Pepper showing some teeth…
he’s starting to crack under it all..
and he’s still trying his best
I can’t figure out the words to explain it.. but the way you made Pepper’s already messy hair look somehow even messier when he’s aggravated is really good
(hollering from the back row) fight! fight!! fight!!! fight!!!!
i was kinda expecting that this wouldnt go well, given these are two deeply self-centered characters who are both maxed out on general bad feelings already, who are currently in a mindset that everybody is out to get them for no good reason, AND who have real cause to be annoyed at each other.
real (eyes emoji) over here to see whether chloe and pepper can manage to let it lie for long enough to survive the night or whether this will blow up, and what the long term consequences will be either way… i sit sooooooo politely to wait for next feeding hours
I understand pepper snapping here. even the therapist needs someone to talk to, and pepper doesn’t really have anyone. achilles knows the most about the situation but he kind of just doesn’t give a shit. chloe might know things that could actually help pepper move forward through his stress or figure things out. she’s at least someone kind of more on the same brainwave that he could confide in.
also, everyone else on halo head gets a pretty good amount of understanding for their behaviors imo. I feel like pepper deserves it too.
pepper clearly isn’t equipped to be on call like this. he needs to invest more in his own well being.
chloe needs support but pepper can’t be the only one to give it, especially if he’s gonna keep putting other’s needs ahead of his own
I know you wanted to be good, and that you’re going through a lot at the moment, but why are you saying the “staying out of your head” like it’s a character you have to stay in?
Man, I don’t think Pepper is enough credit. That he’s holding it together with keen awareness of the not-metaphorically existential SOMETHING going on is commendable. Imagine if, one day, you found out your work manager was spawning employees from 12 year old desktop pC, and you happened to see a file named ALL_KNOWN_REALITY_v2.rar
I’m glad to see people more sympathetic to Pepper recently. People have been hard on him since the last time Chloe was here. There’s no excuse for the way he acted then. But who does the town’s rock talk to when he needs someone to lean on? Peachy?
In b4 Pepper turns around from preparing the food and Chloe is gone.
I think he has an excuse. Clair has a lot of power over the residents and Pepper just learned there might be something dangerous about her, so he pushed his luck a bit trying to get information on her. I don’t think Pepper Did Anything Wrong.
I feel you. He had his reasons but trying to use Chloe’s coping mechanism against her was pretty callous of him, especially after Chloe had literally balled up and made it clear she didn’t want to talk about Clair.
I feel for Pepper but I think he still owes Chloe an apology for what happened, at the very least.
Man, what with this and with where the story is at on Bluesky, its really clear that Pepper has an issue with interrupting people. If he’d just shut up Chloe would have told him lol.
I meant more the previous page. He interuppted Chloe’s flow of the story to point out she stole the book. Which, like, justified, but doesn’t help the situation if he wants answers
Ah, I see. That’s true. At the same time, can you imagine how manipulative it would make him look if he didn’t react to Chloe saying she stole his stuff, just to get information out of her?
I totally and completely understand him snapping at the end there, but it does still make me a little nervous about my theory a few posts ago.
I’ve been looking for this theory and can’t find it. What was it?
It’s in the comments of page #453
I think of it every time there’s an update now lol. I love Not As He Seems Pepper Theory.
… let me do my job 😅
Poor edged therapy dog
very bold choice of words there
Pepper is bouncing back between fear and sympathy. And it seems fear is winning…
Pepper showing some teeth…
he’s starting to crack under it all..
and he’s still trying his best
I can’t figure out the words to explain it.. but the way you made Pepper’s already messy hair look somehow even messier when he’s aggravated is really good
You got this, Pepper. Just remember, you gotta let Chole blurt it out herself on her own.
Tread carefully, dog.
Also I believe the word you’re looking for is “sorry”
The answer is so easy Pepper. The stairs. Go down the stairs.
(hollering from the back row) fight! fight!! fight!!! fight!!!!
i was kinda expecting that this wouldnt go well, given these are two deeply self-centered characters who are both maxed out on general bad feelings already, who are currently in a mindset that everybody is out to get them for no good reason, AND who have real cause to be annoyed at each other.
real (eyes emoji) over here to see whether chloe and pepper can manage to let it lie for long enough to survive the night or whether this will blow up, and what the long term consequences will be either way… i sit sooooooo politely to wait for next feeding hours
nooo dog dont snap at her, she’s vulnerable 🙁
I understand pepper snapping here. even the therapist needs someone to talk to, and pepper doesn’t really have anyone. achilles knows the most about the situation but he kind of just doesn’t give a shit. chloe might know things that could actually help pepper move forward through his stress or figure things out. she’s at least someone kind of more on the same brainwave that he could confide in.
also, everyone else on halo head gets a pretty good amount of understanding for their behaviors imo. I feel like pepper deserves it too.
I don’t think it’s that achilles doesn’t care, he just doesn’t understand why it matters
pepper clearly isn’t equipped to be on call like this. he needs to invest more in his own well being.
chloe needs support but pepper can’t be the only one to give it, especially if he’s gonna keep putting other’s needs ahead of his own
dude the putting others needs first thing. pepper is literally cooking food for chloe when she should be sleeping 💔💔💔💔
If you want to extract information from someone, the best way is to just hide in plain sight and just wait till they let it slip themselves.
… Pepper?
I know you wanted to be good, and that you’re going through a lot at the moment, but why are you saying the “staying out of your head” like it’s a character you have to stay in?
Is it only genuine if he doesn’t need to be reminded to do it?
Man, I don’t think Pepper is enough credit. That he’s holding it together with keen awareness of the not-metaphorically existential SOMETHING going on is commendable. Imagine if, one day, you found out your work manager was spawning employees from 12 year old desktop pC, and you happened to see a file named ALL_KNOWN_REALITY_v2.rar
I’m glad to see people more sympathetic to Pepper recently. People have been hard on him since the last time Chloe was here. There’s no excuse for the way he acted then. But who does the town’s rock talk to when he needs someone to lean on? Peachy?
In b4 Pepper turns around from preparing the food and Chloe is gone.
I think he has an excuse. Clair has a lot of power over the residents and Pepper just learned there might be something dangerous about her, so he pushed his luck a bit trying to get information on her. I don’t think Pepper Did Anything Wrong.
I feel you. He had his reasons but trying to use Chloe’s coping mechanism against her was pretty callous of him, especially after Chloe had literally balled up and made it clear she didn’t want to talk about Clair.
I feel for Pepper but I think he still owes Chloe an apology for what happened, at the very least.
pepper doesn’t crack under the pressure.
I hope pepper doesn’t crack under the pressure.
sorry
Man, what with this and with where the story is at on Bluesky, its really clear that Pepper has an issue with interrupting people. If he’d just shut up Chloe would have told him lol.
I love him all the same
I think he said “yeah?” cause Chloe stopped talking.
I meant more the previous page. He interuppted Chloe’s flow of the story to point out she stole the book. Which, like, justified, but doesn’t help the situation if he wants answers
Ah, I see. That’s true. At the same time, can you imagine how manipulative it would make him look if he didn’t react to Chloe saying she stole his stuff, just to get information out of her?
Can we all keep in mind Pepper just got woken up at 3am
pepper showing teeth is scary :clair-what2:
Eating and sleeping first will probably make for more productive conversation.