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Midnight Manor Boarding House, Tuesday Daytime
Marc's office was still there. Which was worth noting because he could make it go somewhere. But, yanno, fine. If he had to be in charge of the place might as well have somewhere to be in charge from. Somewhere that didn't involve inviting people into the private residence. (Which was entirely a concern for privacy and not for Watts and Steven's cat who still got skittish around strangers sometimes. Just so that was clear.)
Today Marc was at his desk and using his phone to try to look up information on buying and installing outdoor speakers. Midnight could do a lot of things but creating something electronic that allowed for playing music either on the roof or out by the grill was apparently not on that list.
Getting this done was on Marc's list because... it was getting warmer out and the residents would probably make use of such a thing.
What? That wasn't not a reason.
All of which meant Marc was in his office, regretting the choices in life that led him to try to navigate his way through far too many pop-ups on websites that sold outdoor speakers, and thinking a tiny bit fondly of the days when his annoyances came in the form of people trying to shoot him.
Out front the chalkboard sign had the usual note about rooms available for rent, along with one underneath it which said Come on in, office is to your right. Don't mind Marc, he has other facial expressions, we promise.
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Today Marc was at his desk and using his phone to try to look up information on buying and installing outdoor speakers. Midnight could do a lot of things but creating something electronic that allowed for playing music either on the roof or out by the grill was apparently not on that list.
Getting this done was on Marc's list because... it was getting warmer out and the residents would probably make use of such a thing.
What? That wasn't not a reason.
All of which meant Marc was in his office, regretting the choices in life that led him to try to navigate his way through far too many pop-ups on websites that sold outdoor speakers, and thinking a tiny bit fondly of the days when his annoyances came in the form of people trying to shoot him.
Out front the chalkboard sign had the usual note about rooms available for rent, along with one underneath it which said Come on in, office is to your right. Don't mind Marc, he has other facial expressions, we promise.
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(On the plus side? Arden was not talking to Marc about her love life. Marc was very much for nobody talking to him about their love lives. Steven being an obvious exception.)
Then the details started filtering through to him. So, in no particular order, "You wanna pay that's fine. I'm not taking all your savings though."
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"But..." Arden said. "But once I start paying in earnest, that's gonna be most of my income anyway. So the more I put down now, the longer it is before I have to start to worry."
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"Okay, well I'm not taking most of your income either," Marc said. He pushed the check back toward her. "Put that in an account called 'fuck you money,' all right? That's where that should go. And if you need to start paying on your own we'll work something out."
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And that's what happened when you didn't pay what you owed. You had to leave. That's why she was here.
"I don't know where I'd go. And I'm happy here."
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Definitionally, money was very much the issue!
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Marc, you didn't understand. The world worked very clearly and along very specific principles. And that didn't fit into any of those principles. So either you were wrong, or the whole world was wrong, and the world being wrong opened up new avenues for old wounds to hurt, so clearly it must be you.
"But I owe..."
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Wait.
No, Steven was going to somehow be less reasonable about this than Marc was. Watts? Hmm, a possibility, but doubtful.
"I've gotta think about this," Arden said, snatching the check off his desk. "I've gotta--" maybe cry some "--go. Think. I can't--I gotta go."
And then she fled. But still better than talking about feelings or relationships!
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Steven was probably going to be less reasonable about, yeah.