Things must get pretty bad around there if the local guardians have to clean up. [He sounds more surprised than smug about it. What the heck were people doing that was so bad, the legendaries had to take care of it...?]
[Then again, he had known Nanu was a kahuna or whatever, but to hear he had a direct line to a legendary was surprising. What the heck was a guy like that picked for?] Musta been pretty bad if a guy like him was chosen after that...
The birds don't mess in human business at all... Well, I'm not the one to ask about them.
[Dredging up just a small taste of that old, stewing bitterness again.]
It ain't too common of a thing. But we're kinda bound by the will of the Tapu. Just how it is.
[Unfortunately, is what he doesn't quite add. Even he was bound by it, a realization he made a long time ago, but one he didn't like much. He didn't like being bound, or restrained, yet he seemingly kept finding himself with a yoke around his neck more often than not.
He catches that bit, and there's a bristle. He'll ask about those birds in a moment, he's gotta set Blue straight about Nanu first.]
What you got against Nanu, huh? He's a little rough and can be a bit of an ass, I'll give ya that. But! He's a decent fuckin' dude. Way better than the last Kahuna. Keep your mouth shut on shit you don't know nothing about, kid.
He just pissed me off. It's none of your business.
[Don't worry Guzma, you talk so much he feels like he's finally building up an immunity to it; Nanu's a different story. Although after the last week, he doesn't know how he feels...]
Are you really this dense? He's a cop back in Alola, not here, stupid!
[Dammit, this was going so good. It's hard when you're territorial like Guzma is, and when one of his is getting talked against, he rises to give a beatdown. Even if just verbally. Not that he wants to beat Blue down, not really.]
Lookâwe ain't ever gonna agree on this shit, so it's pointless to bring it up again and again. You ain't gonna make me suddenly realize your side of it, no matter how many times you act shitty at me, yo. So, drop it.
Kid, life ain't so simple. I know shit seems like it's black and white, but it ain't.
[He's frustrated too, because this was going so well, and he was feeling... better about things. Actually really enjoying this talk with Blue, but now it's like this...]
How about this. We lay some ground rules. Number one: don't smack talk Nanu, and number two: no talking about the bounties, it does nothing but frustrate us both. I like you kid, but you gotta learn you can't bend people to your ideals, no matter how passionate you are about 'em.
[He sounds a little insulted at that, about to argue that it was only common sense. But after a moment- and framed like that- a very unpleasant realization dawns on him, and he quickly tries to clamp down on the sensation that prickles hot at the back of his neck.]
[It wasn't exactly... his ideals, was it.... But rather something he had always quietly, secretly admired in someone else...]
[For a long time he just stews in a weird mix of quiet anger and strange embarrassment, and he doesn't have anything else to say.]
[Guzma waits. He can be strangely patient at times, particularly when it came to people he cared about. Which, he's slowly just accepting to be the case with Blue. Why him? Who fucking knows, but here they are.
When Blue responds further, it surprises Guzma, to say the least.]
I never said I'd squish 'em. In fact, I said the opposite. I don't kill the bugs here, so I don't know what the fuck you're gettin' at with this.
Seems like you're just trying to get a rise outta me, but all you're doing is being cagey as fuck and confusing. I don't know what you're trying to accomplish, yo.
I'm telling you not to taunt me about it anymore!! How about for once you think about what you're saying instead of just spewing stupid shit all the time!?
[Ah... he said a bad word. There's a tiny flush of shame.] ...Sorry.
[It takes him a moment to realize what Blue's even apologizing for. But when he does, he laughs, loud and genuinely.]
Are you apologizing for cussing? Are you even for real right now?
Anyway, you're the one who has brought this up every chance you've gotten to shit on me about it. That's why I brought up ground rules for us. Otherwise we'll eventually just come back to this taurusshit and the cycle will never end.
I dig ya kid, but not enough for that kinda insane, repetitive shit.
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Date: 2019-05-26 10:48 pm (UTC)[Then again, he had known Nanu was a kahuna or whatever, but to hear he had a direct line to a legendary was surprising. What the heck was a guy like that picked for?] Musta been pretty bad if a guy like him was chosen after that...
The birds don't mess in human business at all... Well, I'm not the one to ask about them.
[Dredging up just a small taste of that old, stewing bitterness again.]
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Date: 2019-05-26 11:38 pm (UTC)[Unfortunately, is what he doesn't quite add. Even he was bound by it, a realization he made a long time ago, but one he didn't like much. He didn't like being bound, or restrained, yet he seemingly kept finding himself with a yoke around his neck more often than not.
