8: Dearest Dr. Cuddy...

[samuraiprosecutor]

Consider yourself currently out of my good graces. I went to work this morning only to be rebuffed. Apparently I'm too contagious to be around my co-workers. A disappointing waste of time and gasoline and energy.

At least I was able to bring more work home.

Comments

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

And the four people here bugging you right now are all a fluke?

Good!

[samuraiprosecutor]

Apparently you all have nothing better to do. ...I don't understand why you people are showing such concern.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

I dunno about them, but I'm pretty much sitting around waiting for doom. Not much to do but troll the Internet.

Maybe because we like you?

[samuraiprosecutor]

Maintaining an optimistic outlook, I see.

Why in God's name would you do that?

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

I didn't necessarily say it would be my doom!

I'm starting to wonder that myself...

[samuraiprosecutor]

So you are maintaining optimism? Hm.

Too many people seem to share your opinion. I must be slipping. It seems I need to try harder to be unlikeable.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Well, it's that or crawl under my bed and babble in terror, and that doesn't seem very fun at all.

Psht. What's the point of that, huh?

[samuraiprosecutor]

Well, I will say I approve of your choice, given the two options.

Avoiding incessant nagging about a simple bout of flu.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's the one that makes sense to me.

...People still die from the flu, you know.

[samuraiprosecutor]

...Mostly children, the elderly, and people with compromised immune systems. I fit none of those descriptions, and I don't plan on dying anytime soon.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Well, that's good. Who else would do all that paperwork keeping you from resting?

[samuraiprosecutor]

There is no one else, hence why I have to do it. ...And not die, I suppose.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

I'd think the not dying is more important than the getting paperwork done.

[samuraiprosecutor]

More important for whom? If I were to die, the paperwork would still be somebody's problem, and for them I'd imagine it would be more important.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but I wouldn't know them. I know you. So.

[samuraiprosecutor]

Demonstrating my point that everything is relative.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Right. And from where I'm standing, you dying from stubborn would be pretty bad. So don't.

[samuraiprosecutor]

...'Death caused by stubbornness' is something I can honestly say I have never seen on an autopsy report.

Why is everyone so determined to blow this situation so far out of proportion?

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Hard to prove, I'd bet.

Because that's what you do when you see someone you like doing something stupid. You bug them about it way more than you should.

[attorneyatlol]

[samuraiprosecutor]

...What?

[attorneyatlol]

Don't listen to him. I've offered to take on some of his workload, but he's being a stubborn jackass and refusing the help.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Clearly, he needs some sense knocked into him.

[attorneyatlol]

I've got half a mind to do the honors.

[know-sacrifice.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you need a feminine touch, I've got a little experience!