milky's bullshit containment zone

[weaseled]

Who ⚔ Yael & assorted nerds
What ⚔ A dungeon run and other things
When ⚔ After the party
Where ⚔ Errywhere
Content Warnings ⚔ Men with their tits out? Alcohol??? No correlation there surprisingly. nsfw i'm sorry mom

Comments

[weaseled]

[You know what? That explains everything. Science is so magical...]

Hmm. How about a mohawk?

[dapples]

Really!? I'm nowhere near cool enough for one of those ...

[weaseled]

Cool?

[Yael can't help but snort. This kid's pretty cute... you know, for a nerd.]

You really think mohawks are cool? They're pretty damn lame if you ask me.

[dapples]

Of course they're cool! They're worn by, like, punks and rockers and stuff. Musicians. Cool people and rebels.

[ although ... ]

Maybe it's just England that they're cool in ... [ where even is yael from anyway??? ]

[weaseled]

[Yael snorts, unable to imagine a mohawk ever being cool anywhere.]

Heh, maybe. The English have a weird sense of what's cool and what isn't. No offense.

[dapples]

Haha! None taken. You're right, though. There are many oddities in England.

[weaseled]

[Yael yawns, flopping back in the grass.]

Yeah? Got any examples in mind? Suppose I could tell you a few stories about Egypt in exchange.

[dapples]

[ He brightens! ]

Wow! You're really from Egypt!? I've never met anyone from Egypt before! I'd be more than happy to swap stories!

[weaseled]

You've got yourself a deal. First things first: how do you feel about cats? Choose your answer carefully.

[dapples]

Cats are lovely. They're a huge part of Egyptian culture, aren't they?

[weaseled]

They sure are, and the brats know it too. I never had a cat of my own growing up, but I didn't need one when I had half of the neighborhood strays hitting me up for scraps every evening. Those things were better fed than I was.

[dapples]

Aww, wow! We have nothing happening like that in England ... the most you'll get is hearing two alleycats having a fight at three in the morning. I wouldn't mind feeding cats passing by, but I know I might never be able to stop ...

[weaseled]

Come visit Egypt. If you're the kind of nice guy who can't help sharing his lunch with the local strays, you'll be drowning in cats before you know it.

[dapples]

It would certainly be an experience, I'd absolutely love to pop over to Egypt.

[ pop over, he says, like it's not a flight halfway across the world ... ]

[weaseled]

Pop over? Isn't the UK pretty far?

Besides, I don't live there anymore. I wouldn't be able to give you the grand tour of every cat in the neighborhood.

[dapples]

Oh wow. I apologise for assuming! I didn't realise you lived elsewhere. But I won't ask where since I know sharing one's location over the internet can be a little bit of a no-no. [ AND YET, HE SHARED WHERE HE LIVES?? ]

[weaseled]

Seriously? You just told me where you live. I might just fly to the UK and hunt you down... Just kidding.

[Hehe. Yael's got jokes.]

I'm living in the states now. No bigger army in the world, is there? I needed to get myself out of Egypt quick, so I went with the place that suits my lifestyle best.

[dapples]

Oh-!

[ PLEASE DON'T HUNT HIM DOWN YAEL????? WHAT ARE YOU, THE YAOI POLICE!!! ]

Your lifestyle is ... the army?

[weaseled]

[Yael slowly nods.]

Mm, yep. That's how it goes when you're in the military.

[He speaks matter-of-factly, but he supposes a boy like Brambles wouldn't know that himself. That's not to say his twink ass wouldn't make it in the military, buuut...]

[dapples]

I've never known anyone in the military. [ The British army, he means. ] Do you like it?

[weaseled]

Like it?

[Yael's question is incredulous, but a moment later and he's snorting, clearly amused.]

What do you think, kid? Let's hear your guess.

[dapples]

[ He's soooo not a kid!!! ]

I ... I'm not really sure, actually. I do see a lot of pride from the UK's servicemen, even though I haven't ever known anyone in the army. Not even family. Maybe it's different overseas.

If I were to warrant a guess, though, I'd imagine it's really tough. And that you have to be a special kind of person to be in the army. Brave, strong, dedicated ... that sort of thing. I wouldn't last a day, I don't think.

[weaseled]

That's a pretty good guess. Well, you're not far off the mark... if you're talking about the ideal soldier.

[Yael is pretty far from the ideal, but they're not talking about him anymore. No, it's time to turn the spotlight back onto Brambles.]

You've got a big problem, now that I think about it.

[dapples]

[ "The ideal soldier"??? He's ... sus! Is Yael not the ideal soldier-- ]

I do? What problem is that?

[weaseled]

[Yael jabs Brambles square in the forehead with his pointer finger.]

You think too little of yourself. Knock it off.