On going to boomtown.

[scarabs]

Now, Mundane. There's no need for such a lack of trust between us. Unlike the rest of the little toys cluttering up your 'headspace', I'm happy to be of service.

As I've said before: where others see hardship, I see opportunity.


[Oh my god, please go easy on me; this is my first time tagging network-style with him.]

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[uncurse]

Gee, where have I heard that one before?

[ spoiler: rumpelstiltskin. the answer is rumpelstiltskin. ]

[scarabs]

Did you expect me to know the answer to that? My dear, reading minds has never been my strong suit.

[uncurse]

I doubt you'd know him. On the other hand, it tells me everything I need to know about you. Most people don't advertise their willingness to monopolize on others' misfortunes.

[ opportunity where others see hardship is just REALLY CREEPY AND OPPORTUNISTIC, JAFAR. stop being rumpelstiltskin. ]

[scarabs]

Misfortune? Not at all.

The town is new, and that always implies hardship, doesn't it? New Dodge requires willing hands and capable minds, and the others my mundane keeps for these occasions all balk at the slightest hint of hard work.

[Or being sent to a game. Six of one.]

Perhaps I misspoke. Where others see only hardship, I see opportunity as well.

[gameboards]

Dear Jafar, one might think you're growing tired of our little intrigues together.

[scarabs]

If there were intrigues, I would grow tired of them quickly, but there are none.

[Or she could be coming along and the intrigues needn't stop, but why on earth would he say that out loud?]

[gameboards]

[And a click of tongue.]

How droll. And here I thought that we were past all of that.

[scarabs]

Were we? Perhaps it's time for us to come to a new arrangement. I look forward to the day that I can remind you that you aren't in Wonderland anymore, Darling.

[gameboards]

Perhaps I won't leave. Why should I? My castle is awfully comfortable.

[dolleman]

And what sort of opportunity do you see?

[scarabs]

What opportunity do any of us see? One to lend our minds and hands to the betterment of a society, of course.

[The question is, which society is he talking about? Because it's probably not New Dodge.]

[dolleman]

Our magic, you mean. I'm not at all sure that is for the betterment. At least not for them. But we'll see.

[scarabs]

I mean what I say. My intentions toward that quaint little town are pure.

[dolleman]

Even the purest intentions can go very badly.

[worsetodie]

What's he offering you?

[scarabs]

The same thing he's offering you. Land. Adventure. New horizons to explore.

[Yeah, right. He couldn't care less about adventure or land ownership in some podunk spaceport.]

Mechanisms that can transport a man to any time and place he wishes.

[worsetodie]

And how might a man such as yourself put that to use, I wonder?

[scarabs]

To explore new horizons, of course.

[Or old ones made new.]

[neverneverlandboy]

[ He's just going to roll his eyes at this. Because honestly. grown ups.]

[mightymorbid]

Well if that's not veiled scheming I don't know what is.

[scarabs]

Why would I be scheming? I'll go whether I wish it or not; I might as well accept my fate and turn it to my advantage.

[exceptone]

I see a game, myself.

[scarabs]

Do you? Then between you, my mundane, and the Red Queen, I will have my hands full.

[exceptone]

Oh, I won't be joining you. But I will be watching very closely.

[scarabs]

You sure? Not even for the thrill of a game? You've made my mundane pout, and it looks worse on her than it does on the Queen.