hello

simplicity has started a new game with the following players:
simplicity

" S T A R T G A M E : t r u e "{ " g a m e I d " : " 1 7 1 9 6 4 8 4 8 3 " , " p l a y e r L i s t " : [ " s i m p l i c i t y " ] , " r o l l N u m b e r " : 0 , " c u r r e n t P l a y e r " : 0 , " d i c e " : { " f a c e s " : [ 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 ] , " r e r o l l " : [ t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e ] } , " s c o r e 0 " : { " 1 " : n u l l , " 2 " : n u l l , " 3 " : n u l l , " 4 " : n u l l , " 5 " : n u l l , " 6 " : n u l l , " p l a y e r " : n u l l , " u p _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " b o n u s " : n u l l , " 3 k " : n u l l , " 4 k " : n u l l , " s s " : n u l l , " l s " : n u l l , " f h " : n u l l , " y a h _ t o k e n " : n u l l , " y " : n u l l , " c " : n u l l , " y a h _ b o n u s " : 0 , " b o t _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " g _ t o t a l " : n u l l } , " o w n e r " : " s i m p l i c i t y " , " s t a t u s " : " r e a d y " , " r o u n d " : 0 , " l a s t P o s t " : 1 7 1 9 6 4 8 4 8 3 }

simplicity has started a new game with the following players:
simplicity

" S T A R T G A M E : t r u e "{ " g a m e I d " : " 1 7 1 9 6 4 8 3 3 3 " , " p l a y e r L i s t " : [ " s i m p l i c i t y " ] , " r o l l N u m b e r " : 0 , " c u r r e n t P l a y e r " : 0 , " d i c e " : { " f a c e s " : [ 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 ] , " r e r o l l " : [ t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e ] } , " s c o r e 0 " : { " 1 " : n u l l , " 2 " : n u l l , " 3 " : n u l l , " 4 " : n u l l , " 5 " : n u l l , " 6 " : n u l l , " p l a y e r " : n u l l , " u p _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " b o n u s " : n u l l , " 3 k " : n u l l , " 4 k " : n u l l , " s s " : n u l l , " l s " : n u l l , " f h " : n u l l , " y a h _ t o k e n " : n u l l , " y " : n u l l , " c " : n u l l , " y a h _ b o n u s " : 0 , " b o t _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " g _ t o t a l " : n u l l } , " o w n e r " : " s i m p l i c i t y " , " s t a t u s " : " r e a d y " , " r o u n d " : 0 , " l a s t P o s t " : 1 7 1 9 6 4 8 3 3 3 }

me, but it's 5pm here. I'm sewing, trying to remember how I did the zipper last time I made this bag.

Rendition

simplicity has started a new game with the following players:
simplicity

" S T A R T G A M E : t r u e "{ " g a m e I d " : " 1 7 1 9 6 4 8 1 8 4 " , " p l a y e r L i s t " : [ " s i m p l i c i t y " ] , " r o l l N u m b e r " : 0 , " c u r r e n t P l a y e r " : 0 , " d i c e " : { " f a c e s " : [ 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 ] , " r e r o l l " : [ t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e ] } , " s c o r e 0 " : { " 1 " : n u l l , " 2 " : n u l l , " 3 " : n u l l , " 4 " : n u l l , " 5 " : n u l l , " 6 " : n u l l , " p l a y e r " : n u l l , " u p _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " b o n u s " : n u l l , " 3 k " : n u l l , " 4 k " : n u l l , " s s " : n u l l , " l s " : n u l l , " f h " : n u l l , " y a h _ t o k e n " : n u l l , " y " : n u l l , " c " : n u l l , " y a h _ b o n u s " : 0 , " b o t _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " g _ t o t a l " : n u l l } , " o w n e r " : " s i m p l i c i t y " , " s t a t u s " : " r e a d y " , " r o u n d " : 0 , " l a s t P o s t " : 1 7 1 9 6 4 8 1 8 4 }

