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

[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...

[awfullyironic]

Fuck yeah, it is.

[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.

[awfullyironic]

What did you say?

[venetianprince]

I... may have said he's no better than the empress if he cares so little for his fellow merfolk.

[awfullyironic]

Coulda been on the empress's side for all you know, dude.

[venetianprince]

Ah... that's true. But he said he was trying to protect his school here, so I believed him...