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[trenchknives]

[The video comes on to show Jimmy, holding a drink -- probably not his first of the day -- and smiling a little sloppily at the camera.]

Happy fuckin' St. Patrick's Day!

[There's a pause as he takes a long sip from his drink and continues.]

So maybe you ain't Irish, but today you can pretend, y'know. Have enough drinks, and everybody looks fuckin' Irish.

[He adjusts the video a little so he can raise his glass to the camera, as though toasting everyone.]

Just don't do anythin' stupid.

[And then he seems to realize the ridiculousness of that statement coming from him, and laughs until he remembers to shut the video feed off.]

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[makingastatement]

Making the most of your day already?

[ Totally laughing at you Jimmy, not with you. ]

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[trenchknives]

Yeah, well, ain't that what today's for?

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[makingastatement]

Here I thought it was about running all the snakes out of town.

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[trenchknives]

How many people d'you think actually know the story, 'n how many people d'you think like the alcohol?

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[makingastatement]

Irish or not, nobody remembers anything but the alcohol by the time the night's over.

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[trenchknives]

'n by that point, they'd probably like to forget alcohol even existed.

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[makingastatement]

Depends on where you wake up.

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[trenchknives]

With my luck, I won't be wakin' up anywhere good.

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[theassassin]

Having fun?

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[trenchknives]

Of course I am, but I'd be havin' a lot more fun if you came 'n had a drink with me.

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[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

(Utsuho looks confused and peers at the device. Her face is blown up in the video view.)

What's Irish? And how are you in this little ball I'm looking at?

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[theassassin]

That so? I think that could be arranged.

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[trenchknives]

[He's already had a little too much to coherently explain anything, but he'll sure try.]

Irish is a place. I mean, uh, Ireland's a place. If you're from Ireland, you're Irish. Or if your relatives're from Ireland, you're Irish.

[A pause.]

The, uh... you know what a telephone is? It's kinda like that, except you can see people's faces on it.

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[makingastatement]

Hey, c'mon. What happened to "luck of the Irish"?

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[trenchknives]

Good. You wanna meet me where I am, or should I go somewhere else?

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[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

A te-le-phone? (She pronounces it slowly.)

Is Ireland a place in Gensokyo? Because I've never heard of it, but Miss Satori never lets me go outside because I'm too busy keeping the fire going, so I guess it might be out there.

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[trenchknives]

I think it got trumped by "passing out in the gutter of the Irish."

[He's aware that sentence made very little grammatical sense. He doesn't particularly care.]

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[trenchknives]

Yeah, a telephone. You can make phone calls, you can talk to people who ain't...

[He shakes his head.]

Okay, yeah, I'm not gonna be able to explain that part. 'n no, Ireland's in Europe.

[An even longer pause.]

You're not allowed to go outside?

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[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

Call. Oh! Like you can get people to come to you? So a telephone calls up things. Okay!

(She clearly doesn't get it, but she seems to be convinced that her explanation makes sense. At least, she looks self-satisfied.)

Nope! I have to keep Hell running. If I wasn't there, Hell would cool off, and then it would end up all snowy like it is in the Ancient City! I guess the oni like the cold, but if it's cold in Hell, the souls stop yelling, and Miss Satori tells me the souls have to keep being loud because that's what they're there for.

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[trenchknives]

[He's apparently too drunk to quite understand all of that, because he just stares for a second before responding.]

You... keep Hell runnin'. So you're like... some kinda demon?

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[theassassin]

Where you are is fine.

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[trenchknives]

Okay, well, I'll be here. I'll see ya soon.

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[thermonuclear_birdbrain]

I'm a youkai! Sometimes humans call me a demon, so I guess I'm a demon too. But I'm better than the other demons, because I'm smarter, and I can use nuclear fusion.

Are you a human?

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[makingastatement]

[ No complaints or help here. It's better than that downer shit you're always pulling, Jimmy. ]

So I guess that means you won't be taking your own advice about not doing anything stupid?

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[trenchknives]

Yeah, I'm... uh, yeah, I'm a human. What's nuclear fusion?