khajidont | MoM IC Contact

Jaime's cell phone is more or less plugged riiiight into his brain, so he tends to pick up like 99% of the time! If not, however...

"Hey, Jaime here! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you ASAP."

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From:

rathercommon

Yeah, well, there's one thing in the world worth doing that's easy: breathing. Everything else worthwhile is hard, isn't it. Anyway, punching usually doesn't solve anything anyway, does it? You've got to either kill him outright or remove his reasons for doing the things he does. And that doesn't come from everyone hitting him. Anyway, what's that even mean, not good with words? You communicate just fine, don't you. I've always understood you. What more is needed?

From:

khajidont

You know that me saying something doesn't mean that I'm saying they're right don't you?

Anyway case in point is that you were able to write out like an entire lecture in about thirty seconds and I wrote you back one line. To be a good public speaker you can't just say one thing and then be like yeah okay I'm done. You need some serious speechifying skills

From:

rathercommon

Well, and you know that me arguing doesn't mean I'm arguing with YOU, right? (You'd know if I were arguing with you. I'd get a LOT shirtier, and meaner. I'd probably insult your facial hair a bit, wouldn't I.) (Though honestly, I wouldn't be all that surprised if you WERE one of those going out there and fighting crime. We've still got a few people in costumes unaccounted for and you keep some AWFULLY rowdy company. I expect you're a bit wilder than you seem, aren't you.) Anyway, you could have said a lot more if you'd wanted to. You were just being a bit lazy. Anyway, no one LIKES hearing someone prattle on and on. Eurgh, like there was this one junior junior undersecretary to the minister for education or something of that sort who came to our graduation ceremony and went on and on and on and on and on and on...It must have been two hours he talked. I nearly ran up to the podium and slapped him. I'd sooner have someone who says one thing and then is like yeah I'm done.

From:

khajidont

It's okay everyone makes digs on the hair. I think it's like a mean magnet.

[HE'S GOING TO SHAVE IT OFF ONE DAY. Other than that, though... YIKES. Does she know? Is she certain, or is she just throwing guesses out there? What does he say?

Deflect! Deflect, deflect, nothing suspicious to see here, nosiree, not at all!]

And I think you'd be a little surprised by how not rowdy my company actually is when you get to know them. They're all rough on the outside with ooey gooey centers. It's kind of a running trend.

I guess you're right though I like people who keep it short and simple too. I didn't actually listen to the guy talking at my graduation. I was playing on my phone

From:

rathercommon

[ Good deflection. She honestly does wonder a little bit, for a lot of reasons - little things he's said, skills he's got, the fact that he's got such a strong conscience but gives no indication that he ever uses his powers to back that conscience up - and if he'd tried to fight her on it, that little fire of curiosity would get fed. Just letting it breeze past doesn't give her any kindling. ]

'Running trend.' PLEASE tell me that was intentional. And I don't expect any of those graduation speeches are worthwhile, anyway. They're all pretty predictable - go out, join the workforce, make yourself a productive member of society.

From:

khajidont

What can I say I've got a wit

I went to an elementary school graduation too. That one wasn't so bad.

From:

rathercommon

Elementary school?

From:

khajidont

Yep. Sometimes elementary schools will have little graduations too for the kids and a kid I know was graduating so we all went to cheer him on. It was pretty cute

From:

rathercommon

[ She was more unclear on what elementary school entailed (but a quick run to Google after he answers tells her all she needs to know). ]

That's sweet. And really weird. They're just doing more school after that, right? But it's still really sweet. And I bet the speech was less unbearable. Less of 'diligent work will serve the glory of your nation' and more of 'well done, all of you.'

From:

khajidont

Yeah they're doing a lot more school. It's kind of a congratulations on getting this far and to say good bye once they go to a new school? The speech is all about opportunities and how great they're gonna do. They read from some picture book too.

Plus there was cake

From:

rathercommon

Oh, that's REALLY sweet. What a completely lovely thing to do. The kids must have been awfully excited.

From:

khajidont

It takes a little more than that to excite the kid I know but I think he had fun anyway. The rest of them were pretty excited too. Where I'm from they always read a poem to the kids on the graduation. It's kinda cheesy but it's sweet too. Hold on I think I remember the part I had to memorize when I was in school

From:

khajidont

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go."

Not a bad one for little kids right?

[it's so cheesy, and read constantly, but whatever. There's certainly worse out there.]

From:

rathercommon

Aw, I'm applauding! And no, that's BRILLIANT for little kids. And for some adults, for that matter. Everyone can use reminding now and again that they're in charge of their own lives.

From:

khajidont

Had a funny feeling you'd like that one. I think that's probably what my graduation ceremony back home would be more about. We're a little less patriotic than this world is I guess?

From:

rathercommon

Oh, but you all still have to do that creepy pledging your loyalty to the flag thing, right?

From:

khajidont

Yeah actually you're right.

[He never thought much about it. He just sort of sleepily mumbled his way through it and got one with his day.]

From:

rathercommon

Eugh. There's something wrong with the world when even the SANER countries try to program their subjects into blind unquestioning obedience.

From:

khajidont

I don't think it really works that way

From:

rathercommon

No?

From:

khajidont

Well if it worked we really would be robots. As it is, half of the country is usually busy yelling at the other half cause they don't like the government

From:

rathercommon

I don't know. I've heard a LOT of people going on about the greatness of America. Never mind their feelings about their government, but their loyalty to the country itself is rather mindless.

From:

khajidont

[Jaime actually doesn't answer for about a minute, minute and a half, which is different from his usual texts. Is he working up a big, rousing speech about why Kitty's wrong? About why she's right?

Not so much. Instead, he just winds up typing:]

I've never thought about it like that.

From:

rathercommon

Yeah...I don't know. A country is just an idea, right? Even more than a government is just an idea. But people love it so fiercely...'I love my country, but I don't like my government' people say, and that first part is ALWAYS there if the second part is. Sometimes I wonder why. It's true for me too, for what it's worth.

From:

khajidont

I guess it makes sense. I mean when people talk about the country they're talking about the people right? Not just the government. And the land. And what the land stands for. I know with America there's always people talking about getting second chances

[His Dad talks about that a lot. He's gotten the speeches about America, land of opportunity since he was a little kid.]