002 :: not one of the cool kids

[nobodysheroine]

So peer pressure dictates that I write a poem, given that Argent -- in his need to rage rage against the dying of the light when it comes to bumper cars -- has started a trend.  Unfortunately, I don't think I was ever one to follow the crowd, so I am remaining resolutely and unflinchingly limerick-less.  Never a sonnet shall leave this pen.  No

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[snowburned]

Congratulations on finding a place for yourself. Where are you living now?

[nobodysheroine]

Ah, well, we haven't actually moved yet, but we're planning to soon? I'm not exactly sure how all of this stuff works, actually, but I know that Smoke is trying to open a bar and that all I really want right now is to get out of Temp Housing.

It's kind of overwhelming, actually.

[snowburned]

It is pretty boring there. Let me know if you need any help with the moving. I'm in Section 3.

[nobodysheroine]

Section 3? There are different Sections?

[snowburned]

Four, in fact. The housing you're assigned depends on what profession you take up here.

[nobodysheroine]

Well whatever the bottom of the barrel Section there is, I'm pretty sure I'll be living in it. Not that I don't think I'll dislike my jobs, they're just not very high up on the food chain. Grilling kabobs and selling books. Yes, that is how I intend to pay my debts to society.

[snowburned]

There's nothing wrong with that. I like books. And you might end up doing something else you like better someday.

[nobodysheroine]

Actually I really like books too. Which why I might go to work with a slight spring in my step every once and a while. Have you ever been the Marketplace bookstore? It's really great.

[snowburned]

I've stopped in once or twice, but I haven't spent a lot of time there. If you work there, maybe you can help me find something good to read.

[nobodysheroine]

Yes! I'm your girl. What kind of things do you usually like to read?

[snowburned]

Well, I...

You know, I don't really know.

[nobodysheroine]

Hm. Then basic questions first.

Fiction or nonfiction?
Prose, poetry, or plays?
and of course, the ever mighty:
Are illustrations optional?

[snowburned]

Hmm...I like stories, but also learning new things, so I suppose also. I can't say I've ever been much for poetry.

Drawings are nice, too.

[nobodysheroine]

You ever read a comic book?

[snowburned]

I don't think so.