Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?

[chalicejoker]

Heads up--if you run into Teruo, Kinji's infiltration, some kind of yellow sea snake mermaid--be really damn careful. He's a menace.

Asshole goaded me into what I thought was a spar, but then he started singing, and it...

[Hajime's mental voice trails off in embarassment here before picking up again.]

Look, I'm not proud of it, but it's hard to get me to back down from a fight. And what he did, it...I just stopped fighting. Didn't even think to defend myself. He kept it up long enough to hit me with a cheap sucker punch.

[The irritation is just coming off his mental voice here.]

He also said several times that if I was a warrior, I should be sticking closer to the boat and protecting my school--I'm still not sure if that was a threat or not. I wouldn't put anything past him.

...and if you do end up talking to him and he mentions someone named Chalice, that's me--I'm not about to go by my real name in the same world as the Bando, even if I'm a fish this time around.

Comments

[venetianprince]

V-Ve... I ran into him too. He's cruel... If I hadn't run away when I did...

[chalicejoker]

...dammit, you're not even a threat.

[There's a long pause.]

No offense.

[venetianprince]

I was trying to be friendly...! But he got really aggressive when I mentioned the idea of our schools working together... he doesn't trust or care about us at all.

To him, it's better if we die somewhere far from here so they can keep their peace hidden...

Ah... haha... no, it's alright. I'm not much of a fighter, so... he didn't seem impressed with me.

[chalicejoker]

Well, I am a fighter, and he wasn't impressed with me, either.

But yeah, he has no use for any of us.

[venetianprince]

I don't like it. People who just see people like that...

I've seen Nations fall by hands like his.

[chalicejoker]

I'm not going to let him win.

[venetianprince]

But he's dangerous, caro... and if we do anything, we could provoke the other school.

[chalicejoker]

So he's dangerous. I get that.

That just means he needs to be stopped.

[venetianprince]

But if we do anything to "stop" him, we risk getting into even more danger...! We can't do that. I think we're all supposed to be working together to protect against the Empress... it would make sense, considering what happened the last time the others came here.

[chalicejoker]

And if we all need to work together, then he's a problem--because that is the last thing he wants.

Get him out of the picture, and everything else becomes a lot easier.

[awfullyironic]

-=WHAT WHAT WHAT=-

So where's this asshole now?

[chalicejoker]

Probably with the other ship.

Bright yellow and black snake, full of himself, can't miss him.

I've got dibs on tying him into a knot.

[awfullyironic]

Fuck that, he didn't go after your boyfriend.

[chalicejoker]

I haven't even been able to find my boyfriend here yet...

At least let me help, dammit.

[awfullyironic]

Only if you promise to call me if you run into him again.

[chalicejoker]

If there's time to call anyone, sure.

[awfullyironic]

Dude.

I am currently talking to your brain.

[chalicejoker]

...that's a good point...

[venetianprince]

Ah, I left him behind by some of the trenches, but... I think we should all just avoid him...!

[awfullyironic]

Not if he's fucking with you I'm not.

[venetianprince]

Davi, ti prego... I don't think this is the time to make more enemies...! It's already enough that he's upset with me. If we all go against him, the entire school would turn against ours and that wouldn't be... good.

[awfullyironic]

Not gonna kill him.

Just gonna have words.

-=prefixed with an s=-

[venetianprince]

Daviiiii... don't, ti prego...! He Sings and it's dangerous, and I don't want you getting hurt. I don't even know what other kinds of things he could do to us...

[awfullyironic]

Like I said. Words.

And if he's continues to be a dick I'll boil him or some shit. Ain't like I don't got a ton of shit hidden up my scales to whip out at a moment's notice.

[venetianprince]

It's not worth the risk, caro... besides, I may have said something cruel at the end and I didn't stick around long enough to hear how he'd take it, so maybe we shouldn't find out how angry he is about it.