Wellspring Arms & Meditation Center, Monday

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It was earlier than usual for Cable to walk down the stairs clinging tenaciously (or, alternatively, just holding in a steady kind of way) to his cup of coffee, slapping a paper down on his desk and booting up the laptop before putting the Open sign on the door.

He had something on his mind, but it wasn't unusual. He settled in his chair with the paper, scanning the news.

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Talk to Cable

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And his coffee.

Re: Talk to Cable

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Deadpool was there, vaguely wondering if he was supposed to be the usual suspect.

But then, really, he should even know it was on the list. But he did. He read the OCD, after all.

And he LOVES that icon.

Luckily these thoughts would disappear shortly before he made it to Nate's desk.

"Hey, Nate!"

Re: Talk to Cable

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Well, you never did quite know. It may have been Nate's sense of humor talking, but honestly, he just wasn't enough of a fourth wall breaker to pass any real comment.

"Hey Wade," Nate echoed, sipping his coffee.

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"How are things? The kids? The... guns?" Wade asked, hopping up to sit on the corner of Nate's desk.

He should just get a chair for in front of his desk already. Solve this problem.

Re: Talk to Cable

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"Things are fine."

Nate automatically shifted the laptop so Wade wouldn't end up squatting on it. That seemed like it might get costly.

He considered getting a chair.

"You've been talking to Ino." Which was both an answer to the second question while he automatically established the reason as to how that entire ANTM business had come up in the first place. Multi-tasking.

Re: Talk to Cable

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"She asked about killing people," Wade replied with a shrug. "Thought she deserved an answer about the fun times of the first kill."

A beat. "Oh, and the subsequent mental breakdown that happens later on."

Re: Talk to Cable

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Nate hadn't known that. But now he did. Funny how that worked.

Not that it showed. "She did." Pause. "She does."

Re: Talk to Cable

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"And since everyone seems so darn focused on keeping the kids from finding out about the less happy side of it all, I was being respons--" He started snickering. "I can't even say it."

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Oh, hey, look. Another candidate for "usual suspect" -- one who couldn't read the OCD -- was walking by, as he seemed to do every Monday. This time, he told himself, he wasn't going to go in, as it just seemed to be useless. Instead, he was planning on staring longingly through the window until Cable got annoyed chased him off.

... Oh, hey! Deadpool was there! Change of plans!

He wiped the grin off his face, walked into the store, and bowed respectfully. "Sifu Deadpool," he intoned. "The honorable Mr. Cable here tells me you think I am too unpredictable to own a gun. Although you are my favorite teacher, I must respectfully disagree with your opinion, and I was hoping the three of us could discuss the matter and come to some manner of mutual understanding."

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...

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(Ellipses are fun.)

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"What's sifu mean?"

Re: Talk to Cable

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"You're not getting a gun." Yes, that really was all Cable had to say on the subject. It seemed like the only sensible thing.

Re: Talk to Cable

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So Cable was going to be like that, which meant he'd have to try buttering up Rikku instead. Still, all roads start with Deadpool.

"It means..." Sokka grasped for a synonym. "It's a term of respect, that sort of thing. It means, like, 'teacher', or 'master', or 'mentor', something like that. But more respectful."



...The short answer, which might have helped Deadpool more, but which Sokka didn't know to say, would have been "It's Chinese for 'sensei'."

Re: Talk to Cable

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"Ohhhh." Deadpool kinda liked it. "See, this is why I should have learned Chinese instead of Klingon," He commented, looking back at Nate.

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"It's not Chinese," Sokka insisted. "It's... Okay, maybe it is. I don't know. Chinese writing is disturbingly like the writing on my world."

Then he remembered himself and bowed. "...sir," he added. "You deserve the title, because you are awesome."

Re: Talk to Cable

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Jamie bounced into the shop looking chipper.

"Hey Cable. I want to buy a gun that's almost as big as me. I'd also like a big belt with TONS of pouches. Can you arrange that?"

Re: Talk to Cable

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Cable sat in the store looking... like Cable. And not looking up. "No."

Re: Talk to Cable

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Ed opened the door carefully, looking around. "You have a store?" he asked sounding a bit surprised.

Re: Talk to Cable

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"Yes," Cable replied, echoing, "I have a store." He glanced up from the paperwork. "There's not much point in asking 'can I help you'."

Re: Talk to Cable

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"Nah, I don't like guns," he said, turning slowly to look around.

Re: Talk to Cable

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"They're a means to an end," Cable noted, simply. "It's only one half of the store."

Re: Talk to Cable

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"They're only good for one thing," Ed remarked as he turned back to Cable. "What's the other half?"

Re: Talk to Cable

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"Meditation," Cable replied, smirking faintly. "To bring some consideration to the 'one thing'."

Shooting Range

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But only with Cable's permission. Detective Montoya's name is currently the only one on the list.

Well. Beyond the phrase 'the usual suspect'.

Meditation Room

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Mod your meditation or ask Cable for help.

OOC

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Busy-ish today but around. One day, I will have naps. One day.