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[latkje]

The last time I was drafted into something at least superficially resembling an army, they had a box set up for suggestions. I've decided to carry on the tradition! These things are our direct link to the Initiative, after all, even if they pretend they aren't listening.

Feel free to add your own suggestions. After all, misery loves company, and that's why my wife says I'll always be miserable.

— Rodents. Why do my feet attract rodents? Is it my socks? Especially when they seem to be dead already, it's very distracting.

— Speaking of things that are already dead, why are there so many vampires here? I know they seem like they'd be useful allies, but in my experience they just make you do all the hard work and abandon you at the earliest opportunity! What a pain in the neck.

I'm sure I'll have more suggestions later. I'm a very concerned citizen.

[ ooc: I am heading out right now, so replies will be delayed a bit. ]

Comments

[voice]

[commentboxtroll]

I don't meddle and scheme. I advise. There's a difference.

[ Not really, but hey, he's no villain! ]

[voice]

[latkje]

Just be careful. Self-righteousness makes for poor advice. All you can do with it is pass it on to the next guy.

[voice]

[commentboxtroll]

Then I won't advise anyone to be self-righteous, unless you are, perhaps, mixing up self-righteous and self-confident.

[voice]

[latkje]

Trust me, I would never.

[voice]

[commentboxtroll]

Trust him, he says. [ He isn't convinced! But that's probably no surprise. ] What was with the dead rodent bit, anyway? Someone did mention a vermin problem, but it looks like it's cleared up since we got back.

[voice]

[latkje]

[ That might've been the joke. ]

Someone apparently tried to infect the population with an undead plague using an army of field mice. I don't know how I didn't see it coming.

[voice]

[commentboxtroll]

Talk about picking the right time to get out of town... That's a nasty way to do it, though I can't say I saw anything undead on the way back to the hold.

Did they contain it?

[voice]

[latkje]

It seems like some of our fellow travellers have experience with this sort of thing!

[voice]

[commentboxtroll]

Really? That's a relief. No one should have to worry about undead mice.

[voice]

[latkje]

I'm not sure that I'll stop worrying.

[voice]

[commentboxtroll]

Don't start jumping at every mouse you see now. People might think you're afraid.

[voice]

[latkje]

I didn't know I had a reputation to keep up.