duel 8. text

[puzzlingly]

you know what?
being alive is pretty rad

「That's all. What? People are always telling the most ridiculous things over the network, why can't he?

No, he's not high, though, he should be.」



「Private: Law」

I'm sorry.

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[toiletseat_girl]

Yeah, yeah, rub it in why don't you?
LOL, just kidding.
Glad you're back.
You know what I mean.

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[puzzlingly]

i do
thank you george
i would have lost my mind if i hadnt been able to talk to someone

well

talk...
you know

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[toiletseat_girl]

[George never lets herself take full credit for the nice things she does for people]

It's no problem.
You're fun to talk to.
Even if I did have to use a dryerase board.

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[puzzlingly]

you are too
can i repay you the gesture somehow?

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[toiletseat_girl]

[good thing this is text because George is kind of jdsfa;asa; at the compliment]

What did you have in mind?

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[puzzlingly]

「Stop being cute, George.」

honestly? no
its been a little hard to think ever since this whole thing ended
but id like to do something for you

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[toiletseat_girl]

[never!]

You really don't have to.
I mean, I was just being nice?

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[puzzlingly]

well thank you for being nice :)
the world needs more people like you george

「He swears he's not flirting, he's just like that.」

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[toiletseat_girl]

[she will never get used to compliments. never. so it takes her a bit to respond]

More Grim Reapers?
The others would hate it here.

[by choosing to misconstrue the compliment. go, George, go]

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[puzzlingly]

「She must do better than that, it's this guy who we are talking about!」

in some other world yep
in here they can learn to deal

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[toiletseat_girl]

You can't hear me, but I'm laughing right now.
Rube would still be a cantankerous asshole.
Roxy might do okay. She'd probably join the Guard.
Mason wouldn't know what to do with himself without drugs.
And Daisy would drive me insane.

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[puzzlingly]

i can imagine at least

they sound like good people

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[toiletseat_girl]

Imagine me writhing on the floor in pain at the thought of them showing up.
Pain.
[there's a pause in her replies]
I'd still rather have Betty here.

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[puzzlingly]

cmon they cannot be that bad

tell me about her

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[toiletseat_girl]

Can too.
Rube would hate it that everyone knows about Reapers. Hate it.
And Daisy would move in with me and Jo and Pell and make us all miserable.
[there's another pause]
She was a Reaper.
My first real friend.
[another pause, longer this time]
I think I had a crush on her.

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[puzzlingly]

「He probably shouldn't be laughing about this, but he is.」

i still think they sound great

「After her pause:」

you didnt know?

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[toiletseat_girl]

[everyone laughs at her pain :( ]
That's 'cause you haven't met them yet.
[another pause]
I dunno, I'd never had a crush before.

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[puzzlingly]

「Her pain is cute.」

did your heart beat really fast when you were around her?

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[toiletseat_girl]

[is not]

Maybe.

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[puzzlingly]

it is so a crush!

「Yeah, maybe don't listen to the 16/18 year old.」

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[toiletseat_girl]

[fdsijaihf;efafifik!!!111!!]

Was not!

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[puzzlingly]

you cant see me but im laughing

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[toiletseat_girl]

Great.
Awesome.
I'll just be over here, dying of embarrassment.

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[puzzlingly]

imagine if anyone could die of that. youd have a lot of work!

「He's a goddamned troll.」

why is it so embarrassing anyway ?

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[toiletseat_girl]

I don't even wanna think about it.

[he is, it's no fair]

...because I don't know how she felt? Because being bisexual was still weird in 2003? Because I hadn't even admitted to myself that I was bisexual until I came here?