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]

A support network.

[Yael huffs, perhaps tellingly. A support network... He's lived and survived on his own for a long time now without one. Those who have them are quite fortunate, he thinks.]

And what if you don't? Tough shit?

[dapples]

Of course that's not what I meant. You have to do what you can with the cards you've been dealt, and if something isn't working ... to try something new. At least, that's how it was with my best mate.

[weaseled]

Mm. You've got a pretty good head on your shoulders, you know that? Though you don't look it.

[Brambles has that whole vapid twink look going for him, but Yael supposes he might look different in real life.]

[dapples]

Haha! Well, all I look like is my avatar!

[ SAID LIKE HE ALSO ISN'T A VAPID TWINK IN REAL LIFE ALSO, ]

[weaseled]

[Why? Why is he a twink magnet??]

Seriously? ...No, that explains it all, actually. You need a better haircut.

[dapples]

[ they're in such low mass that they start to orbit larger life forms that they enter the vicinity of ]

What haircut would you give me, then?

[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...]