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[saidrepent]

If something has to be said anonymously, does it really need to be said at all?

Just a thought.

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Anyone home?

I'd like to make a trade.

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[thenormalsquint]

No. If you have to hide to say it, well, keep your mouth shut.

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[laszlo_jamf]

Knock knock.

[saidrepent]

Good to know I'm not alone.

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[saidrepent]

[Oh, good. This one again.]

I want my car. [A beat.] The timekeeper's car. Challenger model. [Just to be absolutely sure.]

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[laszlo_jamf]

Knock Knock!
Who’s there?
Armageddon!
Armageddon who?
Armageddon out of here!

You're no fun at all. Honestly. I try to get one person to play along and it's suddenly all business. Where is the love?

Yes. We can do that. We're having a bit of a perpetual fuel crisis in the City, mind (it's complicated and political) but you can get around well enough.

There's maybe $10.00 worth of sheet metal in that thing, but it's valuable.

What do you offer?

[thenormalsquint]

You're not. Welcome to the club of Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say. We have t-shirts.

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[saidrepent]

[The joke gets an eyeroll. Which probably doesn't win him any points in his favor, but Raymond really doesn't care at this point.]

I've heard that memories are the standard payment in cases like this.

What else would you take?

[saidrepent]

Thanks, but I'm not much of a t-shirt guy.

[thenormalsquint]

I was joking, but what, you do sweater or just go topless?

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[laszlo_jamf]

Everyone's a critic.

I'll take memories. I'll take abilities. I'll take senses (the usual five, unless you've got a sixth or seventh or twenty-eighth). I'll take limbs. I'll take organs. I'll take speech and language.

I'm really quite open to the possibilities here.

[saidrepent]

I know. And, you know, there are other kinds of tops than t-shirts and sweaters.

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[saidrepent]

[He has to consider that for a moment. Honestly, he'd be more than willing to part with his clock...but he's not certain that it would be acceptable payment if it was something he actually wanted to lose.]

I think I'll go with the memories.

anon;

[whitetwoguns]

whatever philosopher

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[laszlo_jamf]

We can do that.

What kind? How many? I'd need them for a couple of weeks at the least.

[thenormalsquint]

Once again, joking. You're real no BS kind of guy, aren't you?

[saidrepent]

[Huh. He's honestly not used to his sarcasm going undetected.]

When I have to be. I was just going along with it.

[saidrepent]

you're not doing much to disprove my point.

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[saidrepent]

[Now this one is going to require some more thought.

After a pause:] Would memories from before my clock started be any good, or do they need to be fresher than that?

[thenormalsquint]

Personally, I say just go along with being topless. Summer's coming anyway.

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[laszlo_jamf]

I like memories that have meaning. Give me something with feeling.

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[saidrepent]

I'd think the first twenty-five years of my life had more feeling than most people can take.

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[laszlo_jamf]

I can take that.

Shall we say for a week? Two?

The car, of course, can arrive immediately.

[saidrepent]

[He snorts.] Tempting, but I doubt there are that many people eager to see me without a shirt on.

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[saidrepent]

A week would be fine. [Since he's sure this will still end up screwing him somehow, he might as well try to minimize the screwing.]

Is that a deal?

[thenormalsquint]

Did you take a poll?

[saidrepent]

People who have opinions of me tend to make them known loud and clear. So it hadn't crossed my mind.

[thenormalsquint]

And you actually pay attention to them? That's what's wrong with the world today. Too many opinions and too many people caring too much what other people think of them.

[saidrepent]

When did I say that I actually cared?

[thenormalsquint]

You didn't have to. The hesitation of it not crossing your mind says enough.

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[laszlo_jamf]

It is if you want it to be. The memories of the first twenty-five years of your life for one week in exchange for your very snappy vehicle.

Come by the office to sign the paperwork and we're good to go.

[ooc: The trade can take place any time hereafter. The car will arrive in the same instant that his memories are held in trust by the Deities. Have fun! Please bear in mind that cars are few in the City and fuel can sometimes be in short supply--not completely gone, but not endlessly available. Just a caveat!]

[saidrepent]

I don't know if I'd call it hesitation so much as caution... From years of learned experience, of course.

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[saidrepent]

In that case, I'll be right by.

( ooc: got it, thank you! :D )

[thenormalsquint]

And what made you cautious?

[thewildone]

I don't see the point of it, but then I've always pretty much let it all hang out there.

[saidrepent]

My line of work is one that typically requires caution.

[signatures]

What kind of silly question is that? Of course it does.

[saidrepent]

That might be because there isn't much point to it.

[saidrepent]

And why is that?

[thewildone]

I guess some people feel like they have to hide things, but it's still a relief to talk about it. I can kind of see that, I just don't think it's any good.