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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

Yeah, I don't like it either.

FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

How is this even going to work? You follow me around all day dancing to whatever I say?

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

I don't know. I was hoping you would.

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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

What did the letter say?

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

That I have two days to get it done. It didn't have any details.

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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

That's so typical of the CDC. They're cagey assholes like that.

FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

Looks like we have no idea when you can stop dancing ...

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

I am not dancing for 144 hours.

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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

I don't want you dancing behind me for 144 hours either.

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

So should I just do it until I get tired, or what?!

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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

I guess.

FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

Oh. You know we might get rewarded for this?

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

What, more milkshakes?

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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

I hated the milkshakes.

FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

No, it looks like they'll be giving credits to the team that does their job best.

[ wait zuko is a n00b -- ] FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

You know what credits are, right?

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

Is it like money?

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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

Yeah. You're gonna need them if you want to buy anything when the Shopping Channel opens.

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

Okay. I'm ready whenever you are, I guess.

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

BUT YOU BETTER NOT LAUGH. OR TELL ANYONE.

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FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

I can't promise any of that.

FROM: elric.edward@cdc.org

I'm in Rover 001 if you want to meet up.

[hotman]

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

I'm going to kill you after this is all done.

FROM: zuko@cdc.org

Be there in a few minutes.

action!

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[ ed doesn't reply but yeah he's in rover 001 come holla at him boy ]

[hotman]

[ guess who comes a'knockin at rover 001's door? and looking quite unhappy about being there. ]

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[ Guess who breaks out into a snicker the moment he sees Zuko's petulant face?? ]

So -- Dancing? [ Ed is convinced the CDC does half of this shit for giggles. But he's not the butt of the joke this time, so he's allowed to laugh. ]

[hotman]

[ Here. Is the most unamused face in the history of unamused faces.

So done with your shit already, buddy. ]

Let's just get this over with.

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[ Ed moves back into the rover, signalling at Zuko to follow suit. He'll lead the other boy to his own space in it, a messy thing with some clothes, paper and writing material lying on his bed. He has pie, too. But he's not sharing his pie. ]

How, exactly, are you going to do this? Have you ever danced before?

[hotman]

[ Zuko, however, is already in the mindset to get this shit going. Maybe if he did it enough, he'd get instructions to stop sooner. With a grim expression, he starts drawing question marks in the air with his hands as he walks into the other's room. ]

What kind of question is that? Of course I've danced before. Who hasn't?

[ Not that he does it well, but that wasn't part of the mission requirement ]

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-- I meant interpretive dance. [ Maybe he should have been more specific. But he thought it was obvious, because that would be the silliest question on Earth, otherwise!!

Ed himself has never ... done interpretive dance (and it honestly sounds like a ridiculous thing) so he doesn't expect Zuko to have any experience with that. ]

[hotman]

[ how the fuck is he supposed to interpret "interpretive dance"? well whatever, he's just going to ... make nonsensical but dramatic hand motions. ]

No.

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[ There is no way anything he said can be interpreted as ... that. ]

What are you doing ...?