When We're Rollin Through the Wild Wild West

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Who: Everyone! EVERYONE!
Broadcast: IF YOU WANNA
Action: Everywhere! EVERYWHERE!
When: Mid-September - Mid-October

[How's your ship doing, pardners? Is it still pretty damaged? Is it glitching out hardcore? Well, there is one place to land to take care of all that, and that's on a dusty old moon in front of a planet that no one wants to go to. On this moon, you'll find a civilization that looks a lot like one's stepped into a wild west movie, hardened cowpolk and mutant horses and all. Will you become a vigilante, hunting bounties and stopping gangs from doing their dirty work? Will you go exploring planetside, with a cowboy hat and a stalk of wheat in your mouth to complete the look? Good luck with that; there is no wheat. This town ain't big enough for all you flooters, but make it so! For the ratings!

In other words, it's a planet mingle! Get 'er done!]

[September Planet info here]

Comments

[huaaaaagh]

For some more than others, really...

[Like people who offer their services to poor lost girls versus people who lie to save their dignity.]

Oh, but where were you headed? I'd hate to put you out of your way.

[curiositykilledthecats]

Nowhere in particular. I am merely patrolling. There is no set area.

[huaaaaagh]

[Crap, so much for escape tactic #1.]

Sounds pretty important. How'd you get a job like that?

[curiositykilledthecats]

A demonstration of martial prowess following an unsightly display.

[Read: I beat the shit out of a criminal and got a job.]

[huaaaaagh]

[THAT'S AWESOME. He's a little envious now.]

Ah- you must be strong, then! What did you show them?

[He can at least talk shop a little bit before he gets himself out of there.]

[curiositykilledthecats]

Why one should never grab another's tail without warning.

[Maybe not what he asked, but it seems relevant regardless.]

[huaaaaagh]

[...Welp. It's not like he'd been planning to do that to her, but since he has done it in ALO with a Cait Sith friend or two in the past, he makes a mental note to avoid that. She says it just ominously enough to seem like a warning.]

Um... so noted...

[curiositykilledthecats]

[Her tail is now flicking back and forth, like she's very amused.]

Though I am sure telling you such is unnecessary.

[huaaaaagh]

O-of course, touching someone without permission is terrible manners! I wouldn't even think of it.

[Maybe he should rethink his teasing policy when it comes to his furry friends.]

[curiositykilledthecats]

Then all is well.

[Look, the other Miqo'te here would literally bludgeon you with a spiked iron book for it. Miah's actually the nice one. Good luck, Kirito.]

[huaaaaagh]

[He has self restraint! ...Most of the time. Sometimes his instincts are bad. Case in point: lying to people who can totally kill him.]

How do you like this planet? Ever been to a place like this before?

[curiositykilledthecats]

... If we are being candid, I must confess I like it not. It reminds me too much of the deserts of Thanalan, and all that has occurred there.

[huaaaaagh]

Bad memories?

[It's not really a question; he doesn't want to pry, but he can certainly empathize.]

It reminds me of where I came from, actually. [Which isn't a lie- GGO is where he'd received this avatar, after all, and it was there that he fought for his life and the life of a friend in the middle of a sand ocean like this.] I'm not really a fan.

[curiositykilledthecats]

Many. A land of deceit and treachery, where coin rules politic.

... Your home is like this?

[huaaaaagh]

I wouldn't really call it home. But a part of my world, you could say.

[GGO could never be home for him, that's for sure. Just a waystation at best- to visit, to solve a crime, and to leave behind for people more suited for it.]

[curiositykilledthecats]

I see.

[Well, that's weird. But she's not going to pry.]

I hope we may leave soon.

[huaaaaagh]

[He's a weird guy, that's the only way to explain it.]

Me too. Though I admit it's fun to visit new places, maybe make some new memories to associate with a terrain like this. Might make us both feel better about it.

[He's always been a fan of exploring worlds, even if it's just been virtual worlds before now. Surely a real world would be more exciting, right?]

[curiositykilledthecats]

... It is doubtful, should our time continue as it has. Mayhap something good shall come later.

[huaaaaagh]

Have you had a rough time here already?

[curiositykilledthecats]

You have heard already.

[Remember how I had to beat people up.]

[huaaaaagh]

Well... yeah. But fighting can be fun too, right?

[Which isn't very ladylike, but screw it, he has never claimed to be one. It's not his fault that people make assumptions. (It is a little bit his fault.)]

[curiositykilledthecats]

Against a worthy foe, or to spar with a friend, certainly. But to common bandits, it rarely is.

[huaaaaagh]

I think I'd just enjoy the exercise.

[It's not like they can grind for EXP here, but literal combat experience is never worthless to him, and there's something ridiculously satisfying about beating a weak opponent into the dirt. He's tried to keep his ego in check when it comes to that kind of thing, but he can't deny that it's a great feeling.]

[curiositykilledthecats]

One may exercise without danger.

[huaaaaagh]

But danger makes it fun.

[Kirito you are in no shape to be so happy about the prospect of a good fight.]