Well That Didn't Take Long

 I cannot be the only one that finds things so predictable, can I?

With the leaving of our captain character in Stars Without Number, the rest of us are much less decisive/proactive. Predictable if you've seen us in action. And the only one who really wants to be in charge claims to not - and, I'd say, isn't terribly qualified given the way they regularly don't think things through. Natural fallout and that's fine, I don't blame anyone in particular.

But then we get a situation that, while I might not have explicitly predicted, was one I've seen before. Summarized:

Other PC: "Well, I'm not taking charge..."

My Character: "Okay, fine. Here are some directions. Get on the ship. PC2 do this. PC3 do that."

Other PC a few poses later: *takes charge by repeating what my character just said.*

If that were just IC, it wouldn't be a big deal - annoying on a character level, but no biggie. But, of course, it wasn't. I could even brush it off readily given the nature of text games, if a pose was missed due to that and there was the merest apology.

But no, when called on it OOCly, Other Player immediately denies and claims they were ignored. When it becomes apparent that's the opposite of what happened, Other Player falls back on saying how bad they feel and "threatening" to leave the game for the night, positioning themselves as the victim of the situation in need of comforting. I get the feeling (even I felt that way to a degree, having been talked over), but there's a certain level of choice in how they act on it. And that's what offends me. Instead of owning anything or apologizing, they make it all about them.

I could say I hate that and am disgusted by it, but both those words are technically too strong for what I feel. People who behave this way, particularly adults, seriously rub me the wrong way, though, in a manner that evokes such words. That self-centered lack of empathy is pretty much what I expect of Other Player (in spite of having been told "they've come a long way"), so even the word disappointed is hard to fit, but that is sort of what I feel.

Feelings happen. How you act on them is a choice.

This player continues to lessen my enjoyment of life by being around and being them.