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hadriel2018-05-18 09:33 pm
ghostlocked) wrote in hadriel2018-05-18 09:33 pm
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[It's late when Harlan folds and decides to go to the network for a distraction. He would vastly prefer not to do this, but, well. That's why it's called folding.]
cant sleep.
tell me stories.
[ooc: feel free to threadjack and use this as a sort of storytelling free-for-all!]
cant sleep.
tell me stories.
[ooc: feel free to threadjack and use this as a sort of storytelling free-for-all!]
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but like most good movie monsters theyre a bitch and a half irl.
u can handle it tho. ud be surprised what u can handle.
and anyway u dont have a choice.
ur in it now. hate to say but its true.
but if the null come back theres plenty of ppl around town that know how to deal w. this shit. u dont have to get in on the fighting if u dont have exp.
in fact u shouldnt. itd be too dangerous.
if the city gets attacked again and ur worried abt ur safety lmk. ill help u out.
ur foot should come back after the events over.
best thing u can do now is try not to worry too much.
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[there's a brief pause in replies]
I guess. And I know there's no choice.
I'm just.
Stuck.
I always hated feeling stuck.
And the only kind of fighting I know how to do is to knee a man in the balls if he's getting too handsy.
Are there places to hide?
[another pause as she's not used to kindness]
Thanks, Harlan.
I hope it does.
It's kind of hard to not worry right now.
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but ur right. were all stuck. all we can do is make the best of it.
hadriels not all bad. ive met a lot of great ppl here. u will too.
the events arent constant either. we do get breaks. and sometimes the events arent so bad.
but at the end of the day? yeah. were fuckin trapped here.
theres no getting around that.
u can hide in some of the abandoned buildings i bet but last time delmar set up a bunker to keep ppl safe.
im sure well do something like that again when they come back.
were pros at taking care of ourselves during war times. lol.
i feel u. i do.
worrying is the thing im best at.
hence this story shit. its a distraction.
u gotta find ways to distract urself until this shit passes.
(cw: sexual content)
Make the best of it?
I hope so.
I've always been a loner, but that's probably not an option now.
What are the better events like?
I'm used to being able to throw my shit in a bag and go. This will take some getting used to.
Who's Delmar? Should I meet him?
I'm glad someone is.
Back home, I never had to worry. I could take care of myself.
I hope I've been distracting.
Usually I distract myself with sex.
You game?
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find shit to do. keep busy. i help delmar down at the bakery and i teach ppl magic sometimes.
yes u should meet del. hes probably the best person in this shitty town.
he runs the bakery.
ull know him bc hes the nicest person ull ever meet. he wears a lot of neat scarves too.
uhhh better events. hard to remember atm but the gods throw us parties sometimes.
i dont love those but other ppl seem to enjoy em.
we had an event once where we got to dreamhop. not by choice but some of it was ok.
i dreamt abt bein a kid and watchin star trek some nights. that was nice.
[AND THEN SHE POPS THAT QUESTION. Harlan drops his phone and has to spend a moment searching for it in the dark bathroom before he can respond.]
ty for the offer but im good.
ive got a bf.
another suggestion for making the best of it. find ppl to love.
not like. literally.
or literally idfk ur life. do what u want.
but make friends. find ppl to care abt.
thatll make anything worth it.
[And then, a few beats later, because he's... trying to be helpful???]
if ur really dtf hit up tucker.
the one thats not from space. i hear thats a distinction i have to make now.
the space one is lavernicus or smthn. tucker is just tucker.
hes dtf most of the time.
assuming ur legal.
i keep running into kids that want to fuck.
like jfc where are ur parents. go to bed.
(cw: sex work)
I'd just get up, do my job, and go home.
I don't have any skills. I was a stripper, then a waitress, then a stripper again.
I'll keep an eye out for Delmar.
It's been a while since I met a genuinely nice person.
[after the pause]
Figures.
All the best guys are taken, gay, or both.
I've had bad luck with love.
Friends, too.
[after he replies again]
Thanks for the advise.
I'm twenty-four.
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idk fuck all abt stripping but all that shit u listed sounds like theres skill involved to me.
playing ppl takes a shitload of skill.
no offense but it sounds like bein away from that shit might end up bein good for u in the long run.
idk. im shit at positive thinking esp rn but it sounds like u could use a break.
not that i know u at all.
[She doesn't know him either, so he's not sure how to take that next part. That's probably just a thing people say, right? Should he correct her on the "gay" bit? Or the "best guys" bit? He's overthinking. Just let it go.]
me too. lol.
abt the bad luck.
but shit worked out eventually. idk how or why or what i did differently but it did.
theres time for u to figure it out too. luck can change apparently.
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Making random creepers think you like them.
That's how you get the big money.
[there's a pause]
I guess we'll see?
Somehow, I don't think I'm getting out of this easy.
[she's just heartbroken, trying to deny it, and looking for an outlet]
Maybe you were just in the right place at the right time?
I hope it does.
That would be nice.
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no offense but that sounds like the worst shit in the world to me. idk how u can stomach it.
it doesnt sound worth the money to me.
yeah lol. i dont believe in fate or destiny or any of that shit.
all thats left is random chance.
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What they like, how to turn them on.
After that, they might as well hand me their wallets.
I've been doing it since I was 18.
There were nights I'd bring home $1000 in tips.
I can't think of another job where you can do that.
So random chance.
I guess that's as good a reason for why everything happens as any.
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idk. it sounds miserable to me.
u really dont mind that kind of work?
random chance is the shit.
the idea that everything is random and nothing has some bigger purpose or w.e bums a lot of ppl out but i think its great.
if luck and fate are real things then the world functions on some kind of fucked up ranking system and im not cool w. that.
and its just flat out not true. circumstances can change.
(cw: drug mention)
Not at all.
Of course, we had some girls who'd get themselves all coked up before going on stage.
If the job's not a good fit, it'll chew you up and spit you back out again.
Have your circumstances changed?
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u ever thought abt doin other shit tho?
theyre always changing. thats the neat thing.
lately shits been better than in the past.
maybe not at this particular moment but on the whole.
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Either you get it or you don't.
Not really.
Tried waitressing.
Got treated worse for a lot less money.
I'm glad things are better for you.
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no surprise there. ive heard waitressing sucks.
theres more options out there than just waitressing and stripping tho.
thx. me too.
theyll get better for u at some point too.
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It did.
People think they can treat waitresses like servants and if something goes wrong with their meal, you get to deal with it.
I'm not qualified for much else.
Quit school when I turned 18.
I'd really like to think so.
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Got decent grades, but it was boring.
And I didn't really wanna go to college.
Figured I'd make better money at the clubs.
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just bc u didnt go to college doesnt mean ur not suited for anything tho.
theres plenty of shit to do w.o a degree.
i was a pi for a while. now i run a guild.
u could make a business out of doin shit u like. be ur own boss.
i gotta say its awesome. lol.
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Other than dancing.
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I guess I like finding out about people.
Their history, their stories.
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u can def turn that into a career.
i was a pi for a while. u could do that. or be a reporter or something.