pc catchall for dick.

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[shitpost incoming.]

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Too late, I'm keeping it in mind for when a piano mysteriously shows up on top of the bar. [ he's clearly joking, and continues; ] You play?

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Damn. My sinister plan is revealed.

[She nods, though.]

Mhm. Classical. It’s what I was planning to go to school for before getting shoved into the mess we had to deal with.

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Nice. [ he does, actually, sound suitably impressed? music is not one of his (many) skills. I'd you ignore the boyband voice. ] Well, not so much the getting shoved into the mess part, but I think you knew that already. Not a lot of people are trained in classical music anymore, right?

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Yeah. Most people don’t have enough patience for it.

[That isn’t intended as bragging so much as casual misanthropy, but. Getting too excited about anything is Embarrassing, but she does smile a little bit thinking about it, almost unconsciously.]

It’s a good way to pass the time, though.

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I think most people lack patience for most things. [ dick isn't a misanthrope but he is. a realist. though he can't help but huff a bit at her follow-up-- ] Somehow, I doubt it's only passing the time if you're planning to go to school for it.

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—It's not a big deal, is what I meant.

[it obviously is but okay]

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Well, whether it is or not, it's pretty cool. [ casual? ] I don't think I know anyone who can play an instrument. Not even the terrible garage band kind.

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[So, compliments are objectively a good thing, which doesn't really match how slightly uncomfortable she looks right now.]

Garage band stuff isn't an instrument.

[Ah, a purist.]

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[ another thing he takes note of, but her response makes him laugh ]

Hey, I did call it terrible.

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The kazoo is a terrible instrument. Garage band is, like, noise at best.

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Okay, now I just want to know your opinion on EDM.

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[The immediate way she wrinkles her nose like she's just smelled a rotten egg is probably answer enough, honestly.]

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[ he's cackling like, immediately ]

Wow, I think your face just now said it all. Anything recent you don't hate?

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Phillip Glass...?

[That barely counts, but sure.]

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Well, he was still active this century, so I'll allow it.

[ he says, like he has much of an opinion ]

No wonder you thought the speakers were torture. They're bad enough for a regular person with barely any music taste. [ he gestures at himself ]

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Your validation is noted.

If we spend more than a week here, I might pull my own ear drums out, fair warning.

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Surprised it'd take you that long. I want to, and it hasn't even been 48 hours.

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Nerves of steel, Dick. Nerves of steel.

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I guess you have no choice, considering you hate 80% of all music.

[ he's teasing. but he's probably right ]

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Going to the mall is so hard.

[she truly suffers]

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So is it worse or better around Christmas time? At least they've got some classics.

[ he's just being an ass now ]

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[She thinks about it, but.]

Mariah Carey ruined every good thing about Christmas music.

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[ he huffs out a laugh ]

I know at least two people who would fight you over that. Luckily, I'm not one of them.

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I'll win.

[Incredibly unlikely.]

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Maybe in a musical beatdown.