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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]

[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!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then teach me, Gizmo.

Or feel free to try and keep my arm from me.

[liftoft]

The event horizon is the point where you're so close to a black hole that you'd need to exceed the speed of light to get away. Since that's impossible, it's basically end of the road. So I guess I'm sayin', don't go so far you can't come back!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

...

[In all seriousness]

Why is exceeding the speed of light impossible?

[liftoft]

Well, I'd like to say it's more like we just haven't figured it out yet! If you manage it, I'll be the first person to congratulate you! No limits, man!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You'd have to catch up to me first~

[liftoft]

Bring it on! I'm not scared of you or your black hole arm!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Guess we'll have to see if there is any truth in that after I've made it.

[Reaches over to grab one of the bottles of booze Heart Soldier Senshi has brought in his absence]

Care to unwind?

[liftoft]

Now you're talking.

[ sits down on the... Arm? Of the weird cube chair.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[It probably doesn't have arms. Sorry, X. That's why they were desperate to get new furniture (and went grey for it).

Don't mind Intensity. It just takes him a little longer to open the bottle of alcohol because he has to use one arm and his teeth]

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[liftoft]

--Was that really easier than havin' me do it?