(Continued from Theus Goodluck: Part 1 )
7:00 PM
Rebecca: So what do you do for a living?
Theus: Uh, I’m in the pharmaceutical industry.
Rebecca: That sounds interesting, sales or research?
Theus: Um, I suppose I’m more on the production side of things with some wholesale…tendencies?
Rebecca: Did you go to school for that?
Theus: No, I haven’t really been involved in the schooling…process, in a formal sense, pretty much entirely.
Rebecca: Oh, were you home schooled?
Theus: Certainly things were learned in my home, occasionally taught, so in that sense…I mean you could make an argument towards…that. Though, vocationally speaking, and mostly otherwise, I’m largely self-taught.
Rebecca: Did you even graduate from high school?
Theus: Does it matter? I mean, are you going to bust out geometry flashcards on our date? I can whip you up a diorama explaining the fur trade if it will help you sleep at night.
Rebecca: I’m not trying to offend you; I just find it odd that a functioning adult living within the margins in North American society could forgo schooling entirely. Honestly, you are well spoken enough I suspect you’re just bullshitting me to make some point.
Theus: Look, I don’t know if you’re keeping some erudition checklist under the table but it’s not against the law to read books outside school grounds. I had an odd situation and figured shit out. It’s not a big deal.
Rebecca: I’m sorry for your lack of opportunity.
Theus: Thanks. Hopefully this year they’ll get that telethon up and running.
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8:35
Claire: Theus, that’s an interesting name. What does it mean?
Theus: Sort of “of god” or “from god”.
Claire: Your parents must have seen you as quite a blessing.
Theus: Yeah, I suspect it was a little more complex than that. So what does Claire mean?
Claire: Clear and bright. My mother named me Claire Autumn Day, so I’d always know the feeling in her heart when she thinks of me.
Theus: So, do you just ask people what their names mean so you can explain that?
Claire: What? No. I find names very powerful and a way to really understand someone.
Theus: O.k. What’s your last name?
Claire: Summers.
Theus: Your name is Claire Autumn Day Summers?
Claire: Yes.
Theus: You don’t find that a little seasonally jarring?
Claire: No, why?
Theus: Never mind.
***
9:15
Rachel: So what do you do for a living?
Theus: I run a small scale private agriculture concern.
Rachel: Really, what do you grow?
Theus: Weed, for the most part.
Rachel: Marijuana?
Theus: That’s what the kids call it.
Rachel: And you’re proud of this?
Theus: You didn’t ask me what I’m proud of, you asked me what I do for a living.
Rachel: So what are you proud of then, Mr Drug Dealer?
Theus: My restraint in not mentioning how poorly your bra conceals the odd potato shape of your left boob.
***
8:55
Carol: My last three boyfriends were alcoholics, so I need to know if you drink.
Theus: Not often. Things tend to get a little out hand when I do.
Carol: Well, you probably have a drinking problem then.
Theus: No, I have problems when I drink…so I usually don’t. I don’t need anymore electrocution scares to hammer the point home.
Carol: Even one incidence of self destructive bingeing is enough that you should consider enrolling in a program.
Theus: Look lady, I was up until 3am last night pulling rancid salmon guts and dental floss out of a crumb tray…I don’t think a self help cult is going provide a great deal of additional motivation.
Carol: Even the smallest man can pretend he is strong.
Theus: Just out curiosity were they alcoholics at the start of the relationship or was that something that developed…over time.
Carol: I’m not going to accept blame for someone else’s selfish choice.
Theus: I’m not blaming you; I’m just saying you may have been a key link in the causal chain.
Carol: That’s blaming me.
Theus: Look, if you jump off a building it’s the fault of your judgement that you died…but, realistically, gravity accelerating you towards the ground was the cause. You get my meaning?
Carol :I don’t think this is working out
Theus: Can you give me directions to the nearest bar?
***
9:45
Sarah: This is so weird. I hope you know that I don’t ever do things like this.
Theus: I don’t, but it doesn’t really matter.
Sarah: What?
Theus: There is no reason I would know that. Actually, aside from your name, literally the only thing I know about you is that you do, indeed, do this sort of thing. But it doesn’t matter.
Sarah: What is that supposed to mean?
Theus: I don’t know, just what I said. Look, forget about it, it’s been an odd day.
Sarah: Fine, but what the hell did you mean by it?
Theus: It was a pretty straight forward declarative sentence; I don’t really know how to parse it any further. Let’s just put it in the past.
Sarah: Why are you being so hostile?
Theus: I’m sorry. I didn’t think I was being hostile. I don’t feel hostile…well, I didn’t…until you started accusing me, of things.
Sarah: So do you show up to stuff like this to be an asshole and make people feel stupid.
Theus: Uh, no…for the most part I try to get laid. Obviously, you’d probably feel stupid after…but there would be a whole order of operations thing going on in my favour.
Sarah: You are the saddest, most pathetic, least likeable person I’ve ever met.
Theus: You know what; I actually do feel a little hostile.
***
10:05pm
Artemis: I’m a Wiccan, does that bother you?
Theus: Not immediately.
Artemis: Because a lot of people who were raised in a conservative environment are uncomfortable with it. Were you raised religious?
Theus: I don’t know that I was raised that way, but it sort of came about as a natural side effect. It’s not an organized belief structure, but there are some things that make sense to me as opposed to other things.
Artemis: Do you believe in god?
Theus: Yeah, a few of them. Though I suspect I’m coming at it from a different place than most. Do you just…Wiccan-about, or do you have other hobbies.
Artemis: I knit, and restore custom bicycles. Plus I work two shifts a week at a womyn’s occult bookstore.
Theus: Sounds lucrative.
***
10:15
Julie: To be clear from the outset I don’t date adult men that:
- Still live with their parents
- Don’t have a job
- Have roommates
- Make less the 30000$ a year
Are you cool with that?
Theus: Well, I:
- don’t know who owns my house, but I’m fairly certain my parents are dead
- I don’t live with any other…people
- I own my business
- I’m pretty sure I made a lot more than that last year but I’d have to check with my accountant
Julie: I hope that wasn’t too off putting, but It seems fairer to say that upfront before my charm sets in and I have to disqualify you.
Theus: You’re very compassionate. And I appreciate you keeping that charm on such a tight, tight, lockdown.
Julie: You’re welcome. What kind of business do you own?
Theus: I grow and distribute holistic medicine. I’m also a partner in a Tele-sales venture that I know almost nothing about.
Julie: Industrious.
Theus: Self sufficiency was thrust upon me at a young age. I tend to get by.
Julie: So not a lot of parental involvement?
Theus: My family believed in the Sea Monkey School of child rearing, just dump them in the water and hope they build castles.
Julie: A self made man, eh. How’s the workmanship?
Theus: Shoddy from the ground up, but I’m not above taking on a contractor.
***
(Continued in Part 3)
I’m going be playing around with the format from part to part in this one, it might be tad jarring, but It should settle into a few distinct setups that alternate depending on the environment and plot line.
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I have to say, I am enjoying the snippet like conversations. Revealing in a short, concise manner.
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The lost in hell will remember all the chances they had in life to repent.
And this was in addition to some scheduled daily reading and subjective study.
One of the new elements concerning this MMORPG may be the new Galactic Trade Network
as well as the credit system.
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