Unwanted Affiliations

[fierce_marauder]

[ Hervey is sitting on the side of the fountain, looking mighty exhausted. His right hand is covered in what appears to be ink, but you can just make out some purple-green bruising under the black smears. The pirate's cheeks also appear to have been smudged with the ink, although those marks are a little lighter. ]

How do they keep putting up all these damn signs?!

[ Next to him is a pile of wood with words painted haphazardly onto them, but it's hard to make out what they say considering most of the wood is broken into a variety of splintery, small pieces. ]

Geez, we should've just killed them or thrown them into jail or something! Next time I see them, I'm definitely taking them in...

Stupid Jeremy, could've easily happened to him but I just had to go and be the man...

Comments

[flowingstrike_loser]

Really? Why would you take those ones down? I can't let them spread crazy things like that around..

[fierce_marauder]

Exactly.

So let's cut a deal here, alright? We both take down all the signs relatin' to this incident, and we're both happy!

[flowingstrike_loser]

D-damn it! I was having too much fun watching you squirm...! I'm getting tired of this bad luck.

Look I'm only doing it to keep my name clear, too, so don't get used to my help!

[fierce_marauder]

Looks like we're collaborating a lot at this place, Jer!

We could even start a new unite attack here at this rate!

[flowingstrike_loser]

[The ultimate insult to his pride!]
Create a new unite with you?! Don't count on it! I'm begrudgingly working with you!

[fierce_marauder]

You're hurting my feelings here! I thought we were friends!

[flowingstrike_loser]

M-making unite attacks is different. You can't just create one lightly! There's no way I'm letting you be the leader either!

[fierce_marauder]

... You're telling me you didn't create the Reverse Adonis attack lightly??

[flowingstrike_loser]

Of course not! You couldn't tell?! [It was coincidental that it was exactly the same as the Adonis attack, yep!]

[fierce_marauder]

...

W-what did you even have to think about with that one??

[flowingstrike_loser]

Hey, do you think it was easy finding the perfect candidates and then convincing them to perform it? It was no cake walk!

[fierce_marauder]

I guess you've got a point. Y'know, I'm still not sure how you hooked in Travis...

[flowingstrike_loser]

Ahaha, he's not so bad once you got to know him. [Doesn't mention how their "conversations" were probably very one-sided.] Haven't seen him in ages though!

[fierce_marauder]

It's possible to get to know that guy?? If you say so. He was always the mystery t'me, though, y'know? I mean, I can totally understand how you got Trishtan t'do it. I'm guessing it's sort of the same with how it went down with Helmut...

[flowingstrike_loser]

Hey, how did you get to know that guy? He seemed pretty quiet and proud so it's surprising to me.

[fierce_marauder]

He just needed some pushing around, y'know? Stuck-up kinda' guy like him probably followed the rules all his life and never had a pal. He wasn't so bad when we got through to him.

I think he preferred Sigurd's company over mine, though...

[flowingstrike_loser]

You attract a lot of straight laced people, don't you?

[fierce_marauder]

Hah! Sigurd ain't that straight-laced! Trust me, the guy won't shut up if you get to know him.

[flowingstrike_loser]

I take it that being around you for years probably influenced him to some degree?

[fierce_marauder]

He was a loudmouth before we even met! He only plays the cool, calm and collected guy now. You should've seen him when we were at each other's throats!

Speak for yourself, though, with Trishtan and Travis.

[flowingstrike_loser]

Did they start speaking up more after I was around them? I like to think so. [May not have understood what Hervey meant since he's slow.]

I should be more cool and collected. I bet women like that kind of thing!

[fierce_marauder]

... W-what? [ He has to take a second to interpret that. ] Wait, I meant when Sigurd and I were at each other's throats! W-wait a second, why do I fight with so many people...?

... Uh huh. You think you could last more than five seconds? What if someone like Mitsuba shows up, huh?

[flowingstrike_loser]

Trouble in paradise? With the way you are, I can see someone wanting to strangle you every now and then.

H-hey, the last time we crossed paths it was actually pretty civil! Although she was still up to no good...

[fierce_marauder]

Don't you mean 24/7?

I bet you couldn't keep cool if she was all up in your face, though. Y'know?

[flowingstrike_loser]

Well, she isn't here so there's no way to know. [Doesn't want to think about her appearing!]