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[expertonshutters]

[The smiling, cheery photographer does not appear to be in right now. What the feed gets is someone who is tired, frazzled, and angry.]

I'm glad to see that it looks like everyone made it out of that mess alive. I don't- I don't really know what to make of what we saw down there, but I can say this: I'm not really fond of a bunch of Gods that would put kids through something like that. That was bullshit.

[There's a pause while he tries to get himself under control.]

I need a drink. I need ten drinks. I'm going to go get ten drinks. Someone tell me if there's a place in town that has good drinks.

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[youngestone]

I'm going to kill you, you didn't tell me the Kousaka's daughter had a stand here!

[Distraction~]

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[expertonshutters]

[Wh.]

Uh.





[WELL YOU SURE DID STOP HIM FROM LOOKING SO ANGRY.]

...surprise.....~!?

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[youngestone]

Kousaka candy! In Union! You were holding out on me!

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[expertonshutters]

I wasn't holding out on you! You just never asked! I've been bringing home her manju for weeks!

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[youngestone]

I thought it was a stash from Caldera or that you sent an order to the store in the city or something!

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[leadingspirit]

That bad, eh? I found a place while everyone was gone, first round's on me.

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[expertonshutters]

Praise be to the asshole birds I was almost killed by yesterday.

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[leadingspirit]

[Snort.]

Meet me in the center of town in ten minutes, nimrod. You can tell me all about these birds.

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[expertonshutters]

Jerks.

[He's just being petulant, now. He will be at the center of town right at ten minutes. He looks no less frazzled than he did on the feed.]

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[lunchleader]

Not all of us were kids, y'know.

...but yeah, I see your point. [Here's someone else who's not quite full of smiles and cheer as he normally is. Don't mind the shiner that he's sporting now.] Maybe they could've left out anyone that was under-aged, at least.

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[expertonshutters]

That would have been preferable.

[He takes a deep breath.]

I sort of get what they were maybe trying to show us, but how many of you have even seen a war before? What right had they to put the weight of a choice like that in you and the other's hands? I'm just--

[He's mad.]

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[lunchleader]

Hayato... I get why you're mad. And yeah, they should've been more careful in who they chose to put in that scenario. But I think I get why they felt it was necessary to do that. A test and a warning.

...at least we passed the test? [He's trying to cheer him up. Soft Steel's face-palm, however, shows how ineffective that last statement might be.]

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[expertonshutters]

If you want to call it that.

[Some of his ire fades. Honestly, there's something else that's under his skin, he just can't really address it on a public forum.]

I hope they liked what they saw.

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[darer]

It's good to see you made it through alive.

[whatever it is you made it through.]

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[expertonshutters]

[He looks so out of it. He's not easily frazzled as Thorin probably knows.]

Just barely, but yeah. What about you? How did your trip go?

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[darer]

We survived. Other than that... don't ask.

[If he never has to tell this story it'll be too soon. He especially doesn't want to tell Hayato.]

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[expertonshutters]

Sounds about right. I won't tell if you won't.

[He's fine with that.]

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[niepokonany]

Ten drinks sound way good right about now.

[Says a guy who looks like he can hold about one and a half.]

If you wanna get cheap and good in the city, Teeter's is probably your best bet.

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[expertonshutters]

[He grins a little, despite his frustration.]

Teeters, huh? I'll definitely keep that in mind.

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[niepokonany]

It's right in the Entertainment District, so it's pretty hard to miss. Like, a little lowbrow, but whatever, right?

[He doesn't really want to be anywhere as potentially wobbly as the High Roost right now, anyway, even if his family does have a membership.]

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[expertonshutters]

Lowbrow isn't a problem with me. Any place that has good drinks is pretty good in my book.

[He's been in a few higher end places but that was all for his work more than anything.]

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[miracle_miko]

[ Hayato that's called alcoholism. ]

Mister Ichimonji, drinking that much isn't good for you, you know...

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[expertonshutters]

[Nah, its called being Calderan. Though to Sanae he grins kind of lopsided.]

Maybe I won't have ten, but I need a few.

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[miracle_miko]

It's not good to drink when you're so angry like that, you'll lose count. Then it really will be ten, or more! That much alcohol really isn't good for you!

[ She sounds like she speaks from experience. ]

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[expertonshutters]

[Sanae when did you have ten beers...]

All right, all right! I'll make sure I'm extra careful.