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[deadmanbusiness]

[The feed clicks on with Theo dressed up in cold weather gear. Very cold weather gear.]

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

[He switches to some other language - a form of ancient Babylonian and curses some more. It's very inventive and you really didn't think that would be possible with that. Theo doesn't seem to be angry, more like annoyed. As if he was in the middle of something very important on a deadline. Which he was.]

Damnit all!


[For the observant folks, Theo is also now sporting wedding band.]


[Theo's been canon updated! It's been about two years for him.]

Comments

[valentineluke]

Best strip before everything is sweat soaked.

[deadmanbusiness]

Out of my sudden list of problems, being sweaty doesn't even crack the top twenty.

[valentineluke]

Where would you rank 'Quickly overheats and passes out'?

[deadmanbusiness]

"Thank my father for the invention for air conditioning"

Video

[recognize_an_opportunity]

I won't say I'm glad to see you back, considering how upset you seem, but the casino has been lacking without you.

Re: Video

[deadmanbusiness]

I was just in the middle of a thing... a very important thing... that I would have liked to know the answer to thing.

And thanks.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

A thing. How very specific. That thing will be there when you leave the the City the next time, rest assured.

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[deadmanbusiness]

We were going to find out if Adrienne was pregnant sort of thing.

Re: Video :privates:

[recognize_an_opportunity]

Are you hoping for a yes or a no?

Re: Video :privates:

[deadmanbusiness]

I... honestly don't know. They both have their good and bad points.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

Have you made a list of pros and cons?

Re: Video :privates:

[deadmanbusiness]

Um. We've discussed it on and off. My father would love grandchildren. But we have't actually made any physical lists.

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

I think a list would be a good start. You have plenty of time now that you're stuck here.

Re: Video :privates:

[deadmanbusiness]

Yeah, though is it fair to do without Adrienne?

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[recognize_an_opportunity]

She's not here, and you won't remember anything about being here the next time you go home. It's a way to get your own thoughts in order.

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[makingastatement]

Where the fuck have you been?

[ No really, Theo, leaving like that is rude. ]

Re: video;

[deadmanbusiness]

[Sorry. Next time he'll try to schedule his unexpected vanishing.]

Home. I went home. For two years.

[Hello to you too, by the way.]

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[makingastatement]

[ Good. You can't just pull that shit on your pals. ]

Why's everybody going home all the sudden?

Re: video;

[deadmanbusiness]

[Yeah. Unexpected unexpectedness is annoying. If Al ever vanishes, Theo'll say the same thing.]

Maybe the whatever it is that those Anonymous folks are doing is halfway working.

[Halfway, because if it was working all the way Theo would still be in Russia waiting on the pregnancy test.]

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[makingastatement]

I covered some of your longer shifts, you know. On top of what I've got going? Try to stick around next time.

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[deadmanbusiness]

[This is how Al shows he cares, right? Theo has to smile because he takes the dead man's shifts most of the time.]

Sorry. Sorry.

I may have a way to make it up to you. Or at least a challenge for you.

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[makingastatement]

I'm listening.

Re: video;

[deadmanbusiness]

We need a drink for people who've returned to the city. Not the newcomers... though that might be useful too. But for those of us that have left and come back and father take it why do I have to be back here isn't there a drink strong enough to wash it away into oblivion before I have to face facts.

Because I know I seriously needed one. And the few people who've returned sounded like they've needed one.

It'd be a house special.

video;

[makingastatement]

You go home for two years and come back thinking of that? I think Meyer's rubbing off on you when it comes to making a penny off something.

[ But really, thee may be a profit in that... ]

Re: video;

[deadmanbusiness]

It's my father. I must have mentioned that he owns one of the largest multinational, multi-billion companies in the world back home, haven't I? He'll figure out ways how to make money out of air.

[Of course there's profit in that. Which is why Theo suggested it.]