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[guiltapalooza]

You know what, I am so sick of this. Completely sick of this!! And look at me, repeating myself and using multiple exclamation points (two!) like a rebel. Because I am a rebel!

I'm tired of all these embarrassing personal incidents. When they aren't embarrassing, they're deeply horrifying and disturbing. I just want regular old test taking anxiety again! I want worrying about whether Anya is going to ask Giles if he has a new orgasm friend yet in public! And all that demon stuff, even that was familiar.

But here it's like, oh, here's that troll kid I'm friends with and he got his arm torn off. Here's me turning myself into a troll and going creepy stalker over Aradia. (Which by the way, oh Goddess am I sorry for and eternally mortified about.) Or here's me picking up the bloody scraps of the clothes of the double of someone I'm friends with!

And don't tell me I'm using too many of's there, I told you I'm a rebel today! I just want my test taking anxiety back, darn it. I'd even take worrying over when I'm going back to college, and that was a lot of worrying.

... Okay, whining done. End whining. In other news, who's still having wacky collar-induced sickness and power-tampering shenanigans? Cause frankly I'm finding this really worrying and I want to get to the bottom of this.

Comments

[guiltapalooza]

Well, point, but I hadn't put you down on the "to snark at" list, and the fact that you're jumping lists is confusing me.

[ceruleanspid8r]

I'm really not sure which part of that is most pathetic.
That you have a list at all or that you actually think first impressions are everything.

[guiltapalooza]

You're just embarrassing yourself with how literally you're taking me.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Yeah, well.
Whenever I credit any of you with the a8ility to handle non-literal convers8ion, I end up disappointed.

[guiltapalooza]

And who's "any of you" referring to here? Just so I know. For reference.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Any of you here in this place.
I can count on the fingers of my non-metallic hand how many I've met who aren't lame.

[guiltapalooza]

You're really concerned about your lameness, aren't you. It's just too much to ask that you might give some people a chance despite their lamitude.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Why would I want to waste my time with people who can't keep my attention?

[guiltapalooza]

Cause take it from me, sometimes they can surprise you.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Yeah and sometimes those surprises suck.
I'd rather not take that risk.

[guiltapalooza]

There's always going to be sucky surprises, though. I've never really found a way to avoid that.

[ceruleanspid8r]

There's a way.
It's called not 8eing a dum8, reckless wiggler.

[guiltapalooza]

Wrong. There's always some baddie that's waiting to spring something on you. It doesn't matter how smart you are or how strong you are, some parts of life just suck, and trying to avoid them only means you're avoiding the parts that make it worth it, too.

[ceruleanspid8r]

There's a difference 8etween things that suck that you can't control and things that only suck if you're stupid enough to let them surprise you.
You do realise that, right?

[guiltapalooza]

I think we just have different ideas of what constitutes a surprise, here.

Cause I'm thinking, oh look, when Giles woke up today he was a demon. Or oh look, we all got turned into our Halloween costumes. I can go on, I have more examples. You don't really sign up for those things, they just happen anyway.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Riiiiiiiight.
I'm sorry, how foolish of me not to know that was the sort of puffed up fairytale stuff you meant.

[guiltapalooza]

You definitely should've known better. We are all about the puffed up fairy tales around here.

[ceruleanspid8r]

Sure, I'll get right on that.
Or, you know.
I would if I thought there was any point in actually 8othering.

[guiltapalooza]

Purely out of curiosity, what do you actually do for fun?

[ceruleanspid8r]

8eat the shit out of things and win, mostly.

[guiltapalooza]

I should've known. You'll have plenty of opportunity to do that here.

Actually, could you do me a big favor and let me know what monsters you run into? Description, weaknesses, stuff like that. At some point I want to make a database and compile everything so that we have some references.

[ceruleanspid8r]

........
Tell me you're joking.
Tell me this is another example of your lame humour and that you don't seriously expect me to stop and take notes in the middle of a fight.

[guiltapalooza]

Notes, no. Maybe use a modicum of memory and tell me whatever you find out, yes.

But if that request is too much let me know and I can tone it down.

[ceruleanspid8r]

You're making the mistake of thinking I care a8out this shit.
All I want to know is what do I have to avoid and how hard do I have to hit it.
And once that fight's done?
I don't even care a8out that.

[guiltapalooza]

I don't know how you missed the memo, but whatever Lone Ranger plus Rambo act you had going on at home isn't going to fly here. These are completely different rules, Vriska. You're part of the community here whether you like it or not, and you're not nearly as blind and murder-happy as some others I could name.

I'd much rather be working with you than firing off snarky comments all day because you don't care. That's all.