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[surgere]

So you're really gonna send me to this ship?  Great.  Wonderful even!

No I'm not being serious, the hell is wrong with you?  It's a ship!  Surrounded and sometimes filled with water!  Hello!  Electricity and water don't mix.  Use your goddamned brain!

I don't care if my old team mates are there, I haven't really talked to them in a while.

A'ight, fine.  I see there's no talking you out of this.  It's a fucking stupid idea but hey, I obviously can't do shit to stop you.  Just don't kill me in the first week.  I'm serious.

Comments

[fashionablekeeper]

Um, I don't mean to cut in on your ranting or anything, but don't you think you're being a little too extreme here? I mean, it's a ship, right? What's so bad about that?

[Yuj is completely clueless. He has no idea that she's able to manipulate electricity.]

[surgere]

A little extreme? I don't think I'm being extreme enough, pretty boy. It's not just a ship, it's a haunted decrepit piece of shit floating aimlessly.

Did I mention the water? Because that's kind of a big issue when you carry enough of a electrical charge in your body that you could fry yourself and anyone nearby.

[fashionablekeeper]

Whao...okay, I didn't know that. I was thinking it was a cruise liner or something. My bad.

But a decrepit ship? Yeah, that sounds like a sinker waiting to happen. Man, that's just...I can't put it into words. Sorry.

[surgere]

No, getting sent to a cruise liner would mean I'm actually lucky for once.

[fashionablekeeper]

You mean...you've always had a string of bad luck? It can't be all that bad, could it? The bad luck, I mean. I think we all have that once in a while.

[surgere]

Maybe not anymore than any other person. But a ship like this is up there with every other unlucky thing to happen to me.

[fashionablekeeper]

It'll be okay. You got friends there, right? It's not like it's the end of the world or anything, or am I wrong?

[surgere]

Eeeeeh, the friends part is debatable. We were close once but y'know how people drift.

It might be?

[fashionablekeeper]

Well, let's hope not for your sake. It's true that people drift apart but at least you can remember the good times, right? Don't worry, I think you're over thinking things right now. Panic can ruin your day pretty fast.

[surgere]

Right, good times. [There's plenty of those in between all the almost dying parts, isn't there?]

Yeah, not really panicking. I'm more worried about the whole electricity and water thing than anything else. I don't enjoy short circuiting myself.

[fashionablekeeper]

Ouch, I forgot about that part. I can't say that I speak out of experience or anything, but do you short yourself out often? It must suck taking a shower.

[surgere]

With my gauntlets I'm able to even things out when I'm expecting water. But if it's a surprise it's not pretty.

[fashionablekeeper]

Oh, okay then. Kinda reminds me of Serah when her spells went wrong when she was trying to control her magic. It was kinda funny and a little scary at the same time.

[surgere]

See, without my gauntlets I don't have any control. I'm constantly drawing in and releasing electricity.

[fashionablekeeper]

I can't imagine what that's like.

[He looks sympathetic.]

Hey, at least if the power goes out, you can still light some bulbs.

[Gee, talk about the eternal optimist.]

[surgere]

Harhar. Just what I want to be used as, a walking generator.

[fashionablekeeper]

Hey, it's better than what I can do. I just talk people out of stuff, or try to anyway.

[surgere]

Verbal suggestion sounds less painful.

[fashionablekeeper]

Well, that's debatable. Fists hurt, you know.

[surgere]

Fists hurt less than electrocution.

[fashionablekeeper]

...

Good point.