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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Who: FiN and visitors
Where: FiN
When: Day 133 Post Game (and probably spilling into day 134)

[So we're not great at capitalism apparently.

But we didn't die either.

So that's a plus]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Low bar, X. Low bar.

Though that means he hasn't been trauma'd from the games physically yet so there is that]

Understood.

Though you'll have to find another partner until I get my arm back. I don't know if being off the program pauses the worsening of your symptoms.

[liftoft]

Me neither!

[ rueful.]

Hey... Lemme help with your arm.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

... What do you mean?

[liftoft]

I dunno, whatever you need! Or lemme help you out until you get it back.

What's the point of me bein' kinda-yours if I don't help you out when I can?

[ listen... He's taking this seriously! ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Please. I'll have this fixed within 24 hours.

[Wait a minute]

But if you do want to help, can you go get an x-ray machine from the hospital and shrink it down for me?

[liftoft]

Ah, yeah! Absolutely!

[ he's so happy!! To have been given a task! ]

Anything else I oughta grab while I'm there?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

No. That's the most important piece.

1/

[liftoft]

You got it! Back before you know it!

[ Gets up off his knees and steps back from the chair so as to not disturb Intensity with his very dramatic SMOKE BOMB exit

yes it was necessary, thank you ]

/2

[liftoft]

[ is the door still open when he returns. if not, prepared for a redux of KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNO-- ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[You know what the best FiN power is (besides Blue Eyes of course).

Being able to open the door without moving]

[liftoft]

[ That seems very true on both counts

anyway, he comes padding in much as before, though much more confident in his destination, assuming Intensity hasn't moved. He lifts a hand in greeting, even though it's unnecessary ]

Yo, boss! You miss me while I was gone?

[ pulls the mini-x-ray - about the size of a pub matchbox - out of his jacket pocket and shows it off, held between his thumb and forefinger ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He certainly hasn't moved.

But he does lift his head in greeting when X returns.

Dryly:]

I wasted away in your absence.

[Holds out his hand]

Good. This size will work perfectly.

[liftoft]

[ sets it carefully in Intensity's palm.]

Ah, yeah... You are lookin' pretty rough here.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'll be better by tomorrow.

[Pockets the x-ray carefully]

Maybe better than ever before.

[liftoft]

Sure sure, I'm excited to see it! Since you gotta do it either way, of course you gotta go all-out! Make these bastards down here sorry they gave you a reason to do it!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Ever the optimist, aren't you, X? Don't worry. I plan to do exactly that.

Which means you'll have to improve yourself in equal measure if you want to keep up.

[liftoft]

They got a saying in the American space program - expect the worst and enjoy every moment of it! That's what it means to be an astronaut!

You don't gotta tell me that either! I'm improving every day!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

... That's what it means to be an astronaut. Enjoying the worst?

[liftoft]

No! Jeez... learn to read between the lines, man! I didn't think you were the kind of guy who needed everything spelled out for you.

It means understanding that good or bad you're out doing something that only a tiny fraction of people will ever get to do, and that you've prepared for years to handle whatever. It's like, things don't have to be perfect for you to find things to enjoy! Like us, for example--we're all in hell bein' watched over by demons! There'd be people who'd say it should be impossible for us to be happy, ever, and we shouldn't even try. But even so... we throw parties and we make friends and we have relationships! Humans aren't so fragile!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Laughs]

Well at least you have the last part correct.

Humans are not so fragile as to suffer in silence when they don't want to.

[liftoft]

[ snickers ]

Something like that I guess. So--what is this badass arm of yours gonna do?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Rip holes in space.

[Well it's not. But he can dream]

[liftoft]

You going for black holes or white holes? I guess either way, make sure you're takin' the event horizon into account, okay?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Teasing:]

The what now?

[liftoft]

If you tell me you're building a space-hole makin' arm and you don't know about the event horizon then I'm gonna have to confiscate the arm until you learn!