text - un; bluebird69

[venatoris]

so everyone's cool with the squid thing
like everyone just collectively agreed that was okay
and went with it
that's a thing people just live with in this crappy city

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[venatoris]

Well, some dude I was talking to earlier told me he's gone all squid-tastic twice. So I dunno what the odds are of us stayin' human shaped for long.

[ which, you know. cool cool cool cool cool ]

Who you telling. [ g r u m p ]

[bookbrawler]

...twice.

[Yep. Gonna let that one sit for awhile and stew. Twice. That's two times too many.]

Great. Fantastic.

It's like every time I think I'm sorta good, like I kinda get what's goin' on here, I get hit with curveballs like that.

[venatoris]

That's what he said. Sorry, man.

[ he does sound sympathetic, but yeah...it isn't looking good. ]

Apparently that's a thing that just...keeps happening.

[bookbrawler]

Yeah, well. I feel like I'll jinx somethin' if I say it could be worse.

[And knowing this place, that jinx will probably become real or something.]

And then we just gotta deal. With. With this.

[His voice suggests he has no intention of dealing with this, now or ever.]

[venatoris]

[ mm... probably, yeah. [

Yeah. I think so. Kinda just ignore it I guess, if possible. Live with it best we can.

Or just drink a lot, which is what I'm going to do.

[bookbrawler]

You don't have to tell me twice.

[That sounds like an excellent plan to him.]

They should make a special for people like us. Three drinks for the price a' one for anyone who doesn't accept the 'squid thing.'

[venatoris]

[ He laughs. ]

Yeah, seriously. Someone should open a bar and call it the squid special.

[bookbrawler]

The unfortunate side effect will be remembering about the squid thing.

The really great side effect is that the more squid specials you get, the less you'll remember about the squid thing.

[venatoris]

[ snort ]

Yeah, I'm thinking tequila ought to do the trick. Really erase the trauma.

[bookbrawler]

Perfect. 'Cept it might reach too far back and erase a lot of unrelated trauma too, but y'know, I'm also okay with that.

[venatoris]

Shit, if someone can come up with a drink that does that, I'm all for it.