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[fruktansvard]

[ He's haphazardly dressed in something that could be considered vintage pieces of a noble era long gone. A tiny little glass of liquor by a bottle of it. To the side lay a small plate of smoked meat and a pen and a paper with notes and scribbling inside and this is all that occupies the otherwise open table.

He puts the pen down and looks outward with a calm exhale. ] What philosophies shape your life?

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[peratic]

[ It's not a light question, and one that bears thinking about before answering, but Gisela is not generally shy with her beliefs, or when it comes to more thoughtful content. Her hands stay at her sides when she speaks, not fidgeting with the conscious steadiness of someone who is inclined to gesticulate in conversation, but has been trained out of it. ]

An abbreviated version of one I like says: "To be sentient is to suffer. As an objective sentient being man is therefore a suffering being, and since he feels his suffering, he is a passionate being. Passion is man’s essential capacity energetically bent on its object."

[extirpations]

[In contrast, Kimblee is immaculate as usual in his professionally tailored white suit and hat. He stops by the table and rests a hand on the back of a chair, waiting to be invited before he takes a seat. Smiling pleasantly he carefully considers the question and it's asker before speaking.]

I would say the concept I hold most highly and that has the most relevance to how I choose to live is that of truthfulness in purpose. A life without purpose has little value and an individual that cannot remain steadfast in their purpose even less so.

[serialized]

[ This is not a subject Nate is normally keen to discuss, with or without the awkward transposition of meta-introductions to non-meta contexts. Part of living and coping with various unspecified problems, however, is working your way through all the parts you're not keen on, with as much dignity as you can gather (from the cracks of the couch where much more dignified people have sat and lost some).

So. He'll come by, also with a (much larger) drink, and his last-night-is-a-hazy-memory sunglasses. ]

"Do no harm." Minus the Wicca.

[meanwhileback]

Be the biggest bitch in the room, always. Does that even count? Whatever, it's true.

[Penelope is going to be taking your bottle and examining it, thanks very much, random guy. And then sipping it. Because are you really going to stop her? She'd wager not.]