[Because, again, they don't have friends, because why make friends you're going to have to lie to or, inadvertently, eat. But rather than dwell on that depressing thought--]
[He's on the verge of laughing now; he picks up his mug of tea and takes a sip, trying to disguise that somewhat. George doesn't like being laughed at--who does, yeah, but George is particularly screechy about it sometimes.]
D'you know the definition of the word, George, because--generally--a lie is meant t' be something untrue. We've already established you're crap at lying, so saying that as if it's a lie...
[Who could have seen this coming? George gets screechy. Immediately.]
Mitchell, I am not crap at lying! I - I - I am marvelous at lying, and we also established nothing so I can see that you are a very good liar since you - you lied right there, right then, and - I - you - Stop laughing, it's not funny!
[Yes, this was sort of expected, and he winces a little--but he's also laughing still, sorry George--]
One of these days, mate, I'm going t' record you, you're going to see exactly why I'm laughing-- it's all right, you can be crap at lying, it's really all right. We'll handle the lying for you. You can do the, uh, tidying up afterwards.
Is that what I'm good for for you? Doing the tidying? Oh, sure, George, he's good for his skill with getting up the grime from the grout, isn't he, we can keep him around for that -
[Oh, and now they're approaching the sonic levels that only dogs can here, and that's not even a dogs-and-werewolves joke, that's just George, hitting the high notes, so to speak, and Mitchell winces as he leans back, sticking his little finger in his ear and jimmying it around a bit. Christ.]
All right, all right, calm down-- keep it together-- you know you're good for more than that-- after all, who would do the wash and the cooking and all--
[But before George shatters every bit of glassware in the house, as well as the sound barrier, probably, Mitchell sits forward with a placating gesture. Shhh.]
Kidding! You're a valuable integral part of our criminal mastermind team--and not for the tidying or the wash or the fussy bits. Just because you're integral. We are a unified team. All right?
Oh, yes, of course. Unified. You're just trying to placate me, and I'm going to have none of it, Mitchell, I'm not going to be taken in by you trying to placate me. It's fine, George is only good for the wash, I understand completely, why would I ever think differently -
[But his voice has gone down a good hundred hertz at this point, and he's more pouting than ranting now. In spite of his oaths that he can't be placated...he's perfectly placated.]
[But he is going to come out on top on this one, he can feel it--George has already settled down a bit, and his voice isn't near as screamy, though he's doing that annoyed Mitchell that he does when he's good and properly irritated, but he can work him down from that as well.
Conspiratorially, he leans forward.]
Who set up the DVD player? Eh? Wasn't me, I'm shit with technology, and it spazzes out when Annie tries too much with it. And--and!--who remembered to change the clocks for daylight savings. And-- [A little louder, in case George tries to butt in; this is the cherry on top of the argument and must be heard--] --and who is going t' make the finest cake anyone in this house has ever seen, and, likely will ever see again?
Nah. You'd better stick to it. I think I spazz 'em out a little as well, some sort of bein'-- dead thing--
[He waggles his fingers, vaguely. This is a bad excuse and he knows it. But George's "it's really easy" lessons are never in fact really easy, and George will probably end up taking apart the bloody DVD player to explain it from the core, and, you know, there are about six hundred problems with that one. Most of these problems are DVDs, on a shelf up in Mitchell's room, that he would very much like to watch, and not have to worry about George taking out cogs and gears and things when he wants to watch.]
So, uh. That's that. Hey, here, tell you what, mate, you make a list of cake things, I'll go to the shop for you. How's that.
[He wants to hold onto his huffiness and outrage, but that's too great an offer to turn down or ignore. Mitchell. Doing the shopping. Offering to do it in George's place. Being offended is one thing, but not having to go and deal with that is worth all the outrage in the world.]
Actually, that would be...really great. I was going to go after work, but I'm stuck doing the three to eleven, so the shop would be closed by then...
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Date: 2013-05-17 06:48 pm (UTC)[Because, again, they don't have friends, because why make friends you're going to have to lie to or, inadvertently, eat. But rather than dwell on that depressing thought--]
Right. So tell me a lie, then.
