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Skulduggery Pleasant

Cabin 117 - 6:39 PM

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[light_mischief]

Good. Thank you for that. I hope the gargoyle didn't put you through a three day resurrection in retaliation.

[goodweather]

I’m fine. I needed some help from the symbiote, but like I said, I pinned her until she stopped. I wish I could do what you do and just put her in time-out with an invisible box.

[light_mischief]

Well, tell the symbiote goo creature thank you as well.

It's a handy trick, to be sure. But the more they scrabble against the walls, the more difficult it is to maintain. Easier to drop her into the ocean, although that probably requires waiting for her to be a statue again.

[goodweather]

The goo says you’re welcome.

Well I wouldn’t mind that but we also don’t need to give her more reasons to massacre the ship, so let’s wait on that until she’s giving us grief again.

[light_mischief]

Don't worry, I suspect she'll get inordinately attached to one of the many social butterflies on the ship and level out in due time. And if that doesn't work, I can always tut-tut her the way I did Vance. Seems to work best on people looking for a fight.

[goodweather]

I’d be terribly grateful if you did that. Much more preferable than having another Daisy incident and losing my other eye.

[light_mischief]

That woman needs a muzzle. Or a drink. I'm not sure which would take that nasty edge off of her.

[goodweather]

I would rather say a drink. She’s making some pretty admirable efforts to work on it. We’re… on /okay/ terms at this point.

[light_mischief]

You are a more tolerant man than I am, that's for certain.

[goodweather]

In some ways, maybe. It didn't come naturally. I just got lucky enough that circumstances beat my head in and forced me to put the effort in and practice.

[light_mischief]

Don't sell yourself so short. Those circumstances allowed you room to grow, but you still had to make the choice to do so. In case you haven't noticed, we're in this position because some people resist making the change until someone else drags them through it.

[goodweather]

Unbelievable. Somehow I’ve managed to get myself lectured again.

To be fair, other people dragging me through the mud about it was part of those circumstances. But true. Someone managed to convince me to try.

[light_mischief]

HAH! Next time I'll just tell you to learn to take a compliment, then. 😉

[goodweather]

I can hear you putting sunglasses on.

Well, fine, I’ll /consider/ it.

[light_mischief]

Good. Don't worry, I have no interest in lecturing you. Like I said, you're already a better man than me. I have nothing to teach you and no higher ground to look down at you from.

[goodweather]

Four minutes.

I don't have a single clue how to respond to that.

[light_mischief]

"Nonsense, Skulduggery. You are one of my wisest confidants. You have so much to teach me. I look up to you for your intelligence, deductive reasoning, and charisma. You are also amazingly humble, considering how handsome and charming you are."

You know, maybe something along those lines?

[goodweather]

Well, I /was/ trying to come up with a less dumbstruck way to say "I don't believe you," but that'll do.

Seriously though. It's hard to call anybody who isn't, you know, immediately trying to kill teenagers on day 1 "better" than I am. Apples to oranges. I couldn't do half the stuff you do, and I'm not even talking about the time-out boxes.

[light_mischief]

I'd ask what that stuff might be, if it wouldn't push my playful vanity into overt egocentrism. Suffice it to say, we all have something to offer. That includes people like Daisy. And gargoyles, too.