"There are a lot of them." But people seem to manage that even when they have far more to occupy their time than on the barge. "Is it what you'd like to do with your life?"
There's a flicker something that might be a smile on someone else.
"Can't be more than two." His clothes can be described as shabby, but they do fit. For the most part. And in a world full of choices, it's easier not to have to think about what he wears. Still, his inmate works in the wardrobe room. "You like dressing up?"
"I do like a transformative costume, on occasion. And it's nice to
challenge others. Maybe you could come by my place of work sometime and I
can fix you up."
"Do you like to visit the Enclosure regularly?" Not that Nico thinks it's particularly difficult to find someone to open the door, but there might be times it's a bother to have to ask while he can open it for them without any questions.
"Yes, well. On the one hand, it was looking like they were about to be
thoroughly routed with an ancient superweapon, so I had fewer concerns
about the repercussions. On the other, well...I had to have ended up
here somehow."
That's very true. You either pick a side or a victim of one or another. Not that choosing one removes that possibility, but at least it gives you a chance to weigh the odds.
"Just a matter of trying for the right timing." Said mostly to his hands, but he looks up again to address DT more directly. "The barge usually makes sides easier."
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Re: spam
Date: 2020-12-31 10:13 pm (UTC)"I do enjoy the occasional round of applause, darling. Unfortunately, everyone here is so wrapped up in their own personal melodramas."
Re: spam
Date: 2020-12-31 10:39 pm (UTC)Re: spam
Date: 2020-12-31 10:41 pm (UTC)"It's why I made it my career, darling. If I just wanted to pay the bills, there are other jobs."
Re: spam
Date: 2020-12-31 10:54 pm (UTC)"I think I'd like to build things."
Re: spam
Date: 2020-12-31 11:30 pm (UTC)Trouble's gaze follows his movement.
"That's lucrative. Maybe you could buy some clothes for the first time in, what, five or six years?"
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:09 am (UTC)"Can't be more than two." His clothes can be described as shabby, but they do fit. For the most part. And in a world full of choices, it's easier not to have to think about what he wears. Still, his inmate works in the wardrobe room. "You like dressing up?"
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:14 am (UTC)Another toothy smile.
"I do like a transformative costume, on occasion. And it's nice to challenge others. Maybe you could come by my place of work sometime and I can fix you up."
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:22 am (UTC)"Maybe." But he's already resigned to facing it, at least once. "Do you have what you need to be comfortable?"
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:27 am (UTC)"I do. My previous temp didn't seem to like me, but he was very accommodating. I do appreciate you asking, of course."
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:33 am (UTC)Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:35 am (UTC)"Not really. It's just nice to see a change of scenery, sometimes," they say idly. "And you might as well see what 'home' is for me, mm?"
They make a sweeping gesture.
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:40 am (UTC)"You said it's called the Valley of the Lost?"
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:51 am (UTC)"I did! It's a useful place for those of us who aren't keen to try fitting in elsewhere."
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Date: 2021-01-01 12:54 am (UTC)Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 12:57 am (UTC)They shrug expansively.
"Probably! Honestly, darling, I can't remember that far back. It's been quite some time."
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Date: 2021-01-01 01:03 am (UTC)Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-01 01:07 am (UTC)"The Horde? I did. Then I didn't, when it became clear where one would bet the safer money."
Loyalty? Pssshhht.
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-12 06:15 am (UTC)"That can be dangerous. Those groups usually don't like people leaving."
Re: spam
Date: 2021-01-12 11:33 am (UTC)"Yes, well. On the one hand, it was looking like they were about to be thoroughly routed with an ancient superweapon, so I had fewer concerns about the repercussions. On the other, well...I had to have ended up here somehow."
Re: spam
Date: 2021-02-01 04:09 am (UTC)Re: spam
Date: 2021-02-01 10:08 am (UTC)"Would I regret....what, exactly?"
What is this peculiar R word of which you speak?
Re: spam
Date: 2021-02-01 04:35 pm (UTC)Re: spam
Date: 2021-02-01 04:38 pm (UTC)"Obviously. But you can't not pick a side."
Re: spam
Date: 2021-02-01 04:48 pm (UTC)"Just a matter of trying for the right timing." Said mostly to his hands, but he looks up again to address DT more directly. "The barge usually makes sides easier."
Re: spam
Date: 2021-02-01 04:50 pm (UTC)They regard him curiously.
"Do you think the Barge even has sides?"
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