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You know, I think some April Fool's pranks are okay! Like the silly ones they do on websites or the really good natured kind. But I am LESS okay with someone changing the ENTIRE layout of our entire building and giving us treasure maps to go around it which for the record my brother-in-law did and it's a pain!! There's some weird effects coming in from outside this planet at the moment, although they'll mostly miss the city itself. There'll be a localized temporal storm, but it shouldn't be more than a mild irritation. It looks like it's just going to yank some things around and send them on through. I think Maurice is going to call out sick that day, or if I were him I definitely would. Hey, I kind of want a four-leaf clover. I know that's more last month than this month, but still. If you find one, pass it along. Also, I want to do a cutesy April Fools thing, so don't get too mad! Joanne Wiseman Technician 2nd class Retrspec Incorporated For the remainder of the day all users will have their userpic replaced with a picture of them dressed as their favorite animal. It's pretty harmless as far as pranks go, and it will change back either at midnight or after trying to change the picture twice, prompting an "Are you sure?" message but no further ill effects. Per the mod plotting post, you may use this post to obtain one of this month's freebies! This month's freebie can be earned by turning in a thread on this post that has 5 or more consecutive comments from you with someone new. We define someone new as someone new to the game, or simply someone your character has never tagged before. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently. This post is the overflow for the post originally found here! Please feel free to make new toplevels or simply shift your threads over.

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[livingimpaired]

No, I don't think it is.
I am merely surprised rather than find it presumptuous.
You should think better of yourself.
You are a better person than me.
And I already find you admirable.
So I find it surprising you would want to be friends.

But if that is your decision, I will agree with it.

[informantic]

That's all very flattering, but there's no real need to bring moral judgments like that into it. We get along, and it seems like that's not always an easy thing for either of us to do with others.

So that is my decision. I'd like us to be friends.

[livingimpaired]

[ Indeed, being friends or not being friends isn't too different for him. There are a few people that he has known for years that he willingly calls his friends, but he agrees with the analysis that they get along with each other. The stressed and tired state that Heigo always seems to be in tends to not tire and interests Kei to some degree. Friendship does not sound bad, but it doesn't quite sound right given his own feelings. However, he yields to the decision of someone whose feelings are far less lukewarm and twisted. ]

As I said, I would agree and accept your decision.
So I shall consider the two of us now as friends. Heigo Miyake.

[informantic]

I'm glad.

Now that it's official, does that mean I can buy the drinks next time?

[livingimpaired]

That you can?
Well, since you are offering, I can't refuse.
So, yes.

[informantic]

Oh, good. The drinks are actually to soften the blow of something I should level with you about, as a friend:

I'm never, ever going to eat anything from your restaurant. Any spice more potent than cinnamon gives me heartburn for at least a week, at most several months.

[livingimpaired]

Oh?

Haha. Did you think that would offend me?
Honestly, that kindness that you give to my feelings is extraordinary. Thank you.
So, no. I don't mind.
But that is good for me to know.

[informantic]

People tend to get more sensitive about their own creations than anything else, no matter what form those creations take. I know that as well as anyone. I'm glad to hear you won't take it personally, it's not any sort of insult.

[livingimpaired]

Not at all and even if you did insult it, I would not be offended.
What I like is what I like.
I have such few likes I can say I have but that does not mean I am sensitive about them.
I would like people to eat my food but won't force it down anyone's throat.
I would like people to try it to experience something new but since we are friends, I shall not harass you about it more than that statement.
Since mostly I certainly would wonder how much heartburn you would suffer, haha.

But you cook, too?

[informantic]

Sometimes your approach to life sounds so relaxing...

Oh no, I couldn't cook myself a meal to save my life. I meant creations in a more general sense, anything someone makes with their own hands.

[livingimpaired]

Relaxing, maybe, but yours will end up being more fulfilling in the end.

Oh, I see.
What do you create?

[informantic]

If I answer that as my authentic self, I'd rather you didn't repeat what I say to anyone else.

[livingimpaired]

I rarely ever talk about the conversations I have with others.

But for such authenticity, you may wish to wait until we have drinks, hm?
Indeed, I am thinking that would be best.
Since it sounds like your answer will be quite interesting.

[informantic]

Not that interesting. It's not classified information, just something I prefer not to share around.

[livingimpaired]

That's fair.
I look forward to our drinks, all the same.

[informantic]

Mmm, as do I. What are your hours of business, just to make sure I don't eke out a spot in my schedule where you'll be busy?

[livingimpaired]

The hours are rather sporadic, if I am honest.
More these past months than in the past.

I try to open at 9am. Unless it's Sunday then it is well into the afternoon.
I stay open until somewhere close to three to four.
Take a short lunch, which usually is forty-five minutes.
Come back for the evening until about nine to ten pm.
But if it is looking slow, I close early.

The joys of working for oneself is that your schedule can be as odd as you like.

[informantic]

Mm, I'll see what I can do with mine, since it's not quite as free and easy, and be in touch soon.

[livingimpaired]

Until then, Heigo Miyake.