text;

[whatsupcroc]

I don't really like doing that announcement thing, but since I'm her roommate... Snow White's gone home! Which is good, that means she's finally back with James, who's her total love at first sight wonderful husband and she has a daughter that maybe she'll get to see now so I'm happy for her. Right, and Al left too, but that was last month. Uh... a few others, but I don't really know the full list.

It makes me curious about something else, though. What do you guys do to show you remember and care about people who you'll probably never see again in this lifetime?

Comments

[whatsupcroc]

( God, he keeps making her laugh! )

Different red-head! If I remember who Lloyd is.

[inthejunk]

My roommate. He's a nice guy, but uh. He shouldn't be left alone with anything he can hurt himself with, ya know?

[whatsupcroc]

He's one of the clumsy sorts, huh ? Poor guy! They're fun to watch every so often. Like you can't believe how things fail to work for them so spectacularly1

[inthejunk]

No, that's me.

[Sigh.]

Lloyd is just dumb.

[whatsupcroc]

( She giggles. )

You don't say! That's kind of mean there, Yosuke. I bet he's got his strong points!

[inthejunk]

[If he's ashamed of himself it sure doesn't show. Though he does relent a bit at that prompt.]

Yeah, sure. He's a nice guy. He never takes my stuff without asking. And he doesn't want to kill me horribly like some other people.

...But he's still really dumb.

[whatsupcroc]

Wait, who wants to kill you horribly?

[inthejunk]

Um...no one. It's...an expression. M-maybe it's only where I'm from.

[whatsupcroc]

Yosuke...

( her tone is heavy with disbelief, and a half laugh at the end. )

Come on, be real with me for a minute!

[inthejunk]

[He laughs too, and it doesn't even sound forced and awkward.]

No, really. I'm just kidding. There's nothing to worry about.

[whatsupcroc]

You're lucky human beings aren't cursed like Pinocchio.

( Actually, so is she. But she lets it slide in the sense that she shrugs and smiles, glancing off to the side. )

If you're just joking about someone wanting you dead, that's dumb. If you're not, then you're being even sillier in not telling someone, 'cause we all need at least two or three people who've got our backs, you know?

( It's important. )

[inthejunk]

So, you'd have my back? That's good to know. Until now I thought you just wanted to put a Kick Me sign there and you were angry you couldn't reach.

[Nope, we're not getting deep here. In fact, have a distraction to piss you off. You're in a wheelchair, ha!]

[whatsupcroc]

Nawh, see, the sign that says "Kick My" goes on something of yours totally in reach!

( Just gonna grin, since it's not her jive to get mad about an obvios distraction. Not right now, so much. If she thought it were really important, on another hand.... )

[inthejunk]

[That gets a grimace, because there's a bad ending in the options there somewhere.]

Maybe now's a good time to tell you I'm planning to father children someday. Please be gentle.

[whatsupcroc]

With your butt?

( Can you hear her barely restrained laughter over here? )

[inthejunk]

[It's difficult to be annoyed when he's too relieved to hear what her target was. For once it's not the worst option.]

Well, if Satonaka had her way...

[whatsupcroc]

Who's Satonaka?

[inthejunk]

This girl from home. And I use the word girl pretty loosely. She's into Kung Fu, you know?

[whatsupcroc]

Kung Fu is pretty awesome! Skiing's better.

( Ha. )

What's a girl-not-girl look like?

[inthejunk]

You like skiing? Man, you think it ever snows around he-

Wait.

[Stand by for dubious glance, here. Forget about Chie and her war on his goods, this is a new and strange admission coming from a girl with mobility issues.]

Uh. Do they make like-

[What's the gesture that means wheel chair skis? Geez, this girl is creating all sorts of new communication problems. He gives up trying to imply it, and just says it.]

Skis you can use without standing up?

[whatsupcroc]

Do you mean to ask if they make paraplegic skis? 'Cause they do. They look kind of like bullet rockets!

[inthejunk]

I didn't actually know that word before, but yeah. Alright then. If nuclear winter ever turns into real winter we'll strap some bullet skis to you and a snowboard to me and kick up some powder dust, alright?

[whatsupcroc]

What's the word in Japanese?

( She's actually gotten that hollow promise from folks before, so she shrugs and flashes a smile. )

Sure deal!

[inthejunk]

[It's definitely nothing he can deliver on, which is too bad. He's not great at snowboarding, but he'd have plenty of time to practice if there was some snow around here to practice with.

The question though, he can answer that. Even if he ducks his head a bit to do so, embarrassed. It's good that she doesn't know Japanese, really. The word isn't particularly nice.]

Shimo hanshinfuzui.

[whatsupcroc]

( She doesn't know the word, and when it's not actively translating, all it is comes down to sounds. Yosuke's posturing does more to tell her what connotations it carries than the word itself ever would, outside of tonal delivery. )

Doesn't sound like it's a particularly nice thing to say.