XXII

[punsofiron]

[Liz is in her room, looking over herself in the mirror as she adjusts the suit of armor she's been fitted with. Cambot adds to the mood. Once everything's in place, Liz looks up at Cambot, testing the weight of her new sword.]

You know what? This is awesome.

Cambot's clearly raring to go, what do you say we go check out the rest of the ship? I hope there's slimes or something, I could use some practice again.

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[wavesinherheart]

Slimes?

[Aqua, meanwhile, has ended up up with a very nice set of mage robes and a staff to match.]

[punsofiron]

Well it doesn't have to be slimes. Could be anything really.

...Lookin' good.

[wavesinherheart]

As long as it isn't Unversed.

Ah, and you don't look too bad yourself.

[punsofiron]

Heh. Always gotta dress for the occasion, right?

Shall we check things out?

[wavesinherheart]

Sure. We're dressed for it, right?

[punsofiron]

Yup.

[wavesinherheart]

Then let's go check it out.

[thirteenth_brat]

You're actually excited about this?

[And then he thinks on it for a minute.]

It's gotta be better than rainbows and sugar everywhere...

[punsofiron]

Why wouldn't I be?

[thirteenth_brat]

You like fighting monsters?

[punsofiron]

Kid, I run a weekly Warhammer game. You really didn't catch on that I'm kind of a fan of perilous adventure?

[thirteenth_brat]

Games are one thing. Real fighting it another.

[And he thought Sora was overly enthusiastic about things he ought to be worried about...]

[punsofiron]

Hey, I'd rather fight some random goblins then a terminator or a universal tyrant.

[thirteenth_brat]

[He can guess what a terminator is from the word and a universal tyrant just sounds like some of the villains back home. Goblins, going by stories he's heard, are mostly a joke and probably avoid extinction by intensive breeding...]

I suppose that makes sense.

[virtualunknown]

...so we're LARPing now?

[punsofiron]

Nooo, that would just be silly.

[She may or may not be saying that facetiously.]

[virtualunknown]

Oh, of course. Silly me...

[punsofiron]

[She grins.]

So what class are you?

[virtualunknown]

A dark knight.

...and, no, not that one.

[punsofiron]

[A pause, then she just smirks.] You know me too well.

[virtualunknown]

The jury's still out on if that's a good thing or not.

[punsofiron]

You love me.

[virtualunknown]

Like a pesky older sister.

[punsofiron]

That is acceptable.

[skysmirror]

[Xion can understand wanting practice. She actually smiles a bit.]

So you know about this sort of thing? I guess it does seem like the Dungeons and Dragons game...

[punsofiron]

Prrretty much. Should be fun!

[skysmirror]

We still have to be careful of the monsters, though.

[Not smiling, but she doesn't look too worried. It's been a while, but she was pretty good at taking out Heartless at one point.]

[punsofiron]

Well of course. But I'm used to this sort of thing.

[skysmirror]

I think a lot of us are. Maybe not this exact kind, but...

[milliondollarpipes]

[Harvey's pretty much forced into this ridiculous getup, but he's not wearing the cloak or the headband thing. Die first.]

I'm tellin' ya, kid, this place is gettin' on my last nerve. [Yeeeeeah he isn't happy.]

[punsofiron]

[...

Okay yeah she's just smiling in that way that says she's totally trying not to laugh at you right now.]

Oh come on, mister Finevoice! The bard's the perfect class for you and your pipes.

[milliondollarpipes]

Don't you start, Iron.

[He crosses his arms and tries his best to look forbidding, but there's a slight quirk in the corner of his mouth that says he pretty much expected this reaction.]

I don't perform in circus clothes.

[punsofiron]

[Nnnnnope, not helping.]

And I don't fight with a broadsword, what's your point?

[milliondollarpipes]

It's all about image, kid. If you're gonna be a great performer, you gotta have an image.

[He gestures up and down at himself.] "Medieval Clown" doesn't really go too well with my act.

[punsofiron]

You're not a CLOWN, mister Finevoice, you're the spoony bard!

At least get the classes straight if you're gonna hang out with me.

[milliondollarpipes]

Uh-huh. You want me to learn to play this thing, too?

[He reaches offscreen and holds up a...lute...banjo...thing. It might not even be a real instrument.] Maybe I could go skippin' through a few fields while I'm at it.

[punsofiron]

[...okay she can't help it anymore. She snickers.]

[milliondollarpipes]

[He rolls his eyes good-naturedly.]

Now, if it were a piano, then we might be talkin'. This... [He hefts the thing, testing its weight.] Might be good for beatin' a few things over the head, but that's it.

[punsofiron]

Oh come on, it's not THAT bad.

[milliondollarpipes]

[Shrug] Guess it is better than last week.

[punsofiron]

But the ears were so cute on you!

[milliondollarpipes]

[His tone brooks no room for argument.] We are never discussing that again.

[punsofiron]

[Her grin says she gives no fucks.] Well they WERE.