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[criminaljustice]

[SO I'VE PLAYED TO 10/15 IN THE GAME.

COME AT ME.

VOICETEST WILL BE TFLN!]

1. You made the lady who made your cheeseburger sign the box so that when she got famous you would have her autograph.

2. Holy shit dude........stairs

3. i am currently wearing a bowl of frosting on my head. i do not regret any of my life choices leading to this moment

4. No, handcuffs and friendship bracelets are not "basically" the same thing.

Comments

[criminaljustice]

Consider your audience.

[doesn't believe]

[afailedmurder]

If I offended you, I apologize.

[criminaljustice]

I guess I'll show my forgiveness by ensuring pancakes.

[curry pancakes.]

[afailedmurder]

I don't think I'll partake, but I'll be sure to keep dropping by until I see them.

[criminaljustice]

That sounds like more money than a detective should be wasting on train fare.
Go somewhere closer to home.

[afailedmurder]

Actually, Yongenjaga is on my commuter line. It's the perfect place to stop.

[criminaljustice]

Then the polite thing to say...
"Thank you for your continued patronage."

[afailedmurder]

How professional of you.

...Unless you're texting on the clock, that is.

[criminaljustice]

I'm a diligent worker.

[who also just has a lot of free time on the clock]

[afailedmurder]

No customers tonight?

[criminaljustice]

It's about the usual.

[afailedmurder]

Shall I pay you a visit?

[criminaljustice]

Coffee so late isn't healthy.

[afailedmurder]

I suppose you're right...

[criminaljustice]

We're only open for another hour, anyway.

[and then it's time to hit up Shinjuku for intel and cash monies]

[afailedmurder]

And I have homework.

[translation: Metaverse shenanigans]

[criminaljustice]

Even detectives have homework... makes sense.

[afailedmurder]

I'm still a student, after all. Sometimes it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day.

[criminaljustice]

You can always quit your job if it's getting to be too much.
Unless you're working to keep a roof over your head.
But even then...

[afailedmurder]

For better or worse, that's not an option for me.

[criminaljustice]

Why is that?

[afailedmurder]

There are a number of reasons. If it were only money, I could get an easier job, though admittedly I would have a difficult time supporting myself on the jobs available to most teenagers.

It's more that for someone like me to make a place for myself in the world or do anything meaningful with my life, I'm going to need to work twice as hard as anyone else.

That's a simple fact no matter what kind of job I take. Isn't it better, then, to do something I'm passionate about?

[criminaljustice]

[always a little off-guard when it's a serious answer.

but not gonna let that show.]

"Someone like me"... a socially awkward person who needs more practice at social skills?

[afailedmurder]

...Are you perhaps thinking of someone else you know?

[criminaljustice]

You do have a thing about personal boundaries, so I thought it fit.

Don't worry. I know plenty of socially awkward people and they all do fine once they stop caring what other people think.

"To each his own," didn't you say?