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[oohforeshadowing]

Let me get back to you, darling.

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[oohforeshadowing]

Are you....trying to distract me with pity?

[hauntedcalamari]

I'm trying to commiserate with empathy, but they do look mostly the same.

[oohforeshadowing]

Trying. I can't empathise with something that deeply pathetic.

[hauntedcalamari]

The weird dead guy stuff I'll take to the other ex-ghosts onboard. I meant the part where it's boring here.

[oohforeshadowing]

Too late. You have absolutely disclosed weird dead guy stuff.

Well, if there's nothing else to gain from this conversation...?

[hauntedcalamari]

Not interested in becoming less bored brainstorming?

[oohforeshadowing]

With you? Not really.

[hauntedcalamari]

The plant touching thing is entirely a having been dead side effect. For the record.

[oohforeshadowing]

Understood.

Please understand my concern that it may have leaked into your ability to brainstorm what a normal person might find stimulating.

[hauntedcalamari]

I don't really aspire to normal. I do have more than the average experience spinning my wheels someplace nothing ever changes, though.

[oohforeshadowing]

You're starting to sound a little needy, darling.

[hauntedcalamari]

[And here he's supposed to get defensive or try to prove he's anything but. Not that he thinks DT is hiding anything actively from him. He's not that significant. Probably they'll just think it's funny. But years with Klaus do give one a bit of an edge with this sort of play.]

Duh. You get some serious complexes when you don't exist for fifteen years.

[oohforeshadowing]

[DT doesn't really think he's supposed to anything; they're still getting the shape of him. This is a pleasant surprise, regardless, and their soft laughter illustrates as much.]

Poor ghost baby.

[hauntedcalamari]

Imagine only talking to Klaus. Ever.

[oohforeshadowing]

We never met, I only found out what he looked like through the network. Still, he seemed like a treasure to me.

[hauntedcalamari]

He's a... brother.

[He debates asking about Double Trouble's experience in that area and decides it'd probably be too personal for the conversation.]

So I'm not going to tear into him. But. Point is. I got here kinda overwhelmed and I continue to be very easily impressed sometimes. But once being able to order whatever crazy cabin you want wears off, it kinda rings a little hollow.

[oohforeshadowing]

Alright. So, what might you recommend?

[hauntedcalamari]

Small picture, come to karaoke sometime.

[oohforeshadowing]

Ugggghhhhh. Your small picture is hideous.

[hauntedcalamari]

It's semi-metaphorical karaoke.

[oohforeshadowing]

Mm. Are you semi-metaphorically trying to help me, or do you just want someone to hang out with?

[hauntedcalamari]

The karaoke represents trying dumb things for their own sake and not standing on a limiting sense of dignity when you're already feeling stuck. I also enjoy having people to hang out with.

[oohforeshadowing]

This sounds suspiciously as though you are 'disrespecting my hustle'.

[hauntedcalamari]

If your hustle was up to your boredom we'd have had a different conversation.

[oohforeshadowing]

I wasn't presenting it as a problem for you to solve, warden. I'm fine.