[a pause, as if he's trying to decide whether or not to actually answer]
Tch. You're so annoying.
...Fine. Let's say you take all the useless dregs of society - the murderers, thieves, perverts, any criminal you care to think of - and you stick them all together in this big fancy prison. You make 'em put on shows for the public. Competitive games and races and shit. Make them struggle for their goddamn lives, and charge admission for it. People love that kind of thing.
Oh, and you gotta make sure they don't escape or misbehave, right? So you fit these collars around their necks that inject them with poison. That way if they win the games, they get to buy the antidote and live a little longer.
And if they don't, well... fuck 'em. It's a prison, it's not like anyone gives a damn.
Then all you gotta do is put up a big flashy sign and stick a guy in a chicken costume to promote it and you're golden. That's the shithole I'm from.
Hmm.
I don't think I've ever used this before.
Senji?
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Come on, it's not rocket science.
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What's a rocket?
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I see Owl all the time too, doesn't mean I wanna look at his mug if I don't have to.
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Somethin' you use science for. Don't worry about it, they don't even have them here.
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[pause right back at you.]
...oh. Well. What do they do?
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...what?
They-- you know, they launch into the sky and then they go into orbit or something. Do I look like a nerd to you?
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[Behold: A long pause. She's trying to imagine that. And then...]
Hm. What's a nerd?
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[there's the very faint, but distinct, sound of a facepalm in progress]
They're rocket scientists. All right?
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[She doesn't talk for a few seconds. And then she laughs.]
[AND LAUGHS.]
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H-hey! What's so funny?! Knock it off already!
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Sometimes you don't even make sense, you know?
[Foot wiggle timeout.]
Senji?
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And you're a pain in the ass.
...yeah, what do you want?
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[A little huff.]
I want to know more about your world! I'm curious! You're the one I talk to the most aside from Helen, and she's from the same place as me.
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[Okay, now it's his turn to laugh.]
What the hell for! It's just a shithole like any other world. Only difference is how they made a tourist attraction out of it.
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Tch. You're so annoying.
...Fine. Let's say you take all the useless dregs of society - the murderers, thieves, perverts, any criminal you care to think of - and you stick them all together in this big fancy prison. You make 'em put on shows for the public. Competitive games and races and shit. Make them struggle for their goddamn lives, and charge admission for it. People love that kind of thing.
Oh, and you gotta make sure they don't escape or misbehave, right? So you fit these collars around their necks that inject them with poison. That way if they win the games, they get to buy the antidote and live a little longer.
And if they don't, well... fuck 'em. It's a prison, it's not like anyone gives a damn.
Then all you gotta do is put up a big flashy sign and stick a guy in a chicken costume to promote it and you're golden. That's the shithole I'm from.
You wanna hear more, princess?
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