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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-27 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I meant the concerning parts of the tree—miracle apples and a voice of temptation.

Was it meant to have a different purpose?
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-27 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
To... be a tree? [ wow. what purpose. incredible. ] There wasn't anything in the church backyard, and on Earth those have... graves, and obviously that was out of the question. So. Tree. I don't remember why we settled on a fruit tree.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-27 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
... Just a tree... What a mess.

[ jesus christ ]
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I know. I know. Who knows what would've happened if we'd decided to put in a vegetable garden or something.

[ evil whispering carrots ]
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-28 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think it being vegetables would make it less enticing, actually?

[ do people eat enough veggies, it's a joke. ]
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, why didn't we make it broccoli.

[ very serious reply (no) ]
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-28 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Right, right. Who could tolerate broccoli for a miracle? Certainly not me.

[ obviously. ]

Workload has been manageable, otherwise?
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
No one would damn their soul for a piece of magic broccoli. But it's a good thing we didn't do beans.

[ jokes aside; ]

It's fine. Honestly, no matter how hectic things get here, it's less work than I'm used to. It's just more stressful because I've got less control over it.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-02-28 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
Your project that you mentioned would have maybe taken eight weeks to explain to me, I remember.

[ Thinks about it because it sounds insane to compare, but then he moves his head side to side before one shoulder draws up for a half shrug. ]

I suppose I'd find this less work as well... And be as frustrated by the same reasons as you.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-02-28 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. It's not personal; even with people who understand the technology I use on the same level I do, it can trip them up. Takes a while for them to even wrap their head around the scale of what I did. Without that basis, it becomes... just throwing out terms at you you've got no chance of understanding.

[ and she sighs ]

If it wasn't for that interference... It's insidious and I swear it's taunting us.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-01 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't take it personally, don't worry. Usually, at that point, I think explaining the intention and result makes it easier.

[ Shortcuts. ]

Fortunately, the souls are simply lost, you all said. It's not comforting for us, but... Better than exterminated.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-01 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I think too.

It's pretty much impossible to fully exterminate a soul. It's just a matter of the soul taking longer to heal itself, depending on the damage. It's something, at least.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-01 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Then, in a way, there's all the time in the world. [ Nothing? Too urgent? ] Still frustrating nonetheless.

Would you be up for a game, then? Think of it as a break.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-01 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Uh. Sure? What kind of game?
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-02 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Is chess too boring for you?

[ Likely the only one he knows. ]
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-02 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Not at all. I used to play with my dad.
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[personal profile] obdure 2025-03-02 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Then let's see if he taught you well.
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[personal profile] configurer 2025-03-02 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, he definitely did.