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“Good morning, Seth.”“…good morning, Mr. Starling.”
“It’s been a while since we last saw each other, has it not?”
“…yes.”
“I’m sorry that I could not have been there for your last appointment. I was away on business. It’s not easy running a company, you see.”
“…ok.”
“How are you feeling?”
“Fine.”
“That’s good to hear. I know it has been a difficult adjustment.”
“…adjustment?”
“The loss of your sister. It must have been very difficult.”
“Oh. Yes.”
“She was a wonderful woman, your sister. A genius. She did more for this company than I could ever have hoped for.”
“…yes?”
“She was very concerned for your well-being, Seth.”
“I know.”
“That is why she often brought you here, to the Center, Seth.”
“I…know.”
“Do you like it?”
“Like what?”
“The Center.”
“I guess so.”
“The people at the Center work very hard to make you happy, Seth.”
“…um…”
“We are all very fond of you.”
“Thank you?”
“How would you like to stay here from now on?”
“Here?”
“Yes. Here, at the Center.”
“I…I would rather not.”
“Oh? Why is that?”
“I would rather stay at home with Eric.”
“Really? I thought you didn’t like Eric very much.”
“I do…I didn’t before, but I do now.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Why the sudden change, then?”
“I…I know him better now.”
“Ah. What is it about Eric that you like?”
“He’s…warm.”
“…do you mean that he is kindly?”
“…yes?”
“Hmm. There are plenty of kindly people here at the Center, Seth.”
“I know,”
“We would take very good care of you here, Seth.”
“I’m fine at home, Mr. Starling.”
“I have to say, I believe your sister would have wanted you to stay the Center.”
“…if that was the case, wouldn’t I have stayed at the Center while she was still alive?”
“…”
“Mr. Starling?”
“Well. The offer still stands, if you ever change your mind.”
“…alright…”
“What does Eric think of your visits to the Center?”
“…I don’t know.”
“Has he ever complained?”
“…about the Center?”
“Yes.”
“No.”
“What does he complain about?”
“I, um…I don’t think –“
“Try and remember, Seth.”
“Um…um, traffic? And, um…his sisters, sometimes…”
“Sisters?”
“…yes?”
“What are their names?”
“April and, um…”
“Yes?”
“…Romy. Yeah. Romy.”
“I see. Tell me about them.”
“They’re…nice…”
“What do they do?”
“Do?”
“What are they’re jobs?”
“…I’m not sure…”
“Think, Seth.”
“…um…”
“Think.”
“I…I…”
“Yes?”
“I think…I think…Romy cuts hair and….”
“And?”
“And…and…”
“And?”
“…why do you care?”
“….”
“I’m…I’m sorry…”
“It’s alright, Seth.”
“I didn’t mean to…”
“It is alright, Seth.”
“…thank you.”
“You are welcome.”
“…Mr. Starling?”
“Yes?”
“May I be excused?”
“…yes.”
“Thank you.”
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and it is actually impressesing in Seth that he can answer so shortly without an urge to elaborate for longer on his answers
what happened to Seth's sister? (probaby while asking about it I'm revealing culpable lack of knowledge of the previous stages of the story, because I admit I hasn't been following it from the very begginning, maybe you could show me a part when it's explained if you've already submitted it
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Thank you so much! I love writing dialogue! Seth give short answers probably because he isn't sure how to elaborate. He's not really sure what Mr Starling would like to hear.
I'd link you to the part where Seth's sister is explained, but everytime I try linking that park, it never works! So I'll just tell you.
Seth's 'sister' was Dr Silvia Vention. She designed, created and took care of Seth and was engaged Eric. She was tragically hit by a subway train.
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Everyone in this story is at least a bit friendly... but this installment still seems a bit creepy. Like the "doctors" are gradually shifting their image of Seth as a thing, to Seth as a person. Thing is they're doing it so smoothely, deliberately. Hm... I like the fact that Seth is beginning to involve himself more with people, so that he is starting to see how distant everyone at the center, and even Eric, was. Seth's voice was very strong in this. The way he fails and succeeds with words and understanding is starting to ring very true.
Coolsville.
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Thank you! I feel like I can get more things across with dialogue than discription. I really wanted to show just how wierded out and confused Seth was about everything in general.
I hope the Doctors' shift doesn't seem too smooth...
Thanksinnati
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You should write dialogue, and then sketch movements between the lines. Another thing that I'll bet you could do well is to tell the story first person, but keep the dialogue script-like.
That did come across. I think that the whole thing is like being born fully grown, and suddenly realizing that you weren't always there. He also is having to face a rapidly growing world. He has to start paying attention, but most people treat him as though he already has been. So that's cool.
No, it seems halting and awkward, but he seems on top of it. That's the creepy part. (or else it makes him a candidate for super heroism.)
