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[jurisimpudent]

I'll not waste my breath pointing out the utter idiocy of your plans to join this game; such words are, to my way of thinking, trite by virtue of their inevitability. Yes, you - like nearly everyone else - have comparatively limited time. And, of course, you wish to play the martyr over this, agonize and complain, so that others will know just how busy and important you are. I'm not going to enable such self-indulgent behavior.

Rather, I'll merely tell you this: if you think you're so utterly and terribly busy, if you think that you've so little time, then don't waste it further with whining. Instead, make it count. I've no use for someone who will dither rather than be a productive member of society.

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[atrumcanis]

Right. A pirate prosecutor.

[jurisimpudent]

A regular prosecutor! I'll have nothing to do with pirates, unless I'm arresting them.

[atrumcanis]

Or dressing as them, apparently. Do you really get to arrest people!

[jurisimpudent]

...Hmph. No. But I get to put them in prison.

[atrumcanis]

Personally.

[jurisimpudent]

Correct.

[atrumcanis]

In those little metal bracelets? In the back of one of those, whatsem, please-cars--can you have the sirens go and everything?

[jurisimpudent]

Well...They are transported in police cars, yes.

[atrumcanis]

Which you drive.

[jurisimpudent]

No. That would be a misuse of my talents.

[atrumcanis]

Then it hardly counts, you can't say that you personally arrest-- Hang on, you've just done it again, haven't you! You pirated me!

[jurisimpudent]

I am personally responsible for them receiving sentences, and I am not a pirate, and also stop being a fool!

[atrumcanis]

Oh, I've written lines before. That isn't terrible. There's worse things out there than writing lines and riding about in a car driven by a pirate.

[jurisimpudent]

Prison sentences. Do you even speak English!

[atrumcanis]

Parasitically, mostly. You have to be specific with your sentences, mate, or you risk confusion.

[jurisimpudent]

Hmph. You're on drugs, aren't you?

[atrumcanis]

Why, do you have some?

[jurisimpudent]

Of course not! I would never possess illegal substances.

[atrumcanis]

Only what if you took 'em away from someone, wouldn't you have 'em then?

[jurisimpudent]

That's not my job. And if it were, the substances would immediately go into evidence.

[atrumcanis]

The evidence of which is your inner pocket, right? Wink wink, nudge nudge, under the carpet, et cetera? I see how it is. A pirate and yet not a pirate at all. Very tidy.

[jurisimpudent]

Wha...No! Never!

[atrumcanis]

S' all right, mate, your secret is safe with me. I shan't tell a soul. Mum's the word. Mind you, I wouldn't say no to a bit of compensation, but I prefer it to be from the heart.

[jurisimpudent]

I'll - you - You will stop being so stupid at once! Stop being stupid!

[atrumcanis]

[He claps a hand to his heart.]

Stunning rejoinder, sir, stunning rejoinder indeed! Is that how you're going to win your court cases? Stop being so stupid, stop being so stupid!