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Date: 2013-05-17 09:01 pm (UTC)[Quick, think of a lie, think of a lie, don't just say "beg pardon" to buy time, think of a really good one and - ]
Beg pardon?
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Date: 2013-05-17 09:42 pm (UTC)That's your lie. 'Beg pardon'.
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Date: 2013-05-17 09:54 pm (UTC)[And he seems nervous and sketchy even when telling this thing, which is the truth.]
I am a very bad liar.
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Date: 2013-05-18 12:48 pm (UTC)[He's on the verge of laughing now; he picks up his mug of tea and takes a sip, trying to disguise that somewhat. George doesn't like being laughed at--who does, yeah, but George is particularly screechy about it sometimes.]
D'you know the definition of the word, George, because--generally--a lie is meant t' be something untrue. We've already established you're crap at lying, so saying that as if it's a lie...
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Date: 2013-05-18 03:01 pm (UTC)Mitchell, I am not crap at lying! I - I - I am marvelous at lying, and we also established nothing so I can see that you are a very good liar since you - you lied right there, right then, and - I - you - Stop laughing, it's not funny!
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Date: 2013-05-19 10:27 pm (UTC)One of these days, mate, I'm going t' record you, you're going to see exactly why I'm laughing-- it's all right, you can be crap at lying, it's really all right. We'll handle the lying for you. You can do the, uh, tidying up afterwards.
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Date: 2013-05-19 10:51 pm (UTC)[He only works himself into an even worse tizzy.]
Is that what I'm good for for you? Doing the tidying? Oh, sure, George, he's good for his skill with getting up the grime from the grout, isn't he, we can keep him around for that -
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Date: 2013-05-20 02:47 pm (UTC)All right, all right, calm down-- keep it together-- you know you're good for more than that-- after all, who would do the wash and the cooking and all--
[But before George shatters every bit of glassware in the house, as well as the sound barrier, probably, Mitchell sits forward with a placating gesture. Shhh.]
Kidding! You're a valuable integral part of our criminal mastermind team--and not for the tidying or the wash or the fussy bits. Just because you're integral. We are a unified team. All right?
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Date: 2013-05-20 03:04 pm (UTC)[But his voice has gone down a good hundred hertz at this point, and he's more pouting than ranting now. In spite of his oaths that he can't be placated...he's perfectly placated.]
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Date: 2013-05-20 07:01 pm (UTC)[But he is going to come out on top on this one, he can feel it--George has already settled down a bit, and his voice isn't near as screamy, though he's doing that annoyed Mitchell that he does when he's good and properly irritated, but he can work him down from that as well.
Conspiratorially, he leans forward.]
Who set up the DVD player? Eh? Wasn't me, I'm shit with technology, and it spazzes out when Annie tries too much with it. And--and!--who remembered to change the clocks for daylight savings. And-- [A little louder, in case George tries to butt in; this is the cherry on top of the argument and must be heard--] --and who is going t' make the finest cake anyone in this house has ever seen, and, likely will ever see again?
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Date: 2013-05-20 07:45 pm (UTC)I really can show you how to do the DVD player, it's really easy, you know...
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Date: 2013-05-20 09:13 pm (UTC)Nah. You'd better stick to it. I think I spazz 'em out a little as well, some sort of bein'-- dead thing--
[He waggles his fingers, vaguely. This is a bad excuse and he knows it. But George's "it's really easy" lessons are never in fact really easy, and George will probably end up taking apart the bloody DVD player to explain it from the core, and, you know, there are about six hundred problems with that one. Most of these problems are DVDs, on a shelf up in Mitchell's room, that he would very much like to watch, and not have to worry about George taking out cogs and gears and things when he wants to watch.]
So, uh. That's that. Hey, here, tell you what, mate, you make a list of cake things, I'll go to the shop for you. How's that.
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Date: 2013-05-20 10:42 pm (UTC)Actually, that would be...really great. I was going to go after work, but I'm stuck doing the three to eleven, so the shop would be closed by then...