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[infomodder]

"Gone fishing."

[ so don't leave messages to ruin the after fishing glow !!!

your one stop shop for not leaving him alone ]

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[infomodder]

Not since I was a teenager.
Just been around long enough to hear stories and know that some people aren't always kind to travelers if they think it'll make them an easy buck.

[It is a word now, Jaime.]

[khajidont]

Maybe you should give it a shot. Have you explored much of this world beyond the porter cities? Like your hometown or anything?

[infomodder]

Freddie and I drove to Minnesota back in January. I've done some work at a couple of marinas nearby, and found various places to fish, but that's about it.
I'm not interested in the cities I used to know.

[khajidont]

Too weird for you? I know I thought it was pretty strange when I went back to El Paso

Surreal

[He sends that one as a separate text, because he just remembered the word. It's the only way to describe it, really.]

[infomodder]

Surreal, exactly.
Don't wanna go back to any of my old homes and find used hovercar dealerships or sewage plants or donut shops or apartment complexes or landfills or cemeteries or whatever else.
It's too personal.

[khajidont]

Yeah that makes sense. I've got some friends from a place called San Franokyo because apparently the Japanese community is super huge where they're from? They're checking out San Francisco for the first time. It's gonna be super weird for them

[infomodder]

That sounds weird for me to think about, and I've never even been to San Francisco.
Clever way to name it, though.
Kudos to them if they can handle that sort of weird.

[khajidont]

We'll see if they can or not. It's worth checking out and besides I like San Francisco

[infomodder]

You're going along with them, then?

[khajidont]

Yup. I think everyone in the whole group's going

[infomodder]

That's good.
Maybe you've found the secret to avoiding some of the messes that happen around here.
Just go on a road trip.

[khajidont]

That's what a buddy of mine wound up doing while that infection came around.

I wonder why more of us don't just move away completely. It's not like there are laws against it

[infomodder]

Solidarity
A sense of belonging
Makes it easier to know who's who
Makes it easier to start or end something when we're in clusters
List goes on and on.

[khajidont]

I guess that was a stupid question huh? It's not like I'd move

[infomodder]

Not a stupid question.
I'd have left if I didn't come here and realize that there were already people I knew around.
And then I was lucky enough to find April.
I can't move to a shack in the middle of a swamp to grow one of those beards NOW

[khajidont]

You could always drag her to a swamp shack and see if she wants to grow an amazing beard too

Wait April's your girlfriend?

[infomodder]

I don't think she can grow a beard, but I'll see if she'd like to make an attempt.

Wife. We took a vacation to Puerto Rico in May and made it official.

[khajidont]

WHAT???

[khajidont]

YOU GOT MARRIED HERE??? IN MAY??????

[this may be the most question marks Will will ever receive from Jaime]

[khajidont]

Darn it Will I'm gonna need a better present than a dumb cup. What does she like?

[khajidont]

Oh but first

OK IM DONE

[khajidont]

CONGRATULATIONS!!

[infomodder]

["She likes smooches" isn't gonna fly (badum tish) here, a bluh bluh.]

Thank you.
She likes art made with garbage and animals and food she doesn't have to make for herself.
But you don't have to get us anything.

[khajidont]

Ok those are some niche interests but I'm pretty sure I can swing something.

And of course I do! You got married!! Does she like rats? I bet they have some ratatouille stuff

It's a disney movie about a rat that cooks and I feel like that's a good combination of animals and garbage and food

[infomodder]

Probably, if it's not a real rat. The raccoons don't need that competition hanging around.

I'm not sure if you're calling Disney garbage. Considering one of the parks is in Alabama in this world, I don't think you have to say that for it to be a given.

[southern standards actually exist, do not be alarmed]