Audience: Sheila Hammond

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[Lust, your feelings. Sheila frowns a little, but— she promised to be gentle.]

I heard Gluttony scared the shit out of the people who kept messing up the rooms, too. Which is great, because I would be pissed if anyone ruined any of these rooms. [Imagine raw steak in the closet... Ew.] You deserve to hang out and have fun, anyway. The last few days have been... a lot.

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[there are no feelings, those died.]

I think it's partially just because Gluttony likes scaring people. But it'd be nice if they treated some of the rooms nicer. Or at least cleaned up after themselves. [jeez.]

Every day's kind of a lot lately, don't you think? It doesn't get easier on anybody.

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After the hot tub cheese, I think I'm with Gluttony on that one. Why did some people never learn to respect public property? It's so rude.

[She stops by the jewelry bins, sorting through them.]

... Mm, pretty much. You guys must be exhausted watching from the sidelines.

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Probably because this place isn't theirs and they've never had a place that is? It's all I can figure. [don't mind her, she's browsing shoes. there's a waver of something then, mostly aggravation and a hint of sadness, but it's immediately silenced again.]

I don't want to say we're used to it because that's not it, but we've all kind of gotten used to it? There isn't a ton we can do from here but watch you guys work stuff out.

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Okay, you so do not need to be a property owner to have good manners. It's just good manners.

[Hmm... There is such a spike of concern. Lord. She sighs.]

I'm sorry, Lust. I really wish none of you were in this position. It's so degrading.

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Maybe they don't have those either. [a shrug.]

...it's just something that happened. Degrading or not, it was the better option.

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Well... we'll find a better better option. Just hang tight.

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...it's fine, Mrs. Hammond. I don't mind it all the time. The whole Avatar thing has more pros than cons most days.

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Yeah, but... If something bigger, better popped up, you wouldn't take it?

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Depends on what it would be and what'd it give us. [she'll be honest at least.]

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Your ticket out of here? Other specifics to be determined.

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I'd only leave if I got what I came here for. Otherwise there's no point.

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[Truly glad this is before she finds out how ominous that statement is. Wheezes.]

And maybe you will! I heard Takeru say you guys aren't sure you'll get what you came here for, but... Hey, with a group like this, I'm sure we'll figure something out. Somehow.

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I hope so. It'd be nice for everybody wouldn't it? I don't think anybody's wishes are any more important than anybody else's, but getting all of them granted is gonna take a lot of work.

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Exactly! [A beat.] Well, unless their wish happens to involve things like world domination or the eradication of mankind. That doesn't seem like something that should get granted.

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...probably not, but maybe we can convince them to alter their wish somehow? Like a bargain.

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You think that's possible? There's gotta be some serious baggage if they're ready to fuck mankind in a non-sexual context.

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Some people are just born as the embodiment of hatred. I think if we can give them another goal to focus on, maybe that'll help somehow?

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Like... eradicating all the nazis?

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...that's definitely a good goal...[...pondering...]

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... What's on your mind?

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Nothing really. I guess I'm just thinking about people's goals and why they have them. You know, like what made them decide those are the things they wanted.

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Hm... That sounds like a fun discussion to have with a psychiatrist.

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Hm...on second thought? I'll pass.

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You, too? Everyone is so against therapy.