homeless, contemplating apping to singularityrpg

[thewaythatiam]

Mundane, I realize that you are not entirely comfortable with my way of speaking yet. It's only to be expected, I know it's very different from your own speech patterns, and a majority of people find it very difficult to change their speech patterns on such short notice. But given the evidence presented to me through your previous efforts at roleplaying, I estimate you have a 93% chance of being able to accomplish it with at least moderate success.

I... am not sure I'm comfortable with the idea of being placed in a completely alien environment, however. If Agent Dunham or Agent Lee were there, maybe it wouldn't be so daunting, but while I appreciate that the parallel universe's Olivia Dunham is an intelligent and capable agent, she is not the Olivia Dunham that I know. She is not my friend.

I would rather not be taken there.

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[onlyoneof]

In the end they do whatever they want, you know?

[thewaythatiam]

Yes. I am hoping that a well-presented argument may change his mind. But there is only a 13% chance of that happening under current circumstances.

Hello, Mr. Bishop.

[onlyoneof]

His? That's unusual. Hello, Agent Farnsworth.

[thewaythatiam]

Yes, I believe that non-female mundanes are among the minority in this sub-culture. But I do not have enough data to estimate any proper statistics on the matter.

It is... frustrating.

[onlyoneof]

I wouldn't worry about it, it's not really important.

[thewaythatiam]

No. But I am... accustomed to knowing statistics or being able to extrapolate them from available data. I have tried to convince my mundane that further research would be beneficial, but so far he is not convinced.

[onlyoneof]

Ah. Well, in my experience the female versus male ration seems to be around 80/20. Does that help?

[thewaythatiam]

...Yes.

Thank you.

[onlyoneof]

You're welcome, Agent. Any idea of the kind of place he's trying to send you to?

[thewaythatiam]

I believe it is on some sort of advanced space station. He says that Agent Dunham is there, but from the other side. Which to you would be your side, I suppose, since you spent the majority of your life there. Unless you don't consider it your side.

[onlyoneof]

I don't really have a side right now.

[thewaythatiam]

Oh. Yes. I'm sorry if that was inappropriate, I am aware of your situation and--



...You are very difficult to talk to.

[onlyoneof]

I'm very sorry, I really don't mean to be.

[thewaythatiam]

It's not your fault.

I didn't mean to insinuate that it was.

I... it was a poorly-phrased thought.

[onlyoneof]

Hey, it's fine. Don't worry about it..

[thewaythatiam]

I am not very good at social interaction. It is not a skill I have in any abundance.

I always worry about it.

[onlyoneof]

You do just fine, Astrid.

[thewaythatiam]

From a purely theoretical standpoint, a person who relies on statistics and probabilities for conversation, as well as a non-standard way of expressing emotion, is not generally considered to be a very good conversationalist.

[ big smile ] Thank you.

[onlyoneof]

Following the same logic, conversations based on facts and honesty tend to go a lot better than the average conversation, which are always based on some degree of pretense.

[thewaythatiam]

I do not think that the average person would agree with you.

But I think it would not be inaccurate to say that neither of us would be considered average.

[onlyoneof]

You are absolutely right. I've never been called average, not even back in my timeline.