💣 015 | text

[devoutish]

WANTED: 1 courageous soul willing to run weekly shopping errands for this week and the next. Buyer will be compensated for purchased goods and for time spent. Must be able to follow a list. Must have more patience than I do for the modern American custom of swarming the shops en fucking masse during the week before Christmas. Thank you.

Comments

text

[melodramagic]

just for groceries?

text

[devoutish]

Just for groceries. Don't underestimate my annoyance with all this.

text

[melodramagic]

first american christmas?

text

[devoutish]

Third, actually, but they get worse every year.

text

[melodramagic]

really? I guess I wouldn't know what it's like with a bigger city

text

[devoutish]

[It's really not too terrible; he's just being grumpy.]

Are you from the country?

text

[melodramagic]

from a small town actually
you're undoubtedly non-american so where are you from?/span>

text

[devoutish]

England.

[And then, because he never knows when he might need to clarify:]

If you're from elsewhere, it's across the ocean from America, in Europe.

text

[melodramagic]

I know where it is
england doesn't get busy during the holidays? like the big cities
london? manchester?

text

[devoutish]

London. And it might very well do now, but in my day things were more orderly. None of this Black Friday nonsense.

text

[melodramagic]

how long ago was back in the day for you?

text

[devoutish]

Nearly one hundred years. It was a bit of a shock at the beginning.

text

[melodramagic]

whoa
alright I am starting to see why black friday and christmas shopping is a nightmare for you

text

[devoutish]

You see why it's worth paying $35 to avoid it for a week, eh?

text

[melodramagic]

maybe but one day you're going to have to go out and endure it yourself, aren't you?

text

[devoutish]

That was a job for years 1 and 2. I've earned my rest.

text

[melodramagic]

I'm actually surprised with the technology here they haven't found a way for groceries to teleport into your fridge to save you the trouble

text

[devoutish]

Wouldn't that be lovely? We should commission an inventor.

text

[melodramagic]

sounds like we should
so you've been here a few years now?

text

[devoutish]

Indeed I have. It's not so awful, so far as temporary homes go.

[But even after all this time, he still only wants it to be temporary.]

text

[melodramagic]

in spite of the constant danger imports are in?

text

[devoutish]

Constant danger? I wouldn't put it that way.

text

[melodramagic]

[ She is a very dramatic teenage girl. ]

how would you put it? there's been a lot of talk about the fates lately and the danger they alone present

text

[devoutish]

I'd call them a simmering sort of danger, always there but often not active.

text

[melodramagic]

a simmering pot can eventually boil over if you're not too careful