Report #012 - Video - Forward Dated to Thursday Morning.

[pluckyreporter]

[The camera comes to focus on Roxanne Ritchi's home office- in the distance, obscured, her cork board covered with papers and notes, photographs and lines, but the background is in soft focus, so none of it's legible. Roxanne herself -- cup of morning coffee, dressed and prepped for a day of work.]

[Conspicuously absent? Brainbots.]Good Morning,

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[screwedupeyes]

Mmm. Well, I haven't had much time to give any thought to it here... But I think this year will be about making a new start of things. Living my life just to live and making the most of it.

...I'd say I'll give up one of my vices, but aside from running out of money, it seems unlikely.
[He laughs and shrugs, holding up his martini for the camera before taking a sip.]

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[pluckyreporter]

[She smirks.]

The only vice I could give up his my coffee. Got to be worse when there were two of us drinking it regularly-- here it's tapered off to a more manageable level.

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[screwedupeyes]

Mmm. I have several depending on your definition thereof.

[He laughs, smiling wickedly.]

But I've just been noticing what an issue people seem to have taken up with smoking these days. Can hardly do it anywhere.

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[pluckyreporter]

Nobody likes cancer, so -- cigarettes are no longer as acceptable as they once were.

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[screwedupeyes]

Well...no, that stands to reason, doesn't it?
[He laughs and shrugs.]
I hardly want to make anyone afraid of becoming sick or dying...but I really do enjoy a smoke. Wouldn't know what t'do with my hands otherwise, I don't think.

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[pluckyreporter]

I'm sure someone could offer an alternative, but I can't think of any at the moment.

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[screwedupeyes]

A very clean and diplomatic response.

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[pluckyreporter]

I am nothing if not professional.

[She might be smirking just a little.]

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[screwedupeyes]

Oh, but of course, darling!