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[dorkypantsuit]

Hey, I know this is a kind of weird thing to say, but to all you newbies without common sense out there: Do not warn visitors about getting indebted to the carnival. I don't want to see anyone getting in trouble their first week, especially not anyone on my team. Got it?

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[dorkypantsuit]

It's closer to nineteen thousand actually. If you round the 48 to 50 you can just multiply 39 by 5 and then add back the two zeros. But then you'd have to subtract 780 to get the exact number.

But then you have to divide by 24 to find out how many earth days that is, and then divide by the number of earth days a year and I don't keep track of those things.

[dontpokethat]

Uh... right. So then you have... 18,720?

Divided by twenty-four, that would be seven... 780. And there are 365 days in a year, so a sweep is going to be something over two years.

Making you.. barely an adult when you got here. Assuming trolls age anything like humans, anyway.

[Yes, that is what he's getting from this.]

[dorkypantsuit]

[Hey now!]

Barely an adult?! I was already a sweep past adulthood when I came here.

[dontpokethat]

Ah, yeah. Definitely barely an adult, then.

[dorkypantsuit]

[He just makes an annoyed face at the radio for a moment before responding. 10 sweeps was nearly half a rustblood's natural lifespan!]

Whatever. Go clean up more animal poop.

[dontpokethat]

[In Ginko's defense, he super doesn't know that.]

Maybe I will. Gotta leave you to argue with the whole carnival, right?

[dorkypantsuit]

[Don't worry Ginko, he knows you don't get it.]

Ha ha. Very funny.


I just don't want anyone to do something stupid.

[dontpokethat]

Yeah, I know. Just hope you were ready for the pushback.

[dorkytracksuit]

...If I were them I'd pushback too, so.

[dontpokethat]

Same here.

Guess we'll see how things turn out.

[dorkytracksuit]

Could you have made that sound any more ominous?

[dontpokethat]

I mean... probably?

...Was it ominous?

[dorkypantsuit]

'We'll see' just always has a way of implying death and destruction to me.

[dontpokethat]

I guess I could see that. But believe me, it's not what I meant. Just that we can't predict how this is going to turn out.

[dorkypantsuit]

Honestly that's something I'm glad for.

[dontpokethat]

I take it you're predicting the worst, then?

[dorkypantsuit]

Just the opposite.

[He laughs, just a little.]

I've had visions of the future in the past, but they always ended... Poorly.

If I haven't seen this future yet, it means there's still a chance for things to turn out alright.

[dontpokethat]

Yeah? That... sounds pretty stressful.

But in that case, it is good to hear you haven't seen anything.

[dorkypantsuit]

Yup, so don't worry, if something is going to ends with anyone's death I'll be the first to know.

[dontpokethat]

I'll... keep that in mind. So, what, should I go to you if I'm worried about how something is going to turn out?

[As if he's not basically always worried about something.]

[dorkypantsuit]

[He shrugs.]

I mean usually death has to be part of the equation for me to see it.

[It's been a long time since he's talked about this sort of thing. It feels strange, especially to be discussing it with a human.]

The last time I saw something it was about the vampires. So.

[dontpokethat]

...Ah. Yeah.

[He trails off, frowning down at his walkie-talkie. He kind of feels like he may have asked something he shouldn't have somewhere along the line there.]

Suppose that makes sense... sorry to have asked about it.

[dorkypantsuit]

Don't worry about it.

I was the one who brought it up.

[dontpokethat]

Guess that's fair. But I kept asking, so.

...Anyway, guess that's sorted out now. And so is the matter of your age.

[dorkypantsuit]

Yes, my completely mature adult age.