one | audio; un: j.doe (go tell the world that i’m still alive)

[bamboozlement]

[this new voice is a little gruff and a lot to the point:]

Who wants to tell me which of these domes has a gym?

[meet jason todd, a guy who uses his fists to solve most problems, including his own brainspiders. he’s decided it doesn’t seem entirely fair that this place healed up all of the injuries he sustained back in gotham before his arrival - jason sorta thinks he deserved that broken arm, thanks. maybe if he’s lucky, he’ll end up with a sparring partner or two and a fresh set of bruises.]

Comments

[gristle]

Yeah, it is, people always say it when they mean that it's not as good as other things, and that it's cute and old fashioned and less than as good as whatever they have.

[She's had to deal with tourists in Maine before. It's a pain.]

[bamboozlement]

[she’s not wrong.]

OK, fair enough. That’s not really how I meant it, though. I like old-fashioned stuff. I’d take a walkie-talkie over this thing stuck in my head any day.

[gristle]

Okay. Good.

And yeah, I think most people will. But I'll see if Aaron can make us swords.

[bamboozlement]

You’ll probably wanna ask him to make ‘em with blunt edges for practicing. I don’t know about you, but I get sliced up enough as it is.

[gristle]

Yeah. I don’t want to get yelled at if I get cut up.

[the problem with having five dads, that.]

[bamboozlement]

Also, the getting cut up part sucks.

[add +1 big brother, too.]

[gristle]

Yeah, I guess but it would help with learning not to be stupid.

[bamboozlement]

If you’ve already learned how to fight viking style and with knives, you can’t be stupid.

[gristle]

I suppose that's true. The first thing Ubbe taught me was not to be afraid and flinch at stuff like that.

[bamboozlement]

That’s a good first lesson. If you show fear, your opponent’s gonna take advantage of that.

[gristle]

Yeah. I know. Things live off fear sometimes.

[bamboozlement]

Usually not anything good.

[gristle]

Nope. Normally nothing good. Monsters and bullies.

[bamboozlement]

Yeah? You got some experience with that sorta thing?

[gristle]

Doesn't everyone.

[Nice and evasive but also true. The best sort of hiding comment.]

[bamboozlement]

Bullies, probably yeah. Monsters, not so much, unless you mean that in a metaphorical sense.