Video. 6.

[touchie]

Has anyone seen Beard-Me?

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Pie Maker, that's not fair. You're not permitted for long pauses and pouty looks with those eyebrows. They just might crawl away and hide in a hole. ] I'm taking that uncomfortable silence as a 'no,' I don't think that ever means 'yes.'

[ Another pause, but he quickly catches with the stillness of it. He clears his throat. ] Say, knock knock...

[ Maybe a joke will help. ]

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[onsilksheets]

Garrett's gone?

[She liked him. They had an interesting conversation about his origin story once.]

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[touchie]

[ You're supposed to say 'who's there?!' ]

Gone home.

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[onsilksheets]

[She really isn't in the mood.]

He's probably better off there. I hope so anyway.

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[touchie]

[ Throw me a bone here ( not literally ). ]

Not any good certainty on that. [ Mope mope mope... ]

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[seered]

Who's there?

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[touchie]

Not Garrett.

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Let me start over—

[seered]

While I admire your attempt to subvert the trite, predictable format of a knock-knock joke, you've already established that Beard-You is missing, sabotaging your own punchline.
You've effectively told me why the chicken has crossed the road before beginning the knock-knock joke that tells me why the chicken has crossed the road.
E for effort.

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[heister]

'Beard-me?' Beard-you?

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[touchie]

Y... es.

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Me... with a beard.

[heister]

Oh.

I feel like this is a topic that they've already covered in that text guide.

[sweetmotherofgod]

Knock knock.

[Lame. Laaaaaaame. Lame enough? Probably not.]

[touchie]

Who's— wait, who's knock knock? [ A squint. You messed it up, he was asking first? ]

[sweetmotherofgod]

You - you said "say knock knock". You know. Like "say goodnight, Gracie".

[Oh, man. Not only was it lame, it was so goddamn lame he doesn't get it.]

[suddenlycaptain]

Knock...?

[touchie]

Yes, knock. [ Go on, says 'who's there.' ]

[suddenlycaptain]

I don't get it.

Who's there?

[logicunlocked]

Hey, I like corny jokes as much as the next guy, but I've sworn off knock-knock jokes. Heard enough of them to last me a lifetime.

[touchie]

Are you sure? [ He looks hurt. ]

[logicunlocked]

Yup. Had a coworker who thought the middle of a goddamn firefight was a good time to tell 'em. I always associate them with him now.

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[fallasleep]

[ Hey. Ned. Look.

Roy is in the medbay. The tablet is seated in front of him. This is the flattest look you'd ever see on any face. ]

What. [ Flatly.

Pause. Pause, pause, pause. Ned, Jesus, you look older than Roy does and it just gives him a twinge, like this is how he would look in five years - maybe less - and it nearly makes him twitch because- no.

A breath. Then, very calmly: ] Beard-me. Really.

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[touchie]

[ Can











you not? ] No. [ That's the only reply you get. ]

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[fallasleep]

[ He can't help his face, okay. Have a slowly-arched eyebrow. ]

No, there is no 'Beard-me'; no, the name is really stupid; no, I deny your existence.

Which is it, short-haired, beardless me?

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[inspirited]

[oh ned. what is with that sad look] He's back at home so that's probably a good thing.

— Oh! Who's there? [yup. she is totally playing along with that]

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[touchie]

[ That's just his face. ] Yeah, but—

It's Ned, open the door. [ He will not go by a false identity (ex. honey bee, banana, boo) just to finish that joke, Chuck. You will open that illusion joke-door. ]

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[inspirited]

It's open.