Yeah, both are just a little bit necessary for you now.
[Oh, thanks. You didn't have to, Brig, but... thanks. Popping that can open now.]
Training with Kibo will make the Japanese easy. As for Tagalog, well. You've got your fair share of people to ask around here.
[Oh, thanks. You didn't have to, Brig, but... thanks. Popping that can open now.]
Training with Kibo will make the Japanese easy. As for Tagalog, well. You've got your fair share of people to ask around here.
I'll get on it, sir. Probably ask An'yu-sama to tutor me in Japanese. And maybe Taning or Kaz in Tagalog. [ Brig thinks about both of his blademates. Taning seems to know better street Tagalog, which Brig would prefer. But he thinks now would be a good time to pick up some of Kaz's skill in socialization as well. He makes a mental note of it. ]
[ He takes a seat, Hikaru left him without an answer if he could, but Brig thinks that maybe he can dare to be a little less formal. He takes one beer and takes a swig of it. He motions with his cigarette pack if it's all right to smoke, particularly with Hikaru looking like crap. ] Is this still from Train Day?
[ He takes a seat, Hikaru left him without an answer if he could, but Brig thinks that maybe he can dare to be a little less formal. He takes one beer and takes a swig of it. He motions with his cigarette pack if it's all right to smoke, particularly with Hikaru looking like crap. ] Is this still from Train Day?
[Nodding in approval with that plan --
-- and pausing, just so, with that next statement. Smiling a little.]
Go ahead. [A beat.] So that's what you guys are calling it now? "Train Day"?
[And nope, he's not answering just yet.]
-- and pausing, just so, with that next statement. Smiling a little.]
Go ahead. [A beat.] So that's what you guys are calling it now? "Train Day"?
[And nope, he's not answering just yet.]
I'm not so sure about everybody else, sir, but the Hounds at least call it Train Day, I believe. [ He lights up a cigarette takes a long drag. ] It's all just informal but we didn't really have anything else to call it actually.
[ He takes another swig of his beer and just waits. He can do quiet. That's mostly what he's been really since joining Netsach. Quiet. Waiting. Supplying input only when there's something to offer. ]
[ He takes another swig of his beer and just waits. He can do quiet. That's mostly what he's been really since joining Netsach. Quiet. Waiting. Supplying input only when there's something to offer. ]
It does sound better than its official serial number, that's for sure.
[Leaning back, taking another sip.]
I'm recovering.
[That's all that matters. No need to talk about how bad it got.]
[Leaning back, taking another sip.]
I'm recovering.
[That's all that matters. No need to talk about how bad it got.]
Well, that's all that matters, right? "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and all that jazz. [ Brigade takes another swig and another drag. ] Glad you didn't take it all on yourself though. We might not be drinking here right now if ever you did. [ It's said off-handedly, but the concern can be heard in the tone ]
Oh, I'm not that suicidal. Still would've made it out in generally one piece.
[Generally. As things stood, he knew better than to give way too much, at least in that direction. There was still so much to do.]
[Generally. As things stood, he knew better than to give way too much, at least in that direction. There was still so much to do.]
Good to hear. To your health. [ He holds his beer out to toast while trying to relax a bit in his chair ] So how long before you're up and about again? I think the others miss playing "Where's Hikaru?" when they pass trees or shadows of buildings.
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[Tapping his beer can against Brig's with a rueful shake of his head.]
I don't spy THAT much, you know.
[Sure, Blade King. Whatever.]
I don't spy THAT much, you know.
[Sure, Blade King. Whatever.]
[ Brig laughs ] Now you're just joshing, the Blade King. [ The pun on a fellow blademate who doesn't like being talked about unintended. Only the denotative meaning of the idiom. ]
[Heh.]
I'd like to think that I watch when I have to. Comes with the territory.
I'd like to think that I watch when I have to. Comes with the territory.
[ A shake of the head. ] They've kept in touch. She was always the team baby, even if she didn't go to my school.
[ Noting that, tapping his stick out and deciding against lighting another. ] Based on the stuff I read, they seem okay.
She only told them her side of the story: awakening as a Technomancer, getting moved to Frostriver as a result.
