The Most Wonderful Time of the Year? open

"Yeah, but people can have thoughts that go with emotions in an odd way. I know you're not a sadist, but still..."

"Im not sure what you meant by that, perhaps im just a bit tired, but if you would like, we can go exploring..." I said, trailing off

"Exploring?" I asked curiously. "They won't be annoyed by us randomly leaving, right?"

"Take a look, half of them are drunk into coma's. I'll just have to go talk to the head of this branch, the guy I pointed out earlier, and then we can leave." I smiled, standing up and straightening my suit

"Ah, well, in that case, lets go."

"Alright." I nodded, standing up after paying the bill, and began guiding her accross the room, making sure to avoid any tables that could potentially cause trouble

"We sure are taking an interesting path," I mumbled, though I could sense why.

"I would rather not half to fight half the room because someone attempted to grab your parts..." Came my simply reply, and smiled at the larger man in front of me, speaking quickly. with a shared laugh, i nodded, waving goodby to him as we left, and sighed as the door closed, "Of all the ones in that room. Excluding you, i like him the best...."

"...So there isn't even a sense of decency among these people? They might as...." My voice trailed off, as he began speaking to a fellow who didn't pay much mind to me, unlike most everyone else.

"That's kinda sad, of all the people liking so few of them..."

"Hence why i like your people better than my own..." Came my response once we were out of earshot, and i relaxed a little after a few more steps

"It's really not that much better, but its just the whole 'they're moneybags and they have the social skills of a rock' thing that mostly irks me."

"That's insulting to rocks you know..." I smiled, slowing down to a more leisurely pace

"Well, rocks kinda just sit there unless an external force causes them to do any harm. The external force that make these people so... them," I made a gesture as if waiving off something insignificant, "is anyone they consider beneath them. They suddenly find themselves in motion and don't do anything to stop it."

You should become a philosopher..." i smiled, looking down a bit after we reached a glass elevator, different than the one we had come up

"A philosopher? Nah. I'm pretty sure anything I come up with has already been covered by someone in Greece, or Rome."

"Not all of them came up with new things. The entire point of being one is to spread wisdom to others!" I laughed, facing the glass wall overlooking the city. "Confucius didnt come up with many of his own ideals, instead he passed on wisdom he got from his ancestors that he had found in scrolls"

"Yeah, but I doubt people will be taken by what I say. If anything, I'll be dubbed unoriginal."

"Gain some self esteam, you should be more confident!" I smiled, poking her shoulder

"Trust me, that's a lot easier if you can't feel disinterest or annoyance," I sighed, rolling my eyes, but unable to fully push back a smile.

"Then learn to simply not give a damn. Thats what i do. I can read these people like a book, so i KIND of understand where you are coming from. Just learn to tune it out, like that one annoying kid from class that you really wanted to beat the tar out of that one day!"

" Man, if I had immunity I totally would of punched him..."

"WELLLLLL, i could technically make something happen, in a roundabout way, so that he got punched...." I said seriously, a light smile on my face

"...It's not as satisfying, and that kinda sounds like an abuse of power. I could probably manage something like that too, remember?"

"Yes, i know you can, but its so much more enjoyable when i caused it..." I sighed with mock sadness, watching as the elevator slowed to a stop.

(they were heading towards the roof right?)

"Such evil, much wow," I said, shaking my head. The elevator stopped. "...I forgot to ask, but where particularly were we headed?"