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[doctor_dismemberment]

[The feed cuts on to a frantic-looking Nazi who's struggling to smile.]

Look. No, okay, look, ja? [He holds his hands up to the camera in a "calm down" motion.] There are three posts about that silly collar thing. Talk in those. Let us do something else now, okay?

[He lifts up a book.]

We are going to read some stories, then we may discuss them. That is fun und unrelated, right? Here, I will begin.

[He clears his throat.]

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'

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[ghostytrainer]

that story does not sound fun.
unrelated, yes. but fun, no.
that's "tale of two cities," isn't it?
snoooorrrrreeee.

[doctor_dismemberment]

'...it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of-'

[Richtofen glances up at the screen, and the smile falls off of his face. He narrows his eyes.]

Oh, it was the first damned book I grabbed! [He slams it shut.] Do you have any better suggestions, unsatisfied blue texty man?

[ghostytrainer]

idk something with some oomph to it.
like... a sci-fi story or something. it's impossible to go wrong with stories about ghosts or aliens though then again, considering where we are...
that might be a bad choice if this is supposed to be a group activity.
either way though, the classics are pretty much 100% guaranteed to be dull. sometimes i wonder how they came to be classics.

also while i am definitely unsatisfied and also blue and texty, i guess, i am not a man.
so offended by that assumption.
(jk i'm not mad.)

[Okay, as weird of a mood as he's in over this whole boycott thing, he's not going to let a pranking opportunity pass him by. Who knows, maybe this will help him feel better.]

[doctor_dismemberment]

Care to name some titles? [There's a snarky edge to his voice. Dumb kids with their dumb preferences.] I don't dabble much in fiction, so I don't know any good ones off of the top of mein head.

[At those last few lines, he deadpans.]

You are not a man. Really.

[Up to John to decide whether that's a "why should I care" really, or an "I don't believe you" really.]

[ghostytrainer]

i'm really more of a movie watcher myself, but dune and 2001: a space odyssey were both pretty good.
both the movies and the books, i mean.
and you can't go wrong with just a regular old ghost story either.

yes, really.
what made you think i was human?

[doctor_dismemberment]

Well then, I will make sure to find something that is to your liking. [He tilts his head away and mutters under his breath:] Anything to keep you idiots occupied...

[When he looks back at the screen, an immediate expression of distaste crosses his face.]

Oh, no, no, nein! Please do not tell me you are one of those terrible troll things. I should have known it by the colorful text, augh...