voice testing this sulky jerk

[smilederek]

Just so we're entirely clear on this: You do not need an icon of me rolling around on the floor shirtless, and no I do not do it all the time.

And just for the record? There is a difference between undergoing involuntary bodily spasms due to being electrocuted and "rolling around".

Comments

[charring]

Does sarcasm win you many friends? I'm just wondering.

[smilederek]

I don't need friends.

[He just borrows other people's friends when he needs something doing.]

[charring]

[Wow he sounds a lot like some of the people at the Shop.]

You keep rolling with that. Trust me, it gets boring after a while.

[smilederek]

Boring is underrated. And still not something I'm expecting to be afflicted by any time soon.

[charring]

What's your name?

[smilederek]

Derek.

[charring]

Charlie. It's a pleasure to meet someone with such a positive attitude.

[smilederek]

Excuse me for being realistic.

[charring]

There's nothing wrong with being realistic. You're just...alarmingly serious about it. Which I kind of get.

[smilederek]

It doesn't sound to me like you get it.

[SO SERIOUSSSSSS]

[charring]

No. I get it. Take it from a girl who can set fire to an entire city block with a thought if she lets her emotions get out of control. I get being serious.

[smilederek]

[Oh god, you thought he was tense before Charlie, he literally grimaces when you say that.]

Sounds like a good reason to stay out of cities, or away from people in general. You should remove yourself from the population entirely.

[charring]

[Charlie makes no apologies. Mostly.]

And why would I want to do that? I'm better off with people around.

[smilederek]

You would want to do that so that you weren't endangering the lives of those around you.

How about you go found a commune in the middle of nowhere? You could start a campsite made entirely of teflon.

[charring]

Weirdly enough, I'm safer around people. It's easier to keep my ability in check if I have other people to worry about.

[smilederek]

How nice that you think it's fair to endanger them because you lack the discipline to control yourself when you're alone.

[charring]

I have plenty of discipline. I just like being around people because it's humanizing. I'm not about to set anyone or anything on fire unless it's a threat and even then, it depends on how big a threat.

[And easier to hide. Can't hide when you're alone.]

[smilederek]

Or unless you lose control. It's reckless.

[charring]

I've had this ability since I was two weeks old and have had it under control since I was ten.

[smilederek]

So you only burned down city blocks for the first ten years. Well that's reassuring.