That's fine, but don't touch the dress -- it's hand embroidered silk!

[icebehindyou]

I am astounded and quite dreadfully disappointed.

I look out now and all I see are a lot of sniveling drifters, stretching their hands out for even the tiniest bit of pocket change. Hand me downs. Potted meals. [shivers] And you thankless good for nothings are accepting of this 'wage'? My word, a coupon may as well be a get out of jail free card to

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[madeitfirst]

W... who the bloody hell are you?

[Stumbles forward, furiously clicking a pen.]

I am not a parasite!

[icebehindyou]

You look about as weak in the knees as any other typical parasite. Do us all a favor, the ladies room at the Fort could use a damn good scrub.

[madeitfirst]

I am a programmer; you can't expect me to look like an Adonis!

[icebehindyou]

Excuses. It's not what you do, it's the presentation.

[yesmisteralex]

Not everybody is a fortunate as you, miss.

[icebehindyou]

Then they are not trying hard enough.

[yesmisteralex]

And what do you do for a living, miss?

[icebehindyou]

You think I would hand out that sort of information so quickly?

I won't have your folly, you overgrown fish.

[theyneverfit]

/watches her warily, hugging his broken barstool to his chest. All this yelling is making him nervous ene

[icebehindyou]

And just what do you think you're doing? If the child's lost go fetch her, scrapmetal!

[theyneverfit]

/she's not lost, I have her right here!

/holds out the stool.

[icebehindyou]

...

[winter blasts the stool]

[attnworkers]

/tenses her arm to keep from charging up electrobolt

Hm, yes well some of us have to work for a living, maam. Though I assume that may be a foreign concept to you.

[icebehindyou]

We both seem to have things we're not properly accustomed to. For example, mine is cotton fabrics and yours is weight watchers.

[attnworkers]

/rolls her eyes and smirks

Like I haven't heard that one before. You stay in your little world, and I'll be here waiting for it to bite you in the ass.

[icebehindyou]

Yes, yes, run along now. But don't you complain when you run out of bread, as you'll be waiting quite a while..

oh boy oh boy

[luvsicklipstick]

/looks the woman up and down, eyes lingering on her finery

I can't believe I used to be like you, to think like you. Maybe people around here want too much, expect too much. Doesn't everybody though? You want the folks in 'Pollo Square to just disappear when that won't solve anything, for you or anybody.

/sighs

I adore my fine things, but I'm not you anymore. I'm not blinded by what I own, or what I'm afraid to lose.

[icebehindyou]

Wanting is the necessary drive to get what we want. It's something the lot of you seem to lack. Sitting around, waiting for things to fall into your pockets...it's not going to happen.

Sit around your oil drums and rot, for all I care.