Ha ha ha ha ha('s Vegas?). We are amused.
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Hmmm…that sounds like a good idea. I’ll try that.
That is definitely an issue that will be addressed. Especially when people start figuring things out.
Mr. Starling is creepy in just about every way. As a candidate for super-heroism…well, he’d probably pair up with Mr. Sinister in the end.
My sister didn’t think you would get it at all(-bany?).
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Cool.
Excited.
Ah, so the plotline will deviate some from the uncertain piling of affections that exist so far. Hmm...
All-bany? That's a lot more specific than Thanksinnatti or Coolsville. You've raised the bar(stow). Was that a bit forced? yes? Hmm...
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...uncertain piling of affections?
It is, isn't it(aly)?
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Piling of uncertain affections? Every one is discovering the possibilities of family or friendship/romance, but it is all very uncertain, because most of these relationships don't make classical sense. Mostly because there is a manboy robot involved. Eric also seems to have a lot of immature relationships in general, and now Seth has inherited them. They are affections, they are uncertain, and they are piling up.
Italy is a sovereign nation, not a town(sville). (okay, you know I'm not good at this when I resort to geography from the "Powerpuff Girls")
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Ah, I see. It’s awesome that I have you around to tell me about the things in my story that I’m not consciously aware of.
Whoever said we could only use towns? Hell, we could just use words in general (Patton?).
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It is very helpful to have. My last journal/story got a lot of comments asking if I had suffered a loss recently. I hadn't exactly, but there was something of that to the story that I didn't notice while writing it. It made me think though.
Words in general(store)?
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I’m sorry that I never actually got around to reading that. I tend to just delete journals without really thinking about it.
Yes(terday).
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Ha ha ha. That's okay. It was only awesome... (kidding.)
Word(play). (ooh, hip at first, and then completely nerdified.)
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Well, you wrote it, so one can only assume it it was awesome....
Aha! Ten(acious) points!
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Oy 
Ten points? Can(-)I(ster) (ex)change th(re)at (p)into mon(k)ey(ball) (awe)somehow? {awesomehow?}
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Aw...
May(pole)be if you can(opener)n fin(lan)d someone who(sville) will(iam) accept the exchange.
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(now, don't let's get all encutened about it.)
If a rooster lays an egg on a triangular barn roof, which way does the egg role down?
Whosville? Isn't it Whoville? How(dy) do(ne) you('re) f(r)eel(ance) about the(m) new(t) Horton Hea(te)rs a(pocolypse) Who(m) movie, or(e) for(d) that matter the(re) Alvin and the Chipmunks (c)one? Personally, I am horrified.
(dyne'rerancemttepocolypsemedrec)
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Roosters do not lay eggs.
When is a door not a door?
I don't think I(roh) can't(alope) do(odle) this(tle) anymore
I'm excited for Horton. That was one of my favorites as a child. As for Alvin...I'm a little wary, but not too horrified.
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Well this rooster did. So, which side of the barn did it role down?
When it is ajar.
A boy and his father are in a car accident. The father is killed and the boy needs an operation. The doctor sees the boy and says to the nurse, "I can not operate on this boy, he is my son." How is tis possible?
Yep, my brain is melting too.
You have more faith in Hollywood than I.
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The left then.
The boy's mother is the doctor.
What goes round the house and in the house but never touches the house?
Enchanted was very faith-restoring.
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Heh heh heh. That would have to be a very liberal rooster.
Uhm... a.. moat.. that also goes.. through the house... hmm...
Really? Well that's good, I was hoping that movie would be watchable. I am a big fan of Horton Hears a Who, but I did not like any of the more recent Seuss remakes. I was not fond of the Scooby Doo films. In fact they hurt my heart. So we will have to see. (I did love Alvin and the Chipmunks meet the Wolfman.)
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Only what one would expect from a rooster that lays eggs.
Ah, well, you got it eventually.
It was quite watchable. A great tribute to fairy-tales. I have not seen the more recent Seuss remakes, mostly because Seuss and live action does not a good movie make. The recent animated Scooby film hurt my heart very, very much. (I always liked the one Chipmunk movie where they travel the world in hot air baloons).
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There is one good live action Seuss film; the incredibly bizarre "5,000 Fingers of Dr.T."
The chipmunk movie with the balloons rocks!!! (Wurry burry!)
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Hmmm...I'll have to check it out.
I haven't seen it in a really long time...I've mostly forgotten everything except balloons and dolls with money and diamonds in them.
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It is quotable and full of music. How well do you remember Seuss cartoons? I always thought that a Seussian setting would be cool for a semi-serious stage play. Not like Seussical, more like... a German silent film, but with talking. Get it?
Yeah, that was cool. "Wurry Burry" was how the natives that wanted to eat the Chipmunks toward the end sang the song "Woolly Bully."
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