He catches that bit, and there's a bristle. He'll ask about those birds in a moment, he's gotta set Blue straight about Nanu first.]
What you got against Nanu, huh? He's a little rough and can be a bit of an ass, I'll give ya that. But! He's a decent fuckin' dude. Way better than the last Kahuna. Keep your mouth shut on shit you don't know nothing about, kid.
[Don't you talk shit on his mentor, Blue!]
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Date: 2019-05-26 11:41 pm (UTC)Oh yeah? Well I don't like adults who talk crap 'bout stuff they don't know about either, so we're even.
[GUZ]
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Date: 2019-05-26 11:46 pm (UTC)[He talks shit on all sorts of things, gotta be a little more specific! There's just so much shit talk in his day to day.]
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Date: 2019-05-27 12:01 am (UTC)[Don't worry Guzma, you talk so much he feels like he's finally building up an immunity to it; Nanu's a different story. Although after the last week, he doesn't know how he feels...]
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Date: 2019-05-27 12:05 am (UTC)[True to form, he thought that was about him. There's the emotional equivalent of a shrug.]
Nanu's got his reasons for being how he is. Don't change the good he does, but if you just wanna be petty, there's no helping you.
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Date: 2019-05-27 12:12 am (UTC)[Doesn't need to be helped, thanks! Doing just fine without blood on his hands.]
Whatever, running in front'a bullets, that's Red's thing. Keep mounting those bounties, I guess.
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Date: 2019-05-27 03:11 am (UTC)[Dammit, this was going so good. It's hard when you're territorial like Guzma is, and when one of his is getting talked against, he rises to give a beatdown. Even if just verbally. Not that he wants to beat Blue down, not really.]
Lookâwe ain't ever gonna agree on this shit, so it's pointless to bring it up again and again. You ain't gonna make me suddenly realize your side of it, no matter how many times you act shitty at me, yo. So, drop it.
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Date: 2019-05-27 03:29 am (UTC)[Why does he even bother with them? A flash of hot anger hits the feed, before it's dulled into disappointment.]
[He can't stand thinking about those bounties anymore. He can't even stand going to the taskboard anymore, these days...]
[Pointless. Yeah, he's right about that much...]
Forget it.
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Date: 2019-05-27 03:57 am (UTC)[He's frustrated too, because this was going so well, and he was feeling... better about things. Actually really enjoying this talk with Blue, but now it's like this...]
How about this. We lay some ground rules. Number one: don't smack talk Nanu, and number two: no talking about the bounties, it does nothing but frustrate us both. I like you kid, but you gotta learn you can't bend people to your ideals, no matter how passionate you are about 'em.
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Date: 2019-05-27 04:18 am (UTC)[He sounds a little insulted at that, about to argue that it was only common sense. But after a moment- and framed like that- a very unpleasant realization dawns on him, and he quickly tries to clamp down on the sensation that prickles hot at the back of his neck.]
[It wasn't exactly... his ideals, was it.... But rather something he had always quietly, secretly admired in someone else...]
[For a long time he just stews in a weird mix of quiet anger and strange embarrassment, and he doesn't have anything else to say.]
Quit shoving it in my face, then.
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Date: 2019-05-27 04:31 am (UTC)When Blue responds further, it surprises Guzma, to say the least.]
Huh? How the fuck am I shoving it in your face?
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Date: 2019-05-27 04:37 am (UTC)You didn't squish 'em after all, huh. Those Stingers.
[Despite his grandstanding before...]
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Date: 2019-05-27 04:49 am (UTC)What?! Why would I?
[What does that have to do with shoving shit in Blue's face??]
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Date: 2019-05-27 04:58 am (UTC)Whatever. I'm done with this crap.
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Date: 2019-05-27 05:03 am (UTC)Seems like you're just trying to get a rise outta me, but all you're doing is being cagey as fuck and confusing. I don't know what you're trying to accomplish, yo.
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Date: 2019-05-27 05:21 am (UTC)I'm telling you not to taunt me about it anymore!! How about for once you think about what you're saying instead of just spewing stupid shit all the time!?
[Ah... he said a bad word. There's a tiny flush of shame.] ...Sorry.
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Date: 2019-05-27 05:35 am (UTC)Are you apologizing for cussing? Are you even for real right now?
Anyway, you're the one who has brought this up every chance you've gotten to shit on me about it. That's why I brought up ground rules for us. Otherwise we'll eventually just come back to this taurusshit and the cycle will never end.
I dig ya kid, but not enough for that kinda insane, repetitive shit.
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Date: 2019-05-27 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
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