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Aug 12, 2011 05:45

[ filtered from Crawfords of all shapes and sizes ]Most cultures have a tradition of odd contests at some point in their history. I don't recall any mention about the cutthroat world of baking, though ( Read more... )

bad tempers and short shifts, a brain like a gordian knot, let's play help the harmless cripple, no he's not having that conversation, sus pantalones no estan en fuego, very smooth ryves

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ACTION | because you won't ever be rid of me or jamie's ridiculous icons enterpainment August 12 2011, 09:55:01 UTC

[ Here is Jamie. Watch Jamie walk past the bookshop, before realising that oh hey Alan works in a bookshop. And oh hey doesn't he work in this bookshop? So, well, considering Jamie has been doing his best to Pretend Nothing Is Wrong since that one hideous curse, he decides to go and say hello.

Because. You know. Nothing Is Wrong. Ever. ] Oh, hey, Alan!

ACTION | nope. banned! veritaphobia August 12 2011, 10:02:24 UTC

[ Yes, he does, Jamie. He hit on you in this bookshop once, actually, but the less said about that particular memory, the better. Jamie manages to catch him just as he's leaving the counter with a trolley of books; Alan glances up with a smile. ]

Jamie. [ A beat. ] Don't tell me you've finally given in to the wiles of Jane Austen.

ACTION | /sits on enterpainment August 12 2011, 10:33:27 UTC

[ ... yes. That is the other hideous curse Jamie will pretend never happened, thanks. But Jamie looks confused for a couple of seconds wondering who Jane Austen is before remembering oh, right, soldier buffet. The wonders of education. ]

Well, she's not so bad. I actually finished reading something she wrote, which really is the highest of compliments. [ He might even, gasp, read another of her books someday. ]

But no, I just came to distract you from being productive. Working too hard is bad for your health, I've heard.

ACTION | /reverses gravity!! veritaphobia August 12 2011, 20:38:03 UTC

Well--there's a saying, I think, that one good book deserves another. [ The gravest of tones. ] Though I do sometimes worry about bringing premature baldness on myself from all this stress.

[ Meanwhile, the shop is ringingly empty. ]

ACTION | rude!! i was only trying to use you as a chair enterpainment August 13 2011, 13:04:13 UTC

Yes, I can imagine it is very stressful staring at books all day long. I know I can barely last through English class, and that's only an hour. [ There's a beat as Jamie looks around discreetly. ] Not doing much business today, then, I take it?

[ Alan can probably tell by Jamie's body language that he's uncomfortable-- not with the conversation or Alan's presence, but just in general. He shuffles a little as he speaks, scratching the back of his neck and smiling his ever unconvincing crooked smile. ]

ACTION | and I was only overturning your planet! SUCK IT UP. veritaphobia August 15 2011, 02:40:06 UTC

Maybe school's got you on the wrong stories.

[ He sorts his remaining books into each stack and comes out from past the counter, slower than usual. His smile's as open as ever, though. ]

Just a lull, I think. It's one of those unaccountable mysteries, like the schedule of red tides and why they gave Gone with the Wind a sequel.

ACTION | but my planet is your planet!! /OVERTURNS YOURS enterpainment August 16 2011, 05:40:06 UTC

Mostly stories about lords of flies and wrathful grapes. To me, they are not exactly compelling.

[ Jamie leans against the counter, crooked smile still fixed firmly in place. ] Well, curses must get in the way of potential reading opportunities. I wouldn't take it personally!

[ The smile fizzles out once he realises he has mentioned the c-word because he is trying so, so hard to forget all about the fact the City has c-words, but he hurriedly continues to cover that up: ] I mean, I know I would rather stay indoors if my skin turned blue or if there was ever another summer camp.

ACTION | YOU ARE AUSTRALIAN, TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. veritaphobia August 16 2011, 06:09:36 UTC

I know that second one, at least, wasn't meant to be taken literally.

[ Alan keeps smiling back, small and encouraging, as if he hasn't noticed the dive for cover at all. ]

Well-I think you're safe enough today. Are you visiting places in particular just now, or wandering?

ACTION | AUSTRALIA IS STILL PART OF EARTH :( enterpainment August 16 2011, 06:35:35 UTC

Maybe it would have been more interesting if it had been about wrathful grapes. [ Jamie appreciates that! But at the same time it just makes him want to stop pretending and confide all his deep dark thoughts, what are you even Alan. ]

Just wandering. I suppose that is what happens when you're a truant and also jobless. You end up doing a lot of wandering.

ACTION | THE OPPOSITE SIDE, DOESN'T COUNT. veritaphobia August 16 2011, 06:52:41 UTC

But then America's classic works would probably have more B-movie horror undertones.

Did you want a job? I think there's a school open once summer's over, but having something to do makes it easier, sometimes.

ACTION | /DIGS HOLE THROUGH EARTH, RUINS YOUR YARD enterpainment August 16 2011, 07:32:31 UTC

[ Does he want a job.

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...

...

On the one hand: work, ew. On the other: a cure for boredom and thinking too much. ]

... I think a job would be better than school. Anything would be better than school. It would be a chance to actually be a productive member of society, I guess, even if that society is in an alternate dimension and run by deities. And it would also be distracting-[ UH ]-well, something to distract me from being bored on non-curse days, I mean.

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