Homeless but looking

[speedydeliveryboy]

Yeah, yeah. I've been through this before. You promise that this time will be different and you'll send me somewhere. Just like last time. And the time before that.

Well, I'm not letting you get my hopes up this time. We both know how this will play out. You're just wasting our time with this.

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[articulate_equanimity]

Take heart. You cannot have hope without disappointment.

[speedydeliveryboy]

I suppose you're right.

Waiting around and doing nothing isn't a speedster's strong suit, though.

[articulate_equanimity]

Nothingness is something few are accustomed to, myself included.

[speedydeliveryboy]

[He sighs.] Wish my mun would understand that.

So, do you go around and give everyone sage advice or am I a special case? [He appreciates it either way.]

[articulate_equanimity]

Sage? [He lets out of a soft bark of laughter.]

No, I speak like this to everyone. But I do mean it.

[speedydeliveryboy]

[He smiles..]

Well, thanks.

And I'm Wally, by the way.

[articulate_equanimity]

Elian. A pleasure.

[speedydeliveryboy]

Nice to meet you too, Elian.

So, do you just hang out around here or has your mun let you out to explore a bit?

[articulate_equanimity]

Neither and both. I was, for a time, in a different way than this [a tabletop RPG] but as of late I find myself doing little.

[speedydeliveryboy]

Sometimes it really makes you wonder why they keep us around.

[lollipopchainsaw]

Oh wow, mega downer - cheer up! I'm sure your mun will send you somewhere awesome!

[speedydeliveryboy]

Wherever I'd go would automatically become awesome. [I mean, how could it not be with the Wall-man around?]

[lollipopchainsaw]

That's the spirit! And if your mun sends you somewhere awesome, when you get there, that will totally make it even MORE awesome! How can someone say no to that?

[speedydeliveryboy]

I know. It seems like a win-win situation for all those involved but my mun refuses to see that.

It should be a crime to keep me locked up here in this headspace.

[lollipopchainsaw]

It's -totally- a crime. MY munnie isn't planning on sending me anywhere either - which is WAY LAME if you ask me. Of course, I am kiiiiinda in the middle of an itty bitty fight so like, I should be grateful too.

[speedydeliveryboy]

An 'itty bitty fight'?

Nothing you can't handle, I hope.

[lollipopchainsaw]

Sure, just a zombie apocalypse, no big. I can totally handle it - besides, my sisters and daddy are helping me, and I would totally lose it if it weren't for Nick. [ And her badass chainsaw. ]

[speedydeliveryboy]

And a zombie apocalypse is no big deal? [Yeah, he's having a hard time believing that.]

At least you're not dealing with it alone.

[lollipopchainsaw]

Yeah! I mean, I've killed vampires, zombies, and even a sasquatch. If it bleeds, I can totally kill it.

Seriously - my job would be way harder and if it weren't for my family.

[speedydeliveryboy]

I don't know if I should be impressed or afraid right now. [Leaning towards impressed at the moment.]

And I know what you mean. Not sure I could do what I do without my family and friends.

[lollipopchainsaw]

Awwwwww~! You're so cute, you don't have to be afraid! I mean, you're not a gross zombie or anything!

Your mun should totally send you somewhere where your friends are!

[speedydeliveryboy]

[He may or may not be blushing because she called him cute. And he's giving you a big smile now.]

Yeah, no gross zombie here. I've never actually had to deal with zombies before. People possessed? Sure. But never the living dead itself.

That's what I've been telling them.

[lollipopchainsaw]

[ D'aww. ]

Mm, I've like, not really had to deal with possessions too much but that? Totally MEGA uncool and WAY gross. But you should be super glad you haven't dealt with the living dead, because they. Seriously. STINK.

[ Probably from all the rotting. ]

Well good! You just keep telling your mun and don't let up!

[terraformagica]

It'll be all right. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get things right! No one's perfect... not even our muns. We shouldn't be angry at them for it.

[speedydeliveryboy]

I'm not really angry. Just bored. [He just gets a little cranky when that happens.]

Nothing wrong with wanting to have a little fun, is there?

[terraformagica]

[ Amalia nods; she knows what it's like to be cranky because of being cooped up somewhere. ]

You should go on a quest. It worked for me!

[speedydeliveryboy]

A quest? What type of quest did you go on?

[terraformagica]

A most amazing quest! We traveled all over the world and helped lots of people, and found treasures and battled monsters!

[speedydeliveryboy]

That kinda sounds like what my friends and I do. Minus the whole finding treasure part.

[terraformagica]

Oh! Are you in a brotherhood too?

[speedydeliveryboy]

A brotherhood? Not quite the term I'd use but I guess it works.

I mean, we go on missions and look after one another. That's close enough, right?

[terraformagica]

Mm, it's the same! I'm part of the Brotherhood of Tofu with my friends!

[speedydeliveryboy]

Brotherhood of Tofu? That's an interesting name.

We...don't actually have a name. We just usually call our group "the Team".

[terraformagica]

Yes! A Tofu is a little bird, just like Yugo's friend Az. So we all became the Brotherhood of Tofu... like Az, Yugo holds us all together.

Did you ever ask your friends if they wanted a name? Maybe they do!

[speedydeliveryboy]

So Yugo is your leader?

[He grins.] Hey, I've been wanting to name the team for awhile. Nobody seems to like any of my suggestions, though.

[terraformagica]

Yugo is... [ she blushes a little ] Our dearest friend.

Oh! I'll help you brainstorm some new options then, if you'd like.