catchall aikawa

[skyagain]

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[skyagain]

I guess you can, but it's a bit old to try and pull that off.

[ cloud is from the boondocks there were no schools there. and the shinra university is for nerds. ]

But yeah. Mission thing. Had to get three letters total to be let in. It was a drag.

[ it also involved other fun things, like crossdressing, that he is not sharing. ]

[decaptych]

[ Points at himself and goes in a very comically tiny voice: ]

I recently started going back to school...

[ Honestly I had wondered if the most chaotic memory WOULD be the cross-dressing but this hell house is even better because I didn't know about this one. ]

Yeah, that's a lot of steps to have to get a thing. I would've just snuck in at that point. Or broken in.

[skyagain]

... Sorry?

[ he doesn't know schools. anyway too many people got crossdressing, but i did think about it. at least the one where cloud kicks a man while wearing high heels. it's a good one ]

Not an option. We needed to get information from the guy. Had to get in the official way, without alerting the entire sector in his control of what we're after. [ a beat ] Definitely considered it, though.

[decaptych]

I'm going back to school. I used to go when I was a bit younger but that got derailed 'cause of reasons, but now I'm back, so I recently enrolled again.

[ Cloud out here invalidating his 26-year old school life. But also beat pause. ]

Wow, sounds like your adventures are a lot more, eh, what'd be a good word for it... big-scale? Official? I'm more of a one-off kinda guy.

[skyagain]

... Okay? Look, you do what you want. That's just not an option for me.

[ cloud is just WHAT IS SCHOOL still ]

Tried the one-off thing. It kind of spiraled out on me. I'd say it's more luck than anything on purpose.

[ bad luck? good luck? he does not specify ]

[decaptych]

[ Cloud your education!! ]

Just once? Maybe you just had bad weather.

[ He just assumes bad luck apparently. ]

[skyagain]

[ you don't need an education when the world is going to end!! yay!!! ]

Haven't exactly gotten the time to try solo-adventures again since. It's only been about two weeks back home.

[ "ff7r part one takes place inside a week" me, in tears: i played it for 50 hours? ]

[decaptych]

[ Aikawa, whose world is ending and yet he still goes to school just to dick around there, is an outlier and cannot be counted in this equation. ]

Hmmhmm, I think they're pretty fun. Damn, if only there were better ways to do something like that around here... those group field trips definitely suck ass and are totally designed to fuck you over, so that's not great. I sure as hell don't really wanna go on one of those alone.

[ Zia your PLAYTIME. ]

[skyagain]

Think I'm good. I've got plenty enough to do back home and here without needing some solo mission work.

[ my playtime is average don't look at me ]

[decaptych]

[ You're right I've had games with 200+ playtime before you're clear. Go play some more FF7R right now. ]

You got buddies you travel with? [ Noting the pointing out 'solo' bit. ]

[skyagain]

Yeah, a few. Couple of 'em hired me for a job, and like I said... things spiraled. There's five of us dealing with it now.

[ and one of them is a dog. ]

[decaptych]

Wow, an accidental adventuring gang. There's worse ways to end up with a squad. You get along?

[skyagain]

Wouldn't be going with them if I didn't. Not without getting paid.

[decaptych]

Ohhh, so not that great.

With any of 'em?

[skyagain]

... No, I meant... If we didn't get along. I'd only go if I was being paid. But I'm not being paid, so.

[ LEAVE HIM ALONE HE'S AWKWARD ]

[decaptych]

Ohh! Even better! Hey, better bad news first only to get replaced by good news, than the other way around, right?

[ They're BOTH WEIRD. ]

[skyagain]

... Sure, I guess?

[ he thinks aikawa is weirder but cloud's tolerance of weird is both 0 and extremely high. he accepts it. he is just judgmental ]

[decaptych]

What, you don't agree?

[ No, you're right. Aikawa is definitely way weirder. ]

[skyagain]

Sure. Just... didn't really think of it as good or bad news.

[decaptych]

I'd rather get along with people than not, that's for sure.

I like being around good people.

[skyagain]

Fair enough. I'm not really a people person.

[decaptych]

Mm, not gonna lie. I kinda got those vibes from you, actually.

But not in a bad way. You remind me of someone.

[skyagain]

... Yeah? Who?

[decaptych]

My best friend an' partner, Risu.

He's got spiky blond hair too, and he's a little socially awkward like you.

[ Heh heh. ]

But he's also got a good head on his shoulders.

[skyagain]

What's with everyone calling me awkward...

[ they're RIGHT but they shouldn't SAY IT ]