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003 [Video]

[For those familiar with Clinic, it can be recognized to be the backdrop for this broadcast; it's also probably easy enough to guess that Lance has just arrived there, because he's obviously drenched. It doesn't seem to bother him any, though, except for that his slightly ridiculous hair is now definitely long enough to fall into his eyes when wet, so he has to shove some of it out of the way before he can actually see the screen.

Despite being soaked he looks a little more vibrant and relaxed than usual, although in contrast his tone is quiet and sedate for the most part.]

Is the 'raining underground' thing strange even for here, or...?

[Because he hasn't been here that long and he's heard that it's snowed before, so maybe not? But the rain is totally not the point of this post, so he continues.]

But rain aside, I'd actually wanted to ask about the caves that branch off from the main cavern. I know they're supposedly difficult to navigate and filled with monsters, but have there been any coordinated efforts to explore them? And what sort of monsters exist in them?

[He does remember Maketh telling them there are paper records on some of the monsters at the Guard post, but as far as he's concerned that's really not too helpful. Besides, he'd rather hear that the general populace has to say, and talk to them individually on this.]

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Abilities are still abilities even if you cannot control them.

[Trust him on this one, 90% of his career is dealing with people who have astounding abilities they have no control over. Yours is proving to be just as dangerous. Good job]

Or would you prefer I call them 'capabilities'

[Pedants ahoy!]

[Augh, fine.]

Be that as it may, I'm not intentionally or unintentionally trying to get into any danger.

[He's already had more than enough of that with the things he's gotten involved with so far, and it's surely not over.]

'Unintentionally trying' ?

[Theres an oxymoron he's never heard before]

And yet you keep managing to sniff danger out. You are the Mr. Magoo of finding dangerous situations.

[Yes. He realizes he's dating himself pretty badly with that reference]

[Stop critiquing him omg.]

Wow, you really are old.

[That's the only appropriate deflection and response here.]

[In the spirit of playful quips Rosen starts to type out a reciprocal joke about age. However his thumb hesitates over the send button. His joke, which had read something along the lines of "Old thanks to the ability to avoid unnecessary dangers" suddenly stings a bit. Its coming too soon after their discussion of the fact that Lance quite literally will never be anything other than young and much of that because Lance had inadvertently placed himself in danger.

So where he sits in his apartment Rosen slumps a little and deletes what he's typed. It then takes a few moments for him to pick a response]

Don't they say 'listen to your elders'?

[Lance notices the delay but isn't sure of the reason for it, and assumes Rosen probably just had something else to check on for a moment.]

'They' say a lot of things.

[And most of them are just as ridiculous as that one. Lance also refrains from adding the obvious 'most people are my elders' comment that's just begging to be said.]

Have you ever wondered who 'they' are?

Old people, I presume. Maybe a few mothers.

[Sounds like the right combo for most of the sayings.]

I have a confession to make, Lance.

I am 'they'

Or rather I am the CURRENT 'they'. There are new elections every decade.

[Okay, that wasn't exactly unexpected but it's still funny, and he might be laughing to himself a little bit about it.]

Then you really need to come up with some better sayings if you want to stay in office.

Why would I want to stay in office? Its a thankless job. You are living proof that no one ever listens to 'they'.

Thankfully its limited to one term.

Maybe you could turn the reputation of 'they' around, though. People might listen to advice that's actually good.

[Because advice from 'they' is never good, honestly.]

Lance.

Are you telling me how to do my job?

:C

[He literally just learned how to do this. Be honored you get his first emoji]

[Rosen are you serious. Lance isn't even sure what to say to that for a moment; he's so amazed and confused all at once.]

Considering your newly-demonstrated emoticon prowess, I would never dream of telling you how to do your job.

I am not entirely unaware of 'chatspeak'

[Thats what you call it, right?]

[Something like that.]

Does this mean I can break out the acronyms?

You are free to do so so long as I am free to make up my own meanings for them.

However I already know a few:

LOL: Look Out Lance
LMAO: Lance Must Always Object
ROFL: Really Obvious For Lance

[It's a good thing this is text so the look of horror that shows on his face as he reads this isn't visible to anyone.]

Okay nevermind.

[Why do so many acronyms have to have an L in them?]

Oh? Suddenly not so interested in outsmarting the old man?

I'm not going to answer that because I'm a nice person.

[Or something.]

I'd call that a cop out.

I call it not wanting to be responsible for you having a heart attack from distress.

Whether you like it or not that is a game you are already winning.

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