[voice]

[deadthenred]

I just spent sixty-four dollars and seven cents on ice cream. It's against my principles, 'cause I don't like to fork over so much dough on stuff I know's gonna disappear. But I said to myself, "Hang it, Barnes, live a little

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voice.

[molecularity]

Seriously? You just spent sixty-five bucks on ice cream?

voice.

[deadthenred]

I got a lot of ice cream, but not as much as I should've for the dough.

voice.

[molecularity]

Why would you spend that much money on ice cream with fish in it? Ben & Jerry's is like four dollars for a pint and has a million different flavors.

voice.

[deadthenred]

I didn't spend it all on one type. I'm not that much've a chump, thank you.

And the fish are candy fish.

voice;

[fishnets]

Would you have wanted to know that you'd spent nearly sixty-five dollars on fish ice cream?

voice;

[deadthenred]

Absolutely.

voice;

[fishnets]

And what would you have done? Tell yourself it's a bad idea? Or why the hell not, you only live once, so on and so forth?

And, by the way, I think clairvoyance is only okay for little things. Bits and pieces. The whole picture sort of spoils things.

voice;

[deadthenred]

My past self would've liked the opportunity to make fun of me.

[voice]

[notadartboard]

[with the sounds of the ocean in the background]

So this is what I get for checking up on everybody in the morning. Bucky talking about food.

Funny question, though. I didn't want to know, but my crewmates told me anyway.

[voice]

[deadthenred]

Yeah, they do that. Other people.

[voice]

[notadartboard]

Oh well. What's done is done. And a couple of things were...well. I don't mind knowing them, now. But if I had my choice I wouldn't have wanted to know.

[voice]

[deadthenred]

You only know that 'cause you know what they are. That's the kicker.

[Voice]

[michaeljangelo]

The ice cream may disappear, but the memories of it will last a lifetime.

[Someone is clearly very fond of ice cream.]

[voice]

[deadthenred]

That sorta depends on the scotch I bought along with it.

[voice]

[michaeljangelo]

Ahh, so it's going to be that kind of a party, then huh?

[voice]

[deadthenred]

Not sure yet. The ice cream might be good.

Voice;

[chesstotem]

Fish in ice cream?

And to answer your question, I don't think I would want to know in general. I mean, if it's good, that would ruin the surprise, and if it's bad, and it's not preventable, well, I'd have to live with that knowledge and it would ruin any good things happening in the present.

And I don't think I want to know how I'll die, either.

Voice;

[deadthenred]

They're candy fish.

What if it is preventable? But you couldn't really know, couldja? That's the rot of it.

Voice;

[chesstotem]

Yeah - you wouldn't be sure. Is that exactly what's going to happen, or is that just one possibility, depending on my choices?

In the end, it's probably better to just not know. I'd rather not spend the rest of my days trying to figure out if there's some kind of ultimate "destiny" at work, or if my choices really do affect the outcome. Way too existential for me.

Voice;

[deadthenred]

So it's a crap thing to even make it an option.