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[defies_reason]

[ VOICE ]

Well, this is a new one for me. The consensus here is that curses last a day, except for when they don't; however, those who've been here long enough to know seem to agree that this won't go past the weekend.

I hope you've all made the most of your visit.

Now, I don't suppose any of you could advise me on how I might leave the City as you do? I do have business to attend to, after all.


[ooc; he's post Argentina, please don't spoil him on Helter Skelter, and no other Isaaks of course, otherwise I'm basically good with all shenanigans]

Comments

Voice

[goleftgoright]

Somehow, I do not think it is so easy for the people here to just leave when they are wanting to.

[This guy has a pretty noticeable Russian accent.]

Voice

[defies_reason]

[All things considered, it's a little surprising how many near neighbors end up in this corner of the multiverse.]

I can vouch for that much, but I'm told the lot of you will be out at midnight.

Re: Voice

[goleftgoright]

[This one might be a neighbor you don't want.]

The last time I visited this place, that was true.

Voice

[defies_reason]

A repeat tourist. [He sounds amused.] Not by choice, I take it?

Re: Voice

[goleftgoright]

I do not think we get a choice. We are just here, and then we are not here.

[You can almost hear him shrugging.]

Voice

[defies_reason]

[You don't sound terribly flustered, friend. Isaak can respect that.]

It's much the same for the rest of us, only our visit lasts a bit longer.

Re: Voice

[goleftgoright]

[He's not the type to get flustered. He doesn't see the point.]

Only you do not know how long your visits will last. I imagine that is... frustrating.

[imitateverything]

A man asks for assistance then downplays his need.

[defies_reason]

There's a difference between needing and wanting.

[imitateverything]

Wanting would imply a willful desire, needing would imply an unfortunate or otherwise ill-timed deficiency, at least in your case.

[defies_reason]

I'd very much like to go home, but I'm managing well enough here. Preference doesn't imply desperation.

[imitateverything]

In that case I guess I don't have to tell you how to get there.

[defies_reason]

I suppose you don't have to, though I'd appreciate it if you did.

[moonlighting]

I left the same way I came. Without really noticing.

[defies_reason]

That's rather disappointing.

[moonlighting]

It was alright. I think those are the best kind of goodbyes.

[defies_reason]

Doesn't it matter what you're saying goodbye to?

[moonlighting]

I don't know, does it? If it's not something important then it may as well be quick, yeah? And if it is someone important then, quick's best, too.

[defies_reason]

There's a difference between it being quick, and being gone before you know it.

[signatures]

If you come across that sort of epiphany-inducing information, you ought to share with the class.

[defies_reason]

I can't say I've high hopes, but I'd be remiss if I didn't ask.

[signatures]

It'd be a shame to be jaded so early into it, anyway.

[defies_reason]

There's the unforeseen downside of being a quick study. I ask, expecting to be disappointed.

Does this sort of thing happen often? I'll have to start keeping a calendar.

[signatures]

I'd personally prefer to be happily surprised than shockingly dismayed.

Nearly every few months, though the weekend it falls on always varies. The City doesn't like to let old wounds heal nor let us really settle.

[defies_reason]

What an optimistic sort of pessimism.

That's very much in line with everything else I've seen here.