username not even accurate anymore /regrets nothing

[tether]

"So... You two seem close."
"BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *breathe* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

I feel like this is an inaccurate account of what actually happened. It's not that I'm emotionally invested in this, I'm just pointing this out for the sake of precision, which I happen to think is pretty important in regards to this activity of yours. I know you didn't say it, but you laughed really hard. Maybe because of the juxtaposition of this... re-enactment, versus the reality. Right?

I could file a report. If that would help.

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[getoutofthecar]

Right, that.

... So how's that working out for you?

[tether]

I believe since we're talking now, she considers it a success. Though that's not exactly the area in which I hoped to have success.

[getoutofthecar]

I'll take this meeting over our last one. That's a success right there. — Which area did you want to succeed in, anyway?

[tether]

The part where she stops laughing so much at me.

[getoutofthecar]

Yeahhh, good luck with that one.

[tether]

[DRAMATIC NARROWING OF EYES no actually it's pretty understated, due to the glasses.]

Though I suppose it's really you she was laughing at.

[getoutofthecar]

Me? And why's that?

[tether]

Couldn't say. You must be a funny guy.

[getoutofthecar]

I am a funny guy. They call it charisma. I hear people like that sort of thing.

[tether]

[Have a perfectly nice smile.]

That must be it, then.

[getoutofthecar]

[which gets met with the raise of an eyebrow.]

I'm sensing some mockery here.

[tether]

It may have slipped out on accident. I'm just so much more socially inept, you see.

[getoutofthecar]

I think the word I used once was "repressed."

[tether]

Comparatively, maybe.

I've noticed that I'm capable of shaving, though.

[getoutofthecar]

What's that supposed to mean?

[tether]

I don't know if I can break that down for you any further.

[getoutofthecar]

Should we start talking about the practicalities of that tie?

[tether]

Hey, it saved a man's life.

[getoutofthecar]

Only if you tie it properly.

[tether]

Of the two of us, I don't think it's me whose tie technique should be under question.

[getoutofthecar]

Because I don't need a tie technique. What's with your universe?

[tether]

You've caught us. It's our dreadful secret. We're all accountants from the 50s who wear ties and refuse to have fun. We would have gotten away with it if it weren't for your intimidating powers of deduction.

[getoutofthecar]

So in the other universe, I'm a one-trick sarcasm pony. I don't know if that's a step up from "crazy" or not.

[tether]

Believe whatever you need to about me. It must make you feel better to see someone you think has even less of a chance with Olivia than you do.

[getoutofthecar]

See, I don't know what you're talking about there.

[THE BEST LIAR!! no not really.]