1 // [BBS]

[windbreak]

hey guys. guess i must be the latest transfer student from somewhere far far away
or something like that. name's yosuke hanamura. nice to meet all of you.
sorry for the rushed intro but actually i was just hoping to ask a quick question about settling in. a burning urgent quick question.
i overheard some people earlier talking about this star who's doing a gig in town tonight
and i'm new in town so i gotta know, i don't know where else to look
does anyone have pics?
any pics. i'm not picky. i won't judge.

Comments

[scatterflower]

But is that really the thing you'd ask about when you first get here?

[thatched]

The first thing I would? No. But I hardly look down on him for it. After all, they say when the log pose points to a Marine base, best thing to do is look for a bar.

In other words, if you land in trouble, look for some fun. And why not? It's not as if he's facing a war this very second.

[windbreak]

[When someone puts it that way, doesn't it sound a little extreme...?]

uh i really wasn't thinking of it like that

[thatched]

Whatever the case, my point still stands.

[scatterflower]

Only because he was lucky and showed up now and not a couple of weeks ago.

[thatched]

Aye, exactly. Easier times rarely last, lass. So might as well let people enjoy them while they can.

[scatterflower]

Whatever. He'll learn better soon enough, I guess.

[thatched]

I hope not.

[scatterflower]

Well, he's here.

Even if something like an attack doesn't happen again, we're just going to end up doing something like the Island Closest to Heaven or Hell again at some point.

[thatched]

Perhaps, but all the more reason to eat, drink and be merry-- For tomorrow we may die.

[scatterflower]

I'm not saying that he shouldn't want to have fun... I just think it'd be smarter to worry about other stuff first.

[thatched]

Everyone does things at their own pace in their own way.

[scatterflower]

Okay... I guess there's nothing else that can be done. He'll find out he'll need to take things more seriously here soon enough I guess.

[windbreak]

hey i am taking things 100 percent seriously okay
this is serious
any man would understand

i mean sure it sounds like i'm missing something
and this guys taking it kind of far
but even with monsters around you can't get weighed down by doom and gloom forever. that does nobody any good. you'd go crazy

[scatterflower]

Uhuh.

And yeah, you can't be worried about it all of the time, that's true. But I still think that it's kinda... well, silly to be looking for pictures of a girl singer before getting settled in here.

But like you said, I guess you just need to be a guy to understand it.

[fierybluebird]

NO ONE SAYS THAT!

And if you do say that in front of certain impressionable rookies, we need to have words all over again.

[thatched]

I do love it when you're commanding. Is that a promise? ~<3

[fierybluebird]

My words might be spoken through my heels. Want to take that risk?

[thatched]

Heels to the face is your thing, sweetheart, not mine. I'll pass.

[fierybluebird]

I thought as much.

In any case, marine bases should be crossed off your list permanently. You're not the one who has to do all the clean up. Do you have an idea what a pain it is to try to not just deal with an entire island of angry citizens, but a fully armed marine base? It gets tedious! The paperwork alone is a nightmare.

And repairing bars marines decide to shoot, burn, and blow up is extremely expensive. It'd be one thing if we didn't have to make those kinds of good faith gestures, but if you let one bar burn down, soon enough the others don't let you in at all.

No marine bases.

[thatched]

Ah, but, baby, aren't we technically military now? So I can go into any marine base I wanted, no problem. There's something about a woman in uniform.

[fierybluebird]

Mercenaries are not military and I'd hate to lose my baby brother over something so stupid.

Understood?

[Why does he get the feeling Thatch is packing his bags already?]

[thatched]

So what does that mean exactly? We're obviously not shot on sight.

[fierybluebird]

No, they just occasionally throw giant swords at the Garden and other bizarre shit at us.

No marine bases without a very good reason. "She's taller than most girls around here," is not a qualifying excuse.

[Giant sword. Not to scare the new guy.... oops.]

[thatched]

Fuckers.