On Ultimax and life in The Box...

[pitythefool]

Nice to see you're having so much fun with this. Just... try and do me a favor, wouldja? See if you can't find a way to send some of that winning streak back in my direction, huh?

[He laughs at his own sense of humor, but there's a hard look in his eyes that would indicate that he isn't joking.]

Seriously. It's starting to get a little nuts over here.

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[bladeisme]

...They have way too much fun, if you ask me.

[MAYBE SOMEONE'S A LITTLE BITTER OVER RECENT DEVELOPMENTS....]

[pitythefool]

You said it. Give 'em an inch, and...

[He hesitates, unsure of just how much he'd like to divulge here.]

...well, you know. Man, what a month...

[bladeisme]

You can say that again.

[A sigh.]

and it looks like the one coming up isn't going to be any different either.

[pitythefool]

Yeah? I'd ask what's on your itinerary, but...

[He makes a face.]

Probably not something either of us wanna be thinking about right now.

[bladeisme]

Trust me, she knows a lot about what's coming up. And none of it's pretty.

[Stupid mun.]

She and her buddies are the real technicians.

[shoved]

Boy, I'd hate to be in your shoes when it starts coming in pairs. Bad luck never strikes once.

Kinda like lightning. Or the opposite of the lottery.

[pitythefool]

[Another Adachi?]

I'm guessing this is the part where I'm supposed to deny all that, but eh...

[A light shrug of his shoulders.]

Can't really bring myself to disagree with you there.

[pitythefool]

Hey, on the bright side, at least we're not stuck in Southtown or anything. I don't even wanna think about what those guys are going through.

[Seta and Kujikawa are both stuck in there, though. Man, why do those kids get to have all the fun?]

[shoved]

'cause then you'd be a hypocrite, right?

[a knowing, sly smile follows.]

I'd say there are worse things to be in the world, but you ought to know there's a very bad habit I'm trying to break and I don't wanna lose while I'm ahead.

[you understand, right?]

[pitythefool]

[Maybe those brats never will, but at least he can still depend on himself, just as he always has.]

I hear ya. We'll see if I can't break mine, too. [He smirks.] Still, things always have a way of working out for us, don'tcha think?

[shoved]

[he throws his hands up in a mock-exasperated shrug, smiling blithely.]

It's just our year. Everyone deserves at least one good one. Except, in our case, I'd say it's more of a... I guess you could say an old debt. A belated one that took a heck of a long time to address, but still!

[better repaid now than never. he's owed that much.]

[ace_defective]

So how many times have ya lost to me? A lot, right? Like at least a dozen, I'd bet.

[pitythefool]

[A snort of laughter.]

Keep dreaming, slugger.