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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.

[encryptedlock]

I don't want it to change back.

The Accountant

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

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

[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.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[small smile] kids being crazy or something?

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

[thinks about that]

Guess that could be preferable to the Castle?

[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.

[encryptedlock]

That's not why.

Think about it. We're all on the same level here. Nobody's going to come at me faster than a speeding bullet or get pissed off and toss a fireball in my direction. Why the hell wouldn't I want it to stay this way?

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.

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

[bitter laugh]

Okay. I will not argue you there.

[encryptedlock]

Course, I miss having a decent level of technology, but I still wouldn't mind if it stayed like this.

[Having all his BFFs be human really doesn't hurt, either.]

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

Yeah, the technology's kind of...[makes a gesture on the other side of the journal]

I mean, I guess I could start over and rebuild the things I had, but...

[he hasn't even thought about the his friends being human factor yet]

[encryptedlock]

At least there's a real Internet?

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[teasing falling away to something more serious]

...what happened?

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

...Not that we can find anyone real to talk to on there. Everyone I know is either listed as offline, or has been 'away' all week.

[sadly perusing his buddy list at the present moment, actually]

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

Eh, they let me go.

[it was no big deal, honest]

[encryptedlock]

Well, that's not as big of a deal for me.

Be nice if I could get a flight home, though.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[brow furrowed] Why would they do that?

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

We're still in a cage. Though, I guess I do have to admit that it's better than the Castle-shaped one.

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

[drawn-out sigh]

Because of my 'nonstandard curriculum and teaching methods.'

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

[blink] But what does that even mean? If they're learning, who cares how you got there? [yeah, she's going to be irked for you, Billy Buddy. Until she finds out what exactly you were teaching, anyway]

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

That's what I said. The current lessons sucked, no one was learning anything, the lab equipment was a joke...so I improvised.

[tehoniongirl.livejournal.com]

That's just... wrong. [>:|]

I'm sorry, Billy.