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✉ text ★ 11/5 oneminutemaze December 7 2011, 08:07:02 UTC
How do you feel about baseball?

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specifics December 7 2011, 08:10:33 UTC
At the moment? Curious.

Why are you asking?

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oneminutemaze December 7 2011, 08:22:44 UTC
I need someone to help beat Orange and White at it. Interested?

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specifics December 7 2011, 08:30:49 UTC
Sure.

Fair warning though: I'd rate myself as passable.

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oneminutemaze December 7 2011, 08:36:45 UTC
Awesome.

If I weren't at work I'd make you start practicing. Orange is going down.

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specifics December 7 2011, 08:38:14 UTC
Are we playing to win something specific or just to win?

Is it just the four of us?

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oneminutemaze December 7 2011, 08:41:28 UTC
Just to win, as far as I know, but my pride is on the line.

I think so.

[ She's a little focused on beating Orange. ]

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specifics December 7 2011, 08:44:10 UTC
He bet you you'd lose or something?

[ Not that that's unusual for pre-game talk, even in jest, but he knows Ariadne has a competitive streak, or at least something that drives her to prove this or that. It's not bad, and actually he likes it about her. He thinks that's just one of the handful of things that fed into her taking to the dream the way she did to begin with. ]

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oneminutemaze December 7 2011, 08:47:33 UTC
There were implications that I would cry. Plus he insulted Midwestern football teams.

[ She has a competitive streak and she has an ego. She's fairly good at tucking it away, most of the time; she knows she's a student in a lot of ways. But there are times, like now, where it comes out in all its terrible glory. ]

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specifics December 7 2011, 08:50:45 UTC
Obviously he needs to get to know you better.

Anyone set a date for this showdown?

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oneminutemaze December 7 2011, 08:56:15 UTC
He said short stop doesn't cry. I'm tempted to change that.

[ See who gets to stay on the field then. ]

When are you free?

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specifics December 7 2011, 09:00:32 UTC
Somehow I think it'll take more than a baseball game to make that happen. Even if we do leave them in the dust.

[ NOT THAT he's overly confident but Arthur has his own competitive streak; it just takes a while for it to remember it exists in things like ....sports. ]

It varies week to week. We'll figure it out.

Was going to stop for food on the way back - want anything?

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oneminutemaze December 7 2011, 09:03:07 UTC
[ Depends on if she hits him when she pitches or not, but she's going to keep that to herself. ]

Orange and I work at the same place, so scheduling between the two of us shouldn't be hard. No idea about White.

Sure. Where were you going to stop?

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specifics December 8 2011, 04:41:43 UTC
White works at the same place as me. Manageable.

Hadn't decided. Preference?

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oneminutemaze December 8 2011, 05:01:26 UTC
[ Making a mental note... ]

Not Mexican.

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specifics December 8 2011, 06:24:52 UTC
Chinese? Italian?

Option not yet listed?

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