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[presgarddihellis]

Who: Katsumori and visitors
When: After Cafeteria Announcement
Where: Katsumori dorms
What: info piling and things
Warnings:

[well, there have been yet more crimes committed...]

Comments

[darkholder]

It must have been a fairly lucrative job.

[ordimame]

[. . . . . . sweats. . .]

Well. . . enough. It's not like I'm rich or anything, I just can afford to take the time off.

[he is loaded]

[darkholder]

What did you do for work, then?

[ordimame]

I was. . . sort of a jack of all trades? I worked as an airplane mechanic for a while. Then I was a sushi chef. . . though my latest job was in international trading.

So something similar to what you do, I think.

[darkholder]

What a unique career progression...

[ordimame]

. . . it wasn't so much progression as it was. . .

[. . .]

Reinventing myself each time.

[darkholder]

Oh. Why did you do that?

[ordimame]

Mid-life crisis?

[lol]

[darkholder]

[pauses]

How long is the typical lifespan where you're from...?

[ordimame]

Around. . . eighty?

. . . quarter-life crisis?

[darkholder]

Is that normal, where you come from?

[ordimame]

. . . no.

I think it's just an excuse people use to justify their erratic decisions.

[darkholder]

Like dramatic career changes...?

[ordimame]

[hahaha. . .]

You could say I have a problem with. . . knowing who I am? Every time I changed jobs, it was out of an attempt to find myself.

I'm still looking, by the way.

[darkholder]

...I'm not quite certain I understand that idea.

[ordimame]

[wryly]

I wouldn't worry about it too much, then.

[darkholder]

It was more curiosity than worry, but noted all the same. I hope you... find yourself...?

[ordimame]

He's got to be somewhere out there. I'll stumble across him eventually.

[darkholder]

[after a moment]

Who would you like him to be?

[ordimame]

[oh]

[he. was not expecting that question]

[someone honest, he almost says. someone hardworking and reliable! the kind of person who is happy to live a nice, quiet, normal life.]

[. . .]

I don't know.

[darkholder]

Well, I'd think that's the first question you should be asking, then.

[ordimame]

[hah]

[. . .]

I'd like to be someone who can do something good in the world.

[darkholder]

Is that difficult, where you're from?

[ordimame]

[softly]

It can be.

[darkholder]

[not as soft, but a bit more somber]

I understand. I'm sorry it's been that way for you.