tag:dreamwidth.org,2022-03-21:3969452 the future's blurry but the past is a trap Pit Viper (Amber Norman) 2022-03-24T07:09:03Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2022-03-21:3969452:592 2022-03-24T05:12:08Z 2022-03-24T07:09:03Z public 0 <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://reserpentance.dreamwidth.org/592.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reserpentance&ditemid=592" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2022-03-21:3969452:407 2022-03-23T16:32:26Z 2022-03-23T16:32:26Z public 47 "I need you to understand," says Pit Viper. She undocks the laptop screen from its keyboard and passes it over.<br /><br />"I need just <i>one other human being</i> to understand that I am on my <i>best</i> fucking behavior right now."<br /><br />On the screen is a cartoon drawing of a squirrel. The squirrel is smoking a blunt. It's wearing rainbow shutter shades. On its head is a hat referencing a meme that is, bare minimum, four years old. The whole thing is honestly hideous.<br /><br />"<i>This fucker</i>," says Pit, stabbing a finger onto the touch screen with such emphasis it scrolls a bit, "is worth three hundred thousand dollars and I did <i>not</i> stutter."<br /><br />She looks her audience in the eyes, her intensity of feeling about this somehow overcoming that her eyes are so goddamn weird these days.<br /><br />"I could take this thing in <i>about</i> five minutes. Four if I go for the speedrun. And that I am <i>not</i> doing that <i>right now</i> is some fucking <i>saintly</i> behavior on my part and <i>somebody</i> has got to appreciate it."<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=reserpentance&ditemid=407" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments