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[blastiafreak]

[Here is one Rita, glancing off to the side of the camera defensively.]

Okay, if--if nobody comes and picks them up, I'm not keeping them all.

[A slight blurring of the video as the camera rotates, and the picture focuses on no fewer than half a dozen cats lounging in various spaces in the study.

Yeah, guess who was busy during that robbing curse. Eyes is nowhere to be seen...because he's out of sight of the device, comfortably situated in Rita's lap.]

[ooc: If your character owns a cat, feel free to have theirs be part of Rita's haul!]

Comments

[blastiafreak]

[Ah. Well, I guess it ensures that people come to class! Oh man, that really sucks. D: Bus schedules whyyy.]

[It sure balanced out, too.] Not in this place.

[stargathering]

[ Haha, yep! I feel bad for people who just like reading. I KNOW. You'd think they'd make the test earlier instead of ending thirty minutes after buses leave! >:Y ]

[ That makes Tyr sound so bad. Tyr thinks this subject is getting a bit too heavy... ] --At least the curses aren't everyday. Everyone seems normal today.

[blastiafreak]

[Yeah, kind of! But seriously, you'd think! It's not fair for people who have to get home by bus!

[Not that the attempt at optimism is going to affect her.] For now, anyway. If we're lucky, it'll even last another day.

[stargathering]

[ It isn't! We weren't even warned. It's meant to be this big, quiet thing for the test, and we were all buzzing and worried when we found out about the busses. ]

And if that's the case, it won't be that bad. The curses have been completely mild since November.

[blastiafreak]

[No wonder. It's a big thing to worry about. :<]

That just means some major bad ones are going to come up again soon. They're not going to be mild forever.

[stargathering]

[ Yeah. ;_; ]

Stop being so pessimistic about it. There's enough to worry about without assuming there's going to be something disastrous soon. [ Even though he agrees with her... ]

[blastiafreak]

[;_;]

I'm only saying what's most likely. You can't pretend it's going to be sunshine and rainbows for much longer! [Optimism what is that.]

[stargathering]

Do you have any proof of that, or are you just speculating because the City is that predictable?

[blastiafreak]

It's probability. If there hasn't been anything bad for a while, they'll pull something soon enough.

[stargathering]

In that case, the curses should have gotten better a few months ago instead of just getting worse and worse. It's just as probable that things will be decent or be better for a while before they turn again.

[blastiafreak]

Hey, I didn't say it was impossible! It's just not likely, so I wouldn't get my hopes up.

[stargathering]

You don't need to purposely bring your hopes down, though...

[blastiafreak]

What makes you think I'd do that?

[stargathering]

Because that's what it sounds like you're doing.

[blastiafreak]

No way! You're just imagining it.

[stargathering]

If you say so, Rita...

[blastiafreak]

...You don't believe it.

[stargathering]

Of course I don't. "You're imagining it" isn't a convincing argument.

[blastiafreak]

Well, what do you call it?

[stargathering]

Denial.

[blastiafreak]

I am not in denial!

[stargathering]

Then what is it?

[blastiafreak]

It's being realistic.

[stargathering]

There's no point trying to be realistic here, though. Even if it makes sense normally, things almost never happen realistically here. [ ...Tyr might have sat down for how long they've been standing here, talking. ]

miiight be the last one. Off to sleep soon~

[blastiafreak]

Even this place has its trends, and those trends indicate that the curses never stay mild. Expecting it to stay this way is just going to end in disappointment, you know. [There's enough junk for him to use as a seat...Rita's still standing, arms crossed. The cats are almost forgotten at this point.]