☥ 7th. {video} welcome one and all to the theatre of the absurd

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[The static-filled feed opens on Philomena sitting alone in her burrow--an important distinction from Charlotte sitting alone in her apartment, and that should be quite clear based on her bizarre appearance on its own. Until she moves - and even after, to some extent, like a marionette - she looks like an uncanny and slightly dusty china doll, with

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[ Curious and curiouser. In a low, interested tone: ]

That's quite the spider.

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I agree, Mr. Nigel, Marley is quite remarkable. It's amazing the things a good diet will do for spiders.

[She smiles, very gently.] Say hello to Mr. Nigel, Marley, he's a dear acquaintance. [Marley lifts his front legs and waves them at Nigel, congenially.] How are you, today? I hope it's been a good one.

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[ Nigel blinks silently, his expression flat and impassive, only for the moment to pass and for him to smile very slightly. Like he's had an amusing secret shared with him. ] Hello, Marley. Hello, Charlotte.

[ He leans back in the chair he's sitting in to glance up at the ceiling, considering her question. Fingers lace themselves across his stomach. An idle posture. ] Passingly good, yes. I've yet to acquire gainful employment so I'm left to fill my time however I'd like. I'm so used to the rigidity of school structures that I find myself...at odd ends sometimes.

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Have you considered the Library? A young man as clever as you could do well there, I'm sure--or something more eclectic, perhaps, as suits your tastes.

[She sucks back lungfuls of smoke and breathes them out in a sigh.] I would happily write you a reference, is why I go forth with career advice. But odd ends can be quite refreshing for the spirit.

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I had originally inquired after positions in a mortuary, but it seems as though the City has very little use for them. I do have quite a history with books, though. [ A pause as Nigel considers her suggestion. ] Are you at odd ends today, Charlotte?

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A bit. A bit, I th[static]

I'm always at odd ends, though, to be honest. The oddest lately, that's all.

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And why today of all days?

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I'm contemplating my mortality. Morbid, I[static]--but what else is there to do with a death clock in your head?