It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane

I must agree. WonderWorld is not open for visitation, and on Halloween especially we discourage visitors.

I sympathize with the year-round breaches of privacy on your clan’s grounds. It can’t be easy.

I thank you for the condolences. Most of the breaches are dealt with easily enough, and the trespassers don't even remember the encounter. It is just a few that have had lasting effects, but even with the small number we wish to prevent any more of those occurrences.

Naturally. The… “urban exploration” craze has increased more than any of us in the empowered community would like to admit. Thankfully, the wards set in place in more densely populated empowered areas typically do the job, but – Wonderworld is different. (sighs) Apologies, I didn’t mean to get too in the weeds there.

I must agree. WonderWorld is not open for visitation, and on Halloween especially we discourage visitors.

I sympathize with the year-round breaches of privacy on your clan’s grounds. It can’t be easy.

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

About that...

…I am realizing I’m severely out of the loop.

Ironic considering this is part of our job.

Being caught up with rogue vampires and magical politics will do that to a person.

We should be more like gossip girl. That'd be much less draining than the Department's actions, or lack thereof.

I'm not even in the bureaucratic part of the government and even we do everything so ineffectively.

Your job doesn’t even tell you the full extent of what you do. Transparency between the government and their laborers is only one of the many issues we’ve got, and I think everyone here can agree with that sentiment.

Tell me about it. The project just got updated and we already have more work to do. I don't even know what went wrong the first time.

Sounds about right. Whatever, I just hope it’s reasonable enough for it to keep such tight wraps on… ugh, I can’t even begin to guess what it is. The Department isn’t exactly clear on their motives most of the time.

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

About that...

…I am realizing I’m severely out of the loop.

Ironic considering this is part of our job.

Being caught up with rogue vampires and magical politics will do that to a person.

We should be more like gossip girl. That'd be much less draining than the Department's actions, or lack thereof.

I'm not even in the bureaucratic part of the government and even we do everything so ineffectively.

Your job doesn’t even tell you the full extent of what you do. Transparency between the government and their laborers is only one of the many issues we’ve got, and I think everyone here can agree with that sentiment.

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

About that...

…I am realizing I’m severely out of the loop.

Ironic considering this is part of our job.

Being caught up with rogue vampires and magical politics will do that to a person.

We should be more like gossip girl. That'd be much less draining than the Department's actions, or lack thereof.

Asta, you’re not gonna agree with me on this, but remembering the… intimate relations of the people in this city is harder than what we actually do.

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

...Kieran, that happened last week.

…What.

Yeah, they were the first in this batch o' weddings to actually do it. They got engaged and then everyone else started coupling up all lovey-dovey.

By everyone… you’re talking about - who exactly?

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

About that...

…I am realizing I’m severely out of the loop.

Ironic considering this is part of our job.

Being caught up with rogue vampires and magical politics will do that to a person.

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

About that...

…I am realizing I’m severely out of the loop.

There's a reason the Conspiracy's more than one person.

At this point, we might as well have a romance branch.

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

...Kieran, that happened last week.

…What.

Yeah, they were the first in this batch o' weddings to actually do it. They got engaged and then everyone else started coupling up all lovey-dovey.

By everyone… you’re talking about - who exactly?

I look around and suddenly everyone I know is getting married and has children. I feel overwhelmingly lacking for a man in his mid-twenties.

Seriously, I come back and suddenly these couples are engaged and have adopted two kids.

Good for them and all that. Really slaps reality into your face though, doesn’t it? Always dreaded the age of when the elderly ask if you’ve got a “special someone”, because everyone around you does.

It's even worse when you go to family member's weddings. My mother is always talking about wanting grandkids now.

Tell me about it. I don’t know how many times I can use the excuse of “my job keeps me too busy” until she wrings my neck.

At some point they're going to get a fit of conniption and force us to quit our job and settle down.

You’re not too far off. They’re gonna need a solution for every single problem in Dahlia before they make me “settle down”.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Don’t go manifesting something neither of us need, Asta.

I could do without the work though...

I swear, if you go and get hitched with Warbler next week…

I will not! We just agreed to go on our first actual date like, yesterday. I'm not going to get married that fast.

Alright, alright. If you say so. I mean, you never know. This weather’s doing crazy things to people. Crazy.

It's that time of year again. Getting married season. Did you hear the Solaire king just got engaged too?

He - woah, what? To who?

Yeah, apparently he and Skyfire didn't really put a label on it before despite bring obviously in love, but they got engaged recently.

…Huh. Good for them. As long as they’re happy with each other. (chuckles) Next thing you’re going to tell me, Vincent and his partner got engaged too.

About that...

…I am realizing I’m severely out of the loop.