INBOX for purgastory

[aerodynamic]

HELLO

"Yo. Is this thing on?"

GOODBYE

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[vacuous]

That's what I'm doing right now.

Quit my job. Don't... know if I can deal with trying again right now, so...

Maybe I'll finish my degree... study abroad. Get a job there instead.

[aerodynamic]

[ there is the disconnect here. ]

If you could pick, where would you go? I never really thought about studying abroad or anything, but the world's kinda huge.

[vacuous]

Rugname...

[ Lowkey said in the awkward cadence of 'the place I just mentioned' but like not rudely. ]

[aerodynamic]

[ a long awkward pause. ]

... oh. That's a place?

[vacuous]

It's in [ wherever I don't actually know it's probably Europe though. So funny for AG to be mostly realistic with its locations and then we just have Rugname. I know why but still. ]

[aerodynamic]

[ HELP. me like this has to be fake but it's fine. he just kind of blinks slowly because wow, okay, that is... probably a world division? haha, weird. ]

Huh. I'll admit, geography's not my strong suit, so I guess I'm not surprised I have no idea where that is. But you must like it a lot if you studied specifically from it.

[vacuous]

Yeah. I think it has a really storied culture. Tons of history.

[aerodynamic]

If it's something you've been thinking about and what you were originally interested in, I don't see a downside to trying. A chance of pace, maybe even less expensive to live there... who knows?

[vacuous]

Won't know until I try it, but hope so.

[aerodynamic]

... if for some reason it didn't work, do you have a back-up? Where else would you go?

[vacuous]

...

[ If it didn't work out...? ]

I... I don't know.

[ He can't bring himself to go back to work. He'd have a useless degree. He'd be single forever. What would that make him? Just a leech on his parents, useless and alone? ... ]

[aerodynamic]

[ oh. bad. okay, well, what if he simply removes his foot from his mouth to pivot the conversation? ]

I mean I doubt it'll be a problem. You seem dedicated and isn't that half the battle? Or so they say. You seem like you know exactly what you would do when you got there at least. And it'd probably be easier to find more options if you wanted once you were there.

[vacuous]

[ He can tell this is a backtrack, not that he's going to do anything about it. ]

I'm not sure about what job exactly yet. I was going to see once I got there.

[aerodynamic]

[ he's sorry 😭 ]

It can't be any worse than the job I have now if that's any consolation. [ it's a joke to try and lighten the mood. ] And somewhere new would mean it's exciting no matter what.

[vacuous]

You have a job?

[ While still in school? Wow. ]

[aerodynamic]

Oh, yeah. I work at a department store after school and weekends sometimes. And sometimes early mornings. Or late nights. Whenever they schedule me.

[vacuous]

You work pretty hard huh.

[aerodynamic]

[ he sort of shrugs to that. ]

I guess. I like earning my own money and I like helping out where I can, so it kinda works out. Not that I think it's what I want for forever, but it's an option.

[vacuous]

Still... good on you for being proactive.