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[somekindofsin]

It's all so obvious!  The City's purpose, clearly, is to humiliate us to death!  Why didn't I think of it before?

There's one mystery demystified.  Now, if someone wouldn't mind solving a mystery that's been plaguing me all morning, what on earth was this doing in my lab?  I assume it's related to the unfortunate things I was saying yesterday, but

Comments

This is totally posted after sunset. >.>

[vampbratprince]

How close might depend on the person's relationship with the other.

Time = Meaningless, so it's all good.

[somekindofsin]

Do you suppose? Personally, I would like to maintain a relationship involving as much distance as possible.

[vampbratprince]

How refreshing dull of you.

[somekindofsin]

I'd rather think of it as practical. It's difficult, conducting experiments with close relationships constantly underfoot... or I imagine it would be.

[somekindofsin]

Well... yes. Strictly speaking. The Rules aren't all that restrictive for friars, of course...

What's bothersome is that I generally have a relatively good memory, particularly insofar as the sins I need to atone for are concerned.

[somekindofsin]

For which I'm grateful, I assure you. The mystery such a memento leaves in its wake will undoubtedly preoccupy me for days to come.

[pinkikemenhero]

Perhaps someone pranked you?

As for the distance to stop the ticking, I'm not quite sure...

[somekindofsin]

If they did, I should congratulate them on a job well done.

Perhaps a test could be devised, although there's not really an objective way to tell when the ticking's stopped. Hm...

[pinkikemenhero]

That's true. I'm sure even if I stood next to Jun, if I paid attention, I'd still hear the ticking.

[somekindofsin]

Really? That's certainly annoying. I was hoping I might be able to chase it away by living in the same general area as someone else, but I may have to resort to keeping a... goldfish or something in my pocket, or somesuch.

[seeking_heat]

...Perhaps it's better if you didn't know.

[somekindofsin]

You may not be wrong.

[banditfox]

Shouldn't you ask for people who aren't bothered by the occasional small explosion?

[somekindofsin]

Anyone foolish enough to offer either knows me well enough to have an inkling as to what they're getting into or they deserve a minor explosion or two, I think.

[banditfox]

Is there anything else you want to add to your demands?

[somekindofsin]

No, no... I think that will suffice.