dr_conscience | [ 54th consult; action ]

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[ James Wilson is, by a rule, not generally the kind of person you would be inclined to call lucky. So it is that he winds up being cursed every now and again, and today is just one of those lucky days for him. He's made a few stops himself, sitting down and finding himself having a typical first-date conversation. (Almost luckily, he has a formula for such conversations.)

By now, a day of impromptu dating has worn on him and it's time to grab a bite to eat. As such, he has a sandwich, and he's seated at a small, inviting 2-person table, in a friendly cafe just off the square. Should anyone feel so inclined, they would be most welcome to join him. Really. He has no choice but to feel that way. ]

[ooc: As it says, open to anyone~ ]

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Oh, I don't know; there's a lot to be said for sitting around and having a series of short, high-pressure conversations, don't you think?

[ And that is punctuated with a smirk. Wilson's, by a rule, more inclined to be friendly and casual on a first date than ask a bunch of bizarre questions or pick-up lines. It makes it a lot more tolerable for him than most people. ]

But yes, I know we're cursed, I just can't seem to do anything about it.

I'd say that really depends on the persons you're having the short, high-pressure conversations with, and I haven't had the best of luck. Some were nice enough, to be fair.

[It also makes him a lot more tolerable than most people, so Cameron relaxes a little.]

Yeah, same here. Well, I can't help the sitting down and talking to people, what I say seems to be pretty much my own mind.

That's a fair call. I can certainly think of a few experiences today I could have done without, but it hasn't been entirely bad.

Sounds like you're in a situation similar to mine. Though, I can't seem to venture too far from friendly chatting. Any attempts at irony have not gone... quite as intended.

[ Clearly, either he's already viewing that with good humor or it's the curse. ]

Bad might be the wrong word. Tiring is better, though also not entirely accurate.

[She shrugs.] I do fine with the biting sarcasm. I might be forced to sit through these dates, but that seems to be about it.

Intrusive might work; even if it's not a negative experience, I generally prefer for my actions to be within my control.

I'd be jealous, but I think I'll consider myself lucky as long as I can keep up my streak of not asking anyone what kind of candy bar they would be.

[ooc: Apologies for late response!! ;; I have been largely out of commission with an awful cold.]

Intrusive is a pretty good one, yeah. But then, I figure most of these curses are.

What kind of-- [He gets a somewhat startled laugh for that, like she didn't expect to actually find him funny.] Now, that's a good one.

It does seem to be the point.

[He just shrugs slightly, not letting himself smirk too much.]

Well, I'd imagine a nougat would find it quite challenging to make things work with a wafer. To be fair, I'm not entirely certain what sort of people those correspond to, but they must be very different.

I suppose so, but really, I wonder what kind of one-dimensional view on people one needs to have to think that it's possible to know basic character traits from a preference for this or that candy.

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