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[alephbet]

Does anyone know a better way to convince people that monsters and demons are real than by summoning a giant fly and scaring somebody nearly to death? I feel a little bad for him, but I don't want him to really be hurt, and better something that listens to me than something that will actually attack.

[Under his breath:] Maybe I should have tried Lilim. ...That'd be scary in a different way. [He shrugs and moves on.]

My name is Aleph, if we haven't met. I'll add my services as a swordplay and gun instructor to the list of people offering. I have pretty good credentials. I'm also willing to spar with anyone who wants to keep in practice, especially if they'd prefer to fight a group.

What else did I want to say for this... oh.

Why orange?

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[vortexing]

Somewhere I can't accidentally shoot someone. Back home, my boyfriend tried showing me how to use a special tranquilizer kind of gun, and instead of putting a rampaging alien to sleep...I kinda knocked out one of his best friends.

[alephbet]

How about the thirty-second floor, the one with the normal forest? We can start with trees for target practice and work our way up from there.

[vortexing]

Do, uh, the trees have feelings? Like, do they yell and stuff when I shoot them? I, uh, ha ha, had issues with things like that in the past...

[alephbet]

I've never been a tree so I don't know, but they don't say anything about it.

[vortexing]

I guess I can just add extra fertilizer to make up for it. Is there a set day for your classes or is it walk in and whatever?

[alephbet]

Whenever works for you. As far as I'm concerned, this is my job.

[vortexing]

Awesome. So, tomorrow at seven a.m., then?

[alephbet]

Works fine for me. What's your name?

[vortexing]

Cindy Vortex. What's your's?

[alephbet]

Aleph, like the letter. Nice to meet you.

[vortexing]

From the Hebrew alphabet?

[alephbet]

Right. The people who named me were very religious.

[vortexing]

That's kinda cool. Oh, and great to meet you, too.

[alephbet]

At least I can say I've never met anybody with my name... Beth got the short end of the stick.

[vortexing]

Beth?

[alephbet]

I was part of a group of kids when we were all named. Second letter, Bet. Close enough to an actual name that they just decided to call her Beth.

[vortexing]

I can understand why. Bet doesn't really sound like a name. Beth, however, does, not to mention it's more feminine.

[alephbet]

I never really understood why Daleth was picked over Daled. I think it's just a pronunciation thing.

[vortexing]

Maybe because Daled sounds like an adverb and Daleth sounds more namesake and all.

[alephbet]

I don't speak the language myself, so I couldn't tell you the difference between an adverb and a noun. I don't think he does either.

[vortexing]

It depends. Modern Hebrew or Biblical Hebrew. Do you know?

[alephbet]

Probably Biblical. Let's just say they're religious and go with that.

[vortexing]

Okay. So I'll see you tomorrow then, right?

[alephbet]

Right. I'm looking forward to it.