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[lovesaroman]

Ok, so I need a job, I guess. I can work days or nights, any day of the week. I'd prefer not to be stuck in a stuffy office all day. I'm a people person and can easily chat to people. I don't mind a uniform.

[She pauses, wondering if she should talk about her previous work experience or not. Finally she decides it couldn't hurt to be thorough,

Comments

[alphaophiuchi]

You were paid to chat up and kiss blokes. Merlin, what a job.

[lovesaroman]

I made good money at it.

Merlin, huh? That's an odd choice of word.

[alphaophiuchi]

You know, I'm not sure that's something you ought to be proud of.

It's normal where I come from.

[lovesaroman]

It's not like I was forced into doing anything I didn't want to do. Besides, getting paid to have blokes pay attention to me? Of course I'm proud of that.

[It's just that she didn't want the little old ladies of the village to give her that disapproving look.]

Fair enough. Are you from the past?

[alphaophiuchi]

Well, I suppose. You could be far worse, after all. [idle comment? Backhanded compliment? Take your pick.]

Depends on how you define 'past'. Last I checked, it was 1998.

[lovesaroman]

[She'll prefer to ignore it altogether. She doesn't know what his morals are and she doesn't much care either.]

Right, and where you're from in 1998 you use Merlin as an exclamation?

[alphaophiuchi]

[probably a good way to go about it.]

I don't really expect a Muggle to understand it.

[lovesaroman]

A what?

[alphaophiuchi]

Non-magical being. Are you going to question me every time I say something?

[lovesaroman]

As long as you keep talking what sounds like utter rubbish, yes.

[alphaophiuchi]

Pardon me, just because you don't understand it doesn't make it rubbish. It only means that you're uneducated.

[lovesaroman]

Just because I ask questions doesn't mean I'm uneducated. It means I'm trying to understand things that have never come up before and therefore sound rubbish. You see how this works?

[alphaophiuchi]

Trying to understand, and calling everything I know utter rubbish are two very different things.

[lovesaroman]

Ah, there's that selective hearing again. I said it sounded rubbish, which leaves open the possibility that it very well isn't. And if you don't go on to explain it, how am I to understand?

[alphaophiuchi]

Why should I even need to go on to explain it? It's not like your lot ever explains things. Just expect everyone to understand, like it's universal or something.

[lovesaroman]

Maybe we would if we were ever asked to, just like you wouldn't if no one ever asked you.