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[badlydisarmed]

Looking for a mechanic capable of fixing a prosthetic arm, altruistic introverts highly preferred, opportunistic assholes also acceptable.

Age irrelevant, but if you're a child I will comment on it.

Comments

[zauneyete]

Thankfully, no. She's not a child.

[ One childhood was enough ]

[badlydisarmed]

[That's confirmation she has bombs, isn't it?????]

How old is she?

[zauneyete]

Old enough. She works for me.

[ he says as if he has not hired children before
also like he isn't her father but we won't admit this in public ]

[badlydisarmed]

Any chance you can get me a list of who's on who's side so I don't get my wires crossed?

[zauneyete]

For free?

Of course not.

[badlydisarmed]

Unfortunately, I don't have much to offer. I'm a one-armed surgeon.

[zauneyete]

What a shame, and me without a requirement for surgery.

I suppose you'll have to ask one of those altruistic types instead.

[badlydisarmed]

Shouldn't be too hard, about half of your people seem to be the type.

[He writes "your people" because given this whole mess of a post, he's certain that'll annoy the hell out of him.]

[zauneyete]

[ IT DOES... It's a good thing this is text, he doesn't get to see the supreme eye twitch. ]

My people know better than to act the fool.

[badlydisarmed]

What's the word then? Compatriots? Comrades?

[Is that worse?]

[zauneyete]

There is no such thing as a comrade. Not where I am from.

[ Well, other than Sevika. She won't be insulted. ]

Some of them I've barely spoken to, if at all.

[badlydisarmed]

Compatriots it is.

[This is one of the few advantages of being the only person around from 2003 Chicago. No monkeys in his circus, as far as he knows.]

[zauneyete]

[ trust me, it's for the best, doctor. you're the one winning here. ]

If you insist on a label, I suppose it is fitting that it would be simply one that you make up.

[badlydisarmed]

It's helpful to know who comes from which world.

[zauneyete]

Oh I quite agree. I have my own list from monitoring the network. Everyone gives themselves up eventually.

[badlydisarmed]

I'm not sure anyone not paranoid would think of it as "giving themselves up" but I get it.

You wouldn't share your list with me, would you?

[He's going to have to find something to bargain with. Maybe they'll have a mission where his medical skills will come in handy.]

[zauneyete]

Did I give you the impression that I was anything but?

[ No, he's definitely paranoid. Then again... ]

Not for free, no. Perhaps if you had something to offer, we could make an exchange.

It's been quite useful to me.

[badlydisarmed]

My life would be so much easier if I didn't have to start from zero.

But I guess this whole post isn't too bad as a starting point.

[zauneyete]

Well, we've all had to do it. If you can't as well, I'm sure it would be a shame to someone.

Though it looks like some fools have given you a bit of a lead, doesn't it?

[badlydisarmed]

He's smart and friendly. Not a bad combination of traits.

[zauneyete]

[ He hates all these loose-lipped pilties. ]

"Friendly". [ He knows this is goading. He does not go into the whole 'pilties are bad' tirade.

He Will Not.

But damn if there isn't a long, long period where Robert can assume that a Screed was typed, and then backspaced. ]

Do hesitate to take his words as fact, hm? Those that offer information for free offer information at that exact same quality. Worthless.

[badlydisarmed]

There's clearly a bias at play here.

Mind if I type something that will piss you off?

[He doesn't actually want to end this alliance before it actually starts, so if he's told not to he'll keep it to himself.]

[zauneyete]

Coulld be that there is one.

[ To be fair, Jayce did ask for his daughter to be put in jail. ]

You may as well. I can assure you, I can keep it in check.

[ 'I'm always angry' etc etc ]

[badlydisarmed]

if you'd landed on the same side of the conflict, you'd be friends.

[zauneyete]

Oh, not likely.

I don't have friends.