[audio] @vegemight; bad life choice brigade rides again [open]

[magnitudes]

Okay, okay. Okay.

( There’s a sound in the background, probably recognisable to most as a microwave. There’s another sound that might be recognisable to some by now: Sarissa being a little drunk. )

So, tragedy: wet clothes. Disaster, right? I was thinking, I can’t put ‘em in a dryer, ‘cause they’ll shrink. And I can’t put ‘em on a line out in the sun, because this place is a big fuck you to that whole concept, I bet, even in summer.

Problem solved, though. I’m on it.

( She is not, in fact, on it. In fact, though it cannot be seen by the listener or Sarissa, her clothes are starting to smoke, rather than steam. ) Anyways, I was telling Molly about how handy microwaves are, and then I thought: hey. Extra problem solving.

(Off-screen, Molly says:) Uh, Sarissa? Is there supposed to be this much smoke?

Ain’t smoke, mate. It’s steam. ( She’ll be right. There’s a long pause, and then— ) oh motherfuck!

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( audio | un: warlock )

[necromantiae]

Please tell me you didn't actually do what it sounds like you did.

( does he need to go help put out a fire? )

un: mollymauk

[mollymocked]

She made it seem so logical. Fortunately, I'm resistant to fire. The Invincible will survive, but now our room smells like burning fabric and smoke.

[necromantiae]

A microwave is for food, not for clothes! Your room is going to smell like that for awhile.

( how lucky for the both of you. )

[mollymocked]

[the most tragic of sounds.]

I'm going back to cooking food over an open flame. You can trust an open flame.

[necromantiae]

You can. You can also dry clothes on an open flame if you don't hang them too close.

( leave the microwave alone unless you're gonna cook a hot pocket! )

[mollymocked]

Sarissa doesn't seem to like doing things the easy way. I like that about her.

[necromantiae]

I'm sure she keeps things exciting but I would rather the whole building not burn down. It would probably be messy.

( and someone would have to rebuild it and that's tiresome. )

[mollymocked]

That's fair. There's only so many places we can stay, after all. If we lose this place, we're all camping in the cold.

[necromantiae]

And if we're camping in the cold, someone better be cuddling me.

( it's the only way he'd allow it to happen. )

[mollymocked]

What kind of fool camps in the cold without snuggling?

[necromantiae]

A fool with someone to snuggle.

( that's who. )

[magnitudes]

Oh, everyone’s a bloody critic, aren’t they? You know how much shit the greats have gotten for their experiments along the way? They laughed at Edison too, you know.


( mmmmmmaybe )

[necromantiae]

Did you just compare yourself to Edison because you put clothes in the microwave?

( really now? )

[magnitudes]

It was science!

And I got that “They All Laughed” song stuck in my head, so.

[necromantiae]

How was that science? I'm pretty sure science has proven that microwaves are for food and not clothes.

( seems like something you'd see in a journal. )

[magnitudes]

I'd like some citations, thank you. An annotated bibliography to support your claim.

[necromantiae]

That sounds like effort.

( ugh. )

Can't just take my word for it?

[magnitudes]

If we just took people's word for things, then Galileo wouldn't have founded the scientific method. We'd still believe the Earth is flat and that the sun revolves around us. If we are just happy to take people's word for it, then just imagine where the world would be.

( it's good she's not dramatic
or a bullshit artist )

[necromantiae]

I don't even think Galileo would put clothes in a device made for food.

( there was scientific method and then there was just being ridiculous. )

Your's food going to taste burnt and like clothes from here on out.