Cry on someone else's shoulder

Alaina "Laine" Darling, professional eye-roller.

[akosmias]

[lainedarling]

Forget about sinus headaches

[natalianovnas-deactivated201803]

Have you been hanging out with Steven again? He gives me those a lot.

[lainedarling]

Steven is a special sort of headache that doesn't fit into a category. What's happened to common sense, Kara?

[broken-home-barnes]

I think it’s just good manners, really.

[lainedarling]

And here I thought only children had those anymore.

[smarter-better]

I think it’s better to have people take you at face value. You can stand people undermining you for so long. I work as a computer analyst, quickly rising through the ranks. I have my mind set on a managerial role. 

[lainedarling]

It's annoying, but it makes things simpler when people don't consider doing anything to get in your way. Ah, computers, you are someone scary. Are you going to manage the world, girl without a dragon tattoo?

[lainedarling]

Forget about sinus headaches

[xryantucker]

I think you need better company.

[lainedarling]

I think you're telling me things I already know.

[smarter-better]

Oh, do you have a thing for nurses? So, secretary. I see how they get treated, it isn’t pretty, but what are you going to do when someone thinks you’re their slave? It should be in your job description, really. I think my father underestimates the power of a secretary. His could easily bring the company down. Not anymore of course, I’ve secured the network properly.

[lainedarling]

Not that I'm aware of, but I'd forgotten they counted. Find an advantage, of course. It's their own fault if they underestimate me and it works out in my favor. Your father's secretary sounds like a person to watch, or would be if not for you. And what are you that makes you so formidable?

[lainedarling]

Forget about sinus headaches

I have a migraine from the stupidity of others.

[broken-home-barnes]

Oh…Well, I promise I wasn’t going to ask.

[lainedarling]

Others do. Congratulations on your tact.

[lainedarling]

Some kind of fetish // Alaina & Elijah

[outside-the-castle-of-glass-blog]

Emotional pain does hurt more because it affects the mind. I’ve seen people suffer from it. I’m sure you do a lovely job, though.

[lainedarling]

Mental scars are a touchier subject than the physical for some reason. And I do, that's why I have the job in the first place, thanks.

[broken-home-barnes]

What’s your job?

[lainedarling]

I'm a secretary. No, I do not wear fishnets.

[smarter-better]

Secretary? Nurse? Maid?

[lainedarling]

Secretary, but points for having nurse as an option.

[lainedarling]

Some kind of fetish // Alaina & Elijah

[outside-the-castle-of-glass-blog]

Do you kick them in the junk or what? I know if I was in your position, I’d kick their asses.

[lainedarling]

I do my job and collect blackmail. Emotional pain hurts more.

[lainedarling]

Some kind of fetish // Alaina & Elijah

[outside-the-castle-of-glass-blog]

Are they really treating you like that? I’d file a lawsuit if I were you.

[lainedarling]

They learn better soon enough.

[lainedarling]

Does no one in this town realize there's more to my job than a fetish?

[outside-the-castle-of-glass-blog]

Good fuckin' grief... // Open

A grown man pocketing taffy right in front of me. Good thing I had my baby. ((Standing there, he pointed to the miner’s lamp on his head.)) I love this thing. It scares the shit out of people when they aren’t paying attention.

[lainedarling]

People go to stores to buy or steal things, not be confronted by a lost miner. Why would they expect it?

[natalianovnas-deactivated201803]

That little girl had a mean right hook.

I am not sure if I’m proud or terrified for the next generation.

[lainedarling]

Proud if they're next to you, terrified if they're across. Obviously.

[quinn-manning]

Excuse me?

I’m assuming it is okay for me to park here?

[lainedarling]

First come, first serve.