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[skaterbrain]

AIGHT, so it sounds like a lotta you guys got feelin's or somethin' to work out 'cause of what happened. Not 'cause of the stupid Culturists comin' in, but you know, the other thing.

WELL, IT AIN'T GETTIN' WORKED OUT BY ITSELF.

An' since I ain't so good at talkin' and I know some people here ain't so good at it neither 'cause you got emotion Legos or somethin', I've got some pads up on the trees and I'm gonna go punch stuff. If you ain't good at talkin' neither, but you wanna blow off some steam? The name's Beat. Come punch trees wit' me behind House 10. It's good for you, yo.

Action
[And if he's not found behind House 10 punching trees with boxing pads duct-taped to them, he's inside helping around the house for once. Mainly, he's trying to clean; trying being the operative word. He does pretty well at sweeping up and vacuuming, but dusting is not his forte. It takes too much concentration and finesse and he spends most of his time catching all the things he knocked off the shelves.

Later, in the evening, he's on the porch of House 10 or out in the plaza and practicing his reading with a flashlight. It's slow going since Shiki left, but he figures she'll come back one day and then he's got to show that he improved or she'll probably slug him in the face.]

Comments

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Thanks. I don't think he'd try to hurt the chicken, but you never know. Honestly, I'd be more worried about the chicken trying to hurt him instead.

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

No rules changed. If a Player can't function without their entry fee, that's the fault of neither the entry fee nor the Game.

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

Heh, I'll hafta then.

As for TP, there ain't many of us left. Jus' me an' Rhyme right now - and that Prissy Kid wit' the rainbow wings not that I think he counts - but before there was Phones n' Shiki. You ever meet 'em?

[action]

[skaterbrain]

[That was a weird reaction....but eh. Beat smiles wide and takes her hand, shaking it vigorously.]

No probs. Listen in to the journal and I'll give you one soon as I get the plan up.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Nah, Sekai's not gonna do that. He's pretty calm usually 'cause Ribbons takes good care of him.

I think they might be aight together.

[voice]

[skaterbrain]

That's one hell of a shit Game you made then. You set us up to fail and say it ain't yo' fault? Screw you, Rainbows.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Then it sounds like a plan! I'll talk to you later, okay?

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Aight, check ya' later, Scarves!

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

I don't think so. I know I never met anyone named Phones. [He just might have met someone named Neku once, though.] I think I heard of Shiki, but I never met her.

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

Shiki ran All Passions. Phones was... He always wore a pair a' headphones, so tha's why I called 'im that. Kinda like how I call you Arrows, yanno?

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

Oh! I see. I guess I've met a few people who like to wear those things... like Yoh! Was that his real name?

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

Would you have rather died with no second chance? The Game was never meant to be fair.

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

Was what his real name? Yoh? I dunno - didn't meet the dude.

[voice]

[skaterbrain]

That's what I got problems wit'! Why make a game that ain't meant to be played fair?!

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

Oh. Well I meant what your friend's real name was. I guess he wasn't Yoh, then.

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

Because the prize at the end is worth the risk needed to obtain it.

[voice]

[skaterbrain]

Jus' 'cause the prize is worth it don't mean you gotta make it so it ain't run right! You just makin' excuses for all the crap you did!

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

Oh....uh.......

[Give him a minute or two to think, pressing his thumb against the middle of his forehead.]

Neck? Nelly? ...Somethin' with an N.

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

Ne.. ku?

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

The Game is hard because not everyone can win. It's not so simple a prize to give out.