voice;

[amoray]

So.

Any a you ewer had a nemesis before? Like fated fuckin' contentiousness, always gettin' up each others' gills doin' shit just to irritate 'em, duelin' to practically the death, maybe makin' out a little, that kinda thing.

See, I'm in the market for just that particular arrangement, and while I'm personally a master of the bellicose arts and don't need any adwice or nothin', I obwiously got a wested interest in how humans go about poorly imitatin' the quadrant. What with my bein' the main troll-human confidante in these parts and such.

[he pronounces it "con-fee-dawn-tay". also he means intermediary.]

Despite most of you bein' from a society bearin' a sewerely inferior romance system and therefore gettin' your emotions all scrambled up wrong from the get-go 'cos of it, I'd appreciate hearin' some personal tales.

Comments

encrypted;

[amoray]

Didn't we do that our last outin'?

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

From the opposite direction yes, we did.

encrypted;

[amoray]

Oh no, we're not touchin' my issues.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

It's almost like you're adopting the idea that you control the agenda --

[and then just laughs.



obnoxiously.]

encrypted;

[amoray]

[ANGRY SILENCE.

AS HE WWAITS.]

Re: encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

[riddler laugh track:

guffaws
chuckles
chortles
snickerdoodles
that sound you do when you're trying to stop but you suck in dry air through wet teeth
raucous choir]






Oh my.

That was exhausting.

encrypted;

[amoray]

I'm gonna stab you.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

No doubt.

What city, this time?

encrypted;

[amoray]

It's cute how you think I'm jokin'.

Boston?

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

It's cute how you think I won't simply move out of the way.

[Though to be fair... it didn't ring false...]

Ugh, New England. Always hated it -- Boston it is!

encrypted;

[amoray]

[BOUND TO HAPPEN SOMEDAY]

Great.

And for the record, I could catch you.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

[IDLY IGNORES THAT ALSO NOT FALSEHOOD]

Bring your costume. People will remember it, perhaps, this time.

encrypted;

[amoray]

No fuckin' shit. I'm not exactly gonna go committin' crimes in my fuckin' ciwies here.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

Yes.









Crime.

encrypted;

[amoray]

...Yeah?

[UH]

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

I'm sure you'll be marvelous.

[good save there, making eridan think this isn't some highly ornate construct just to get back at him for a few words. WHATEVER WHATEVER NARCISSISTIC INJURY]

encrypted;

[amoray]

[WOW EDDIE WAY 2 BE A GOOD MENTOR AND WIN HIS TRUST]

Am I ewer anythin' else?

[beat.]

You know, when I'm workin'.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

[aw you are his favorite protege, eridan

and only AND ONLY]

When you're working, as opposed to when you're broken and sniveling and possibly painting your nails?

encrypted;

[amoray]

Don't be jealous a my fuckin' fabulous claw job. Goes great with my rings.

[all five million of them.]

And I'm not kiddin' about fuckin' stabbin' you. I know you pansy ass humans usually die after somethin' like that, but I like to consider myself a gamblin' sort.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

I had assumed you'd aim for the more obvious non-lethal areas.

encrypted;

[amoray]

Maybe I oughta just choke you out when you start gettin' lippy.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

Courting conditional training now? How advanced.

encrypted;

[amoray]

Are you gonna speak English or what?

Or write it in Alternian, I guess, since you're so fuckin' nosy you gotta learn a whole other language to snoop.

encrypted;

[enigmaestro]

Classical conditioning -- also known as respondent conditioning -- is a psychological cause-and-effect form of behavior training that is reminiscent of lower tier brainwashing, really. Think Pavlov. The function is to encourage association of consequence in tandem with a desir --

[Wait.




Telling Eridan this may not be the best idea.

He trails off into a cough.]

encrypted;

[amoray]

[a long beat.

then, pleasantly:]

Go on.