Whoops! / Unwanted Altercation & The reason why Jero is on orange / Quality time with TJ

Another mixed bag, but this one had more good in it. Definitely wasn’t so good when it started, but it got good at the end.
Oh, and I finally got the Orifice toggle animations to work the way I need them to, thanks to the VRChat Discord! ...It only took three long days until I finally got an answer. Now the rest of it I don’t need anyone’s help.
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Whoops!
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I’ve had this segment in my head the moment I finally realized what was going on. Basically I’ve been testing the Orifice toggle animations in desktop mode, asking
the VRChat Discord to please assist me (without thankfully having to discuss the reason why I need one to auto-switch the other off). Apparently I had the right idea with how I was coding it in the Animator, but I was doing it wrong.
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After writing yesterday’s blog post and proofreading it to check for typos, I got in VR. Didn’t even bother calibrating (I really… really should had via a mirror for more than one
reason), but I saw Jero on blue status and had to join him ASAP. I was expecting to
get “why are you T-posing” responses and asked for a mirror. But everyone was looking and pointing at my crotch. Huh? I’m confused. I know I’m in a T-pose. That’s why I need to find a mirror. So why are you pointing at my– oh. Oh no. FUCK!!!! I forgot to switch avatars after I was done testing!!! 🤦‍♂️ After realizing I quickly switched to the SFW version. Ohh dear gosh. I’m so sorry! I forgot to switch as I was testing!! Thank goodness everyone there was over 18.
Jero tried to calm things down, telling me it’s OK and it’s normal to forget like that.
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Unwanted Altercation & The reason why Jero is on orange
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So we go from embarrassing moment, to toxicity (and the reason why Jero is usually on orange).
…Grey, was there. He said “I have a question for Benie. But I don’t think he wants to hear it.” I asked “what is the question?” He asked “why are you here?” I said “what do you mean?” He reminded me of saying how I don’t want to ever come back on VRChat again.” Then he said “you’ll do it for Jero but not for me?”
I played it cool and said “Grey, I’m not here for drama, I’m only here to chill and relax.”
So that’s what I did, but I heard him sighing his head off.. started eating at me. I saw Jero trying to snuggle me, but I saw Grey over there depressed. I wanted to talk to him about this, but at the same time.. couldn’t we had picked a better world for it? This isn’t the kind of world to have a private conversation in with others around.
I knew I had to get out of here before things got worse. Grey was becoming a ticking toxicity timebomb, about to explode. So looked at my friends list of who else I could
join, then started messaging Jero in Discord. He asked me (ingame) if I’m still there, and I said “yes. Yes I am”… but I won’t be for long.
I messaged him;
“I’m going to head to another world. …I’m afraid your job as a peacekeeper isn’t going to end anytime soon.”
After sending the message, I left to go see Lostwolf. He was in Stray’s Theatre. Kept being bothered by what Grey said. ..*sighs* Again I wanted to tell him “look, I know what I said. But I was going through a lot of shit back then. I wasn’t trying to delibertly avoid
you, Grey. I do not hate you.”… but that world wasn’t the time or place for that kind of conversation.
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Got to see Orwin and actually had a proper conversation with him (for once). Maybe just maybe one day I’ll get to know him more and stop feeling he’s ‘better than me’. We could be good friends. 🙂
Jellyosaurus joined me (who was in the world). He had blocked Grey and said I did the right thing by leaving. I told him “I really wish you didn’t. Yes Grey has an attitude but he means well.” And he said “I just didn’t need that toxicity in my life”. I said “yeah, I understand.” He later left saying he was being invited.
Aaron and TJ joined later on, then Jero joined who was looking for me. Found him and he said Grey was toxic with everyone right after I left. And then he said “this is why I’m on orange status”. So now I have no right to complain anymore when I see him on orange. Never factored in that he still talks with Grey.
EDIT: Today (the 9th) I apologized to Jero for leaving him there. He said I did nothing wrong. “It was best to leave anyway” and “this is one of the main reasons why I keep my status set as orange”. He’s considering on (finally) blocking Grey, saying he’s “not in my good books right now to be honest really getting on my nerves”. Aye. Why I stopped talking to him. And Grey unfriended Blender the same time he did me.
Seriously Jero, block Grey. Please. You’ve done all you can to help him. He refuses to listen and all he’s doing is being an attention whore. It’s not worth keeping him around, ruining your mood.
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We went to another world after that– a world one of Aaron’s friends made a long time ago. There’s a mirror here that took awhile to find (seems his friend was inspired by Kibble of having the button as a bush.. lol). The mirror itself, was small. I could barely fit in it, and TJ with her mamagen model.. yeah, this ain’t gonna work. And Jero acted like he was getting a bit claustrophobic of wanting to join another world.
I said “what about ‘Pop Escape!’? It’s a fun escape room world.” TJ wanted to do it even though she was there before. Aaron had to go, and Jero’s headset was bugging him again and said he was going to leave early. Instead I decided we’d go to the world where Jero met Jellyosaurus (and I met Jelly’s adorable BF).
Jero then headed out 15 minutes later, leaving me with TJ. Asked her “do you wanna
play ‘Pop Escape!’? She was up for it.
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Quality time with TJ
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Went to Pop Escape. Had lots of fun, and DJ helped me by getting past the laser part of
the Mission Impossible part of the world (all you do is jump over them). Why in the fuck that part even exists is beyond me. And when we finally.. FINALLY got past that
hellhole, TJ discovered what happens after you get the actual gem. ..You get the trunk keys for the van. WOW. All of that effort for fucking car keys!! D:<
The rest of it was pretty fun. Some of the puzzles felt they took way too long to solve. But at least the ending felt satisfying (to me at least).
The final puzzle was.. it was a mindblown moment. Hope you’re a scientist. But TJ was smart and solved it pretty quickly.

Completed the world in 3 hours and 15 minutes (as it shows above). Quite impressive, as Drowsee told me it took longer for him and his group.

After, we went to my homeworld and did the thing there before heading to bed.
Was awesome finally completing that world. Might do it again solo, to see just how far I can go.