simplicity has started a new game with the following players:
simplicity

" S T A R T G A M E : t r u e "{ " g a m e I d " : " 1 7 1 9 6 4 7 9 3 9 " , " p l a y e r L i s t " : [ " s i m p l i c i t y " ] , " r o l l N u m b e r " : 0 , " c u r r e n t P l a y e r " : 0 , " d i c e " : { " f a c e s " : [ 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 ] , " r e r o l l " : [ t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e , t r u e ] } , " s c o r e 0 " : { " 1 " : n u l l , " 2 " : n u l l , " 3 " : n u l l , " 4 " : n u l l , " 5 " : n u l l , " 6 " : n u l l , " p l a y e r " : n u l l , " u p _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " b o n u s " : n u l l , " 3 k " : n u l l , " 4 k " : n u l l , " s s " : n u l l , " l s " : n u l l , " f h " : n u l l , " y a h _ t o k e n " : n u l l , " y " : n u l l , " c " : n u l l , " y a h _ b o n u s " : 0 , " b o t _ t o t a l " : n u l l , " g _ t o t a l " : n u l l } , " o w n e r " : " s i m p l i c i t y " , " s t a t u s " : " r e a d y " , " r o u n d " : 0 , " l a s t P o s t " : 1 7 1 9 6 4 7 9 3 9 }

#r-leoplace Leo's parents cut him off, and Holly pays for an apartment for him.

hmmm

leaves it to ponder for now

Apartment
"It's not that serious…" lied Holly. But you weren't ready to hear about how their secret, professional, criminal lives chained them together in a way that made it impossible to extricate the physical from emotional, financial and sexual.

Didn't even math in the absolute Factor that was Dax, either.

No, even in this most stripped-down and Leo-friendly version of things, it was barely explicable. "Ultimately it's just a relationship — unconventional, non-traditional as it is. It works or it doesn't."

…and that is where Holly separated from normal, in the most dramatic fashion. For so many people, including basically every single one of her friends, the relationship was everything. It was worth killing or dying over, not that any of her normal friends even knew what that meant. It was worth burning bridges, betraying or neglecting family, it was worth academic probation, impulsive decisions that might chase them all throughout their lives.

All to sate the need to feel wanted.

She… knew of that, at a distant and empirical level, but she was fundamentally broken in a way.

Holly never counted herself over-clever, but there was a faint satisfaction deep within her, manifesting in the smallest smile, as she leaned and listened, anticipated the latest deluge of questions. Only for her predicting it, rather than the content of the questions or her (in)ability to answer.

What she disagreed with was that she gave you anything, and maybe it was obvious for the timing of her wry, humorless grin and subtle shake of her head. "Yeah maybe, playa. I think it's dangerous for me to think I enabled anything, to take even the smallest ownership out of your internal journey."

The bag plumed the most wholesome of bakery smells, and she tugged it closed. "Can't answer any of that for you. Just… you represent a paradox of traits I don't see combined anywhere else, I uh… h-hey, you wanna take this to a hotel? A complete lack of furniture is bumming me out."

Thank you, and rest well when the time comes. I think you're right and I just might (like the podcast) and I've got to talk to Medicare bit about the plan, and then it'll be a done deal.

Have a great night!

tiptoeing through my own tulips, thinking about redecorating a bit. It's been too long.

hmmmm.

drinks more, talking some with the bartender

If you get a hankering, try it out. I think you'll like it.

Good luck with the plan!

That's a fascinating topic! I hear people who work in the field often have some great dark humor that keeps them going. True crime is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Yes, and it's actually kind of exciting because I found a great plan, I think, that will make some positive changes for me.

Anyway, thanks for stopping in!

Very good in my experience.

It's a "True Crime Comedy" Podcast called My Favorite Murder. They add in some humor to horrible true crime stories to better deal with telling them. They're very
funny and have quite the following, apparently.

Insurance, very important!

drinks quietly while still alone