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[silenteden.livejournal.com]

[Kuhn has brought a laptop with him and is furiously typing away on it. When he's not doing that, he's staring intently at the screen as though the thing will speak to him at any moment and all he needs to be doing is listening.

No such luck.

With a groan, he closes the laptop and pretty much smacks his forehead against the top of it.]

Kinda funny how I bring my work here so I don't have to work overtime in reality, but it's still working overtime and I'm just not getting paid for it. Man, I really need to work on my priorities...

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[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

[Now she's curious. What on earth could get somebody so grumbly about the computer?] ...What're you doing?

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Oh, hey Haseo, didn't see you there. [He gives her a tired sort of half-smile.]

I'm just finishing up some work. Low-level coding and stuff.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Hm. Been a while. [She nods, and absently scratches at her neck for a moment - where one of the bandages was during the experiment, that is. Looks like somebody's not quite over that yet.]

Oh. Righto then. [Pause. Curiosity killed the Grunty, buuuut--] What's coding?

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Yeah it has. Keeping busy? Things in Mac Anu going okay?

[Oh. Right. No computers. Ahaha... oh dear.] People use code to tell a computer what to do. [He gestures to the screen, which has lines and lines of said code in a window.] Coding is actually writing the stuff, fixing the stuff, making it actually work... that sort of thing.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

I guess. [After a moment, she chuckles quietly.] Mac Anu, huh...jeez, you just reminded me of something I gotta do at some point.

I see. [Staaaaaaares at computer screen with all of its code. After a moment of staring:] Wow, that looks like a pain in the ass.

[...Says the person who doesn't understand any of it.]

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

I did? Hah, and what would that be?

Yeah, it's definitely a pain in the ass. Especially when you can't tell where in this mess of words the actual problem might be.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Get out of Mac Anu and go to Dol Dona to visit my- [A brief pause.] - parents. The folks who raised me. Aunt might get on my case if I don't.

Oh jeez. [Thinks for a moment.] It doesn't explode or anything when you screw up, does it?

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Yeah, probably a good idea to keep the folks happy. Otherwise, it's like opening the floodgates of nagging, you know?

[He laughs] If it's capable of exploding at all and you accidentally tell it to, then sure, it can explode. [He pats the laptop.] Though, worst-case scenario with this thing is that it'll just shut itself off.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Though, Aunt's not the naggin' type - I don't think - and I gotta take care of her too, anyway.

...Huh. So it is possible to accidentally tell something to explode. That explains a bit.

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but are your parents the nagging type?

Yeah, it's possible. ... [laughs] I take it you've had a bad experience with one exploding?

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Sort of. They're definitely bossy.

...It's more like there were a lot of explosions from the magic-users' classroom. Never could figure out how the hell those happened. I guess they were accidentally telling things to explode, or something like that.

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's definitely in the job description of a parent.

[wince] Ouch. Though with magic-users, why am I not surprised? Always wondered what it would be like to be practicing all of those crazy-looking spells...

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

...Does it...now. [Blank look.] ...I wonder what that says...

Practicing usually ended in explosions, yeah. Lots and lots of explosions. It was about the only interesting thing goin' on there, sometimes.

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

That everyone grows up to boss their kids around? I think we do it 'cause our parents did it to us. So the cycle just sort of continues. [He grins, amused~]

Wow. Now that, I would pay to see!

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Mm, that wasn't what I meant. [A long pause as she just looks ahead blankly for a while.] ...I hope that doesn't happen. They meant well, but still.

You'd...pay to see things explode. Right then. There's probably somebody with a business like that - who knows.

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Sure is. Movies, for one. Fireworks, for another.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

[...Distracted from imminent emo moment by MOVIES WHAT. Have a curious 'derp derp' look, Kuhn.] Do folks like watching things explode that much, where you're from?

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. It's exciting, you know? And if no one's really getting hurt, then it's okay. [Thumbs up! XDb]

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

[Thinks about this for a moment.] Because it's exciting...I guess it's kind of like going to the Arena then, huh? Except - without the fighting, that is.

[...Shrug.]

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Yeah. You know? That's a good point, it is kind of like the arena. Except instead of spells and weapons, explosives and loud noises.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

The Arena's probably more dangerous, too. I mean, it's not like they go in to an explosives show to see people fight... Do they? [Almost looks interested in this possibility. Fighting in the Arena = good times, after all. Until somebody gets seriously injured, anyway. :Db]

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Nah, of course not. I mean, sometimes, there are actors who pretend to blow each other up. Some people get a kick out of that. But no one's really getting hurt. I'd definitely call the Arena more dangerous. People seriously taking swings at each other? Ouch.

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Actors. [Headtilt.] So, they're plays as well as explosives shows?

It's not like people actually try to kill each other there, though. ... Most of the time.

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Yep. And they catch it all on film so that you can watch it whenever you want. [He grins.]

Yeah. Most of the time. [Oh, flashbacks. He rubs the back of his head.] Then, there are the really vengeful ones. ... Or the AIDA-infected. Memories, huh?

[shadow-shot.livejournal.com]

Film? [Derp.]

... Yeah. Fun times, those. [Her expression indicates otherwise. NOT fun times at all, really.]