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[databasings]

... Lady, you have a really bad habit of switching what muses are lined up and intended for places. Or not going through with it altogether. Just as how an athlete changes socks.

Make up your mind.

--And don't think I don't see what you're up to! You're supposed to be doing schoolwork! Close that tab this instant! Take this more seriously! Knowledge is power! I can't be played effectively by a lazy mundane!

[ . . . ] Erk! I used to cut class because of other investigations and training! This is totally different! Work now, chop chop!

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[twelfthtop]

Totally different. Riiiiiight.

[databasings]

Aw, come on Keith! You gotta agree with me the best place to learn about being a Ranger is on the field!

[ Let's just sshhh at the "no teachers" part. He likes self-studying, okay. ]

[twelfthtop]

Yeah, but it's not completely different, is it?

[... Sorry, Kellyn, he's just being difficult for the sake of it.]

[databasings]

... Okay, fine. My work ethic could've been better. It's still no excuse for slacking off though, at least work in some other way... *mumble mumble*

[ Thanks a lot bff he's missed you too. ]

[twelfthtop]

[A grin, and then he slings an arm around Kellyn's shoulders.] So! How've you been, anyway?

[databasings]

[ Oof. Well, just like that his groucho meter has gone down. Thank goodness for quick remedies like friends' existences. ] Not a lot's been happening, actually. Basically I came out here to chew my mun out. [ It's a little embarrassing in retrospect. ]

I've been in the headspace a while, but no plans have gotten through. Especially considering the one game I was supposed to go to closed... Mun's been meaning to review though, so we'll see how that goes for me and Pachirisu. [ But he has a skyward look, now. Yes, yes. "After work". ]

What about you, Keith? Nothing you couldn't handle I imagine?

[twelfthtop]

I kind of just got here. Haven't really done anything but listen to my mun jabber about AUs with Kate's mun. [A nod down to the next thread.]

She might send me to a game eventually, but who knows.

[databasings]

Alternate Universes: the changing of circumstances from as small as incidents in a character's life, to settings, to time periods, to as large as shifting historical events... [ Yeah he likes to keep himself read up. ] It could be a wild ride, I hope you two are prepared.

[ He makes a wry smile, but he doesn't really mean anything bad by it this time. ] Yeah I had a feeling you two came here together, what with the simultaneous disagreements with my old school habits. [ A laugh, now. ] It's pretty nice people still remember us, what with it being some time ago now since we were hot news.

... Not gonna lie, it'd be an interesting challenge being set someplace new. Rangers exist to solve problems, after all.

[twelfthtop]

It's... pretty crazy. Especially with one of the 'verses that's been tossed around. A couple of the others are pretty tame.

[He grins in response to the wry smile.] It is pretty nice. I know my mun's been clamoring for a new game in the series, even if she hasn't finished Guardian Signs yet.

My mun needs to find a place where I can keep Buizel, though.

[databasings]

Oh boy. Do I want to know? So long as neither of you end up... [ He cuts himself off there. For all of his Definitely A Badass Kid™ he actually doesn't know what he'd do with himself if their dangerous work would take a fatal turn... ]

Hah, my mun's straggling behind. She hasn't even gotten it yet; must be a lapse in memory. [ Let him jot that down with all the other things he's already been nagging about his mun... ]

That's the same case for me too, in finding a suitable place to stretch my legs. We may not readily get assistance from nature as we're used to, but I don't want to head anywhere without my partner!

[twelfthtop]

... A couple close calls, but we keep managing to survive! There isn't really much outside of the typical hazards, anyway.

My mun just got it about a week ago, didn't start until a couple days ago... It's not that she was procrastinating, she just wanted to finish a different game first!

[He nods in agreement.] My mun was looking at this superhero place where I'd still have Buizel, but he'd be like... some kind of spirit or something? I didn't get the full details.

[databasings]

....... [ Don't mind him just smiling ever slightly here. He wasn't worried at all, nope. ]

I see... Too many storylines, not enough time. My mun's still on the course of some borrowed games, for when she gets free periods. But I'll see about her checking out the next region of Rangers. I'd like to learn about their technologies and techniques too.

[ Raising a hand to his chin, he wonders. ] Superheroes, huh? So you'd be able to use Buizel's powers, but in a non-physical form? Maybe you should think of it like with non-tangible Ghost-types.

[vatonnage]

Sure. "Investigations and training", let's go with that.

[databasings]

[ And there's a groan in response. ] You too Kate? You don't have to sit through class to be good! That's just an obsolete generalization!

[vatonnage]

"One must first learn the rules in order to know how to break them." Or did you skip that class?

[databasings]

..................

You're... you're making that up, right?

[ Who teaches rule-breaking at school!? But why does he sound so... unsure... Kate gdi why do you always sound so sincere. ]

[notaluckycharm]

You know, your mun's probably going to do whatever she likes regardless of your opinion, right?

[databasings]

I don't see why this rule of hierarchy is even a thing to begin with! I'm looking out for them too, so what's the big deal?

It's because she's older than me that she won't listen, isn't it... Mundanes are really insufferable.

[notaluckycharm]

I don't think it's that... I've seen mine pulling the strings on people older than she is... I'm sure they're not all that bad, though.

If yours is setting aside schoolwork to give you attention, it means she must like you, right?

[databasings]

... Liking me doesn't get any brownie points. She's starting to remind me of a little sister! And I'm perfectly happy being just big brother of one.

I think they just like wasting time during dire circumstances, for whatever reason. Getting your worries out of the way first is much more practical. Maybe I have too much faith in people supposedly "in charge".

[notaluckycharm]

I wouldn't doubt that. Especially not after hearing my mun barely graduated from high school...

I don't think it's too much faith, given our line of work.

[databasings]

At... least they scraped by. Still though. [ Kellyn really shouldn't be the one speaking against it given his old situation... ]

Maybe for my mun... a strict disciplinarian is the answer. [ The mun thank goodness he can't actually enforce that. ]

[notaluckycharm]

She needs to get a job. [Ben, shush.] Anyway, that's besides the point.

Are you sure it'd help?

[databasings]

Things will work out, but they need to pull their own weight first. That's a universal law, I believe.

[ Silence. ]

.......... Actually, the difficulty might just make her want to give up. [ "Hopeless", he mutters under his breath. ]

[notaluckycharm]

[He nods in agreement.]

I guess we just have to deal with what we're handed, though.

[databasings]

They'll get tired of nagging eventually. Maybe. [ He furrows his brows. ] I'm starting to think what with our being on a different plane that they enjoy it. That's so weird.