ⒉ SET GROUND RULES!!! As they say, YOUR HIVE, YOUR RULES. You might be in the middle… but you’re in The Middle. You know what I mean? Use that to your advantage. Two people who hate one another (either in pitch or each other’s loathed [HONK]) want to keep that hatred between one another. Unless you somehow make a DETRIMENTAL FAUX PAS, you're nearly untouchable! ⒊ FISH OUT THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM(S)... This one requires a bit of ponderance on your end. As an extension of TIP ⒈, what they particularly hurl at one another (METAPHORICALLY, don’t work with actual ↑chuck, ew) can give you clues to how this ♥song-gone-✕ began. Once you do, that’s where you begin broaching the roots between the two, smoothing out that patch like your life depends on it, and finally drawing a conclusion from that mess. Give yourself a pat on the back. It’s over, and you’ve survived through the brunt of it. If that didn’t work, then, well… Um. Ok. You’re on your own here, LOL! B:o) - Gander Grimzl
