[THE CRABS ARE SKITTERING EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE FREE!! THEY'RE FLEEING TO A BETTER PLACE!! One's zooming up Stahn's arm at light speeds ominously. The waiter with his trays steps on another... Kashuu starts yelling and nearly knocks the dude over.]
You killed him before we could even eat him!!
[RUSHING TO THE SIDE OF THEIR FALLEN COMRA-- oh god squished crab is not a good look. Fortunately, in the background, the waiter saves himself from falling over! But also drops a tray on the nearest table.
which is fine, because at least kashuu will tug on his arm and force stahn's hand. this mission has definitely gone horribly wrong and they will absolutely wind up getting arrested or something.
so yeah. bailing and probably both breathless and exasperated once they get their asses to relative safety from angry restaurateurs.
At least there are no muffled police sirens in the distance. Yet. Kashuu won't stop running until they're a fair distance away, in any case, and probably drag Stahn into some shady alley just for good measure.]
[this is definitely the second time in one day that stahn's ended up out of breath because of kashuu yoloing too hard.
but it's fine.
even if after they stop running, stahn hunches over to try and remember how to get air back into his lungs. at least if he dies here, it'll be in a shady and questionable alley and everyone will just think he was murdered.
or whatever.]
I... dunno... what's— in the bucket? [he's dying, kashuu.]
[he just needs to catch his breath, it's fine? really...
maybe he shouldn't have used all his energy rushing to the beach to begin with, but it's probably too late to dwell on that. stahn definitely just didn't expect to do all this running in the hot sun.
he's better with heat than with cold, but it definitely still winds him when he's more or less only eaten ice cream today. he needs sustenance, though it seems like a chunk of their meal has scurried away of been crushed.]
I didn't think I'd have to run this much today... I didn't warm up for that at all!
[Here they are, highlighting for the 1000th time that they both need babysitters like 24/7.]
Yeah! Like, if the situation starts looking sketchy, we should probably find a better and easier way to bail. And one that won't end with us running for ages...
[He's trying to be a little merciful for poor Stahn's sake.]
[IS THAT REALLY FINE. Even Kashuu looks mildly surprised... What is he, friends with a bunch of robbers??]
Mm, yeah. Scouting's probably the best first step... That way, we know where all the exits are and can pick the one that's gonna attract the least attention!
[All this for a loaf of bread bowl of shitty seafood hotpot.]
[yeah, the worst part about all of this is the fact that stahn doesn't disagree. they truly need a proper voice of reason to tell them both that they're being morons.
but there's no dymlos and no leon, so naturally, they're just going to be themselves a little too much and earnestly pursue terrible life choices.
mistakes.
so many mistakes are being made right now, and will continue to be made until they realize how moeronic they're being.]
It didn't really work last time, so I guess we should try it the other way.
[Instead of having a voice of reason on board they just have an echochamber of dumb ideas... They're doing their best(??????) but sometimes that's not enough. Sometimes it's worse than doing nothing at all, honestly.
ANYWAY.]
O-kay! [Giving their bucket one last check...] I guess asking about clams and crabs first is the most important thing, but we lost a few of the crabs back there...
[Muffled sounds of poor innocent bystanders getting pinched and scuttled across at the restaurant they ditched, probably.]
You ready to go yet, or d'you need a little more time?
No rush, no rush! It's not like the restaurants are going anywhere.
[But the police might be coming to find them soon, depending on whether or not they continue being menaces?! How could one well-intentioned plan go so terribly, terribly wrong...]
I heard humans can like, die from overheating too, so maybe we should pick a route that needs as little running as possible.
[lort help them both if the police come for their asses. stahn's already been arrested once, technically...
he probably doesn't need to do that again, especially since he'd probably compliment the cops about how cool they are.]
I don't think I'll die... [HE HOPES? but thanks for being so considerate, kashuu, honestly.] Probably? I've never heard of anyone dying from that, but it's not really hot where I come from, either.
[STAHN STOP HANGING OUT WITH HOOLIGANS and stealing priceless artifacts... And also complimenting cops, don't do that especially when they're arresting you!!]
It's not super hot here either, at least... Right? [HE'S NOT SURE he was forged in a fire?! What even is hot weather.]
Mm... It's not too bad! It's pretty hot, but in a good "beach weather!" kind of way. It's nothing like being in the desert though... that was tough.
[a lie.
the worst is when he has to be in the cold and snow, he's terrible with that. then again—]
I guess I'm pretty used to heat too, though! Fire, and everything... [swordian master of fire, dealing with heat all the time is kind of his bread and butter anyway... is the only element he specializes in, aside from a few wind skills.]
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Good plan! [Said Brilliant Mind #2, clearly competing for the genius crown.
He knocks louder.
...
And then a busy server comes bustling through the door with their arms loaded with trays.]
Woah—!
[LEAPING BACK but in the process, there go some of their tiny crabs, sailing out of the bucket?!]
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[that comes practically in unison, though stahn stumbles back a bit from the surprise, before—]
Ahhh, the crabs! [he has to save the crabs, naturally, so he's going to just. get down on the ground and try to do that.
this is absolutely not a disaster at all.]
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You killed him before we could even eat him!!
[RUSHING TO THE SIDE OF THEIR FALLEN COMRA-- oh god squished crab is not a good look. Fortunately, in the background, the waiter saves himself from falling over! But also drops a tray on the nearest table.
Chaos.]
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so there's that.
