30: [Locked to Larry Butz; Hackable]

[samuraiprosecutor]

Larry, a word, if you please.

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[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

What's up, Edgey?

[samuraiprosecutor]

I know about Maraich's...interest.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Oh reeeally?

[samuraiprosecutor]

Really.

I declined his attention. If you had told me sooner I might have done so before he became so...invested in the idea.

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[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

You might have... what?

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Wait. You turned him down?

[samuraiprosecutor]

You expected a different outcome?

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[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Knowing you?

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

I guess I shouldn't have, you being a cynical killjoy and everything.

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[samuraiprosecutor]

[samuraiprosecutor]

It's hardly cynicism. You'd rather I lie to him?

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

You're cynical about love! I mean, have you ever even been in a relationship!?

[samuraiprosecutor]

I've never wanted to be.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Because you're a cynical killjoy with a stick up his ass! How can you even know if you want something when you've never given it a chance!?

[samuraiprosecutor]

Similar to the way you know you want love despite none of your relationships having worked out.

Regardless of whether I would ever choose to be in a relationship, I have no interest in Maraich. Not the kind of interest you apparently want me to take.

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[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Dude, that's low!

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Whatever... You were just a favor, anyway.

[samuraiprosecutor]

A favor? To whom?

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[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Forget it.

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[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

I hope you're happy, Edgey.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

You broke a man's heart!!

[samuraiprosecutor]

I will not be blamed for something I'm incapable of returning. If you had let me know sooner I could have stopped him before it went so far.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

And I won't be blamed for keeping a secret when someone asks me to! Dude was already far gone before I got to him! He even made it sound like you two were a couple at first! What was I supposed to think!? I don't know how these things work!

[samuraiprosecutor]

Far gone? This has been going on longer than I'd thought.

...These things? I was under the impression you fancied yourself an expert on the subject.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

What? An expert!?

[samuraiprosecutor]

You were the one trying to find Wright and I companionship.

...You aren't going to continue your efforts, are you?

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Well yeah, I'm an expert in the field of romance, but I don't know anything about man-love!

...I think you're safe. For now.

[samuraiprosecutor]

...'Man-love?'

I would threaten to 'set you up' with someone in retaliation, but I suspect the prospect wouldn't have the same discouraging effect.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm flattered, Edgey. I've already got someone, though.

[samuraiprosecutor]

What a surprise.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

You can help me work on Nick!

[samuraiprosecutor]

I'll do no such thing. If Wright wanted companionship he'd find it for himself.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

But he's so bad at it.

[samuraiprosecutor]

And you believe you aren't?

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Hey! I'm the one with a girlfriend here! ...or someone who I'm kind of dating, at least!

[samuraiprosecutor]

As I've already made clear, I wouldn't want one. And I'm not the one making claims of being knowledgeable about the subject.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

I'm not trying to find you a girlfriend! I'm trying to find Nick a girlfriend! Geez, get with the program, would you?

[samuraiprosecutor]

As long as we're clear on that particular point.

Whether Wright needs a companion or not, your interference won't be of any use to him. 'Love' can't be contrived.

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

You're just too pessimistic to see the benefits.

Nick will understand.

[samuraiprosecutor]

Whatever benefits there might be are outweighed by the losses.

Just as he understood when you posted his 'personal ad' on the community?

[probablythebutz.livejournal.com]

Now who's claiming to be an expert?

[samuraiprosecutor]

I'm no expert. Merely an observer. Your relationships in particular are excellent examples of what 'love' can do to someone.