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From:

crimsoncrow

a dork?

_{[ that arrow? RIGHT into his heart. ]}

i may not be the romantic you thought but
try me
see if we can't figure it out

From:

counterattack

totally.

i mean i guess you grew into that eventually too because i know you were always making mom giggle and she wasn't exactly the giggly type
but i don't have any
you know
i mean there's nothing SPECIFIC...
it just seems like i can't even look at a girl without getting in trouble and i have no idea how to get people to notice me but i am not about to punch a rock to make that happen

From:

crimsoncrow

She has one hell of a smile. How could I n

Alright even I didn't get myself in trouble by looking at someone. How much trouble are we talking here? Gimme an example or two.

From:

counterattack

well one of them was shionne so i probably don't need to explain that even though ALL I WAS DOING WAS LOOKING
AND NOT WEIRDLY just regular looking!!! i thought what she did with her hair was nice and she looked like she was gonna put the shocks to me but that's also just how she always looks...

but i'm always getting barked at for "staring" like i have any control of where my eyes are every second of every minute like geez

From:

crimsoncrow

I wouldn't bark up that tree anyway. Not because of her demeanor, but... I'm pretty sure there's something between her and Alphen. Or could be. Just a hunch, you know?

But hm...
Why are the others yelling at you?

From:

counterattack

i wasn't even trying to!! and those two are... a whole entire story of their own. i'm so over it.

( FIGURE YOUR SHIT OUT GUYS says local kid who doesn't have his shit figured out )

because they're always yelling at me. especially rinwell
i can't do ANYTHING right with her.

From:

crimsoncrow

But why? I can't imagine you doing anything to warrant it - hell, even I barely raised my voice with you, and whenever I did I felt terrible for losing my temper like that...

_{[ GUYS??? H-HEWWO??? he dies and everything goes to hell???? ]}

From:

counterattack

i don't KNOW why!!
like, ok you've never met her but you'd get it if you did, my friend kisara that i told you about, she once fished up a fish bigger than she is from the ocean
and here's me, THINKING i'm being really nice, telling her how cool and buff she is, and then everyone starts laying into me about being insensitive.
i don't even have to be hitting on girls for them to hate me. and rinwell is just... impossible. if i'm breathing she is criticizing me.
and other people just completely ignore me, usually because i'm standing next to alphen, which
i don't even know what to say about that

From:

crimsoncrow

I didn't even know fish could GET that big... that'd be impressive.

_{[ but there's no denying the wave of protectiveness that washes over him. he cannot possibly fathom why these same people he'd traveled with would single law of all people out, and his heart twists at the thought. ]}

What happens if anyone else says something similar? Does Alphen stand up for you at the very least? Or Dohalim?

From:

counterattack

it was huge!! and its nose
face
thing
looked like a big long sword! it was really sharp
she said it was called the king of the sea!

and well alphen pretty much pleads the fifth because he knows better than to get into it with the girls
dohalim.....................

( oh dohalim, how does he explain the shit that comes out of your mouth )

dohalim is in a league of his own when it comes to getting in trouble for saying stupid stuff. he's just special like that.

From:

crimsoncrow

King of the sea... I'd like to see that. Eat it too, I'd think.

That's strange to hear all things considered. About Alphen, that is. He|
I can't fight this one for you, but... If I see anything like that happening here? I'm not going to let it slide. Even if you do something out of line things like that can be resolved by simply talking it out rather than yelling and expecting the person in question to magically figure out what they did or didn't do wrong. Especially when these people are meant to be your friends and comrades above all else.

I saw a few squabbles on our way to Cyslodia even but I don't think it was anywhere near as bad as what I'm hearing here.

From:

counterattack

( note to self: if kisara ever shows up, make sure she fishes dad up a big ol' giant marlin. he's earned it. )

well i mean we bicker all the time, but we're really close too
all of us, or at least i think we are... i hope we are?
it's not like anyone is really MEAN most of the time. we've got each other's backs
i just always kinda seem like i'm saying the wrong thing or getting treated like a little kid... but the truth is i don't really know how to talk to people that well anyway so i just figured i gotta be doing something wrong
but i don't get what it is!!!

