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[charming_jerk]

Hey, chick who's in my body? You listenin'? I swear to Christ that if you do anything to my body, I'll do it back to yours twice over. Same goes for my stuff. If my guitar is as so much breathed on the wrong way, you'll regret it for a long time to come. I am not kidding. [Naturally he had brought it with along with him to the mission. Not a good choice.] As a matter of fact, just give it back to me and maybe there won't be any problems, got it?

And how do you even deal with these things? ["He" looks down at his host body's incredibly generous chest area.] I get tired just standin' around with these things. They gotta be the biggest cans I seen outside of a porno flick. Jesus. [JOHNNY D'AMICO: PARAGON OF ETIQUETTE]

The A.I. program thing said this was going to take a coupla' more days to fix this shit. It also confirmed for me that the Initiative wouldn't know its ass from a hole in the ground. Not that it's surprising, but it's good to know even mathematically figure out how much they suck at this. I don't even wanna know what's gonna happen to us next time.

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[voice] oh boy. XD

[charming_jerk]

I AM respecting her body, so long as she does the same to mine. [Johnny's temper is flaring badly thanks to this event, and even though he speaks evenly, there's definitely a hard edge to it.]

So are you actually Phoenix, or is someone else occupying his space, too?

[abjection]

I wasn't just talking about the body. That's no way to speak to a young girl in a situation like this.

[Tempers fraying all around; normally Kariya would be one of the more level-headed ones, but this particular mishap has shaken him badly.]

I'm not Phoenix, but I know him. We've worked it out.

[Unspoken: in a much more civilized way than this. :|]

[charming_jerk]

I think I'm pretty free to talk however I want in this situation. Just because she looks like a teenage girl doesn't mean shit around here. We got all types.

I figured you weren't Phoenix. Who are you, then?

[abjection]

You should work on your excuses. She's probably a lot more worried than you are, so it means something.

[This is probably the most he's snapped at anyone in a while; Kariya is distantly aware of that, and after a moment his voice is calmer.]

I'm Kariya. You didn't give your name.

[charming_jerk]

I have no idea what she could be doing. I can't just trust a stranger with my own body.

[Ohshit. It's the other guy in his apartment?]

...This is Johnny.

[abjection]

... Ah. [Yeah, Kariya remembers who the other guy in his apartment is, even if he's never really spoken to him and done his best to stay out of the way.] It's too bad we had to meet like this.

[It's sincere, his voice a lot more even now: he didn't want to have a bad relationship with his roommates, which was why he mostly stayed away in the first place. But some things can't be helped.

This is probably the most he's said in ages, and it's a lecture. It's kind of funny.]

You don't have a choice. The girl probably feels the same way you do, but you won't get anywhere just yelling at her. And if you want your guitar, you should tell her where you are.

[Because, you know, you kind of forgot that part.]

[charming_jerk]

...I'll tell her when she calls me back. And-- Just let me be pissed off, okay? I think I have every right to be. We all do! [He's clearly frustrated, and doesn't know what to do about all this. He's sort of a "punch it till it goes away" problem solver.]

[abjection]

Yes. We do.

[That much he'll concede, even if he's gotten better at keeping himself together since that first day.]

There are ways to be pissed off that don't involve yelling at people. I'm not going to tell you to punch pillows, but...

[He's not the best problem solver either (see: his life), but he tries!]

[charming_jerk]

What, I'm supposed to just sit here and take it, while god knows what goes on with my body? While the Iniative thinks up more ways to make us more miserable?

[abjection]

I didn't say you had to just sit there. Though it might be better to leave the Initiative to whatever they're doing right now, trying to fix it.

[He at least believes they're trying to do something, because an accident this widespread and ridiculous doesn't do anyone any good.]

Worst comes to worst, we might have to figure something out ourselves. Save your energy.

[charming_jerk]

Yeah, the Initiative has proved themselves to be so competent and trustworthy. How the hell can the rest of us even begin to fix something like this?

[abjection]

It's better than nothing. I wouldn't underestimate the Transports here.

[If they can bring beings like Servants here, take them from the Grail itself and their Masters... It's not that Kariya is an optimist, but he refuses to believe that there's nothing to be done.]