Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:59 pm"Hell no," she says, kneeling down on the other side to get back to work."S'why I've had to focus hard on what I can. One of the reasons I'm doing this now."
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:59 pmRe: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:58 pm"Because it's something where there's a clear goal to accomplish?"
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:01 pm"That's part of it. There's nothing vague or nebulous about it. Just 'take the parts off'. Clear first step."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:40 pm"How much are you stripping this guy down? Everything off?"
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:17 pm"More or less. Have to figure out what's worth saving. There's probably some philosophical commentary in that."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:20 pm"Yeah, but that goes against keeping it simple," Will joked.
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:21 pm"Simple doesn't necessarily apply to the whole process. Some steps are allowed to be complicated. The manual labor is simple though."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:26 pm"I didn't know you were such a petrolhead."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:30 pm"I'm not ordinarily, but *I* need a project that isn't building my powers."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:43 pm"Mmm. Makes sense -- a lot of people here can get defined by their powersets, and not their personalities. I'm guilty of it myself, at times. Good to remember who you are underneath."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:49 pm"Visiting my old school reminded me that I can't let them define me either. I was my own person before they tried to twist me into some sort of ice-wielding mutant soldier and I'm even more kickass now than I was then."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:39 pm"Damn right," Will laughed. "You can't let other people define you."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:45 pm"And I certainly have a lot of people who would probably like to try right now."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:51 pm"Well, fuck 'em. That's what I say. You gotta be you, rules be damned."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:49 amShe grins over the bike at him. "I knew there was a reason I liked you, Will."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:56 am"I thought it was my rugged good looks and usefulness as a bathing suit in a pinch?" he chuckled.
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:57 am"Okay, so *another* reason I like you."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 2:07 am"I'll take it," he smiled.
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 3:35 pm"So what was with the bathing suit thing? I didn't really understand what you said to Sam."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:21 pm"Oh. That.
I wasn't at all sure how Sam would react, to, y'know..."
I wasn't at all sure how Sam would react, to, y'know..."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 6:49 pm"Me wearing you? Why would she care about that? It's not like we were doing anything."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:03 pm"There are some people who would not like to see someone else wrapped around their girlfriend," Will said, carefully.
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:07 pm"Well, yes, but this is different. I swear, people get up in arms about the strangest things. You make a really comfortable swimsuit, Will."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:14 pmDid Will blush a little?
"Well, I thank you. But you'll find that everyone has their point where they get squeamish about things, and I've often found it's better to be safe rather than sorry -- to apologize early and often."
"Well, I thank you. But you'll find that everyone has their point where they get squeamish about things, and I've often found it's better to be safe rather than sorry -- to apologize early and often."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 7:31 pm"To a certain point, as someone told me earlier, fuck 'em," Tereza says with a laugh. "You can clothe me anytime you feel like it."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:32 pmWill smiled. "I find it difficult to take my own advice," he said, wryly. "It has gone poorly in the past."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 8:43 pm"Sometimes it does, but doesn't mean it's bad advice."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:47 pm"True enough," Will smiled. "Just a matter of figuring out what to keep under one's hat."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:54 pm"Usually one's head."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:17 am"Well, sure, if one wants to be boring about it," Will smiled.
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:25 am"So what would you keep under your hat, Will? I'm not much for hats myself."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:50 am"You know. Things that other people might not want to see. What that is is, of course, contextual."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:58 am"I guess I could see that. But that gets us back to not being ourselves, but being what other people expect us to be."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:03 am"Yeah, but there's times when that's OK.
I mean, what if I was super-racist? Or into murder? Or wanted you to join my cult?
My racist, murder-cult?"
I mean, what if I was super-racist? Or into murder? Or wanted you to join my cult?
My racist, murder-cult?"
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 1:14 am"I suppose, but stuff that major eventually comes out."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 3:49 am"True enough," Will admitted. "But even smaller things can set people off, if it hits the wrong buttons."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 4:52 am"God. People... and their... bullshit... buttons..." She grunts out as she removes another stubborn part from the engine.
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 5:50 amWill winced as Teresa used a little bit of excess force on the stubborn part. "Yeah, sometimes people are overrated. Is it any wonder I avoided them for so long?"
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 4:17 pm"Just makes it that much more important to hang on to the good people when you find them."
Re: Dismantling
Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2017 6:44 am"Aye. And this place is usually a pretty good nexus for that kind of thing. The bad apples tend to get sent packing...one way or another."