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[soundof_drums]

Are you all finished with the introspection yet?  No?  [Theatric roll of his eyes.]  All of this existential musing is just... boring.  Do any of you honestly think you're saying something novel, something that hasn't been said time and time again on the Barge?  Goodness!  It's as though you've never stolen someone else's body before!  [Pause.  He

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NOTE PASSING

[inhumandog]

I turned into someone else. Help me.

The trauma is too much.

I think I might die.

My life was perfect but I still found something to complain about.

Put me out of my misery.

NOTE PASSING

[soundof_drums]

However did you manage to keep a stiff upper lip?

And as brother to Sherlock Holmes, no less.

NOTE PASSING - strikes deliberately readable

[inhumandog]

It was terrible. I'm not sure how I'm standing now.

At least I was more successful. Naturally.

NOTE PASSING

[soundof_drums]

Well, have you considered writing a post about it?

And, purely for curiosity's sake, were you able to smuggle anything back?

[buywithme]

Comrade, are you really making a post complaining about people's posts being boring and repetitive?

Think hard about this.

[soundof_drums]

Oh, you got me! A tried and true and completely unexpected zing! And certainly not one that I've started a tally for...

[buywithme]

You're criticizing my predictable response to your unoriginal post about how repetetive everyone else is being.

I could respond about how many people make a point of how unoffended they are by replies to their boring posts, rather than actually countering the points made.

You could probably find many other instances of many other people saying the same thing to different inhabitants of the barge.

I could say that people around here are always trying to distract one another from the original point.

You could say that wardens accuse inmates of doing that all the time.

Infinite loop.

[soundof_drums]

I liked you better when you knew when to shut up.

[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin may not know that the Master was a child, but he's fairly sure that the Master was human since everyone else was.]

Did you enjoy being a human? As much time as you spend in primitive bodies, one would almost think you like it. [It might almost be a double entendre. But since this is Narvin speaking, probably not.]

[soundof_drums]

[Question: how public was Narvin getting a lady body?]

Depends on the body. [AND WITH THE MASTER: it is.]

[timesbureaucrat]

[Answer: moderately public. Not everyone knew, but it wasn't a secret. I'm cool with the Master knowing if you like.]

Are you missing the beard and the puffed sleeved tailcoat? [Narvin...still not seeing it.]

[soundof_drums]

Not at all. [BIG LIE. The beard is something he deeply misses.] I prefer to look to the future, rather than dwell on the past. [BIGGER LIE.]

You seem pricklier than usual today, Narvin. Are you upset that you can no longer perform your wifely duties?

[young_idealist]

That's rich, coming from you.