∞ 45: A nightmare [voice/action]

[chikaidestroyer]

This is...

[There's the sound of a book being dropped, then papers being scattered.]

...I am not amused.

[He curses at something not visible on the journal's little visual screen.]

Get off me, you-- Rune!


[ooc: Since runic legendary creatures (that is, the Rune incarnates) seemed a little ... out of his league, Albert's now a rather infamous ... person from his world.]

Comments

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[chikaidestroyer]

Of course it has been. Why else do you think your attempts will never work?

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[wise_maiden]

Just because it failed in the past doesn't mean it's always going to fail. If -- there's a pattern established, then eventually...

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[chikaidestroyer]

It will change simply to spite you.

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[wise_maiden]

I don't see you offering any better suggestions in it's place.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Deal with the circumstances, of course. Improvise.

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[wise_maiden]

And how is that any different from what I want to see accomplished?

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[chikaidestroyer]

You're relying on order that isn't there.

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[wise_maiden]

Not there yet, you mean.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Do try not to collapse from this task you will end up giving yourself.

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[wise_maiden]

It'll be just like taking attendance in school. Albeit a bit more extensive.

I'll be fine.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Right.

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[wise_maiden]

Again, I don't hear you offering anything better.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Maybe because I don't need to keep myself occupied by making busywork.

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[wise_maiden]

...It's not busywork.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Considering how it's a task that you are thinking of delegating but are equally ready to do yourself .... it's busywork.

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[wise_maiden]

It's something that should have been kept on top of, among other things, for quite some time now. If I end up having to do it alone, then that's the way it'll have to be.

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[chikaidestroyer]

You think so many things need to be kept track of, and yet you fail in each way.

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[wise_maiden]

...

Don't be ridiculous. Even some progress is better than none. I thought you agreed with that.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Progress towards defeating the enemy. Not keeping track of nuisances.

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[wise_maiden]

They can't all be expected to keep track of themselves.

And there's hardly any progress being made on that front, is there? Not much will ever get done by sitting on ideas for too long.

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[chikaidestroyer]

So let's play babysitter for all of them, is that it?

Busywork.

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[wise_maiden]

[She folds her arms for a moment.]

You needn't sound so vehemently opposed to it. If a system can be found that benefits most of the other residents, we may find that there could be some that are willing to be of use that don't fall under the umbrella of the established groups.

It's better than simply standing aside and having them all run around like headless chickens.

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[chikaidestroyer]

So now you drop the pretense of this simply being an attempt to keep track of people during this experiment.

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[wise_maiden]

While that is certainly the main focus at hand, considering the nature of the experiment and the fact that we've had similar ones prone to turning chaotic later on, it... was an idea I had been considering previously, yes.

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[chikaidestroyer]

Busywork.

[He pushes himself up and out of the chair, peering down at Raine.]

That was also a very long and drawn out way to say "yes."