☘ 031; [video]

[solas_ion]

So are we just not gonna talk about how the apparent end of the world got called off at the last minute?

[Beat.]

No? No. Okay, whatever.

[Shrugging his shoulders, Lancer dismissed the thought and moved on to the next subject.]

Y'know, yesterday marked two years I've been here? And it's not really something I ever gave much thought to, but...hell, two years is a long time when you're not constantly fighting. I'm still not sure how you humans deal with a life this boring, but I guess it ain't all that bad. That's two years I shouldn't even have been alive for, so complaining would be pretty stupid even for me.

[He laughed, a rough but not unfriendly sound that sounded almost like barking.]

I guess what I'm kinda drivin' at here is...I've seen a lot of people come and go--people I gave a damn about, and I'd be a liar if I said I don't miss the hell out of them. But I'm pretty grateful I got the chance t' meet anyone here in the first place.

[As if he'd just realized the sentimental nonsense he was saying, Lancer paused somewhat awkwardly.]

...Hell, I must sound like I've finally lost it. Maybe I have. Doesn't matter, I guess. Listen, I ain't really sure where I'll be around the 13th, but if anybody wants to meet me for a drink around then or anytime, really let me know.

[It seemed he wasn't going to elaborate on why the 13th specifically; even if he was, it was right about then a Houndoom came poking her nose in his face demanding attention. Scratching her lightly behind the ears, Lancer stopped the video without another word.]

Comments

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[paladinlost]

This is a world of opportunities, more than anything else. That'll remain with us no matter what happens after.

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[riastrad_ridire]

I gotta admit, though, I'm a little uneasy about gettin' kicked out of this place without warning.

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[paladinlost]

I suppose that's always a possibility, no matter how long our stay. But since we know it might happen, we have the chance to choose to live as if every day was the last.

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[riastrad_ridire]

Lucky me. I don't know any other way to live.

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[paladinlost]

How lucky. I've had to learn to live through a routine made of paperwork.

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[riastrad_ridire]

Well, that sure sounds boring as hell.

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[paladinlost]

I feel hell would be an improvement, sometimes. But it must be done.

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[timelymaid]

[ The way he talked about humans pinged this one. ]

You're not human, either?

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[riastrad_ridire]

Not really, no. What about you?

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[timelymaid]

I'm normally a troll! What are you?

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[riastrad_ridire]

Demigod-turned-magic-familiar type thing.

...It's complicated.

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[timelymaid]

It doesn't sound too complicated, actually!

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[riastrad_ridire]

Really? Always sounds like kind of a mess when i say it like that.

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[timelymaid]

Well, I've been rather a lot of things myself, so that might be why?

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[ragnarok_strike]

Hey, maybe it's better we don't think about the end of the world.
[That's what Laguna's thinking, anyhow.]

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[riastrad_ridire]

Doesn't make a difference to me. I just thought people usually flipped out over this kinda thing.

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[ragnarok_strike]

It is a bit strange. But, hey, maybe it'd be worse if everybody was doing nothing but panicking.
[...]
I'd take you up on that drinking offer, but I don't know where I'll be on the 13th. I'm only new here... think I'll still be on the way to Violet then!

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[riastrad_ridire]

Don't worry about it. If we ever run into each other, I'll owe ya one.

Just got here, huh? What's your name?

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[ragnarok_strike]

Fine with me! I could use a few...
[just because of his nerves about homestuff also worrying about those things now argh what if they're like sorceresses]
My name's Laguna - got here during the end of the world.
[so casual]

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[riastrad_ridire]

Call me Lancer. I got here just after I died.

[w/e w/e]

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[ragnarok_strike]

[Well, he was speaking about here (he was happy at home maaan), but...]
What? You're dead?
[...Do you need a Phoenix Down?]

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[riastrad_ridire]

[Let it never be said that Lancer doesn't like a little game of one-upmanship.]

Twice over.

[Cutscene death, doesn't apply.]

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[ragnarok_strike]

[Laguna's just stunned for a while, before just going a bit sheepish. Oh, newbies who don't know about the properties of Johto. Aren't they adorable?]
Well, that's pretty... I mean, at least you're alive? [Again?]

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[riastrad_ridire]

Gotta tell ya, it doesn't suck.