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[jillion]

You have a gazillion shitty ideas and not one of them includes giving me my bike back?

[i'm not the one that crashed it -- twice.]

-- Hey! It wasn't like it was my decision. When you throw me into a monster infested hell hole over and over, what do you expect is gonna happen, genius?

You know what? My birthday is coming up. [he might be lying here.] After all the shit you put me through I think a gift is owed. Just saying.

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[torsion]

Take a breather, boatswain.

[ It's fine, that's just how she and that guy down below operate. You know them BSAA and former STARS folk, this is just how they operate. Differing levels, though.

J...Jimmy John's-ing. ]

I'll let you know when I need your email for a reference. [ It takes her a moment to respond, not surprised at all, but unsure how to carry on with such a delicate matter. Because that's what it is. ] Founding member. But I understand what you're saying -- things happen when you're an NGO, especially if you want to be sanctioned by the UN. We'd never expected to be this big and not have a hand in every decision, but things change. Especially when you need to cross borders -- legally -- at a moment's notice. No winning, really.

[ Chris shares her sentiment, but that would require Jake to spend five or fifteen minutes discussing the nuances with her partner. And one thing they all had in common was they were pretty damn stubborn. ]

I don't disagree that someone, somewhere is doing things the wrong way. But you have to weigh out the options. It wasn't like that at the start, but we went from being small and specialized to having more funding and enough members to bleed nearly overnight.

[ And friend, colleague, and leader becoming a detective novelist. ]

Like i said, someone might have that money but it's definitely not me.

[jillion]

Lěngjìng xiàlái. [wut.

f5 your argument is invalid]

Email? Who even uses that anymore? [look, we have holograms in this world. how much of a dinosaur are you?] Yeah, yeah. Look, I wasn't trying to [get into a serious conversarion?] hit a nerve there. [look at that, he's actually not being sarcastic.] Shit's not easy. That's why you're out saving the world, doing whatever it is over there, and I'm out doing a whole other thing without being a dog on someone's leash.

Heh, so much for being a Founding Member. I'll take it up with the DSO. Negotiating seems to be more their thing.

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Yeah, yeah. I know you're a cool guy.

[ WHY IS EVERYONE USING THIS ON ME AND SENDING ME MY OWN PHOTOSHOP OF CHRIS'S HEAD ON THIS IMAGE OR MAKING IT THEMSELVES WHAT IS HAPPENING. ]

Kids these days. [ Plenty of people use email! Like her and... well, she supposes she isn't going to argue since she only really knows enough to hack into locks of any sort. The rest? Leave it to Quint and Chris. She's the muscle. ] Well, kinda hard to joke about when you have problems with it and deal with it daily, wouldn't you agree?

[ Jill shoots a look, quick to drop the rest in favor of this. ]

Bet you think you're being cute right now, but I think we both know you're hankering for a high-five or ten from us.

[jillion]

Your words. [don't inflate his ego.

because it's shark week every week here and nothing is better than shark squats™. chris? don't see it. krauser, maybe. before he tries to eat it just because he can.

nailed it.]

Who's joking? I take this shit seriously. I don't know about you guys.

[stare]

... Pass.

[he can't even.]

You're real funny, you know that?

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[ She'd hate to see it pop. It's a pretty alright head, albeit more egg-shaped than average... Hm.

(Jill's into it, sucker.) ]

You can't even deliver that in a way I believe you. Might be a great fighter, but you've got a long way to go on acting -- especially the bullshitting part, kiddo.

[ He tries to make a joke out of it, but she's quick to curb it. Borderline delighted on how she further addresses it. ]

I like you, too, Jake.

[ It's okay. He's not the first to fall victim to those good ol' Valentine wiles and charms. ]

[jillion]

[don't you mean 'crack'? hurr

(again, ew)

he crosses his arms at that comment.]

Tough crowd. Listen, you can't bullshit a bullshitter and that right there is straight up bullshit.

[god just shoot him now.]

Heh, I like me too.

[nice try, jill. he might like saying that more than he should, and secretly, equally likes hearing it.]

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[ Cromnch. ]

You think pretty highly of yourself, huh? But since you want to insist otherwise, I'll give you a tip: the mean because you want attention thing has been tried and true since before I was a teenager.

[ Not that he's a teenager. He just kind of reminds her of those 20-something year olds in teen movies. ]

Hm, I'll take it. After all, here you are. Talking to me about it instead of walking away. Nothing stopping you. Guess it speaks for itself, wouldn't you say?

[ She definitely is reaching out here, but she's pretty sure that him liking himself -- aside from any existential drama -- is spot-on. At least. ]