TENTH SHOT

[dog_eat_dog]

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dictated;

[magnets]

Shooting? Seriously?

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[dog_eat_dog]

Yes, seriously.

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[magnets]

Why, so I can be, like, tough as you?

I ain't blippin' off anyone any time soon, ya just point and shoot, yo. It ain't hard.

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[dog_eat_dog]

If it's not hard, then you shouldn't have any trouble proving it to me, then, should you? Then I won't need to say another word about it.

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[magnets]

And, uh, what if I got plans? Ain't like everybody's gonna be workin' around your schedule just cuz, y'know.

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[rightchoices]

Can't make your own playdate?

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[dog_eat_dog]

You know her better than I do.

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[rightchoices]

I know her about as well as I know you.

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[dog_eat_dog]

You know more about what she dealt with Crawford, that gives you something to relate over.

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[rightchoices]

How much have you learned about Crawford?

Dictated forever

[indirectcause]

I'm not stupid enough to give if or buts.

Thanksgiving would be nice, I guess. I don't really have anything to give to the table, though. [He kind of sucks at football too, but oh well]

...Yeah, I'm not planning on taking anyone out, but thanks anyway?

Dictated forever

[dog_eat_dog]

Smart man.

And don't play stupid about needing to kill people. While I don't suspect that anyone in our group has cause to (much less plans) I'm putting it out there in case something goes to shit.

[indirectcause]

What, in case one of the people here turns out to be a homicidal maniac?

[dog_eat_dog]

Did you miss the part where I said Silva killed Bond? I was there, kid. I was the first to check out the body. There is also a woman here who threatens to kill me every goddamn time we talk just because I told her to stop whining about a headache.

It's not "in case there are maniacs." It's "in case the maniacs go after you."

[indirectcause]

...Wait shit, someone's been threatening to kill you? Who?

[willrememberthat]

All of us for Thanksgiving?

[dog_eat_dog]

All of us.

[willrememberthat]

I think that will be fun.

No kid table, right?

[dog_eat_dog]

I don't know, do we need one? It'd just be you and Ellie, and I bet both of you would make a fuss about it.

[willrememberthat]

We don't need one.

[dictated]

[threeweeksago]

Jeez, I leave a coat out on a chair once and all of a sudden I'm a slob?

Also, count me out on the football thing. Joel spent, like, the entire trip through Colorado trying to explain it to me, and I still don't get it. At all.

[dictated]

[dog_eat_dog]

Yeah, because coats don't go on chairs. They go in the front hall closet. [Tess: Overreacting To The Little Stuff Since Forever.] And don't act like I'm a hardass just for wanting our nice place to stay nice.

[But moving on.]

It's not that hard.

[dictated]

[threeweeksago]

[Good thing the journals don't have some sort of magical video function. That way, Tess can't catch Ellie making a mocking "blah blah blah" gesture as she gets lectured.]

Joel said the same thing. Said I had to play a few times to really get it. But how the hell can I play if I don't get it??? [ORGANIZED SPORTS ARE WEIRD.] The tackling and defending and field goal shit I understand. But once you get to "first downs" and all that I just get completely lost.

[dictated]

[dog_eat_dog]

It's for fun. It's not like we need to play by league rules or whatever, you'll be fine.

[dictated]

[threeweeksago]

... Oh. [Well, she sounds pleased!] Well if that's the case, fuck yeah, bring it on.