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[charming_jerk]

[OKAY. GONNA TRY AND BE AN ADULT HERE. You know, that thing Johnny is terrible at being? Yes. But he wants to be useful. Also, he's bored.]

Um, anyone need help with anythin'? Things are pretty wrecked, an' all things considered, I'm in okay shape after all that, so I can like... Clean stuff or lift stuff or whatever. I'm pretty strong, ya know.

[AWKWARD PAUSE GOES HERE. After looking unsure of what to say after a few moments, he pipes up again.]

So does shit like this happen often here? All-out battles an' attacks 'n' shit? Cuz if so, maybe we should start preparing for when they do find out we're still here.

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[fortissimos]

[ THIS GUY AGAIN. ]

I'm gonna keep training. I don't think there's much else we can do.

[ Hesitantly: ]

You're okay, right? [ As in actually okay, not that fake-okay she's been known to pull herself. ]

[charming_jerk]

[YEP. THIS GUY.]

Yeah, I guess. Some kinda preparation might be nice, though. Bomb shelteres 'n' drills, 'n shit?

[He nods, and smirks a little.] Those guys were nothin'. Plus when I got back underground. Someone healed me up.

[fortissimos]

[ Okay, Sayaka isn't enough of a spoilsport to call him out on the comment about the Masked being nothing. She still relaxes visibly when he mentions being healed. ]

Maybe. Who's gonna organize something like that, though?

[ Not that she can't appreciate the idea. ]

[charming_jerk]

[He's full of crap, but, well, pride and all.]

Man, I dunno. I probably ain't the guy for that job. But there seems to be a lotta people organizin' things around here, so maybe we should pass on the ideas.

[fortissimos]

[ She shrugs. ]

Yeah. I mean, it'd be good for everyone else, but I already know what I'm gonna be doing. [ Which doesn't give her a right to have an opinion, since it's not going to affect her. ] If those guys ever come back, I'll just fight again. I don't really need a plan for that.

[charming_jerk]

Nah, but we should probably get more people ready to fight. I don't wanna have to bow out early again just cause 'a some dust in my lungs. That sucked. Plus there's probably a lotta people who don't know how to fight. We need to whip people into shape.

[fortissimos]

If they don't want to fight, that's their choice. [ PAINFUL TOPIC. ] Training to get stronger's one thing, but it's gotta be something you want to do.

[charming_jerk]

I know not everyone's a fighter, but there's other shit to be done around here, right?

[fortissimos]

... Yeah, I guess. It'd be great if everyone helped out, but do you really think that's gonna happen? [ Some people suck!! ]

[charming_jerk]

What else do people even got to do around here?

[fortissimos]

[ A laugh, though it's mostly humourless. ]

Not much. But not having anything else to do still isn't enough sometimes. [ Shrug. ] I'll help, though. Have you figured out a place to start?