Chapter Three: marvin_alpha_talk
[Marvin Alpha was being sour and avoiding me and the Broken Kayla] [I approached Marvins manager, “what’s up with Alpha?”] [“Have you talked to him?” “Weeeellllll,”]“Has anyone talked to him?!” I demanded.
[I realized, not a single one of these Marvins was going to do anything about it. One thing that had rubbed off on me from Kaylas: if there’s a problem, whether technical or social, the thing to do is immediately go and fix it.]“I’m going to go talk to him.”
“Woah, woah, woah! [He’s in a really touchy/unstable mental state]! [You’ll mess things up]”
Me angry now, “what do you think’s going to happen to his mental state from everyone avoiding him?” [Resonance of “I hate Marvin’s! Marvin’s never solve the problem!”]
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I wasn’t entirely like Kayla. I didn’t stomp over and knock on Alpha’s door while I was still angry. I collected myself first.
????? knock
“can I come in? I just want to talk. It’s me, Kazon”
“go to hell!” [Even knowing this was going to be a conflict, I was surprised by how seriously aggrieved he sounded]
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[Marvin Alpha beat around the bush, POV pushes for what’s the real issue]“you brought a Kayla here!”
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[If I can justify them being on cams right now:] [Alpha wants to say more [about hating Kayla] but glances at the cameras] [Kazon calls management, "requesting authorization to temporarily turn off cameras in this room, look we’re in the interior of the building and we’re not doing anything remotely time travel,] [... or possibly they are not normally that strict with the cams, so Alpha just carefully verifies that they aren’t on cams, when they already aren’t. “This room isn’t on cams right? It’s in the middle of the building and not a time travel lab, [checks on the computer anyway]”]“I hate Kaylas! I hate every single one of them, I never want to see any of them again, I don’t want to hear their [negative description] voices,
“I can’t talk to anyone about this, I can’t mess it up for the rest of you, the rest of you damn Marvins are working so well with her. And that was okay while I could just stay here and ignore that there were Kaylas in the other half of the building, but then YOU screwed it up! ?????”
(Maybe Kazon gets defensive? It’s not like he is a perfect therapist at this point anyway)“yeah, yeah, I know this damn Kaylas Management is important so we don’t all get killed by Kayla any more than we’re all going to get killed by Nochli. Why are you even talking to me? You should be out there saving the world, ?????”
“what happened between you and her?”
“I don’t want to mess up the good thing you have going on,”
“look, I get it! Do you think if you tell me you had a big fight, I won’t be able to work with Kaylas tomorrow? I don’t go a day without being frustrated with her either, I don’t like being yelled at, I don’t like standing around while she’s arguing with each other about the finer points of when you’re morally obligated to kill people. But –” But at least she doesn’t [avoid issues] like you Marvins. I didn’t say that one. “Look, just tell me what happened and then it will be over with
"[some sort of protest, maybe “no you’ll keep worrying about it”]“
“Oh for God’s sakes. Are you saying it’s some kind of infohazard? If it’s an infohazard then [we can do a time travel thing where you tell me and then if I’m harmed by it then we go back in time,]
[Alpha blurting out an interruption] “[actual thing he was most upset about from the fight]” Approximate readability: 6.05 (2669 characters, 677 words, 38 sentences, 3.94 characters per word, 17.82 words per sentence)
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