backdated to before super hiatus 2k13

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[HANGIN' IN THE STUDIO, as one does, working on secret projects that 100% do not involve pictures of adorable fat bats]

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[there's a familiar knock on the studio door]

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[takes slightly longer to answer the door than normal]

--hey, Conrad! What's up?

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Am I interrupting?

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It's cool. My delicate creative process has been shattered, but it'll recover with time.

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Just let me in.

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Wow, bossy.

[moves over to let him in tho]

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[walking through the door]

You'll recover with time.

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It'll be a long, tough road.

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Working on anything new?

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Christmas presents mostly. There's something about doing caricatured versions of your friends in space Jurassic Park that helps with the winter blahs.

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I hope you mean before the fences went down, and not after.

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I'm gonna leave it ambiguous.

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Morbid.

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It adds interest.

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[sitting down on the couch]

At least four people died in that movie.

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Bad people! People who didn't appreciate that messing around in a theme park where an old scientist decided to play god is a bad idea.

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Muldoon? Really?

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Did you come in here just to have a closed mind regarding fine art and the pursuit thereof?

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[rolls his eyes]

You know Hanna will eat that shit up, relax.

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I know, I know.

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[he's quiet for a few seconds]

... Jasper was back. This weekend.

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--he was? Hey, awesome!

...that was awesome, right? It didn't end awkwardly or... depressing or anything?

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It was... it was good.

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Yeah? Good. You guys had a nice bonding thing?

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Don't push it.

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Sorry, my bad.

[sits next to him on the couch]

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...

... He invited me to stay with them in January.

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--for vacation?

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... Yeah.

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--cool. It'll be good to get to hang with relatively well-adjusted vampires who aren't all about politics and listening to Lost Boys soundtrack rejects.

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... I didn't say yes.

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Why not?

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[shrugs]

I wasn't really in the mood to make plans.

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'Cause of...?

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[just kind of gives her a look]

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[shrugs]

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[leans back, looking up at the ceiling]

I wasn't sure I was going to go anywhere.

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Staying here wouldn't be that much fun, though. If, like, any at all.

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Fuck if I'm going home.

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There are other options! I took Hanna with me last year, remember? He had an awesome time. It's basically a four-star resort.

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Four?

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Five if Noser busts out his They Might Be Giants covers.

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You're not the only one who went to art school, Watson.

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It's like art school but filled with more adults and slightly fewer toxic fumes.

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That's what I thought.

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It is pretty great, though. An excellent alternative to hanging out here.