catchall for emma

[leaberator]

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[leaberator]

"Sweet"? What, the part where I got my butt handed to me, or the one where I was getting insulted the whole time?

[ or the part where saix had like, one feeling ]

[foodbin]

The part where you made a friend.

[leaberator]

Well... Ven looked like he needed one.

[foodbin]

Right... Ven.

[The ??? is palpable.]

[leaberator]

Okay, even I can't say I fully get why he and Roxas look identical. That one's way complicated. Uh... I guess the short of it is-- it's 'cause they're both connected to each other through someone else, and that connection affected Roxas's appearance when he was born?

[ he. shrugs, helpless ]

[foodbin]

...Maybe we should just move on from that.

[if neither of them understand it.]

[leaberator]

So what's with scientists and going nuts with the end of the world stuff?

[ moving on ]

Science is basically how my world fell to darkness, too.

[foodbin]

...Oh, yeah. That was my biology professor. His entire house was locked down because he was a doomsday prepper, so I took everyone to stay there.

[...]

In hindsight, not my best decision. Here's a tip, don't stay with any tinfoil hat types during the end of the world.

[leaberator]

My tip would be to not stick around the guys directly causing the end of the world, so that's fair enough.

[ yeah ]

[foodbin]

To be fair, I didn’t really have a reason to suspect before he drugged me and tied me to a chair.

[leaberator]

So what I'm getting from all this is, you had a real bad couple of weeks, huh?

[foodbin]

Back home?

[She pauses.]

Actually... It was kind of a really bad day, for the most part.

[leaberator]

[ he stares ]

That's a lot to happen in a day.

[foodbin]

I was in the hospital between the helicopter crash and... You know, but - that was when I thought it was safe and I wasn't actively on the run from aliens, so I'm not sure how much it counts...?

[leaberator]

[ wow ]

And I thought I'd had rough days.

[foodbin]

You didn't even see the singing police officers and soldiers who almost shot us, or the part where my alien coworkers tried to poison me.

[She's weary.]

[leaberator]

That was when you tried to quit, right? But it turned out they were aliens?

[ he remembers ]

[foodbin]

Yeah. I tried to bail to work at Starbucks and they tried to murder me, although I guess the two things aren't as related as it would seem.

[leaberator]

[ ah, here's the joke: ]

What's Starbucks? The rival coffee store?

[foodbin]

[After a moment, she laughs.]

...I shouldn't be surprised, and yet.

[leaberator]

What? Is it related to Star Wars?

[foodbin]

No, it's... It's like, a huge thing. There are a ton of them, even in small cities. You can't get away.

[leaberator]

From... a coffee store?

[foodbin]

Yes.

[leaberator]

There's no way you're not playing me right now.