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[ifnotloyal]

[ A whole month and one enjoyable beach trip later, Ace is finally crawling out from hiding under whatever bed he'd been sulking under (quite literally, actually). It's about time to figure out what he should do next after the catastrophe in De Chima and so... ]

This might be a weird question, but what kind of work is out there for a dog?

[ Or should he be a little more specific? ]

An imPort dog, not a regular one. I mean, I do sort of still have my old job, but I'm starting to think they're going to leave me suspended for a lot longer and it's getting a little dull.

[ Sure, playing regular household pet dog is fun, but he'd stopped being one of those even before ending up in Heropa. ]

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voice;

[infomodder]

[Will Graham, text function advocate, is willing to use voice in this case.

Puppy Power in action.]

Can you run a cash register?

voice;

[ifnotloyal]

[ Thank you for remembering dogs can't read, Will. ]

A cash register? [ a what now ] That thing people keep opening and closing at the front of stores, right?

permavoice

[infomodder]

[They can't flip police cruisers, either. And yet.]

The things they keep opening and closing at the front of the stores with money in them, yes. [Because otherwise it could sound like he means doors, better clarify. It's also the best "no" he's ever gotten, though whether it's because Ace is a talking dog or not is better left unsaid.] Sort of difficult to say what work's really available when your skills aren't on the table.

[Can he be hired for bed snugglings.]

audio

[vaccination]

[.......................................... what.]

You're. A dog...? Is that what you're saying?

[SAYING.]

video;

[parallels]

Can you run fast?

Perhaps you could do delivery. Like the post or food.

...Not that I'm the expert on proper jobs for dogs, ImPort or otherwise.

[This is so weird and she's totally desensitized.]

[ifnotloyal]

[ Dangerous levels of super strength and literacy are two completely unrelated things, okay. ]

Will, I'm pretty sure those things require, you know, thumbs.

[ HE IS LACKING IN THIS DEPARTMENT. ]

audio

[ifnotloyal]

[ Got it in one, kiddo. ]

Yes? Yes, that is what I'm saying. I'm a dog.

voice;

[ifnotloyal]

Not super fast, if that's what you mean, but I can run pretty well.

Though considering I bark at the postman, wouldn't becoming one be weird?

audio

[vaccination]

I wanna see.

[Turn on the camera, doggy!]

voice

[aggressiveapathy]

Horse whisperer.

audio

[ifnotloyal]

You... want to see what?

[ He's not even sure if the mental link-up version of the comm can do that! ]

voice

[ifnotloyal]

April...

[ April, no. ]

I can't talk to other animals anymore.

[aggressiveapathy]

Okay. Glue factory worker.

audio

[vaccination]

You! If you're really a dog.

[Ellie's just assuming a talking dog can somehow work a normal comm. Makes sense to her.]

[ifnotloyal]

A glue factory worker? What do those do?

[aggressiveapathy]

Make glue.

[ From horses. ]

Re: voice;

[parallels]

A bit weird. More like ironic though. And irony isn't alway bad. Sometimes it adds a bit of character.

audio

[ifnotloyal]

Oh. Uh.

[ Conundrum. ]

You mean when everyone else does the thing with their face. [ Yeah, video. That. ] I'm not really sure mine can do that.

[ifnotloyal]

But how would a dog make glue?

[ No, that's terrifying. ]

[infomodder]

[Fair. Look at wrestling.]

People would find ways around that if you wanted.

[Replace "people" with "I" and its more accurate.]

Do you think they'd pull your suspension at this job if someone talked to them about it?

[Replace "someone" with "I" and its more accurate. The subtlety is not strong today.]

[ifnotloyal]

A bit of character and a whole lot of slobber.

audio

[vaccination]

Oh. Do... you have a dog version of it or something? What kind of dog are you? Whoa, wait--does that mean you got superpowers? You're a dog with superpowers?

[aggressiveapathy]

I'm not a glue-ologist. The same way people do, I guess.

[ifnotloyal]

And isn't the register stuck inside?

[ Another problem. Trying to get a husky to stay still for hours...

Ah, but he's asking about the suspension. That gets a brief bout of silence as he thinks, then: ]

I don't know. It wouldn't change what happened, even if someone did.

[parallels]

...Point about the slobber.

You could get a cart?