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[ibedeadpeople]

Who: Apartment O + you? door is open
When: Day 32, evening
Where: Apartment O
What: family dinner...?

[There is a stew bubbling happily over the fire; leaf "platters" and shish-kebabs(? something-chunks on sticks), salad, a somewhat overcooked stirfry, and a gourd filled with fruit chunks in milky liquid are arranged on the kitchen counter.]

Okay, guys, get it while it's hot!

Comments

[byallmeans]

I don't have to. I know the way the world works.

[ibedeadpeople]

What's your theory?

[byallmeans]

It's not a theory; it's the truth.

Most of the time, it's not a good place to be.

[ibedeadpeople]

The truth?

[pencilpremonition]

You can't be mad forever.

[byallmeans]

[Mildly:]

The truth.

[byallmeans]

[Watch me. :|]

I don't have to be. As long as I hold onto what needs keeping.

[pencilpremonition]

What's that, then?

[ibedeadpeople]

It's kinda hard to be anyplace else, though.

[byallmeans]

That doesn't change anything.

[ibedeadpeople]

If what you're saying is 'life is hard,' I don't see how it follows that you thought you were due for some good luck. I'd think you'd think the opposite.

[byallmeans]

According to probability, something has to go right some of the time, even if it's only by chance.

[ibedeadpeople]

So dour! What about people who just have things go right for them all the time?

[liddellmisslost]

Yes. Strange ideas. You.

[ibedeadpeople]

[halo~]

Never!

[liddellmisslost]

[I see the horns and tail it's hiding. o9"""]

Oh really.

[ibedeadpeople]

[pay no attention to those]

I am 100 percent non-strange-ideaed.

[liddellmisslost]

Then don't execute any strange ideas.

[ibedeadpeople]

I promise all ideas will be perfectly logical.

[liddellmisslost]

Well--good.

[ibedeadpeople]

[:D]

[liddellmisslost]

[:T]

[byallmeans]

Are there people like that?

[byallmeans]

My goal.

[ibedeadpeople]

Of course there are. And there's plenty who're luckier than you, either way.