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[paradoxlol]

[Arthur sounds. TOTALLY SEXY. With his sore throat and all.]

I'm back. Looks like Stephanie kept the library in good shape, so. [Clearing some of the leftover AUGHH FLU from his throat.] Thanks.

Oh, and welcome back, Doctor. I'll understand if you'd like to reclaim your position here.

[Private to Mindy]
Awake?

[Warden Filter]
So, what's the protocol for when a warden shoots an inmate? Or, specifically, their inmate?

[OOC: In reference to him shooting Mindy like a week ago with no comment at all. HE KIND OF FINDS THAT DISTURBING. And sorry for the fail post, I'm just sort of easing back into RP, and APPARENTLY MY BRAIN'S NOT READY YET.]

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[He shakes his head.] No. No, it's more complicated than that. We use dreams. [He rubs the back of his neck, taking another quick glance around.] Years ago, the technology was developed to allow for shared dreaming-- the ability to enter somebody else's subconscious while asleep. It was used by the military, originally, as a convenient tool to train soldiers. They could shoot, kill each other, without any of the consequences, because... What happens when you die in a dream? [He gives her a knowing look, because come on, everybody knows this.] You wake up.

Eventually, more enterprising individuals entered the picture. And that was how extractors became involved. Corporations, world leaders, celebrities-- people with money and power, interested in the secrets of their competitors.

[SPAM] ENJOY LE GENERIC ICON. :|

[girlenoughforu.livejournal.com]

[..Bad. Ass.

She stares for a second, narrow-eyed.] ...How the fuck are you so boring?

[SPAM] I LOVE IT. I LOVE MINDY.

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[Arthur just BITES BACK A SIGH. This is like being surrounded by a hundred Eameses.] I wouldn't call myself boring.

[He clasps his hands together, dangling them between his knees.] So now you know something about me. My secret identity, as it were.

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[girlenoughforu.livejournal.com]

What would you call yourself? [She's guessing 'limpdick'.] A librarian. You couldn't, I dunno, go for reporter or photojournalist or something cliche but interesting?

[Although the librarian thing makes a kind of sense, what with his business being with the brain.

Still.

Lame.]

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[He makes a face, a teeny bit irked that she was criticizing his cover.] Generally, you want your cover to be something that can stand up to questioning. Or deflect it entirely. [Arthur shifts back in his seat to take another look around.] "Research librarian" was bland enough to do the trick. Nobody questioned it-- [He lets out an irritated little snort.] --until the gun came out.

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[girlenoughforu.livejournal.com]

...Then they're all dumbasses. A mild-mannered librarian doesn't come to a place like this.

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[paradoxlol]

Neither do harmless kids, and yet everybody seems to think that's what you are. [He tries to offer a little smile, in hopes that MAYBE THEY CAN SORT OF BOND A LITTLE.] So we've both benefited from their lack of questioning.