Re: blowing up the Olivine lighthouse

[bellyshirt]

Lady, you got me into this mess--[no, Luke, you definitely got yourself into this mess]--you damn well better get me out of it! I don't care if 'explosions build character' or whatever that stupid Cobra guy thinks, I'm gonna clear my good name.

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[dissipated]

Luke, have you gotten yourself into trouble again?

[bellyshirt]

It wasn't my fault!

[dissipated]

I believe you. It's not like you to start things like that.

[bellyshirt]

[No, but it's like him to finish them--oh snap]

See, you get it, Ion. That guy tricked me!

[dissipated]

Someone tricked you?

[bellyshirt]

Yeah, this...scientist guy. He made me plant a bomb!

[tatling]

Wow, Luke, that's dumb - even for you.

[bellyshirt]

Good thing I didn't ask for your opinion, huh?

[tatling]

Oh! How rude.

[bellyshirt]

Quit talking about yourself so much.

[mrow.]

[su6tlecoruscate]

[Slow. Sarcastic. Clap]

[bellyshirt]

Yeah, yeah. I said I'll clear my name, all right?!

[subtlecoruscate]

How?

[bellyshirt]

I--I don't know. Yet. But I'll find a way.

ooc: I'm sorry ;;

[subtlecoruscate]

[Just shakes her head at him. She has no words for this]

[minimaven]

You have a good name?

[bellyshirt]

What's that supposed to mean?

[minimaven]

Oh, nothing~♪

So, Luke, what'd you do this time?

[bellyshirt]

I didn't do anything. Some guy tricked me into--into...blowing up a building.

[minimaven]

Whaaaat? Geez, Luke! You never learn, do you?

[bellyshirt]

Learn what?! They didn't teach me about bombs at the manor, okay, it wasn't my fault!

[minimaven]

...Talk about deja vu.

Anyway, you never learn because if you put a bomb somewhere, it is your fault!

[bellyshirt]

I told you, he tricked me! How was I supposed to know it was a bomb in the first place? He said it was a battery!

[minimaven]

Then why the heck did you plant it in a building?

[bellyshirt]

It's a lighthouse! It has that big...light thing!

[minimaven]

Huh? Don't tell me you thought it needed a battery! Luke, you're so stupid!

[bellyshirt]

[That is EXACTLY what he thought, and the accusation makes him wince.]

Shut up! I'm not stupid, it was a totally honest assumption! I never learned about this stuff!

[minimaven]

[Uuuugh why does Luke have to be like this?! Anise can't totally write him off, though, because she at least knows he gets better...

He's just so stupid right now!]

Then get a clue and start learning, stupid! This is exactly what happened with Akzeriuth, too!

[bellyshirt]

In Akzeriwhere? What are you talking about?

[minimaven]

Ohh, forget it! If you don't remember, there's no point trying to explain it!

[Because that's totally not what she just told him...before...LUKE HAS GOOD FRIENDS.]

[bellyshirt]

[AND THEN YOU PEOPLE WONDER WHY HE DOESN'T TRUST YOU--]

Grrr! How'm I supposed to learn if you won't tell me anything?!

[minimaven]

[SH-SHUT UP LUKE IT'S YOUR FAULT]

Well--you try figuring stuff out yourself for a change, dummy!

[bellyshirt]

[I'M SEVEN, THAT'S WAY TOO YOUNG TO HAVE TRUST ISSUES]

Well I'm not just gonna let him trick me again! What do you want from me?!

[minimaven]

[I'M THIRTEEN AND THAT'S WAY TOO YOUNG TO BE A BABYSITTER unless the Duke's paying]

What're you gonna do when the next guy comes along and tricks you, huh?

[Or when she tricks him...But she doesn't really want to think about that.]

[bellyshirt]

[God, why is everyone in this game so full of issues.]

He won't--I won't let that happen! So there!

[Except it totally will.]

[minimaven]

[Because Tales.]

Like anybody's gonna believe that, you dummy! Okay, listen up. A lot of people could get hurt when you do stupid things like this, so pay attention to what you're doing!

[bellyshirt]

Stop calling me a dummy! And--[and then she tells him to listen up, so his mouth clams shut. His face screws into a grimace.] No one got hurt, okay, it was just the stupid building! [At least he didn't...kill ten thousand people this time!! 8D]

[minimaven]

And that building was a lighthouse, you dummy! [Nope, she's not stopping.] It's used to stop ships from crashing and sinking at night. Don't you get it? You've put them in danger!

[Please don't sink a cruise ship with hundreds of people on it, Luke.]

[bellyshirt]

[Nah, he's just made it exponentially easier for Team Rocket ships to dock undetected.]

Well, what do you want me to do about it?! I can't go back and fix the whole lighthouse!

[minimaven]

[At least it's a big step up from Akzeriuth...]

Come on, Luke! I bet people are working to fix it, so why don't you go help them? Grow up and take some responsibility!

[bellyshirt]

[It's like a mini-Akzeriuth!]

But the police are after me! I can't just go out in public!

[minimaven]

[And it's still not his fault...!]

...You're so stupid, Luke.

[bellyshirt]

Stop saying that--!!

[It will never be his fault, sob.]

I may not know a lot of stuff, but I'm not stupid!

[minimaven]

You are so stupid! Totally stupid!

[Sob, Luke...]

Unless they're going to, like, kill you or something, turn yourself in!

[bellyshirt]

Well you're an annoying little pipsqueak! And I can't turn myself in, they're gonna put me in jail!

[minimaven]

Stupid Luke! That's the point, you dummy! How else are you gonna take responsibility?