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[dealwiththe]

All right, it's share time. Here's some "get to know you" questions. Feel free to answer any or all. Then ask each other new ones you come up with.

1. Who is one person you admire from your world? Historical figure, celebrity, friend or relative - anyone. And why?

2. What's a fond childhood memory you have?

3. What's your hidden talent? The thing you're good at that others might not be aware of.

4. What animal would you be, and why?

Have fun!

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Movie night, tomorrow night, 8 pm. The Weaponizer. It's a classic.

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[dealwiththe]

In my experience, the end result of "kills because of organized crime" and "kills for money" is the same. People are dead. So what "end result" do you mean?

[rank1]

If you're on the sidelines, maybe it looks that way. Truth is there's killing because you want someone dead and there's killing because you and your opponent know only one of you is making it out alive. The guys at the ends of our blades know exactly where they stand.

Besides. If I killed for money, I wouldn't be living in a trailer in buttfuck nowhere.

[dealwiththe]

Where do you stand, precisely? Killing because _________ ? It’s not money. It’s not desire for revenge or to right a wrong or any number of sympathetic or downright villainous motivations. Just to prove you can? To whom?

[rank1]

It’s a base human instinct, like eating or breathing or blowing a load. The thing that sets my kind apart from serial killers and psychos is that we seek out others who live for the same thrill we do.

[dealwiththe]

You know, I have heard many, many justifications for murder. Apart from ruling Hell for millennia, I worked with a homicide detective for several years, so I’ve heard it all. And I have to hand it to you, Travis.





Yours is by far the saddest, most pathetic excuse for killing I’ve ever heard. It’s a great big nothingburger. Is that all you were able to come up with in your trailer?

[rank1]

[There's a pause. Not a long one, but it's there.]

What can I say? I just love being #1.

[dealwiththe]

That sounds a lot like something I would’ve said, back when I couldn’t see any better way to spend my existence.

[rank1]

Yeah? Because I've taste-tested, and it turns out I just like the taste of blood.

[dealwiththe]

How edgy. I used to lie to myself like that, too.

[rank1]

What the hell would I get out of lying about that?

[dealwiththe]

Convincing yourself that your life isn’t totally meaningless and devoid of any real fulfillment.

[rank1]

Jeez. Don't tell my wife it's all a sham, will ya? She'll be heartbroken.

[dealwiththe]

I hate to break it to you, but your wife is also fake.

[rank1]

Shit, what gave it away?

Look. You wanna fight again? I can take a run at it over and over. I'll figure out your weak spot eventually, and it'll be real satisfying.

[dealwiththe]

It’s not as though you can stab me in the right place and suddenly I’ll bleed. I’m literally an immortal, celestial being.

Fighting is pointless. You can’t kill me, and I won’t kill you, and sooner or later you’ll realize just how pointless it all is. If you haven’t already.

[rank1]

Miyamoto Musashi carved down a boat oar to fight Sasaki Kojirō and his greatsword. Sasaki bragged about his accomplishments and his dojo and his disciples, and Musashi put the oar through his lung and killed him.

It wasn't to show off.

It was to prove he could win even if his opponent had the better tool, and all he needed was the right reach.

[dealwiththe]

Cool story, but irrelevant.

Sit with this conversation a bit. Give it some thought. That’s my recommendation.

[rank1]

Come on, asshole, it’s a metaphor!

I don’t even know what the fuck I’m supposed to sit with. That Satan thinks I’m pathetic? Great!

[dealwiththe]

✨It's a shitty one.✨

Anyway, it's not about what I think of you.

[rank1]

Sure it is. You think I haven't thought this shit through a million times before? You're the one who's new to the Travis Touchdown story.

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[omniavincit]

Do not fucking escalate this.

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[dealwiththe]

I'm not, don't worry.

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[omniavincit]

Uh huh.

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[dealwiththe]

What did you think I was going to do?

[omniavincit]

Brag about your dojo.