on regretably considering a game again

[harriedosborn]

Look who's come crawling back. And so soon this time, too, you're really mixing it up. I don't have to tell you it's a bad idea, do you? I...

I'm not opposed to the idea. Not really. There's a lot I have to worry about. You know as well as I do I only barely have both feet on the ground, it might not take much to push me backward. Forward wouldn't be so bad... but either way, at least I'm moving.

All I'm going to ask is that if anything happens, we make it work. Or... we try. I will if you will. I know how hard that's been, though, so I'm not holding my breath or anything. In fact, I still got half a mind to tell you off.

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[falsehoods]

I fear that once these beings latch on to you and decide to make you dance you cannot be so easily rid of them.

[harriedosborn]

It's been going on for way too long.

[falsehoods]

Oh?

[harriedosborn]

A couple of years, but who's really counting? I just don't really fit in most places.

[falsehoods]

That is not so bad. 'Tis true, I have not long been ensnared but there is a vile creature in here with me...a clown...who has been here for years and if he is aught to go by then your plight is understandable.

Some men need a certain kind of......

[vague gesture]

Playground, to truly flourish.

[ragnarocked]

I think thee have nothing to fear, Harry Osborn. Thou art a kind man.

[harriedosborn]

A playground? [ Heh. He chuckles weakly. ] It's better than wasting away, I guess. I do like to keep busy, sometimes, it helps clear my head.

[harriedosborn]

[ Heh. ] Thanks. I don't know if I completely agree, but I like to think I'm not some kind of monster.

[ragnarocked]

You are no monster, Harry Osborn. [ She smiles benevolently. ] I have seen monsters, and you bear not their traits.

[harriedosborn]

I've seen monsters, too. Some traits aren't as obvious as others.

[ragnarocked]

[ she points up ] Oh?

[harriedosborn]

Yeah, you heard me. There's... a lot of nuance.

[ragnarocked]

And terrible taste in wardrobe.

[harriedosborn]

That goes for most of New York, too.

[falsehoods]

I prefer "playground" to "cage" though that may be closer to the truth. After all, the gilded cage is still a cage.

What would you seek in yours?

[ragnarocked]

Never look into helmets, young man.

[falsehoods]

There is a time for the horns and a time for the crown and Loki chooses the horns as befitting the Trickster.

[ragnarocked]

I did not invite you into this conversation.

[falsehoods]

I do as I wish.

[ragnarocked]

Terribly and poorly executed.

[falsehoods]

You are not permitted to speak to me so! Hie you from my sight or make thyself useful and not merely an ornament!

[Because yelling makes everything better]

[ragnarocked]

Husband, do go plunge from a cliff. [ gets out a nail-file and starts working on perfecting her cuticles. ]

[harriedosborn]

Anything can be a cage, really. I'd rather that than prison. [ Or his own mind, at times. ]

... Friends and family would be nice. But at least a good job.

[harriedosborn]

Please. Helmets are for geeks.

[ragnarocked]

Smart boy.