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[usedsuitup]

Go for Barney!

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Just kidding. Looks like I'm not here right now, and probably doing something awesome. So, leave your name, number, and a message and I might get back to you. Maybe.

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[voice]

[failures]

Hey Barney? Can we talk?

[Larry sounds somewhat uneasy, and he has a pretty good reason for sounding that way.]

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

[God he hates those words. He doesn't like feeling uncomfortable and those are three words that set him on edge. He's been avoiding this conversation. Because that's what he does. It's the best way to go around things in his mind. Even though it's not the most healthy way and he doesn't have a Lily to tell him that.]

Talk? About what bro? That sports game on TV?

[voice]

[failures]

Uh, actually I wanted to talk about you. Is something up? You've been kind of...off, lately.

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

What? No, of course nothing's up. Why would something be up? There is nothing to be up about. Except the regular kind of up.

And up dog I suppose.

[Just rambling.]

[voice]

[failures]

Barney.

[Uh oh, it's serious Larry voice. That doesn't happen often.]

C'mon man, we're like best friends or something. Why can't you tell me what's up?

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

[Because this is Barney Stinson. And Barney Stinson fails at talking about his feelings and dammit where is Lily when you need her.]

Seriously man, it's nothing. Honest. I'm fine.

[voice]

[failures]

But you've been acting really off lately...

[He really doesn't want to drop it. He is used to friends keeping things bottled up.]

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

Off? How have I been off? I've been on the whole time bro.

[It's pitiful the way he denies it.]

[voice]

[failures]

Like, "I'm denying everything" off. "I'm avoiding my friend for some weird reason" off. "I'm freaking out my friend with my aloofness" off.

[He can keep going...]

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

Oh. That kind of off.

I'm just homesick, that's all.

[said a bit too quickly. He's running out of options.]

[voice]

[failures]

[Larry understands homesickness, but why would he be avoiding his travel group for it?]

Are you sure that's it? Seriously, if I did something, I'm all ears.

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

[Why indeed]

It's not, it's not you. Honest.

[pause]

Well. Maybe. Kinda.

[voice]

[failures]

[Finally, we're getting somewhere! 'cept he's not sure how he feels about it.]

You...wanna talk about it in person?

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

[Long pause. There's a lot Barney's doing right now. Mostly trying to think about what Lily would say. God he misses her, and a Treecko just isn't cutting it.]

Yeah.

I guess.

[voice]

[failures]

Cool. You know where to find me.

[Since y'know...they've been staying in the same place for a while.]

[voice]

[usedsuitup]

Sure.

[Time to face the music. Do you want to set up a log or should I? Probably get to it tomorrow evening either way.]

[voice]

[failures]

[Sounds like Barney leading could work better since he's coming to see Larry. That cool?]