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I need a new team for pub trivia night. (This is the most serious problem I'm prepared to troubleshoot right now. Please don't ask me about anything else.)

DM: Crysta Waldinger

Are you doing anything for Enoch's birthday?

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Should I say something esoteric to sound cultured? The Neolithic Revolution.

[DM: Raine/Enoch]
I'll keep that in mind. [...] You should be celebrated at least a little.

Did you like it when I made you lunch?

Like you ever care about impressing anyone. But for what it's worth, I do find you to be a worthy trivia contender.

[DM: Raine/Enoch]
Ugh. It's a significant milestone, I suppose. I'm finally aging into my contentious personality.

I did. [...] I don't often give myself the time to enjoy a meal.

I care about impressing you a little.

[DM: Raine/Enoch]
Is it less exciting to turn 30 when you've been spiritually 30 since you were a teenager?

I could do it more often.

Do I seem unimpressed?

[DM: Raine/Enoch]
Age has always felt arbitrary to me, when I've been expected to behave like an adult since I was eight. [...] I have a hard time imagining you as a child, honestly.

Aha. This is another part of your stratagem.

How should I know? I can't see your face.

[DM: Raine/Enoch]
I also grew up young, honestly. [...] Not because anyone expected me to. I was just on my own a lot.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You want me to try harder. [...] I think winning against you would be intriguingly challenging, but it would be far, far more fun to win with you. Join my team?

[DM: Raine/Enoch]
Maybe that's why we get along. You're also ~~lone~~ spiritually 35.

You keep trying to make future plans with me.

Very sound logic, Dr. Waldinger. I'm in.

[DM: Raine/Enoch]
I know. I'm very jealous of you. I still have to do another year in my twenties and I'm tired of it.

Ah, that. [...] Does it bother you?

You should enjoy it. Your hair still seems like a youthful mistake so long as you're in your twenties.

[...] I haven't decided yet. More data is needed.

It's not just the hair. I'm going to have to get a whole new wardrobe.

[...] What kind of data?

You're already serious enough without a serious wardrobe on top of it.

Allowing more plans, I suppose. [...] Lunch was nice. Practical goals, clearly defined social expectations, for a engagement time of about one hour, two hours at the absolute maximum. I wouldn't hate it if we did lunch more often.

Oh, so you like it.

I know you can tolerate me for more than two hours at a time.

My opinion is rather irrelevant, isn't it? You'll continue to wear eye-searing shirts for exactly as long as you want to.

Twelve hours, comfortably, but only if half of those hours are spent at work.

I take constructive criticism.

And how far in advance am I allowed to make plans?

Oh, do you now? [...] I'd rather you didn't change. But people do, regardless of what anyone else wants.

Theoretically? The mind has no limits. Concretely? I mean, [...] do you honestly need me for anything more than a week or two in advance?

I probably will change the hair eventually. But I do like my clothes.

~~It's not that I~~ [...] ~~My father did actually just ask me if I want a plus one to his~~ [...] Not strictly speaking. I was just curious.

That's a relief to hear. What would I even do if I couldn't make fun of your clothes anymore?

~~Why do I feel like you're~~ [...] Well. We can be reasonable about it, I'm sure.

Tell me how handsome and well-dressed I am?

I am nothing if not reasonable.

Don't I tell you you're handsome?

Of course. Do you have any reasonable ~~rul~~ expectations for me?

Not well-dressed, though.

[...] You're doing great.

Alas, my favourite way to have you is when you're neither well-dressed nor poorly dressed.

~~That cannot be true~~ [...] I'll see you tonight, then?

Thank you for your honesty.

Yeah. See you soon.

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