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[wouldnotkindly]

If anyone ever catches me talking like I did this weekend — seriously, if I ever sound like that again...

[He sighs.] Just shoot me or something. I mean it, I'm not kidding. Please.

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[thenormalsquint]

No.

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[wouldnotkindly]

Why not?

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[thenormalsquint]

Because I think death is a pretty permanent solution to a temporary curse.

[Not that they stay dead, but stick with her here, Jack.]

No one in their right mind is going to hold it against you.

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[wouldnotkindly]

I said shoot me, not kill me. [Because there is totally a huge difference.] It's not like it'd be the first time, anyway.

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[thenormalsquint]

I know how to shoot a gun, but my aim still needs work. You really want to get caught up in the details?

[She'll aim for his foot and somehow catch his head. That's just how it'll work out.]

There shouldn't been a first time to begin with, though.

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[wouldnotkindly]

[There's a pause, and then he sighs again.]

It's kind of hard to avoid, when you're stuck in a city full of crazy people who want you dead. [Not to mention the less-crazy ex-people armed with giant drills and rivet guns.]

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[thenormalsquint]

I can't say I feel your pain, but I do know of one city that's full of crazy people, but none of them want you dead. There's a lot less worry.

[She may have to eat part of that sentence.]

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[rudeandginger]

I'm not sure. I rather enjoyed it.

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[wouldnotkindly]

[That doesn't seem to lift his spirits very much. Sorry, Angela.]

Can't say I really know what that's like... Except for the time I've spent here, I guess.

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[wouldnotkindly]

[Oh, Turlough. You know just how to make him blush.]

I mean— The weekend wasn't all bad, but... [He doesn't ever want to sound that much like Andrew Ryan ever again.]

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[thenormalsquint]

Where do you think I'm talking about Jack?

[Wait, Angela. Are you telling somebody that the City could be good for something again? No, please go sit down. You know where this leads.]

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[rudeandginger]

It was just a curse, Jack. No one's going to hold it against you.

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[wouldnotkindly]

[Oh. Good thing she can't see him blush at that.]

I, uh... I knew that. [Totally.]

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[wouldnotkindly]

[He knows that, but...] What if I do?

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[rudeandginger]

Then you're an idiot.

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[thenormalsquint]

No, you didn't. No need to lie about it. [Sorry to call him out, but at least she does it with an audible smile.] Can I say that the suit was a nice touch aside from everything else? You should wear it more often.

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[wouldnotkindly]

Er... [Yeah, he's still blushing.] What would I wear it for? I don't really do anything that needs to be...you know, fancy.

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[thenormalsquint]

Work is always an option.

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[wouldnotkindly]

[He should've expected that, really.]

I know no one else would hold it against me, but... If it happens again, I'd just like someone to snap me out of it.

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[rudeandginger]

If it was that simple to rid yourself of a curse, don't you think it'd be a more popular move?

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[wouldnotkindly]

What, the bar?

[He doesn't get it.]

But... It's a bar. [He really doesn't get it.]

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[wouldnotkindly]

[Stop using logic on him, Turlough.]

Well... Okay, if that doesn't work, then at the very least I could be incapacitated or something until it wears off.

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[rudeandginger]

You didn't hurt anyone. Besides, I seem to recall you having a rather good time. Go easy on yourself for once.

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[thenormalsquint]

Exactly my point. You like tips, right? Wear that to work and I promise you, your tips will hit the roof.

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[wouldnotkindly]

[It's all sensible advice, but Jack is a little too stubborn to give into sensibility just yet.]

Maybe, but I... I don't want to think like that again. I don't want to look up to a man like Andrew Ryan, or — or think of Rapture as home.