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Tweak says, "Dot your t's, cross your i's"

Dar Prethan (UtR) (shiftlinggirl) wrote in undertherainbow,
@ 2011-10-22 10:40:00

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aedan surana, corinth, dar prethan, erik lensherr, john blackfeather, melora hawke, merrill, stefan hawke, the phantom

So, I've, uh, got a job. Just a part-time one, working at an animal shelter. They can only pay me for one day a week, but I agreed to volunteer on some of the other days. I still don't like the cages, but at least they're getting cared for. And they need help, and I can help keep them healthy, so that's good.

Aedan
Hey, long time no see. How're you doing?

Cor
We really should do something sometime when neither of us is unhappy, you know! How's the new job suiting you?

Erik
Is your new year still going well?

Melora
Thanks again for the cookies and distraction, but how do I get that "Under the Sea" thing out of my head?

Merrill
Aneth ara, lethallin...is that right?

Phantom
Have you found your angel yet?

Stefan
How's the flying going?

Private
...I'm really not good at small talk. And they probably won't all disappear like Nuriko did. I know I shouldn't hover. Just...wanted to check.

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Dar

serene_rage
2011-10-22 07:26 pm UTC (link)

Money isn't something I'm going to have to worry about for some time, which is also something I'm not entirely used to, but that, at least, is something I could get used to, and easily.

Something like that, though they're hardly a minority here, there's a school and everything, though I'm definitely not cut out to be a teacher, nor do I have the credentials for it. Besides which, I don't know that there are any minorities here that would want me representing them, or helping them, though that goes both ways. Groucho Marx said it best: "I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member."

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	Erik shiftlinggirl 2011-10-25 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	If you have money to spare, you can use that to do a lot of good, as I understand it. Is that something you could do? That's being rather hard on yourself, don't you think? Why not? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Dar

serene_rage
2011-10-25 08:09 pm UTC (link)

As to the first, I intend to do just that, as soon as I'm able to navigate it. Charities aren't as simple now as they were in my time. Though, I'm not entirely sure they've ever been simple, but the sheer amount of red tape and not knowing exactly where a donation is going to be used is ... troubling.

As to the second, that's ... more difficult to explain. I've always been an outsider, likely always will be, though it isn't for the same reason now as it was before.

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Erik

shiftlinggirl
2011-10-27 11:55 pm UTC (link)

Red tape is frustrating. They wanted all sorts of documentation and information for this job I have. I'm afraid I lied a lot. I think they know, but needed help badly enough to not ask too many questions. It seems so pointless. I'm good at the work; what else do they need to know?

Yes...I know that feeling too. Before, because I was a mage and had to stay hidden. Now because...I don't know, because I'm still rootless, I suppose. Everyone around me seems to have these connections that I don't have or know how to make. Why is it for you, do you think?

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Dar

serene_rage
2011-10-30 03:16 am UTC (link)

Sadly that's often the way it is with jobs. I've lied my way into one or two in my time.

Rootless is a good word for it, I've always been ready to move on at a moment's notice, and I don't have to here, more than that I don't want to, which so so far from what I'm used to, the way I've lived most of my life, it's enough to make me paranoid, even though I know there's no reason for it.

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	Erik shiftlinggirl 2011-11-04 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Well, so have I, but they were always supposed to be more temporary. I'm trying to think of this one as being less temporary. I've never actually tried to settle anywhere, it was never an option. But I suppose I want somewhere to come back to after I've been wandering. It's not making me paranoid but it's certainly out of my experience. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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