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[darkov]

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latest status update 6/26/2015

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[darkov]

I don't know. I...I'm not. Not really good at it anyway. But if I don't do that...then I don't do anything.

[deadtective]

Not even if you get really good at something else?

[darkov]

[there's a little puff. is that a laugh? a sigh? WHO KNOWS.] I don't know. I never think about it like that.

[deadtective]

[you know what, she'll take it even if it ends up being a sigh. small victories.]

Maybe you should start! Seems like a better use of your time than trying to fix something you apparently can't.

[darkov]

Oh, but-- That's not...something I can do. I don't pick. Grandfather does. With the others.

[deadtective]

And, what, they're not allowed to change their minds?

[darkov]

[...]

I don't know. I mean-- it's...them. Not me.

[deadtective]

So? That doesn't mean there isn't anything you can do about it. Get so fucking cool they have to switch you over to something else.

[darkov]

Get--uh? Oh-- I don't know. I mean-- I'm...I'm stuck here? So that won't even happen...

[deadtective]

This is probably the best place to be for that shit! You've got all this time to practice stuff and figure out what you're good at and nobody from home to make fun of you while you're doing it.

[darkov]

[....]

I can practice here? Even though it's-- there's so many people?

[deadtective]

Why wouldn't you? There's big empty places out in the middle of nowhere, and they even opened that stupid training center in one of the cities.

[darkov]

[.......................

THIS IS A BIG DEAL. but this is small:] Oh...

[deadtective]

Didn't anybody tell you? Geez, what a bunch of slackers.

[but she sounds like she's smiling, and so it's pretty easy to tell she's just joking around.]

[darkov]

No, I...I never asked...I didn't know there was anything like that, or that. That I'd be allowed...

[deadtective]

Of course you're allowed. The whole reason we're here is to do flashy stuff like that.

[darkov]

E-eh? [revelation after startling revelation.]

[deadtective]

They're hoping we'll all be heroes, you know? And looking as cool as you can helps with that shit.

[darkov]

A--I [starting to reel back:]...I don't know if that's...a good idea...I mean, I don't really get it, but...

[deadtective]

It's fine. Just because they want it doesn't mean it's happening.

[darkov]

Uh-? They-- [wait.] Wh-who?

[deadtective]

The government. They're the ones housing the dumbass machine that brought us here.

[darkov]

Oh, the... [the lady. those people.] Oh.

[deadtective]

Yeah. They're nothing to worry about though, so don't bother getting worked up about it.

[darkov]

Al...Alright.