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[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[the sound of Billy's front door closing, and a short sigh]

...Well.
I guess it lasted longer than I thought it would, at least.

[fridge door sound, hiss and pop of a can opening]

--Speaking of things that last longer than I thought it would...are we ever going back to the Castle?
Not that I'm eager to or anything, of course.

It's just that... well.

[staring forlornly at where a certain mad-scientist laboratory should be]

...Anyone else end up somewhere that is juuuust different enough from home to be really unsettling?

Comments

Head of Human Resources

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

This isn't New York, but ... it's still unsettling. I'm doing my old accounting job, minus the ... extra bits on the side, as it were.

The Accountant

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Hmm. How are you enjoying the 'normal' life, then?

HoHR

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

It's ... passable, but lacking. I haven't had any real work yet.

The Accountant

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Y'know...I was almost getting used to this teaching thing. It really didn't suck as much as I thought it was going to.

But...especially now that it's over because of my 'nonstandard curriculum and teaching methods' I realize I could never actually do this normal civilian thing.

HoHR

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

Is this a 'once you've started you can't go back' thing?

... Because I think I'm beginning to know what that feels like.

[encryptedlock]

I don't want it to change back.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

...Yeah?

Guess you got put somewhere pretty alright?

[encryptedlock]

[He laughs ruefully.]

I got a cash-only condo in Riverside under a fake name.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[thinks about that]

Guess that could be preferable to the Castle?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[small smile] kids being crazy or something?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Huh? The kids?

..Oh.

No. That would be the 'lasted longer than I thought it was going to' thing. It's over.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[teasing falling away to something more serious]

...what happened?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Eh, they let me go.

[it was no big deal, honest]

Head of Human Resources

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

This isn't New York, but ... it's still unsettling. I'm doing my old accounting job, minus the ... extra bits on the side, as it were.

The Accountant

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Hmm. How are you enjoying the 'normal' life, then?

HoHR

[balancethebooks.livejournal.com]

It's ... passable, but lacking. I haven't had any real work yet.

The Accountant

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Y'know...I was almost getting used to this teaching thing. It really didn't suck as much as I thought it was going to.

But...especially now that it's over because of my 'nonstandard curriculum and teaching methods' I realize I could never actually do this normal civilian thing.

[encryptedlock]

I don't want it to change back.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

...Yeah?

Guess you got put somewhere pretty alright?

[encryptedlock]

[He laughs ruefully.]

I got a cash-only condo in Riverside under a fake name.

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

[thinks about that]

Guess that could be preferable to the Castle?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[small smile] kids being crazy or something?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Huh? The kids?

..Oh.

No. That would be the 'lasted longer than I thought it was going to' thing. It's over.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[teasing falling away to something more serious]

...what happened?

[need-to-rule-it.livejournal.com]

Eh, they let me go.

[it was no big deal, honest]