[open] Cow.

[convictionary]

Who: Gaius and various and assorted people.
When: 5/11
Where: Gresser
What: Cows
Rating: S for stupid, probably with some light curses and terrible metaphors.

RANDOM ENCOUNTER:

[And that was when Gaius turned to his companion(s), warming to the story.] So the second ham was tossed into the air and the juggler reached for the torc-

[And that was when a small herd of goats ran past them.

...

There's probably something chasing the distressed goats, huh. (Hint: it's probably a bear.)]

COW:

["Moo," said the cow, distressed. There was three of them, tired, wary, staring at the heroes who likely stared back at them. Gaius stared, at least, though who knows...maybe his companion had a natural instinct for tending to cows and was running to care for them. He hesitated.] What are we getting for this, again?

OBLIGATORY MISSION AFTERMATH:

[Because they are and he looks tired and vaguely done right now. He is going to order a sundae with some fruit he never heard of because he can.]

Comments

[carptricks]

Couple of hours. Have a li'l faith in my abilities, c'mon!

[the truth was "anywhere from ten minutes to a few hours depending on how long I let the ammunition soak in the sleeping potion" BUT that was too complicated of an answer. and this particular ammunition had soaked for half a day, so "a few hours" was a fair enough response]

[in other words, yes. yes they can banter near the sleeping bear]

[convictionary]

Just making sure. Pays to be safe in my line of work. Would be a damn shame if our heads started rolling just because we decided to stand by old fuzzy here and were distracted by a story.

[Why yes, they're going to banter now.] And 'sides, I didn't know you could do this in the first place so how am I supposed to have faith in it?

[Bear: [snk snrk snoore] ]

[carptricks]

How long have you known me? Didn't we take down a giant lion monster or two together?

[he elbows Gaius in the side lightly :T]

Anyway, I learned how to do that last month. The skill came with my fancy new badge.

[which is, of course, currently pinned on the lapels of his hero's uniform]

[convictionary]

Nice! [He lets himself get elbowed.] All I picked up was a shiny new badge myself and a sound problem.

[carptricks]

[. . . eh??]

Sound problem?

[now that the bear is down and out, they should probably continue their search for Old Nessie and her fruit cow friends. Kaito starts walking again as he speaks]

What's that mean? Did you get hard of hearing or something?

[convictionary]

Nah. More like...let's get away from the bear before I try showing you.

[Because it could backfire real quickly.] Right pain in the arse. I got hit a few times.

[carptricks]

[that comment earns Gaius a dubious look, but Kaito doesn't question it. if it was a "sound problem" his fellow hero had, then it'd make sense that he wouldn't want to risk waking up an angry, hungry carnivore]

Can't be that bad, can it? Then again, I guess I don't know.

[he wasn't familiar with the particular skill set Rooks had]

[convictionary]

[He's glancing back at the bear, which they're rapidly walking away from, and then back again.]

I spent some time experimenting and...seems like I can mess with the volume of things. Make quiet things loud and loud things quiet.

[carptricks]

Whoa.

[he takes a moment to process that, before he pulls up a sharp, amused grin]

So you've basically got a real life mute button now, huh? Should your new nickname be Remote Control?

[convictionary]

Remote what?

[He knows what the words mean but...nani. Explain for the idiot.]

[carptricks]

Remote Con-- okay nevermind.

[whoosh. that joke just flew over Gaius's head]

I s'pose this means you don't have televisions back where you come from.

[convictionary]

Nope. [Drawled out, so, truthfully, it probably sounds more like nnnooooope.] You know what else we don't have?

[carptricks]

[does. does he want to know. he's curious. he has to ask. he's falling into this trap]

What else don't you have?

1/2

[convictionary]

[There's a pause. There's a long enough pause that it deserves its own comment. Brace yourself.

Are you braced?

Okay.]

2/2

[convictionary]

Toilets like here.

[Enjoy that thought!]

1/2

[carptricks]

. . .

[carptricks]

[Kaito decides to just. keep walking. without making any further commentary. NOPE. HE IS NOT ADDRESSING THAT ONE. HE IS NOT THINKING ABOUT IT. NOT AT ALL]

[convictionary]

[Meanwhile, to him it's a day which ends in -y. You know how long it took for him to understand how the bathrooms worked in Blanc?

Actually, not very. He's not a total idiot, but shit. Everything's so decadent here. Airships and indoor plumbing...fridges...it's pretty nice.]

So, Strings. What's a television?

[Yes, he also might be amused at that reaction.]

[carptricks]

[technology is so fascinating isn't it, Gaius]

A box that displays moving pictures, used for entertainment. Think of stage plays, only they're transmitted on a screen from miles and miles away.

[not getting into the science-y aspect of it at all]

[convictionary]

[And don't they have those in Blanc? Now I think about it, some of the events mentioned screens and projectors and the like.]

Huh. You don't say. So whaddya usually watch on them?

[carptricks]

[STEAMPUNK TELEVISIONS]

Whatever's playing at the time that's good and entertaining. Actually, there's a really great series back home about a masked superhero where--

[oh good lord stop him before he gets started]

[convictionary]

[Nah.]

[carptricks]

[well enjoy Kaito ranting like a total fanboy over this SUPER COOL SUPERHERO SERIES where the main character is a VIGILANTE who operates OUTSIDE THE LAW and PUNCHES BAD GUYS IN THE FACE and HAS A COOL COSTUME and DOES REALLY COOL HERO THINGS]

[because that is the exact kind of series he'd be into]

[convictionary]

[-and he nods along, tuning out about a third of it but listening to the other 2/3rds of it-]

You don't say.

[And.]

Huh.

[A few minutes later, cutting in-] And nobody pays him?

[carptricks]

[he looks bewildered by this question]

Why would someone pay him for being a superhero?