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.

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[chalicejoker]

Somehow, I doubt it.

He's just that kind of asshole.

[venetianprince]

Caro.

[The pout somehow carries in the single word.]

[chalicejoker]

I'm not going to do anything crazy.

[venetianprince]

You have to promise...!

[chalicejoker]

[There's a mental sigh.]

I promise, I won't do anything too crazy.

[venetianprince]

[His giggles echo across the network.]

Alright, alright~ Grazie, Hajime!