[ During Time Ripples ]

[hallaifyouherd]

[ Someone's been noticing a pattern. Maybe not necessarily connected to the age fluctuations, but one never knows. Instead, she wrinkles her nose slightly. ]

Is it just me, or have people here become a good deal more...amorous, lately?

It's something in the water, isn't it.

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[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

Dude, no one's been more amorous with me, so either I'm hanging around the wrong people or I need to drink more water.

[Totally missing the point here, sure, but then this is also baseline.]

Mind passing my name off to them?

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

Of course!

They seem like very nice boys, I'm sure you'd have a grand time.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

[Oh, come on!]

I thought we were getting to be friends here.

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

I'm sorry, how is this not friendly? You did ask.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

There's not one girl you can tell me about?

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

Strangely, all the announcements seem to come from young men.

I'm struggling to recover from my shock and surprise. You can't see my face, but I promise you I am.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

Yeah, but come on, you like it, right? I know what chicks dig.

[No. No, you don't.]

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

What am I supposed to like about it?

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

Better question is: What's not to like about it?

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

It seems a bit self-congratulatory.

Anyone with that much affection for themselves surely doesn't need anyone else's.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

I don't need it, but I sure do love it.

Besides, ladies dig confident guys.

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

There's a difference between confidence and bragging.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

I like to think I'm equally gifted in both.

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

Tucker. I've known gods more humble than you.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

One: Being humble doesn't get you laid.

Two: There is nothing wrong with being awesome.

Three: Are you lying about the "knowing gods" thing?

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

I only wish I was. You've no idea...

And there's nothing wrong with having confidence in your abilities and feeling good about yourself. But anything in abundance can be off-putting. Even the best things.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

Let me guess: Egotistical and having to deal with a bunch of religious nuts?

[Sounded about right.]

So what you're saying is "too much of a good thing can still be bad"?

[no.]

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

It got... complicated. As most things are regarding religion.

...well that's one way of taking it, yes.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

[Unfortunately, he knew a little bit about fanatics.] The worst is when when the religious nuts meet their icon, and it's really just your egotistical best friend with a glowing laser face. [Fucking desert. Fucking Church. Fucking alien weapons.]

How did you even meet a god, anyway?

[He likes that way. Cool. He's going to roll with it.]

Cool, so subtle advertising. Got it.

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

[ Well if that's what he takes away from it? Good for him. Maybe he'll have better luck. ]

It's not easy being that icon yourself. Especially when you never asked for it. Some people deal with it...differently than others.

And when everyone's looking to you as some sort of 'chosen one', it's only a matter of time before you meet someone of some importance.

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

[Wait. Wait, wait, wait--]

Are you talking about yourself? Because, shit, do we suddenly have something in common.

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

I was speaking from personal experience, yes.

...why?

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

Guess who's the Chosen One where I come from.

[Oh, enjoy that slow smile, just deep in his voice. You get three guesses, but the first two don't count.]

[voice]

[hallaifyouherd]

[ You know what? She'll buy it. The universe just has a weird sense of humor that way, always sending the unexpected along to patch things up.

Tucker might be a lech, but that isn't to say he didn't do his home world some good. ]

Not really as much glamour to it as you'd like, is there?

[voice]

[lovernotafighter]

[Well, by that sentence alone, he knew she was the real deal. Sure, the title was cool and it was awesome to say you were, but--]

They never tell you about all the ambassador shit. Meetings. Meeting people. Meeting boring people. I mean, sure, I got a cool sword and an even cooler kid, but they left out all the other stuff.

What about you?