I should write something with their -real- selves soon, not these wacky expies

[missmorrichan]

BEEP BEEP, mediocre writing train passin' through.

I'm going to sit on this story forever if I don't post it - part of it, anyway - at some point, because otherwise I'll slowly grow to loathe it and it'll never see the light of day. Like the two from before, this came about from an image prompt courtesy of osakabombFeaturing a Gadgeteer Genius Psychopathic

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[kraigose]

Trains don't go beep beep.

[missmorrichan]

I thought of that, but somehow "mediocre mid-sized sedan" doesn't sound quite the same, does it?

[ergoipsofacto]

Oh, I like this. It is both wacky and unnerving! From very early on you had me legitimately sort of dreading the outcome of these shenanigans (but, I should clarify - if this is any clarification at all - I mean dread in the awesome way, not the bad way. No shush that explains everything I am the master of words). Greene is all kinds of creepy-cute and the cuteness makes the creepiness creepier and then there are rubber ducks. RUBBER DUCKS!

Uhm I'll reread this and try to say something more coherent (and answer the questions in your notes) in The Future but meanwhile please accept this random conglomeration of first impressions

[missmorrichan]

No no, your mastery of words is unparalleled, no shushing is required! That is what I was trying to achieve, that nameless dread, which admittedly may be hard if one is not familiar with Greene or what he is capable of, so I am pleased that it works. Creepy-cute, exactly! Isn't it a glorious combination? DUCKS. I love ducks.

Thank you ever so for the conglomeration, treebag

[missmorrichan]

Thank you very much! It makes me pleased as punch to know that Greene is an intriguing character c:

[wilcoblackflame]

I daresay you need not worry about a lack of eldritch abominations. I think we both know that the minds of the brilliantly...I'm not sure defective is a word that is appropriate....Absurd? Eccentric? are much more fascinating. The eldrich is beyond comprehension, but the human is horrifyingly within it

[missmorrichan]

Now I'm working extra-hard on part 2, just for you. Look at all those brilliant similes you've got going on: the mad genius, the bomb! That is so unspeakably perfect. Carterman is of the mind that their relationship is an extremely extremely delicate one, where she is delicately trying to exert some sort of control over Greene without dissuading him entirely.

It does make you wonder, doesn't it? A patently-oblivious sociopath is one thing, but what about the company he keeps? What does that say about Carterman, that, when you get right down to it, she's ultimately letting him get away with this stuff? Even more suspicious, if you ask me.

Tunnel vision is an excellent way to describe Greene. He is so unspeakably, unfathomably brilliant in some areas, but on the flipside, his perception of reality seems to be alarmingly skewed. It's like he plugged all his skill points into bizarre, esoteric fields without reserving any for things like basic social interaction. To him, other people are just things.

Oh-ho, what do you think he might

[wilcoblackflame]

That's a tricky question. If I had to hazard a guess though, I imagine it would begin with him trying to work out why, which would no doubt be a feat of mental acrobatics resulting in further puzzlement.

That's not the worrying part.

My concern for Miss Carterman is that whenever his deliberations reached their conclusion, the next step is, in the tried and true scientific process of logic and method, to take action.

What kind of action that would be is hard to judge, save that I would expect it to be pretty drastic in measure. When one as a rule views people as things, any exceptions to that rule which the subject has actually formed a bond with are not someone you want to take away should you hope to keep them happy.

It's like russian roulette with less bullet and more madcap mechanisms!

[armanky]

I will read this! Just... right now I'm barely awake because of work and I can barely read anything at all and you know how it goes.

You should totes join our campfire community, which hasn't really seen much activity in a while. But since you're way into writing and literature you might be interested in it. It's right here if you are.

Trying really hard to not sound like advertising right now. I just wanted you to be aware, honest!

[missmorrichan]

You guys have a writing community? Oh, hot diggity doodle, that sounds aces! I used to lurk at Lemmy's Land, the whole campfire thing brings back memories. Memories of dubious quality, but.

The not-at-all advertising is very much appreciated!

[armanky]

What are you talking about, everything we made was golden. Especially the time we inexplicably made a Spongebob Squarepants crossover... for some reason.

[wilcoblackflame]

I vaguely recall we once had the shit LITERALLY censored from something because Lemmy took offense at poop jokes.