Homeless, but looking

[lakoffselephant]

I suppose it's fitting that you can't get the idea of finding a game out of your head, but now may not be the best time to jump into something.

You need to take a little more time and do a little more or a lot more research into games around here. It's been a couple years since you've played in anything other than dressing rooms. I'll play nice and hold my tongue concerning that piece of information.

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let me interest you in AX, arthurfais.

[dirtyword]

Y'got time, bo. Lotta things to think about. Like whether or not you want to be in a ship that wants to kill everyone.

[constructum]

Games can be a tricky thing, Arthur.

I mean, no matter the amount of research you do, you honestly can't mentally prepare yourself for them.

Hmmmmmmm..... :)

[lakoffselephant]

That's certainly not the worst suggestion I've ever come across.

Time is on my side, yes. But the longer I wait...

[lakoffselephant]

That's not entirely true, I don't think. You can be mentally prepared for anything, given the right amount of information.

Barring that, maybe I don't want to know and should just take a page out of Eames' book. [You see that? That is an instant "Oh god, what did I just say" face.]

they made me do it

[learnedtosmile]

I feel like we can all appreciate the irony in calling what they do to us "games".

hahaha peer pressure isn't always bad?

[lakoffselephant]

It's a misguided attempt to alleviate guilt, at best. But irony also works.

Haven't really been put through too much, myself, so I don't really think I have much to say on that. Maybe I'm lucky.

[constructum]

Not where I am. [ not where you're dead, Arthur (YOU CAN'T BE MENTALLY ANYTHING THERE!) which only has her shrugging slightly, looking almost apologetic. ]

And even if you take a page out of Eames' book, did your mun ever stop to consider how you might take going to a game? [ not that she considers where they are a game, but it is what it is and she will just go with it for now. ]

hopefully not!

[learnedtosmile]

I'd say you are.

I just spent a week literally coming face-to-face with my personal issues. And having other people see them. [Yes he hates that his private stuff just got invaded.]

[cons]

Research? Why research when it's much more fun to just jump in head first?

[ ahah ha ha.. ha.. Wichita has no idea who she's talking to nope ]

:)

[lakoffselephant]

I can see why that's a problem... The having people see your issues part, I mean. [He's a little disgusted with the idea.]

Sounds like a pretty horrible time to me.

[learnedtosmile]

Plus being on a space ship that may or may not be trying to kill us all.

...Though, maybe for some people it's an improvement. Guess it depends on where you're coming from.

[lakoffselephant]

Because I don't enjoy being surprised?

[That wasn't supposed to be a question, but he's not prepared for that question. Ha.]

There's nothing worse than being unprepared.

[lakoffselephant]

And where are you, exactly? [Because he finds that super difficult to believe, Ariadne. He can try and try and try to be as prepared as possible for any and everything. Sure, he fails sometimes, but not often. Won't admit it readily, either.]

I suppose they would find it amusing to destabilize me and see what happens. Right now all I do is wait around for things to happen and nothing ever does - it's boring, quite frankly.

[lakoffselephant]

Sentient space ship? That's something you don't hear about every day.

I can't say that it would be a vast improvement for me, but there are worse things, I suppose. What about you? Is a killer shuttle better than where you come from? [Excuse the information gathering, it's what he does.]

[conned]

As much as I value being well informed, you really don't seem like the spontaneous type.

[lakoffselephant]

You're right - I'm not. I value being knowledgeable about the situations I get myself into.

[cons]

I think the point of most of these games is that we're not exactly prepared for the crap they put us through.

But I guess your mun should probably know what she's getting into, yeah. You, though. [ Wichita's trolling idek ] It's not gonna matter either way, sorry.

[lakoffselephant]

While that may be true, there is always some way to avoid being surprised. I'm not talking about expecting the unexpected or that sort of cliche bullshit, but being aware of your surroundings and your capabilities...

She's doing her best to figure out where would be appropriate. [Which is likely nowhere, but Arthur has no say in this.]

[cons]

Well, my vote's on outer space. All the cool kids are doing it. [ snerk ]

[learnedtosmile]

That's one theory, at least.

[Heh. Well, maybe they're a little more alike than just being face twins.]

It's kind of a toss-up. No one's actively trying to kill me that I'm aware of, at least.

[conned]

Sometimes situations require you to think on your feet.

What sort of scenery were you planning to hop into?

[lakoffselephant]

I'm fairly decent at learning as I go.

There's a few places that the mun's been looking at, strangely mostly horror based games. I don't know if that's the best option, however.

[lakoffselephant]

[:| He was never a cool kid.]

It's getting some pretty high votes. If the mun can get her act together and finish an app sometime this decade, it will likely happen.

[lakoffselephant]

There are other theories? What, like little space gnomes, or something?

[Skeptical Arthur is skeptical. But the sentient space ship theory isn't much better... This guy seems to be every bit as curious as he is, though, which is good.]

Well, that's a plus. If the ships inhabitants aren't trying to kill you, but the ship is, that might be manageable.

[learnedtosmile]

After five months in hiding, it's kind of a relief, yeah.

[He shrugs a bit.] There's the entity people call "Smiley" - some people think that's what's trying to kill us. Or the two remaining original crew members.

Or it could all just be a coincidence of some kind, but I don't believe in those.