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[balancethebooks]

I don't know about the rest of you, but you couldn't pay me to come within fifty feet of that building out there...

[Head of Human Resources]

It appears our former employer is ... well. Former. Any thoughts or ideas?

[Head of Human Resources]

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[need_to_rule_it]

[pauses in his tinkering]

...What?

Filtered to end?

[balancethebooks]

The Joker.

He's gone.

asdfdjh yes. why do I always fail!filter with you?

[need_to_rule_it]

[stops what he's doing. One long and ominous pause later...]

What do you mean, 'gone?'

because I am a forgiving individual who loves you

[balancethebooks]

His name. It's not on the door, anymore. It stayed there, even after he moved out to the warehouses. Harley's is gone, too.

I'd go and check the warehouse, but. ... Those hyenas and dogs might still be there. And I don't know if my gun's enough to stop them, if they are.

[gottaknockhard]

[... Oh hey.]

I thought that looked new.

[balancethebooks]

[ohai thar]

Everyone that's gone in hasn't come out yet ... it's been a while. I'm not about to try my luck.

[gottaknockhard]

Can't say I blame you. ... How many people went in?

[balancethebooks]

I don't know, I lost count. ... Enough.

Heard you were involved in that mess that went down, before. Come out of it alright?

[icarustattoo]

[sup guy, have some case of mistaken identity up in herrrre]

No kidding. You'd think people'd learn.

[balancethebooks]

[totally oblivious to this, while the mun does squee-dances]

Not around here. I've decided that everyone's lost two things... one's subjective, and the other's their ability to learn from experience.

[icarustattoo]

That's probably right.

How'd your thing go? I didn't hear any explosions.

[balancethebooks]

My .... thing...?

[there's a pause, as he thinks about this.] Oh, wait. Uh. ... You wouldn't happen to think I'm some ... doctor, would you?

[queendramabitch]

[really, really unamused]

Too late.

[balancethebooks]

... You ...

[groans] Tell me you're kidding.

((OOC: If I didn't have a 10 hour workday tomorrow and Barney already up in there, he'd be going in after her. :P))

[queendramabitch]

[don't even start, Emerson]

I was curious. [read: bored] But once you enter, you can't exit through the front door. The only way out is to keep going forward.

[balancethebooks]

Well ... try to come out in one piece, won't you? [you can hear the smile, right?]

[saikyou_saiaku]

I hope you didn't just jinx yourself with that.

[balancethebooks]

... Me, too. Haven't heard from you in a while. How have you been?

[saikyou_saiaku]

Enjoying the calm. Then again, that building does look like news -- good or bad, I haven't decided.

[balancethebooks]

I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.

From a good, safe, distance, of course.