Atlas Shrugged: Work-Life Balance<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\nFrancisco:<\/b> Oh if only Dagny would listen to me and join me!
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Wait who are you and what are you doing here at Cobra HQ? I\u2019ve dominators or something to build!
\nFrancisco:<\/b> I\u2019m one of the heroes of this story and am so blindingly competent at literally everything that I do it can be taken as fiat that I know where everyone is at all times and know the proper course of action to complete any and all tasks with perfection and efficiency.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Well\u2026 that doesn\u2019t explain why you\u2019re here?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> To whine and mope and talk about things in a roundabout way!
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> That doesn\u2019t really match up well to how you just described yourself.
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Oh but it does for you see when it comes to whining and moping I am the best of the best!
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Fine if it will get you out of my face plate quicker what\u2019s your problem?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Dagny, the woman I maybe love and maybe just stalk like some weird obsessive creep, won\u2019t come with me when I\u2019ve asked her to.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Well the stalker thing might have something to do with it.
\nFrancisco:<\/b> No she thinks that\u2019s\u2026 well not romantic, I don\u2019t think romance is really a word she\u2019d use\u2026 a good sign of investment in relationship assets?
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Okay\u2026 then why won\u2019t she come along?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Because she doesn\u2019t know what awaits her if she joins me.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Then why don\u2019t you tell her?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Oh but you see I would but I can\u2019t, for no one can be told!
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Well how did you find out about this\u2026 whatever it is that\u2019s awaiting her and you?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> I was told.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> *Withering Silence*
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Oh I can tell you about it too actually.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> *Continued Silence*
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Actually it\u2019s not that big a deal we\u2019re going to tell everyone in the whole world over a big radio broadcast soon enough anyway and we\u2019ve already told hundreds or thousands of people including people Dagny knows and has worked with, so it\u2019s not even that much of a secret. Plus I know you\u2019ve met Ragnar already right? He knows the plan, he was told about it, he\u2019s part of the whole thing.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> *Just shaking his head now*
\nFrancisco:<\/b> I\u2019ll keep it short because, wow, man the whole thing really takes a long time to get through but basically we\u2019re just hiding to let the world fall apart and then we\u2019re going to come back and rebuild society.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Yeah I kind of already figured that one out. Seriously that\u2019s your big secret?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Good! Honestly it was tough to shorten it up to that. I\u2019d think it might take like dozens of pages if I had to write out the whole thing.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> What are you even talking about it\u2019s not a complicated plan! It\u2019s an incredibly dumb plan but it\u2019s not complicated.
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Oh I assure you it\u2019s a brilliantly ingenious plan, if only I could tell Dagny about it!
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> JUST DO THAT. LIKE YOU JUST TOLD ME.
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Sorry can\u2019t, and despite my feelings for her being entirely based on how intelligent and competent she is, she\u2019ll never figure out this brilliantly concocted plan by herself it seems, even with me hinting at it in the most painfully obtuse ways.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> *Puts his head in his hands*
\nFrancisco:<\/b> And she\u2019ll never give up her job. I know that for a fact. Because she already gave it up once. Thus it\u2019s something she will never ever do.
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Destro can you get in here?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> And I mean I\u2019ve been hinting at this super hard, talking about how everyone will be dead but we\u2019ll still be alive for a second reformation and everything. Which I guess isn\u2019t even really a \u2018hint\u2019 anymore with how blatantly obvious it is\u2026
\nDestro:<\/b> Yes Cobra Commander what is\u2026 who is this fool?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> And my other super intelligent and competent friend Hank is equally in the dark despite me also hinting the hell out of things at him\u2026
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> I can\u2019t get this guy to shut up, can you just\u2026 just throw him in a snake pit or something?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> Of course we both love Dagny, you know if you define love as treating her like an object and forcing uncomfortably aggressive sexual actions on her, which of course we all do since we\u2019re heroes\u2026 Actually having feelings for Dagny may be a definition for being a hero\u2026
\nDestro:<\/b> Robot Snake Pit or Regular Snake Pit?
\nFrancisco:<\/b> And it seems weird that even though I\u2019m defined as being the absolute best at literally every single possible thing I could ever possibly do I\u2019m actually incredibly bad at explaining things to people doesn\u2019t it? Like wouldn\u2019t you think if I had such absolutely terrible interpersonal skills I would never have actually managed to become a captain of industry in multiple fields of business? Ha, but obviously I did do all that\u2026 conveniently off-screen\u2026
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Look just whichever one is noisier and\/or more painful.
\nFrancisco:<\/b> And actually I\u2019m one of like, three separate people in the story who are all almost basically defined the same way, with Hank and ah\u2026 a certain you know who wink, wink. Actually now that I think about it that makes me kind of redundant\u2026
\nDestro:<\/b> Robot Snake Pit it is\u2026 Hail Cobra!
\nFrancisco:<\/b> You know if I thought my life was just a story I\u2019d figure I was almost more of a prop than a character, here to convey vague information and set up story points for other more important characters. I mean that might explain why I\u2019m so vaguely sketched out and have so few defining character traits and clear motivations\u2026
\nCobra Commander:<\/b> Sure sure, just get on with it already!
\nDestro:<\/b> *drags off Francisco while Francisco rambles on*<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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