catchall rupert

[skyagain]

Comments

[agleam]

[ :o ]

You fought on those things?!

[skyagain]

Sure. Guy showed up with his own and we dueled it out. I think he was more into it after he'd lost than during.

[agleam]

[squints]

...Why?

[skyagain]

From what I can tell? He hadn't had a decent fight in a long time.

[agleam]

Oh. He's one of the people who really likes that kind of thing for some reason.

[skyagain]

[ cloud, also a person who likes that kind of thing, but in a lowkey less insane fashion: ]

... Yeah. Guy was pretty intense.

[agleam]

Yeah. I guess—

[too late time for a very stupid memory]

[skyagain]

... So... That could've gone better.

[ wow. ]

[agleam]

...Maybe.

[definitely]

[skyagain]

So how'd you get out of that?

[agleam]

Like, specifically out of that tree, or...?

[skyagain]

Out of whatever that guy was accusing you of, too.

[agleam]

Oh, yeah. Uhhh, I panicked and lied to him, which he believed by some miracle, so.

[skyagain]

... Really? After that?

[ a miracle... or was he stupid..... ]

[agleam]

[the real reason is that the writing is stupid and he had to believe it for the plot to work it's fine]

Yeah... I got lucky.

[skyagain]

Well... Glad it worked out. And that you weren't eaten by that plant, either.

[agleam]

Yeah, I am also very glad I did not get eaten by a plant. Low bar! But still glad.

[skyagain]

Well, considering everything, maybe we should keep that bar low.

[agleam]

I am heightening the bar as soon as I make it out of here.

[skyagain]

A wise plan when there isn't one guy pulling the strings trying to make our lives miserable.

[agleam]

[...]

Well, no, that's still a thing for me back home, but I'm going to fix it. So, heightening the bar as soon as I get home and do that.

[skyagain]

... It's sort of a thing for me back home, too.

[ so he was being secretly ironic, but now it's funny awkward ]

[agleam]

Oh.

[a beat.]

Who...?

[skyagain]

... His name's Sephiroth. It's... a long story.

[ and he says the name with a lot of hatred so you know ]

[agleam]

...Okay. We don't have to talk about it if you don't want to.