/takes the huntress out back and buries it (jan mingle pt. II)

[scrubscrub]

Who: Anyone on the SS Huntress! Crew and visitors.
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Huntress
When: More of January! We got three new crew mates and it will be messy.

IT'S ANOTHER MINGLE FOR OUR EVER-EXPANDING SHIP.

Also, we need an update on how well Koala is doing at pinball.

God, help this ship.

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[avaricious]

Well, I do live here.

[Seriously, Kurt. You make him feel unwelcome.]

[digthefuzz]

...What, you do?

[avaricious]

... yes?

[What's so hard about that?? It's not like he hasn't seen Kurt almost daily all this time...]

[digthefuzz]

Really? I mean... I've never seen you on this ship at all! I didn't think we even had space for you.

[avaricious]

... I suppose this does explain the teleporting mishaps.

[Apparently Kurt is blind? Or nearsighted? Who the hell knows.]

[digthefuzz]

What? That doesn't have to do with anything!

[avaricious]

Does Greed really frighten you so much that you've blocked out your memories of him?

[digthefuzz]

Greed? No way! I'm not afraid of that guy!

So you do know each other... Did he do something to you?!

[avaricious]

[Ling is skeptical of that, but...]

I suppose you could say that. We do share this body, after all.

[digthefuzz]

[Now his eyes widen in shock and fear.]

...Wait, what?

[avaricious]

It's really not that big of a deal. Sometime before we arrived here, Greed's essence was merged into my body. I suppose I should have mentioned something back on the planet.

[But you know... little things like that. How can he be expected to remember that kind of stuff?]

[digthefuzz]

Holy... [He shakes his head as it sinks in.]

Yeah, that might have been useful info! Greed said you weren't related, so... so I thought the way he looked was just a big-time coincidence...

Can- can he hear this?!

[avaricious]

Well, we're not related. So that is true. But he's listening right now, yes.

[And by listening, he means laughing. Greed is currently having an uproarious laugh at Kurt's expense. It's evidence by the slightly twitching vein on Ling's right temple. He's trying to keep Greed from just jumping in and making it worse.]

[digthefuzz]

Dude, wow... Sorry. I- I guess that makes sense.

So, all this time, you were just... not in control?

[avaricious]

I would risk burning up my soul if I tried to maintain control at all times. It was better to just let him do as he pleased.

[Now though... well, Greed doesn't put up much of a fight anyway. Benefit of having a kind of understanding with one another.]

[digthefuzz]

Oh... that's rough, buddy.

...But right now, it's okay?

[avaricious]

That's right, things are just fine! [They are not fine.] You seem to be feeling better, though. Finally conquered that cold, eh?

[digthefuzz]

[He laughs that off.]

Yeah, don't worry about that. It's a ghost of Christmas past now. I'm... glad you're doing okay?

[avaricious]

You really shouldn't be worried about me. [Ling rises to his feet all at once.] I really don't have anything to complain about.

[digthefuzz]

[He gives a shrug and goes on with a part-joking tone.]

You sure? It doesn't... get all cramped in there?

[avaricious]

Are you saying I'm too thin?

[Pot kettle black, bro.]

[digthefuzz]

[Or blue in this case.]

Wha- no, that doesn't have to do with it! I just think that two people would feel cramped in any size of body, you know?

[avaricious]

Well it's far more than just the two of us. Space isn't necessarily an issue.

[Souls are lightweight and calorie free!]

[digthefuzz]

...Wait, what? How many of you are in there? Does that mean more personalities to get used to? [He feels like he's going to need a scorecard if any of these multiple souls can take control of the body... and worry if any of them are more malevolent than Greed.]

[avaricious]

Quite a number more. But only Greed and I have any control. The rest have long since lost any sense of humanity in them.

[This he says solemnly and lowered eyes. Whatever else he may be, he cannot bring himself to speak ill of those innocents turned into the suffering that surrounds him day and night.]