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[lifetothefullest]

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[evocation]

yeah, sure

[Is this an impulsive decision? Absolutely. But she's lived with Craiglist roommates before, and in her mind, this is a far better option than that.]

is it weird that i'm asking?

[lifetothefullest]

No, not really, I just want to be sure you're offering because you want to and not out of some sense of obligation for a newbie or anything.

If you're sure, then yeah, that'd be awesome.

[evocation]

nah, there are plenty of newbies
i like you
plus if someone breaks in and tries to kill us you can kick their ass

[She assumes, because of the whole FBI agent thing.]

[lifetothefullest]

Well, thanks, but don't expect me to be a great home defense system.

[He can fight but he is absolutely not going to unless he totally has to. And he doubts it would be anything close to kicking their ass.]

[evocation]

don't you have badass fbi training?

[lifetothefullest]

Sort of. I'm a really good shot, but hand to hand fighting isn't my thing.

[evocation]

huh
and here i was thinking you were like luke hobbs

[lifetothefullest]

That may be both the most flattering and least accurate impression of me that anyone's ever had.

[evocation]

maybe i'm the sweetest person you've ever met
or maybe i'm buttering you up so you'll do the dishes

[lifetothefullest]

Wow I wonder which one it is.

Do you already have a place, by the way? Or do we need to find one?

[evocation]

nope
sorry
i've got a job though
so that plus our stipends should make it easier

[lifetothefullest]

Okay, no problem, just have to figure out apartment hunting in a new world.

[He should be able to do that.]

I should also try to find a job myself.

[evocation]

what kind of job do you want?

[lifetothefullest]

That's a question I should figure out an answer to.

[And that he doesn't have an answer is throwing him off a bit.]

I know what I don't want to do, which rules out my usual professions. I guess I would do something with music if I had a choice, but I don't think I can afford to be too picky at the moment.

[evocation]

why don't you want to do what you usually do?

[lifetothefullest]

I don't think it would be appropriate to try to give psychological advice in a world I'm not from, and I've heard working for the government is a very bad choice here.

[Both true reasons, but neither the main reasons. But the main reasons require a lot more explanation, and these work well enough.]

[evocation]

isn't psychology the same everywhere?

[She'd assume, anyway.]

[lifetothefullest]

To an extent, yeah, but unless I only worked with people like us who came from other worlds, there would be a problem of not understanding the situations the native population might be dealing with. I don't know about their cultural histories, societal issues, that sort of thing.

[evocation]

oh
yeah, i get it
are you a musician too?

[lifetothefullest]

It's more of a hobby, but I've had a music-related job here and there, so I think I can pull it off here as long as like, pianos still exist.

[Which he realizes could potentially be an issue.]

[evocation]

yeah, they do
it's usually just fancy places that have them though
but i guess that's the same as back home

[lifetothefullest]

Yeah, that sounds like the usual. I'll see if I can figure out somewhere to apply to.

[That would be an easy job, if he can manage to snag one of those jobs.]

I'll look for anything else that will work too. Any jobs you suggest avoiding, besides the usual ones that just suck?

[evocation]

uh
don't join the una
they brainwash people

[lifetothefullest]

In the psychological sense, or the magic/advanced technology/etc sense?

[But yeah, he's heard nothing good about the UNA and is going nowhere near them.]

[evocation]

uh
maybe both?
i don't know
they isolate people from their families and shit
and there's been all this stuff online about families getting people back and talking about how different they are