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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-04 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yes, that's right. The ants.

[ THE ANTS???? ]

You know if you remained an additional few minutes, you might be able to reduce your debts by simply paying.

Think about how much more you could provide for the ants.
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, indeed.

[ I mean well he has experience with this ]

Perhaps you need a minder for these things.

[ an accountabilibuddy but he says it in the worst way possible ]
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Someone who keeps you on task.
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Then pay them for their time. I can assure you, purchasing for a companion will keep them happy as well.

[ silco's secret... He just pays people ]
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
It's quite easy. Just ask.

I would say for the time you are out, you could pay in kind.

Meals, whatever it is you are having. Or simply ask their terms. No more than... oh, a reasonable amount.


[ He means like mid-wage per hour, but he isn't clarifying ]
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
would it cost more to hire someone to tag along, or pay debts?
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Pay them? For their time? Since you don't want to bother them, right? That's the alternative.

[ machiavellian v guiless, FIGHT ]
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I do.

[ Silco you drink blood now ]

It reflects on an employer, when their staff is seeking other work.

Perhaps taking a break from eating out would assist you in prioritizing what's important. Like the ants.
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-05 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I know you didn't.

However, I worry that this will be used against you, if you are not careful. Debts owed can lead to... A great deal of trouble, if they are not handled. It's best to avoid them.
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-06 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's difficult to live in the undercity and not accrue debt. It's how they keep us from trying to break away from their control.

Indebted and barely surviving is how they kept us in the mines, when I was a boy.
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-18 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Very. They put us there when I was a boy.

They, of course, being Topside. Think of them as similar to Karteria's upper classes, or Patho-Gen. People who saw me and mine as laborers and worth nothing more than what we could lift, manufacture, or pick out of the ground.
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[personal profile] zauneyete 2026-02-18 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Last time I tried, they shot some of us on a bridge, murdered a good number of us, and the few that were left were divided on whether to capitulate and do what they wanted anyway, or keep fighting.

I still bear scars from that day, and the lessons learned tend to stick with someone.