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[decrees]

[Logan has been the King of Albion for twelve years. His reign is at an end, however - his sister staged a coup and will take the throne as soon as he returns to Albion. Logan isn't upset with her - if anything, he's relieved that he no longer has to deal with everything. He's relieved that he doesn't have to face down the threat of incoming darkness - a threat he's known about for four years and hasn't been able to stop. He's confident that his sister can handle the throne, but it isn't a position he ever would have wanted to put her in. He does care about her in his own stunted way, after all.

It's been nearly eleven years since Logan's mother, the previous Queen, died. She was the one who united Albion under a monarchy and ruled for fifty years of peace and prosperity. Yes, there were issues - any country with 6.5 million people is bound to have them - but she handled them all as best she could and will most likely go down in history as a benevolent, wonderful monarch. She would be disappointed in him; Logan's positive of that much. He started his rule as a monarch dedicated to his people, but circumstances drove him to become a tyrant.

He's spent the day being far more subdued than usual, keeping to himself and occasionally examining the 'Gear, but it takes hours for Logan to finally get up the courage to actually post to the network, even anonymously. He's adapted to this world far better than he ever thought he would, and now that he has adapted, he's finding that he rather likes Johto. He doesn't have the same responsibilities and expectations placed on him. He's free. It's not something he ever would have thought he wanted back home, but it's something he's finding that he's desperately needed this entire time.]

How do you deal with failure? How do you deal with not living up to the expectations set for you?

I believe there are some monarchs or rulers here. How do you deal with the people of your nation despising you for what you've done, even if what you've done was for their own good?

[...He's kind of the most obvious anon. Just let him pretend, alright.]

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[newberktown]

It's not so hard, when you get enough practice in that area. I actually became an expert at failing or disappointing others. Eventually when they get so used to you failing, it really makes your successes stand out and they'll be much more impressed.

[Clearly that was the best advice.

...Or maybe not.]

What you should really do is focus on what you're good at, especially if you really are doing it for the good of others. They should realize it eventually.

[anonymous text]

[decrees]

[...good lord, that is just depressing...]

I suppose that's good advice. I don't have much else I can do here, unfortunately. Thank you. Has it worked for you?

[newberktown]

[...Uh. Well.]

People can come up with positive things to say about me, now. [Mostly.] But with my track record, it did take fifteen years.

[And, you know, him almost dying.]

[decrees]

That's unfortunate. I'm certain they managed to overlook your better qualities.

[...Somehow. No really, fifteen years? That's just depressing.]

[newberktown]

To be fair, that was pretty easy to do when their roofs were on fire.

[decrees]

...I take it that was an accident?

[newberktown]

A series of them, unfortunately.

[Maybe...it was time to change the topic a little.]

I'm not a ruler myself, but my dad is the chief of our tribe. The only real disappointing thing about him is me, so he just doubled his efforts whenever I screwed something up. The people of Berk knew that he could take care of their problems even when I was the one causing them, so they were willing to overlook that a lot of the time.

[He doesn't know if that helps this guy at all, though.]

[decrees]

[Yikes...]

I'm afraid my situation is nearly the opposite; I have driven the people to hate me for the decisions I've made. Everything I have done was for the good of the country - we are going to face off against something terrible in the future, something the people of my country simply wouldn't believe if I were to tell them.

It's entirely possible that I haven't done everything in my power to help my people, however. Once I return home, I will redouble my efforts.

[...Assuming the new ruler doesn't have him executed, whoops.]

[newberktown]

[Hmmmn, that seemed familiar.]

I've seen my dad come home with a headache enough times to know that being a leader isn't easy. You've just got to keep trying.

This something terrible's not a dragon bigger than a mountain, is it?

[Because if so, HE'S GOT THIS. Hop on your Night Fury and go, go, go!]

[decrees]

A dragon? No, dragons don't exist where I'm from. I take it you've faced something similar, however?

[No way, this sounds fascinating.]

[newberktown]

That battle was the turning point for me, really. Everyone could have died, and they still would have if I'd been alone. I was lucky.

[For once.]

[decrees]

What happened? How did you get in a fight like that to begin with?

[newberktown]

[Hmn. This may take a while for him to type out. Lots of stopping and starting going on here as he tries to figure out what to say and all.]

I was never that good with people, but it turns out that I do okay when it comes to dragons. Toothless was my first friend, but that didn't matter much to my dad, see as the people of Berk had been fighting dragons for generations. When he learned that I knew where the dragons' nest was, he locked Toothless to a boat and everyone who could fight sailed out to raid the nest. The other teens and I were able to fly there on the dragons they had been using to teach us how to fight.

By the time we got there, the Red Death was already on a rampage. My friends were able to distract it until I got Toothless back, and then it was just a matter of knowing what to do and keeping out of range until the right moment. Dragons aren't fireproof on their insides, and with one that big, the damage was pretty serious. I thank the gods that I was the only one majorly injured. It could have been much worse.