Patience is a Virtue

[nyc_merlin]

Dear Mun,

Thank you for having standards. I know you feel guilty ignoring tags but a bunch of us appreciate you being picky.

Yes, it's a struggle to get tags of Original Character in the first place but the canon muses are tired of bad tags too! You shouldn't lower yourself to one sentence tags with no descriptive action and little character development simply because yay! we got a tag.

If you want to find a great relationship for me, and everyone else riding around in that brain of yours, you've got to wait for the good tags.

Hang in there, mun. One day, you'll find what you're looking for.

Comments

[hollowfanged]

Aren't we overly optimistic.

[nyc_merlin]

Yeah, it's a character trait.

[hollowfanged]

I wouldn't put too much faith in it, but to each his own.

[nyc_merlin]

I share headspace with cynics if you want to talk to them and have a good old fashioned bitch-fest.

[hollowfanged]

Oh, I know. And pass, thanks. I have enough cynicism to go around.

[nyc_merlin]

Then you need an optimist like myself in your life.

[hollowfanged]

...about as much as I need a hole in the head, sure.

[nyc_merlin]

You're missing out on a lot of fun. I'm a blast.

[hollowfanged]

Right. And I'm the absolute life of the party, too.

[nyc_merlin]

You're welcome to come prove it at my night club. I cater to magical and supernatural clients.

[hollowfanged]

How very...quaint. If I ever do show up, I don't think you'll be all the happy to see me.

[nyc_merlin]

Buddy, if you make trouble in my club I will destroy you. No one ruins what I've worked hard to make.

[hollowfanged]

Ironically, you've got it completely backward. I'm one of those who handle said "troublemakers". And sometimes furniture gets in the way. Fact of life.

[tessanne]

Well, I can try to make it less of a struggle! I mean, sorta. I'm still pretty new myself. But I feel your pain.

[Oh hai there rambling.]

[nyc_merlin]

I've existed for about two years now and I'm still fighting the Original Character stigma but don't give up! I've had some great times.

[tessanne]

I'm still pretty new here. And I don't have any cool powers or anything? But it's been interesting. Did you know there are like, werewolves? And vampires. And a dragon. And the dragon sat on me.

[nyc_merlin]

I know all sorts of magical and supernatural things. I'm a sorcerer.

[tessanne]

Oh wow. [Stupid question for the win, here; we apologize, Dean.] Is there like...a manual for this place? Because I'm just finding out about all these crazy things right and left.

And I'm a legal assistant in Chicago. I don't know a damn thing about any of this. The only thing I'm good for right now is if somebody gets sued.

[nyc_merlin]

Nope, you've just got to go with the flow. The world's a little crazy anyway. If you can handle that, you can handle this.

Aw, Chicago? But New York is so much better!

[tessanne]

I've never been! I just moved here like eight months ago from Portland. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

[Tessanne is prone to impulsive decisions. Possibly because Tessanne is an impulse decision.]

How's the weather in New York right now? Because if it's warmer than Chicago I'm so going.

[nyc_merlin]

Oh, hun, you've got to go. It's the greatest city in the world. You can come hang out in my magical club and meet all sorts of things.

Sorry, it's cold. There's no way to escape that out here.

[tessanne]

Dammit. I hate cold.

[A laugh. She's from the West Coast, okay?]

Maybe someday. I'm still trying to sort out my life here. I'm having one of those career-decision phases.

But you run a club? You must meet all kinds of interesting people.

[nyc_merlin]

You and me both. After growing up in LA I hate it.

It's called a vacation. You should have one. In New York.

Yes, Club Oddfellows. I run and own it. It's my baby.

[tessanne]

I was born and raised in Portland. So, yeah, I understand.

[She gives him a sympathetic smile for that one.]

Well, if I ever get some time away from the firm and school, you'll be the first person I call, how's that?

I'm Tessanne, by the way, but you can call me Tess.

[nyc_merlin]

I thought Portland got cold. You guys are pretty far north.

School and lawyering? When do you sleep?

[She's pretty impressive, if a little insane because Chicago? Really?]

Dean, Dean Murphy. Sorcerer, business man and occasional musician.