why should i worry?

Oh good, another fuckboy. Well, sorry to @luikapu but I’ve gotta kill this one. Rumor has it his dick doesn’t even work.

I’d fuck him, but @scottyradcliffe isn’t marriage material. He is a frat boy, after all.

I don’t think it’s that Medusa, don’t worry. If that’s where you think you’d be happier, you should go for it; I can’t imagine they get a ton of business, either. Maybe you could just look for a job that has dogs allowed from the get-go, though. I’m not sure where that would be but it seems easier than trying to smuggle one in. Le Pub just sounds like a bar trying to sound fancy to me. And Alley Way sounds like it should be bowling, actually. None of them sound like strip clubs. Um… thank you? I’m not really sure what I’m supposed to say back to that except no, no exotic dancing in my future.

I’ll look around and see what looks good. What job is going to allow me to bring my dog to work everyday though? I’ve theoretically heard that some places allow it, but I’ve only ever seen it online. And at like, fashion marketing jobs or something. I’ve never be in Le Pub but the “Le” really does make it sound like it’s trying to be pretentious and French. And really, how did they not open a bowling place with a name like the Alley Way? At home all the strip clubs were like New York Dolls Gentleman’s Club or Hunk-O-Mania. It wasn’t a hard connection to make.

How do you figure? I mean, I guess they’re at boarding school so they don’t have mommy and daddy there to solve every little problem, but they don’t have to worry about getting into college, they’re like guaranteed a spot here at Walt U. So basically they have four years to just coast by before they start figuring out what to really do with their lives.

They have their basic needs met. None of them are going hungry or without clothes, they don’t have to worry about having a roof over their heads. That’s a lot more than people in my part of the city had. I mean Mommy and Daddy can still keep their pockets well-lined and pay to have their laundry taken care of, offer emotional support through cell phones. Really, their biggest problem is “the boy I like doesn’t like me back” or “boohoo, I’m in a fake relationship but I’ve gotten attached”. And they’ve even got Dear Mickey and Minnie to help with that bullshit.

You live on a boat? That sounds different, do you miss it while you’re here or do you like living in a cottage on land? There are milkless chocolates, but as far as I know only Hershey’s syrup is vegan, I haven’t heard about kisses being vegan friendly. She does, yeah! I’ve just never asked her for them, and I feel like I’m kind of an imposition, she’s made me enough vegan meals in this lifetime. Love comes in all kinds of different shapes and forms, it’s not the kind of thing that’s simple or that we want to take lightly. It’s what most people are interested in, whether they realize it or not.

Yeah, I have my whole life. And sometimes, definitely. I think I miss the sounds of the city more, here in Walt it’s so quiet it’s hard to sleep. I’m used to all the white noise, you know? But it’s also weirdly relaxing to fall asleep on a boat, like it’s rocking you back and forth just by being on the water. It’s weird being stationary in a bed. Well, I didn’t even know the syrup was animal byproduct free, although I don’t know how the fuck they’d screw that up. I feel like she’s probably happy you like her cooking, there’s not a huge market here in Walt for meatless meals or whatever. Uh-huh, I think you’re making it a little too simplistic. I mean people might not want to be alone, but not everything in the world boils down to human connection either. Otherwise, why would we be taking away so much of it on the day to day?

I would never be able to handle working at Sirenbucks anyway, I’d feel like a complete and total crook pouring a little bit of milk an syrup and a whole lot of ice into a cup and calling it a chai tea latte for six dollars. Glad to hear it. Our ‘banned’ wall is surprisingly blank of current students, but I feel like it would start to creep me out if someone’s face was staring at me from the wall everytime I was on shift.

You can ask for it with no ice. If anything, it’s people who feel the compulsive need to drink MILK with ice that’s nasty and makes me never want to work there. Man, now I kind of want to do something to earn a spot on the wall. Or maybe I should just talk one of the stupid frat kids into doing it for a hazing thing. Are you saying you don’t want to look at my beautiful mug every time you clock in?

Sawyer: It just kind of... repeats itself, I don't know. I guess we all could have been the same age if they'd decided we were, I don't know why I got picked to come before the others. I always FELT older, though. Maybe my minigame came first or maybe I was just designed to want to take care of them so it made me feel different. Pickled vs. fresh shredded kimchi, or was there a different differentiator? Do they ever put chili mac and cheese? I've always thought that was a good combo, or pulled pork and mac and cheese. Maybe you haven't met the right person? Or maybe you're destined to be with dogs only for the rest of your life, I don't really know how these things work, if it's normal to want that. Yeah, the perfect amount to take home and have for two meals in a row at most average places, but if you find the right restaurant they give you just enough of everything to love it and not feel like you had too much.

Tabby: That kind of sucks, although I guess a lot of real life is repetition too. Maybe you were programmed to have the older sibling traits, like wanting to take care of your brother and telling him what to do? Idk, I'm an only child so this stuff is always confusing for me. I really don't know which it was, probably pickled given it was at a hot dog stand. I love chili mac! Although my favorite place to get it is actually Panera. Granted, they don't actually serve chili mac but at the end of the night they'd give me the slightly crispy chili and mac and cheese they couldn't save and I'd share it with my dogs. The key to perfect chili mac is actually to let the cheese get a little rough at the edges, then that part won't mix in and you'll get like extra flavor packed in there every few bites.

There’s lots of clean-up and people still buy tickets in between times, but you’re on the right track. God, actually getting friends has weakened my reputation as the most notorious people-hater. Which, for the record, I am not friends with Lui I am roommates with Lui. Big difference. 

Cleaning I can do, it’s the meaningless chit-chat that I fall short on. Other people can do that to your street cred, it’s why I only have one Walt friend. Also, I just can’t bear the thought of pretending to care about too many people’s meaningless bullshit. Lui seems to think you’re friends with Lui, so at some point you might want to make it clear that you’re just not that into him.

Oh. Well, uh, I’m real sorry for assuming. Is that because of the people or because of you?

CALLIOPE: Having so much free time on my hands is probably the worst thing because it just me more time to dye my hair again.

CALLIOPE: Let me add a little color to yours yeah? I think it would tie in the whole look you're going for.

TABBY: So why not just do it? Or are you really attached to the washed out blonde look?

Damn, finally a girl! It’s like you all just assumed - incorrectly - I was more into dudes. Sadly, I don’t think @itzwinter is my type in the slightest.