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[julienned]

[this sure is another mutant pile post]

All right everyone. Some of us have been signed up for this stupid counselling thing. Who has been?

[the whiteboard now has the following:
Barnaby Brooks (Sofia), Amasawe Chitose (Sofia), Lincoln Lee (Sofia), Dante (Jay), Raine Sage (Jay), Takenaka Hanbei (Jay, Julian), Vanessa Nightray (Jay), Hasegawa Taizo (Jay), Annie Sawyer (Julian), Wild Tiger (Julian), Hanna Cross (Santo), Peter Bishop (Santo, Josh) Roxie Richter (Santo), Schuldig (Santo),  Professor Stein (Santo), Nico Robin (Josh), Rakushan (Josh), Klavier Gavin (Josh),  "Earth" (Josh).
with photos of each counselor. NOT CREEPY AT ALL.]

Comments

[romeowned]

[pointedly looking at the board]

Really.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

I don't even remember being this naive.

[romeowned]

I'm not being naive. You're acting too paranoid about this whole thing.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

I'm not paranoid.

[romeowned]

Could've fooled me.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how bad it gets so shut up.

[romeowned]

Or what? Getting angry with me isn't going to do any good, either. This is being too paranoid, Julian. Putting up their names and pictures "just in case"? That's going overboard.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

It's not! I've been here almost fifteen months, most of them on my own, and you're saying I don't know what this place is like? You just arrived!

[romeowned]

That's not what I'm saying.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

It's what you're implying.

[romeowned]

I'm not implying anything. You're just hearing what you want to hear.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

That's what you're doing!

[romeowned]

I said you were being paranoid. That's it. That's all I meant.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

I'm not being paranoid.

[romeowned]

So you've said, I know.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

And you don't believe me.

[romeowned]

I know you don't think you're being paranoid.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Name any adult here who you'd trust with all of us.

[romeowned]

[.... damn it]

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

There you go. In fact, if you can find anyone here you'd trust with all of us, I'll step down as leader and support them.

[romeowned]

What? Nobody wants to find someone to replace you, and I don't plan to start looking, either.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

I am that confident you won't find anyone.

[romeowned]

I'm not going to try, Julian.

[needsahandjob.livejournal.com]

Then you agree I'm doing the right thing.

[romeowned]

... You've got the right idea about looking out for us, at least. I'm just still not a fan of going about it like this.