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[escarabajo]

Your priorities are way out of whack, you know that? You keep saying you've got, like, 40 pages of term paper to do, and since this is college, it's a really big dea--

You're not listening to me, are you.

All right, all right. How's this? Before you book my cruise on the S.S. Turtle, you do maybe... half of that. I'm being super reasonable here. I'm not even questioning your logic on the whole floating turtle thing for now. Even if I sort of just did it there. (But come on--seriously? A turtle? Can't we go somewhere normal for once? I'm kind of sick of battle royales, and zombies, and monsters. And snow.)

By the way, you really shouldn't get fictional characters to nag you into doing your homework. I'm not even going to touch that one: you can psychoanalyze yourself.

Comments

[urbanmagic]

Are we having girl troubles now?

[escarabajo]

Yeah.

...Well, no. She's a girl, but they're not girl-girl troubles.

[urbanmagic]

More like enjoying your woes kind of trouble then?

Also-- Battle royale? With the zombies or without?

[escarabajo]

Right on the money, yep.

Well... the battle royale and the zombies didn't happen at the same time. Not even the same game, either. Both went about as well as you'd expect them to.

[notjustinthemirror]

Sometimes fictional characters are the only ones they listen to. Don't ask me why.

[escarabajo]

[Well... This guy's kind of scary-looking. Mom taught him not to stare, though, so he tries his best to look as composed as he can, initial moment of surprise aside.]

People say that all writers are at least a little nuts. Maybe that's it.

[notjustinthemirror]

Considering they seem to subside on caffeine and junk food I'm not surprised. I'm waiting for mine to go into some kind of diabetic shock.

Just wait till they get to the psychoanalysis. That's when the real fun begins.

[escarabajo]

You'd think they would get sick of pizza at some point. Nope.

Oh boy. That's gonna be a blast. She's done a number on the other guys up here, so I don't know what to expect...

[deciphering]

Since when were you a cheerleader?

[escarabajo]

I'm allowed to be supportive.

[deciphering]

That wasn't supportive. That was borderline "let-me-get-the-pom-poms-out" cheer.

Then again, I'm saying that like I expected anything otherwise. Joke's on me.

[escarabajo]

Okay, okay. But that's not a bad thing, right? I'd rather not be the reason she ends up writing 20 pages in a night.

[wintershepherd]

[ clutching his chest as though mortally wounded ]

What do you mean, and snow? That's cold, man.

[escarabajo]

The last-last place I was at had blizzards and storms every other week. Sorry if I'm kinda chilly.

[He can do puns too!]

[wintershepherd]

Hey that sounds awesome, sign me up!

[ oho he likes you already ]

Don't worry, we're cool.

[blonder_girl]

Come on a turtle's cool! It's like having a giant pet that you live on.

[escarabajo]

I don't know. I kind of want to get to know it before I have to live on its back.

[wherethestoryis]

After everything our universe has done, you're actually questioning the floating turtle thing?

Get used to the lack of vacation. It'll never get better. [Sympathetic look.]

[escarabajo]

Giant people and giant robots, I have done. Giant reptiles, not so much. There was a giant green dog mutant thing, but that's not the same thing as a big floating turtle.

[SIGH.] I guess I've got my work cut out for me, then.

[motherboxed]

....Battle Royales?

[Jaime. What trouble have you been getting into now? And what is this about zombies and monsters even?]

screams omg

[escarabajo]

Brenda!

[but not even the relief at finally getting to see Brenda again can make this explanation sound, or feel, any better.]

...it's a really, really long story.

She is still new, but. Brenda man.

[motherboxed]

....I'm listening.

[Yup, you are just getting that raised eyebrow and expectant look from her about now, Jaime.]

[wholenewstory]

Well, um. No...royales. [Way to be reassuring, Cass.]

[escarabajo]

Which leaves zombies and monsters, right?

[Oh geez.]

[wholenewstory]

Not...all the time. [Encouraging smile!] And we - protect each other.