Just... better? I don't know. I'd say don't start shit with people, but I do that all the time. I think you've been doing fine. Even you and Finnick seemed to be getting along when you tormented me in the shop.
I understand jokes. Your delivery could use some work.
[...but that was why he had liked that joke. Because he could eat a clock. It was FUNNY. what is wrong with you, Nina. ] But I asked if you would. Not me.
[Time to have someone intervene because the joke is already dead, they don't need to keep killing it.]
[He closed his eyes, looking like he was in actual, physical pain. Well, penance was not supposed to feel good, else it would not be penance, would it. Maybe that was another difference between his world and everyone else's--in his, laughing at somebody else hurt. ]
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NO
I'VE NEVER TRIED EATING A CLOCK
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What am I supposed to say???
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'no
why?'
And then I would say
'good because I hear it is very time consuming'
and then you are supposed to laugh
for some reason
and then we bond.
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voice
What do you want, Nina. [Other than RUINING HIS LIFE, gosh.]
Also voice
Just wanted to make sure it was actually you and not some doppelganger pretending to be you.
Why are you telling jokes?
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It is me.
I have been assigned penance.
To bond better with people.
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You and I bond well enough without jokes.
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Everything. [Look, he's screwed up A LOT here.]
The Inquisitor assured me these were 'funny' and you would like them. She gave me a whole book.
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You can't just... force jokes and tell people to laugh, Gadriel.
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[Nope they're there forever.]
...Obviously no, I cannot. [At least give him credit for trying?]
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I mean they're supposed to be natural. Or if someone doesn't say the right reply, you don't just yell at them.
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Be better at WHAT. [Please don't say humor especially right now.]
People need to stop being so imprecise.
And to understand jokes.
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I understand jokes. Your delivery could use some work.
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[By picking out items you would wear for sex. It's all context. Context matters.]
What was wrong with my delivery?
It was over TEXT. [How can you screw that up?!?]
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I couldn't figure out your tone, and also... you would eat a clock, so maybe that was just a bad joke to start with.
Here's one my dad always loved: why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field! ( complete with an upward inflection. Really selling this stupid joke. )
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Well. I only wanted to help.
[...but that was why he had liked that joke. Because he could eat a clock. It was FUNNY. what is wrong with you, Nina. ] But I asked if you would. Not me.
[Time to have someone intervene because the joke is already dead, they don't need to keep killing it.]
...I do not understand it.
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It is some kind of bird. [It has the word 'crow' in it. There is no fooling him. ]
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Then, she just starts laughing. Like, crying, coughing, wheezing laughing. )
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[Nina, can't you do anything right? This is not when you laugh. You laughed at the wrong time. He hadn't told a joke yet.]
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( give her a second. She has tears in her eyes. ) Fuck. Well if you came to make me laugh, you managed it.
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I am glad you are amused, Nina.
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voice >>>text
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