the ninety-sixth; to the cloudy town of hellview

[gunslinger]

[Morgana]

You know, I've given you your space... Even when Selena kept asking where Aunt Morgana had gone, I just told her you were on vacation. But I'm not going to wait around forever. If you don't respond to this in the next few days, I'm going to come find you.

[/Morgana]

[Ino & Rin]

You two want to go out for dinner? [ YEP AT THE SAME TIME. ]

[/Ino & Rin]

Wish I could say I remember everything that went on last week, but that'd be a big fat lie. I just know I woke up in my bed the other day somehow hungover, and Ino said I'd been a satyr. Sooo that sounds like a laugh and a half.

I've been thinking of offering lessons in combat and firearms in more detail. There's no shortage of the former, but considering how often I hear about people not knowing how to handle a gun, the latter is probably needed. Never hurts to expand your weaponry skills, especially with how often world changes plague us.

The name's Gaignun Jr., if you're interested.

Comments

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[ino]

... Yeah, I think pretty much everyone got drunk the night before we left.

Dinner? [peering at the filter] Sure, but ... what's the occasion?

[Filter]

[gunslinger]

Does there need to be one? I just want to treat you guys. You help out a lot around the house, and I think Rin could use a break from all of the depressing Paradisa theorizing.

[Filter]

[ino]

Well -- no, there doesn't have to be one, I just figured there might have been.

Where are we going, then?

[Filter]

[gunslinger]

[ The occasion is that he has more free time all of a sudden and doesn't know what the hell to do with it. ]

I thought I'd let you decide. Any restaurants you've been wanting to go to?

[Filter]

[ino]

I usually go to the same couple of places if I eat out ... so maybe somewhere different, for a change?

[Filter]

[gunslinger]

We can do really fancy if you want. So long as I don't have to wear a tie.

[Filter]

[ino]

[a little amused sound]

No tie? What about a fancy hat?

[it's not so noticeable, but she's feeling a little better lately. enough that she's actually, you know, joking/teasing back with ease]

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[payback]

Please, I never need a break from depressing Paradisa theorizing! I'm always on the go with that.

[Filter]

[payback]

But I'll go out to dinner with you anyway.

[Filter]

[gunslinger]

[ A chuckle. Hey man, they can discuss all the Paradisa stuff she wants, so long as it's over dinner. ]

Great, it's a date. I think we decided on something fancy, if that's okay with you.

[Filter]

[payback]

I don't care where we go... although I'm out in the dead zone right now, just so you know! Kallen asked my help in finding this friend of hers.

[Filter]

[gunslinger]

That sounds kind of important. You want to raincheck? Do you need help?

( jr )

[scinlae]

[ It is only because she knows he means it when he says he will come find her, that she replies--writing instead of speaking. She does not trust her voice nor her temper. ]

What is it you want from me, Jr?

( morgana )

[gunslinger]

[ He'll keep it dictated, since he knows hearing his voice will have more impact. At least he hopes, if she still cares. He's quiet though, curious what she thinks. If she actually considers him an enemy. ]

What is it you think I want?

( jr )

[scinlae]

[ Caring. Caring is the one thing she wishes she could not do right now. ]

I would not know, I am not in the habit of reading minds.

( morgana )

[gunslinger]

You don't have to read my mind to know me, Morgana. I'm not the one who's changed.

( jr )

[scinlae]

[ She tries very hard not to snap her quill, temper flaring suddenly. ]

I am in no mood to argue or play guessing games.

( morgana )

[gunslinger]

Really, you're not, huh? Well I haven't been in the mood for your bullshit, either. If you don't want to argue, then don't argue. But we're going to talk.

Have I ever given you a reason to not trust me?

[gentleidealist]

Man, I don't think I could handle being a satyr or whatever. It's like those dreams where you show up to a really important thing... and then you realize you're not wearing any pants.

[gunslinger]

[ A snort. The fuck? That has to be the most out of the blue... ]

Of all the weird nightmares, I can't say I've ever experienced that one. Seen it in the movies, though.

[gentleidealist]

[OF ALL THE THINGS TO LATCH ONTO, IT'S PANTS.]

... Oh. [He feels kind of dumb now. A pause.]

So you're teaching guns? I've seen people use them, but I'm not really sure I like them.

[gunslinger]

If someone bites. Although the last lesson I gave ended with a bullet in my foot... Which was probably my fault.

What don't you like about them?

[gentleidealist]

Aren't lessons supposed to keep that from happening? Still, that's gotta hurt.

It feels... cheap. I'm a swordsman, so I'm always on the front lines. But with guns, you can just aim at someone's head or heart and... they can't even fight back.

That really bothers me.

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[gunslinger]

It was the first lesson, and he didn't realize that it'd be so loud, or that the recoil would be so rough. Warning someone doesn't always prepare them the way it should.

[gunslinger]

[ Wow dude, way to call Jr. cheap! Best first impression ever.

But no, this isn't the first time he's heard that argument. ]

I never fight someone who isn't fighting back. Efficiency shouldn't be mistaken for coldness. Anyone who goes into a real battle should do so preparing to die, and it's the same for a gunman.

You know anyone who uses magic?