Boy am I done. Heard some yelling and stuff from the neighbors above me again. Nothing unusual, it happens every once in a while. This time, though, it went "Let me out! Let me out, let me out!" for about 20 minutes or what from the daughter, which was weird. Then it switches to yelling for help. "Help! Help! Help!" etc... terrifying.
At this point I got nervous and started walking up and down, wondering if I should call the police... Went outside instead, where I've met a neighbor already standing. At the exact same time, another neighbor came around the corner. Now being a group of three, we decided to go up and check out what's going on...
... well, ****. So the mother has cancer since 4 years and is now very likely not coming back home. The daughter is 19 and apparently "a little bit behind", so not very autonomous. This in combination with some other factors are the result of all the yelling. By now the situation has cooled down. One of my neighbors was pretty good at talking to them. I'm happy and relieved that he was able to diffuse the situation. Now it's quite again and everyone went back home (it's 00:11 here now).
Man, would be fancy if I had the ability to speak to other people like that. Simple truth is, my social anxiety or lack of empathy and experience prevents me from doing any of that in a meaningful way. I should check out if there are any books I can learn from. Guess I could do some googling tomorrow, got nothing better to do in my vacation right now anyway.