From:

crimsoncrow

A little bickering is healthy, but this... I gotta ask something.

If someone says something similar, what do they do? Say Alphen or Dohalim complimented this Kisara on her strength.

From:

counterattack

that's
kind of a loaded question in dohalim's case and he probably wouldn't say it
or if he did he'd turn it into a poem or something dumb like that which is an automatic "there he goes again"
alphen though, i dunno. probably just "thank you"? somehow he never manages to make an embarrassment out of himself even if he barely knows any more about girls than i do.

From:

crimsoncrow

_{[ "So why you" is spoken outloud to himself, brows furrowed at law's handwriting on his side of the journal. none of this was making sense to zephyr, and... mmh. it really, really isn't his place to meddle given law wasn't a little kid anymore but that's still his son.

it's only natural for him to want to look out for him, isn't it? ]}

That hardly seems right to me. I
You're well within your rights to tell me to keep my nose out of it, but I do wanna figure out why all of that is happening. You shouldn't have to shoulder something like that for no given reason, especially coming from your friends of all people.

From:

counterattack

if you can figure it out without making it obvious why you're asking, be my guest!
better yet, find out how come alphen gets a free pass, BESIDES because he's all nice and perfect and good looking and whatever.

( that was a sentence full of words all right. )

in the meantime i'm just gonna have to learn some game that
doesn't involve breaking my fist and getting laughed at

From:

crimsoncrow

"perfect and good looking and whatever"?

_{[ smh s o n ]}

I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, I think you'll be fine. You're a smart kid with more at your disposal than I ever had at your age, and you've got a knack for telling stories to boot.

From:

counterattack

you've met him, you know what he's like! and just think, he got even WORSE/BETTER once he got his memory back!
stronger, cooler, smarter kinda, even more unbelievable
IT'S NOT FAIR!! HOW DO I COMPARE TO THAT

and how is telling stories gonna get me a date??

From:

crimsoncrow

I'm the one who dragged him home, kiddo. I've just never said that about him.

You'd be surprised how effective stories are. Lead someone in with a good hook, and they'll be dying to know more.

From:

counterattack

well you wouldn't because you never had to stand there and watch someone you were flirting with totally cold shoulder you to chat him up instead

a good hook like what? i don't think dumb stuff i did as a kid or how to breed cows is gonna be very interesting

From:

crimsoncrow

At this point I'm not even sure if I remember how to flirt, so you've got me there.

Try some of the stuff you told me. You went up to the stars, Law. Not many people can say that, can they?

From:

counterattack

yeah well apparently neither do i

not many dahnans anyway. would that really work?

From:

crimsoncrow

You're probably better at it than I am these days. I'm an old dog and slow to pick up new things.

_{[ aka open mouth insert size thirteen boot ]}

It'd be a good conversation piece, I think. And if they've also been there, then... well, uh. That's something you'd have to talk to each other about, right? Compare your experiences. Ask 'em questions bout it and themselves. I've started to figure out that our world and Lenegis are leagues different from the ones other people come from and it's fascinating. A little scary, but I'd want to hear as much as I could about all of it.

From:

counterattack

you're not that old! you're what, 30?

( he honestly has no idea. )

yeah... you're right
everybody i've met so far has some really cool stories about where they're from and it's all way different from what it's like for us. i'm still
i still kind of
it's
a habit not to tell people too much if i don't know i can trust them, but i don't think i need to worry about that here.

From:

crimsoncrow

Might wanna do your math on that one, Law. Kinda flattered that you think I can pull 30 off with all the grey in my hair though.

_{[ LIKE... WEIRDLY FLATTERED? it's a nice little pick-me-up!! ]}

If it helps I haven't felt like I couldn't trust a stranger here yet. No uh
what was that phrase I heard from one of the locals
"no bad vibes"
And barring space travel you've been to other parts of Dahna. Places that I never could've dreamed of. Renans aside, I bet you've got plenty of stories about the places you've seen there. Mountains, rivers, the ocean...

Don't sell yourself short.

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