[ Noting that, tapping his stick out and deciding against lighting another. ] Based on the stuff I read, they seem okay.
She only told them her side of the story: awakening as a Technomancer, getting moved to Frostriver as a result.
[ He takes a swig and smiles ] I wasn't really talking about the "spying" or "creeping". [ Brig gives him a sincere look ] More that the Blade misses you randomly appearing with a smile on your face.
[ Brig takes a puff of his ] Probably because she thinks it's you whose got to tell them about you. [ He adds a bit more after ] If she's still in touch with them, I guess they handled her "changing" just fine. [ Smiles and looks back at Josh with a look that's asking "What's stopping you?" ]
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I'm pretty sure that only some of your blade mates miss that.
[But it's mostly a deflection.]
Well, Brianna has had the pleasure of seeing me already. Greeted Taning and Yulia as well, when they moved into Kibo.
[But it's mostly a deflection.]
Well, Brianna has had the pleasure of seeing me already. Greeted Taning and Yulia as well, when they moved into Kibo.
And now there's me too. [ Brig tips his beer at him before taking another swig ] Which leaves you with just Josh, since Kaz is currently off taking his Everyman's Walk. You'll have collected 5 out of 6 rare, War Hounds Pokemon after that. [ He chuckles ]
[Lol, he's heard THAT analogy before. Anton and his schtick for popular culture. Jessie and his asshole tendencies.
But that is not the most interesting part of that statement.]
I'm almost touched to hear that you count yourself as one of my acquisitions.
But that is not the most interesting part of that statement.]
I'm almost touched to hear that you count yourself as one of my acquisitions.
[ Brig's feeling more relaxed. He reaches and pops open a new can of beer. Pulling out another and reaching it to Hikaru. ] Well, you had me at "One weapon to another", and sealed the deal with "See you on the battlefield, brother".
[...Sure, why not. Might as well drink like he could drink. Fuck sickness.]
So those are the things that get underneath that soldier boy exterior, huh?
[Now he's just teasing you in that typically charming/annoying/hot Blade King fashion.]
So those are the things that get underneath that soldier boy exterior, huh?
[Now he's just teasing you in that typically charming/annoying/hot Blade King fashion.]
cause Brig's too serious for his own good sometimes. haha
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2014-02-23 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
122-year old Promethean Soldier without grizzled, battle-brothers? [ Brig glances at him and gives him a look ] Yes. More so when the person who tells him those things is a fellow "living weapon" [ Brigade does the quotation marks expression with both hands ], willing to lay his life down on the wire to save a lot of people.
[ A moment's pause. ] And does.
[ He takes a swig of his beer and a drag of his cigarette. It's the truth. ]
[ A moment's pause. ] And does.
[ He takes a swig of his beer and a drag of his cigarette. It's the truth. ]
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[Well, he should have expected that.
Odd, really, given how they started out. Outside of that first encounter with Saitou, really, since they had never gotten far with that one. That had been Saitou's moment, after all.]
We all do what we have to do, in the best way that we know how.
Odd, really, given how they started out. Outside of that first encounter with Saitou, really, since they had never gotten far with that one. That had been Saitou's moment, after all.]
We all do what we have to do, in the best way that we know how.
Cheers to that. [ Brig reaches his beer out and waits for Hikaru to toast ] And that's why you can count me among your "acquisitions". Just think of me as Charizard though. [ Brigade chuckles as he says so, suddenly remembering episodes of the original series ]
[Amused, of course, as they're clicking their cans together yet again.]
Charizard, huh? Why that one?
[Yeah, he's played that game. All of those games.
He gets bored, okay.]
Charizard, huh? Why that one?
[Yeah, he's played that game. All of those games.
He gets bored, okay.]
Never watched the old series? [ Brigade's actually surprised at this. With how Hikaru is, he should have. Or he's just faking again, waiting for an answer to play with ] In the classic series, Charizard was Ash's most stubborn Pokemon. But when they made their peace, and Ash showed Charizard his true mettle, Charizard became arguably Ash's most loyal.
Well, when you put it that way...
[Talk about uncanny accuracy. Thank you, popular culture.]
[Talk about uncanny accuracy. Thank you, popular culture.]
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