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[thesettingsun]

Just a couple of things.

-I'm turning 25 on Monday and it seems like the kind of thing you should do something for. I was going to invite people to the pool until some things happened, but now I don't want to, so. I'm going to be at the Inkwell and will accept all birthday congratulations, gifts, and complaints about how grey water is super weird.

Anyone can come, it's not like I run the bar. Unless you're that guy that threatened me, you have to stay at least ten feet away from me at all times.

[Water being grey now is not actually why the pool party is being called off, but it makes an excellent excuse.]

-Does anyone have any advice about explaining your sudden changes in behavior to people who know you really well but don't know what's going on with Retrospec? I can't not talk to my parents.

Comments

[sharplydressed]

[SOME PEOPLE just get all the dang luck...]

but it's not like good genes will save you from aging FOREVER
unless you're actually a vampire or something

[thesettingsun]

With all this going on, do you want to bet that I couldn't actually be a vampire?

[sharplydressed]

i was looking for vampires with a friend earlier actually
so if you were that would help me out a lot

[thesettingsun]

Sorry, I'm not one as far as I know. I'm pretty sure I remember being in sunlight.

[sharplydressed]

hmmm
so you're not even one of those cheap vampires that sparkle in the sun instead of burning?

[thesettingsun]

I would rather be an ordinary human than a sparkle vampire. Uuugh.

[sharplydressed]

really?
i heard that stuff was super popular for a while though
you could probably drum up a fanclub!

[thesettingsun]

No thanks. I'm not a literary purist, so I'm not going to argue that that book was terrible because it deviated from what vampires 'should' be. I'll argue that it was terrible for other reasons.

[sharplydressed]

well now i'm curious!
what would you say was the most terrible part?

[thesettingsun]

Romanticizing unhealthy behavior in a guy that teenage girls across the country started swooning over.

I'm pretty sure he broke her car at one point to 'protect' her. And watched her sleep. What the fuck.

[sharplydressed]

yeah you remember that right
also i am 100% glad i'm not the only one who was like wtf about that
doesn't it seem like something jim would do??

[thesettingsun]

Jim would watch Janet sleep and then tell the whole network how cute she is when she's asleep, like that's not creepy at all.

[sharplydressed]

the fact that janet's not actively calling him out makes me sideeye too tbh
like what if she's one of the many fans of creepy romance??

[thesettingsun]

I don't think you should have to track down everywhere your creepy boyfriend/not-boyfriend is talking about you and put up a disclaimer that you're not into that. That puts too much blame on the victim for not calling him out 100% of the time when it's squarely the creepy guy's fault.

[sharplydressed]

point but also janet's watching literally everything we do and hasn't said even one thing about jim
not even to be like "yeah sorry for my subordinate asshole employee who's making everyone's lives super super hard"
which TBF IS THE BIGGEST OFFENSE, JIM

[He knows Jim's watching, okay.]

but anyway
that jackass doesn't deserve any of your time when it's almost your bday
i'll stop by for sure! ☆=(ゝω･)/

[thesettingsun]

[Yeah let's talk about Shuji instead of Jim, that sounds way better for Shuji's ego.]

Thanks! It'll be good to see you, even if you do get me face creams.

[sharplydressed]

i'll get you a present that's actually good ok? promise! no face creams

[FOR NOW...]

[thesettingsun]

Even better! I'm looking forward to it~