[ the thirty-fifth ] / [ voice ]

[enigmaestro]

[Someone's outside. On the streets.]

Now, I’m not often a supporter of current societal systems. Granted, they have their functions, but all perform so imperfectly. I’m inclined to blame the inane clod of bureaucracy, in part. Take - say -- mental institutions; they’re so liable to commit individuals without appropriate evidence because of

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[deadthenred]

Well, lookit you, you can go buy coffee.

[enigmaestro]

No doubt baristas everywhere rejoice.

[deadthenred]

Hey, someone's gotta grin from charging five bucks a pop.

[enigmaestro]

I knew they were in on the joke, this whole time.

And how've you been, Bucky?

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[bendersgotback]

You got stuck in the nuthouse? Lucky.

[enigmaestro]

Lucky is certainly -- [Pause. Oh Bender.] A descriptor. But I'm told I've missed so many fun things.

[bendersgotback]

Eh, if you ask me, it's been pretty boring around here lately. There hasn't been a murder in weeks.

[enigmaestro]

I'm sorely disappointed in our populace, then. Do you fancy this the calm before the storm, or do some people need new inspiration?

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[incywincyhero]

Y'know, usually in that metaphor the cogs are the ones who conform, not reform.

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[enigmaestro]

I'm innovative. Where would you fall?

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[incywincyhero]

The big picture's never been my forte, Eddie. I just try to help people where I can. I guess that probably qualifies me as a round peg, footie pajamas or no footie pajamas.

Congrats, by the way.

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[enigmaestro]

[Pause.]

Thank you. It's really quite nice, to enjoy what was once so dismally lost.

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[homomachinis]

The cogs, huh?

Glad to see this was finally cleared up. How's life on the outside feeling?

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[enigmaestro]

Hello, Mayor. I thought that would catch your attention.

It's slightly more autumnal than I last remember, but I suppose the sacrifice is small.

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[homomachinis]

Well, you do know how to catch it, the phrasing was like a goddamned signal watch. But hey, at least you missed out on the heat-wave. It was goddamned miserable.

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[enigmaestro]

A signal watch. That seems familiar --

[But Jimmy Olsen isn't worth remembering, is he?]

-- But regardless, it's a small blessing. I haven't been able to attend my duties with you, after all.

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[themouthymerc]

I hear that, Edster. I hate bein' wrongly institutionalized. You would not believe how often that happens to me.

[enigmaestro]

[CRINGE. EDSTER. You can definitely hear the hiss.]

I'd guess in the high dozens. Am I close?

[themouthymerc]

NOPE! Once! On-Panel anyway. [THAT'S NOT... HOW THAT PHRASE WORKS DP...] How you enjoyin' freedom, Nygg Dogg? Out gettin' some wink wink, nudge nudge, I bet. Six weeks in a lonely padded room, and they won't even supply you with some playboys to pass the time, am I right?

--Hey, waitaminute, you had the internet in there, didn't you? You lucky dog.

[enigmaestro]

On-panel -- ?

[BUT THEN! DISTRACTION! His tone dries like half of an overused laundromat.]

Are you really going straight for that angle? We didn't even have verbal foreplay, did we?