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[poll]

I'm not your first choice? I'm not your — okay, let's just — take a step back and examine that gem of a judgment call, because I've gotta tell you, I think you're wrong. I think you don't know what you want, and if that's not the exhibit number one why you need my help...

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[coolerwithamerman]

[Woah.]

...Someone cue the Christmas Carol music ghost from Christmas past.

[poll]

[ grins appreciatively. ] Not doing too bad there, champ.

[ freaking out? who's freaking out? ]

[sleuthtastic]

I will admit you have a certain... gravitas into which people are pulled.

[poll]

Exactly. It has a gravity all its own, Veronica, like the pull of the earth.

[sleuthtastic]

—kind of like your ego.

[ :3 ]

[poll]

Yeah, no one else in this room would know anything about that.

[sleuthtastic]

Is that a retaliation? Because I'm warning you, I have a viciousness in these magic pixie fingertips.

digs himself a nice hole to lay down in

[poll]

Retaliation? From you? Absolutely, pint-size, come at me all you want. I'm the Deputy Chief of Staff, I think I can handle one teenage girl.

YOU'RE GOING DOWN, LYMAN

[sleuthtastic]

And that's where you are so, so wrong.

I am not one teenage girl. I am, undoubtedly, The Teenage Girl. With a blog. And a large subscriber count.

BRING IT, INTERN

[poll]

Oho, you're one of those. Teardown pieces don't usually get much traction if they're posted alongside long episode reviews of Deep Space Nine.

you are never getting any muffins and bagels. ever.

[sleuthtastic]

So, is this the part where I tell you you can fetch your own coffee? Cause I'm starting to think it is.

you can kiss that raise (that you were never going to get) goodbye

[poll]

Hey, whoa, let's take it easy.

[ beat. ]

You're supposed to be bringing me coffee??

wow, RUDE.

[sleuthtastic]

It's either that or taking incriminating photos of what you do in your off-hours. I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt.

[ Ha ha ha. ]

another thing they have in common :|

[poll]

See, and this is how I know you're an amateur. This is why the magnetism of my gravitas is planetary and yours is, I don't know, like a kitchen magnet.

Good luck with those pictures, though. My off-hours are the commute from this chair to my bed and back, give or take a few hours to sleep sometimes.

[flirtyengineer]

Lots of cool people were somebody's second choice. Peyton Manning, for example.

sorkin characters!! <3

[poll]

That's great for Manning and, y'know, other guys, but we play real ball over here.

I had the same reaction <3

[flirtyengineer]

I didn't mean to say you don't. Just trying to give you a pep talk. It's kinda what I do.

[poll]

Right. Thanks. Sorry. I'm just — looking for the right move, here.

[flirtyengineer]

Any ideas at all? This place has a way of like, surprising people. Or at least me.

[poll]

I have the feeling appealing to reason's not gonna win me any favors. It's not like I can put a poll in the field.

[flirtyengineer]

Maybe try a couple different things and see what happens. I ended up finding canonmates by just showing up in as many places as possible.

[doerofgood]

Sometimes they have no idea what they need.

[poll]

Yeah, no kidding. How am I supposed to get any work done?

[doerofgood]

I tend to ignore mine and work until they know what the hell they want.

[imaffable]

Yeah good luck with that one, getting a mun to admit they need our help.

You'd have better luck pulling a tooth from an alligator.

screams! will!

[poll]

I'm not going to be stalled by one vaguely-defined girl with delusions of grandeur. Trust me, she has nothing on the cabal that calls itself the United States Senate.

XD

[imaffable]

In this place the muns hold the cards. Sadistic fucks they can be.

At least I've avoided the whole 'game' fiasco so far. Some sick places out there.

[hatesdatingplans]

You're preaching to the choir, there. I'm still not sure why I'm here at all.

[adaptable]

You're going to help?

[ josh pls ]

[poll]

Yes, Donna. Help. Which is a concept I understand you might have an issue with, but I assure you it's a real thing.

[advocating]

You're worried about the first choice of who, exactly? This is what you're doing in your copious amounts of free time?

[poll]

The first choice of this dictatorial feminista independent!

And it's a perfectly valid use of my free time— better than, you know, memorizing the etymology of your favorite adjectives.