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WHAT in person or whatever
WHERE outside LuXe or wherever
WHEN Day 2??

[ Just outside LuXe, Handsome Jack is observing a hapless NPC erect a cardboard standee that looks like Jack, holding a cup of coffee, only at like 150% scale. ]

Yeah, that looks great, I don't know why you're looking so skeptical, Jimmy. People are gonna see that and be like, wow, that definitely looks like a guy I want to sleep with slash be, but if the closest I can get is buying coffee here, I am definitely going to do that right now. Trust me.

[ Or maybe you're elsewhere, I'm not the boss of you. Unless I am. ]

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[nods]

That's not usually an easy situation to get out of... where I'm from, anyway.

Ain't one where I'm from either. Only happened because the gang had a target painted on our backs and his group came in and took the shot.

[he takes another drink from the flask]

Didn't give me much choice when all was said and done. It was join up or spend the rest of my time in prison.

What exactly were you joining up with?

Global peacekeeping force for justice and all that. At least, the darker side of it. We were the ones who got handed all the dirty work.

That's quite the career change! You said "were"... you're not still at it?

No one's at it anymore. The whole thing went up in flames about five years back.

I saw it coming, got out while the getting was good.

Ah. That... sounds like a much longer story.

It's fifteen years of one.

[taking another long drink]

Well, as I'm quite sure you don't have a fifteen year supply of liquor in there, I'll leave it to you if there's any more you'd care to tell at the moment.

[he lets out a short laugh, tipping his hat]

Thank you kindly. Unless you got a burning need to know more, I'd say that about covers it?

Let's leave it at that, then.

Sounds good to me.

On another topic, you mentioned you were going to find work today! Got anything particular lined up?

Think my best bet right now is to help Vanyel out on the farm. I got habits that ain't exactly cheap.

[like being an alcoholic]

It seems more appealing than some of the other options here, anyway.

You're telling me. I don't wanna get involved in all that coffee nonsense.

I can't say I blame you in the least!

The guy who runs the other place, the Heavenly Grounds seems all right, but I think I wanna stay as far away as I can from the other one.

The smart part of me agrees with you, but the part that operates my mouth is trying to get a gig at LuXe. Well, to be fair, I intend to bother the other one, too.

With a job like yours, ain't no shame in taking business where you find it.

Shame, no. It remains to be seen whether there's any harm, however. But how bad could it be!

Well if you need a strong arm or two you know where to find them.

Indeed I do!

Still, here's hoping it doesn't come to that.

I don't really expect it to. It had better not!

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