...though there's probably not really much else.
at least they didn't name the crabs?]
Aahhhh!! [stahn feels bad for the waiter, honestly.] Sorry, sorry! We didn't mean to—
[not helping. none of this is helping their cause as all.]
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Kashuu's gathered up their bucket and whatever crabs he could catch, in the meantime, and immediately tugs on Stahn's arm.]
We gotta abort the mission!
[Time to run.]
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[no, stahn! there's no time...
which is fine, because at least kashuu will tug on his arm and force stahn's hand. this mission has definitely gone horribly wrong and they will absolutely wind up getting arrested or something.
so yeah. bailing and probably both breathless and exasperated once they get their asses to relative safety from angry restaurateurs.
oops.]
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At least there are no muffled police sirens in the distance. Yet. Kashuu won't stop running until they're a fair distance away, in any case, and probably drag Stahn into some shady alley just for good measure.]
—Geez, that waiter was so clumsy!
[Don't blame it on other people...]
Did any of our food even survive?
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but it's fine.
even if after they stop running, stahn hunches over to try and remember how to get air back into his lungs. at least if he dies here, it'll be in a shady and questionable alley and everyone will just think he was murdered.
or whatever.]
I... dunno... what's— in the bucket? [he's dying, kashuu.]
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Uh... a few crabs? And the things that couldn't scuttle around so fast... Seaweed, some starfish, y'know.
[Y'KNOW.
He seems to notice Stahn's distress, though...]
...D'you need to sit down or something?
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[he just needs to catch his breath, it's fine? really...
maybe he shouldn't have used all his energy rushing to the beach to begin with, but it's probably too late to dwell on that. stahn definitely just didn't expect to do all this running in the hot sun.
he's better with heat than with cold, but it definitely still winds him when he's more or less only eaten ice cream today. he needs sustenance, though it seems like a chunk of their meal has scurried away of been crushed.]
I didn't think I'd have to run this much today... I didn't warm up for that at all!
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Oh... Mm, well, maybe we should go into the next place with an escape plan in mind?
[1) Implying that he wants to try this disastrous plan a second time
2) Implying that he thinks they're going to fail anyway
Why.]
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An escape plan?
[clearly, an idea like this never even crossed stahn's mind.
and worse yet is the fact that he doesn't seem to consider even for a second that this is arguably an even worse idea than their first attempt.
they are definitely too dumb for this life.]
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Yeah! Like, if the situation starts looking sketchy, we should probably find a better and easier way to bail. And one that won't end with us running for ages...
[He's trying to be a little merciful for poor Stahn's sake.]
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[okay, the real question is why the fuck does stahn even know phrases like that. when.
he's stahn.
but it's fine?]
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Mm, yeah. Scouting's probably the best first step... That way, we know where all the exits are and can pick the one that's gonna attract the least attention!
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well, he doesn't really think to at all.]
Okay! Let's do that then... hopefully we won't need to escape though. But at least we'll be ready if we do!
[if dymlos was here right now, they'd both be getting scolded pretty hardcore for this stupidity, honestly.]
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(Where is Dymlos to save them.)
Anyway this idiot's just nodding like this is a great idea. It is not. It's not a great idea at all and Kashuu needs to take a nap away from the sun.]
Right, right! Maybe we should just walk in this time? Knocking was the problem last time, so...
[NO IT WASN'T.]
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[yeah, the worst part about all of this is the fact that stahn doesn't disagree. they truly need a proper voice of reason to tell them both that they're being morons.
but there's no dymlos and no leon, so naturally, they're just going to be themselves a little too much and earnestly pursue terrible life choices.
mistakes.
so many mistakes are being made right now, and will continue to be made until they realize how moeronic they're being.]
It didn't really work last time, so I guess we should try it the other way.
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ANYWAY.]
O-kay! [Giving their bucket one last check...] I guess asking about clams and crabs first is the most important thing, but we lost a few of the crabs back there...
[Muffled sounds of poor innocent bystanders getting pinched and scuttled across at the restaurant they ditched, probably.]
You ready to go yet, or d'you need a little more time?
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[though really, that's more of an idle thought than anything else.
especially considering the fact that no matter what they do, it's not going to be good or edible anyway.
this is a completely doomed mission.]
I'm okay! I just needed a second... I didn't think I'd have to run so much today! [stahn is entirely too fine with this.
someone help him.]
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[But the police might be coming to find them soon, depending on whether or not they continue being menaces?! How could one well-intentioned plan go so terribly, terribly wrong...]
I heard humans can like, die from overheating too, so maybe we should pick a route that needs as little running as possible.
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he probably doesn't need to do that again, especially since he'd probably compliment the cops about how cool they are.]
I don't think I'll die... [HE HOPES? but thanks for being so considerate, kashuu, honestly.] Probably? I've never heard of anyone dying from that, but it's not really hot where I come from, either.
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It's not super hot here either, at least... Right? [HE'S NOT SURE he was forged in a fire?! What even is hot weather.]
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[a lie.
the worst is when he has to be in the cold and snow, he's terrible with that. then again—]
I guess I'm pretty used to heat too, though! Fire, and everything... [swordian master of fire, dealing with heat all the time is kind of his bread and butter anyway... is the only element he specializes in, aside from a few wind skills.]
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[He sees Stahn... It's the same for him though, honestly, even if he gripes about hot weather about as much as he gripes about cold weather.]
Is this kinda weather your favorite, then? Beach-y weather?
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