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[notrapturesmessiah]

[Eleanor sighs, groaning slightly and the sound of a book closing follows.] This won't do at all. I have things I'm trying to accomplish and all I hear is tick-tick-tick-tick.

[There's the sound of something tapping rapidly at first before it slows, tapping along with the ticking.] Oh, for the love of--

[The tapping stops and Eleanor picks up the device.] Why is the ticking so loud today?

[Her? Sound exasperated? Never! Except for today.]

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[leathered]

Can't hear myself think. It's terrible, isn't it?

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[notrapturesmessiah]

It really is. Any explanation as to why it's so loud?

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[leathered]

Trying to drive us all to distraction, I suppose.

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[notrapturesmessiah]

Congratulations to whoever thought this one up. It's working.

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[leathered]

Could be worse, I suppose. Hard to think of how right now, though. Monsters?

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[notrapturesmessiah]

Metronome monsters.

[That's bad, right?]

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[leathered]

[ He's annoyed at the ticking, but that makes him laugh. ] Terrible. You'd never hear them coming.

[whitetwoguns]

You'd think that if anybody had a clue they'd get on it.

[notrapturesmessiah]

Maybe the sound is too distracting?

[whitetwoguns]

You got me there, sister.

[notrapturesmessiah]

I'm Eleanor. And I'm usually not irritable or prone to grumbling about my situation. But this ticking...