ic contact

[brushoff]

"Hello. This is Dorian Gray's cellphone. I can't talk right now. Don't forget to leave me a message. If you're interesting, I'll get back to you."

voice, video, text, action
[ certain threads in this post contain nsfw content (sex, blood, violence, etc.) so, you know, don't read them where Gramma can look over your shoulder. just kind of a blanket trigger warning for gore & body horror as well ]

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[brushoff]

Productive just means it achieves something. It allayed my boredom. Ergo, it was productive.

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[selfequipped]

And then you made yourself bored for the next two months in jail. Or however long I left you in there.

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[brushoff]

I made myself SO bored. I was halfway considering carving a shank out of the soap and starting up my own prison gang before you sprung me loose.

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[selfequipped]

And you STILL consider the robbery a success?

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[brushoff]

Look, there's not much else here I can claim as a success. It's either the robbery, dating a serial killer, or holding down a job for six months. None of those scream 'Dorian Gray: Model Citizen.'

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[selfequipped]

That last one is definitely a selling point ...

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[brushoff]

For who?

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[selfequipped]

Everyone not named Dorian Gray, apparently. I got you that job.

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[brushoff]

And I'm forever grateful for it. Otherwise I'd be back at corrupting the minds of the youth.

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[selfequipped]

Did you see a lot of youth in prison? Because if so, I think there may be other things to worry about.

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[brushoff]

I was a counselor for prep school students before I got arrested! Those were the youth!

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[selfequipped]

Did you actually go to that job?

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[brushoff]

My office had a computer that I could use to play Candy Crush instead of listening to rich little boys whine about how daddy doesn't love them. Plus, they kept calling me when I didn't show up.

[ so yes, but barely. ]

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[selfequipped]

You know, it's really admirable how you're not a quitter. I mean, you don't quit your previous job, you don't quit defending your bank robbing, you haven't quit Loki's, and you didn't quit your campaign even if you hated every second of it.

I almost wonder how this is your most distinctly admirable trait.

Is it because it gives you both bragging AND whining rights?

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[brushoff]

I like seeing things end.

Alternatively, I'm a stubborn asshole who refuses to accept when he's in over his head.

Or both. Take your pick.

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[selfequipped]

You didn't want to admit you do something just to whine about it, did you?

[Is she teasing? She's partly teasing.]

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[brushoff]

Well for one of those things, I ran for representative to stick it to the man. Whining was just an added perk.

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[selfequipped]

If you whined less, you could have won. Not everything has to be a show.

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[brushoff]

But again, I didn't WANT to win.

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[selfequipped]

So, by losing, what man did you stick it to?

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[brushoff]

The act of running was sticking it to the man, not winning or losing. Do keep up.

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[selfequipped]

Oh, I'm keeping up. I think we just have different definitions of what actually sticks it where.

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[brushoff]

What's your definition then?

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[selfequipped]

Well, first. How did it stick it to the man? What does he care if you actually lost? Winning and proving that the system is corrupt in one fell swoop would say a lot.

I do, for what its worth, think the whole system is corrupt.

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[brushoff]

Sticking it to them because they let a convict run in the first place. I can't think of any judicial system that's that lax.