[CLOSED] A Random Encounter

[knifedances]

Who: neotitanium, lovemehumanity, and a possible appearance from fourmost,
What: A random encounter, some light trolling.
When: Thursday afternoon, 8/9/11
Where: The park
Warnings: nothing right now, will update if necessary.

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[neotitanium]

"Not interesting enough for me," she smiled. "With the world ended, everything that amused me has ceased to exist. I'm debating whether seeking out new distractions here would be worth the time. I suppose it would be better than languishing."

She turned her gaze from him, mirroring his aloof pose. However, she no longer gave him her scrutiny though. He was interesting. Just not interesting enough to merit her effort.

[knifedances]

"I would say seeking out new distractions - hobbies even - is always worth one's time. Granted, it might take a little effort, but if there is no effort involved it would hardly be worth your attention in the first place," he shrugged eloquently, his gaze still fixed forward as he spoke, seemingly paying her minimal attention despite the fact that - for him - this conversation had the potential to become interesting, "it's stagnation that shouldn't be worth your time. The goal is to keep moving forward, and if your circumstances happen to throw a little road block in your way from time to time you simply learn to move around it. One should never simply wait for new opportunities to come their way, you have to reach out and take them for yourself. Take responsibility for your own life no matter what the circumstances may be."

He turned back towards her briefly, lips curved upwards, before returning his attention to the milling individuals around them and the artificial outdoor space they currently occupied, "wouldn't you think?"

[neotitanium]

"Perhaps the time just isn't right. Perhaps I haven't found the right distraction. Wouldn't you say that stagnation is what most aspire for? Settling down to a good life? I'll grab my goal by the throat once it's in my line of sight. Giving chase is just so...hn, that's not how I operate."

Despite his turn, she kept her gaze averted: "Cogito ergo sum, stranger."

[knifedances]

"I suppose everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and their own specifications for the way they live their lives, but personally I think that those who wait for their goal to aimlessly wander into their line of sight, just waiting to be taken by the throat when the time is right will ultimately end up disappointed. You should own your lived experience, rather than waiting for it to happen," he leaned back further into the bench, shifting his arms to they draped fluidly over the wood behind him, "I agree that stagnation is indeed what most humans aspire to, and while I myself believe it to be a waste of one's life I'm not going to fault them for it; it' only natural to seek out stability, after all. Though it's the people who look for more than that, or have the capacity to become more than that, who I find truly interesting~"

Or more specifically, those who displayed the capacity to evolve, once he gave them that small yet decisive push in the right direction; whether that evolution caused them to ascend from the mediocre

[neotitanium]

"The impatient act rashly and end up suffering for it."

She arched an eyebrow at him so casually laying claim to so much of the bench but offered no words on the matter. His laughter had even less of an effect on her passive countenance.

"Not a mathematician then."