Yadrolla System Mingle

[lacyprincess]

Who: EVERYBODY
Broadcast: Yeah, sure, I guess
Action: The Fleet and the Yadrolla System
When: 4/29 - 6/8

[Hey, hey, look, we have a new system! Let's go compete in stuff and root for sportsball teams! System info is here!

GO WAVES!]

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[privateeyed]

I'm done for the day.

[he gives a shrug and nods towards the exit] And that's the way out.

[watermarks]

[ She glances at him and huffs, but she slows down enough so that he can walk beside her instead of behind her if he likes. ]

[privateeyed]

[look he knows now to mess with angry ladies. But he will walk next to her when she slows down]

[watermarks]

[She walks in silence for a little bit and then glances up at him.]

Is this all you've been doing on this system?

[privateeyed]

[he shakes his head, freeing a hand to gesture as he talks]

Nope, I've been busy. Bought parts, bought a replacement arm just in case mine does get broken - told you I'm not stupid - met up with a few people missing parts and offered some sage advice -

Oh yeah, bought some glasses too. I can actually see shit now.

[watermarks]

[ She rolls her eyes. ]

I never said you were stupid, Ben.

[privateeyed]

It's the sort of thing that goes unsaid.

[watermarks]

[With a quick, wry quirk of her lips:] Not by me.

[She glances over to him.] Careless, though. And pointlessly reckless, if you've been doing this every week.

[privateeyed]

I do the same thing back home, you know. Not every week, sometimes I'm too busy, but - [he shrugs] It's a good way to work off stress.

[watermarks]

[ Grumbling: ] So is hot yoga. Or running. Or watercolor. And they all involve less blunt for trauma.

[ Reckless and aggravating and... why self-inflict so much pain, so needlessly? And it served no practical purpose as far as she could see. ]

[privateeyed]

I go running, actually. Again, not every day, but a couple of times a week. [...] Watercolor is for people with some bit of skill, not me.

[watermarks]

[ She gives him a sidelong glance. ] Have you ever tried using watercolors?

[privateeyed]

No, because I'm not artistic in any way whatsoever.

[he has no doubt in his (lack of) skill ok]

[watermarks]

Neither is Sokka, and that doesn't stop him.

[ Shrug. ]

[privateeyed]

Yeah but I'm sure he's like, trying to improve or something.

[watermarks]

I'm not. [She's not sure he even knows he NEEDS to. She's pretty sure he thinks his artwork is great and just misunderstood.

She gives an exasperated sigh.] Ben, getting hit on the head repeatedly is really dumb.

[She just needs to clarify that.]

[privateeyed]

Then maybe he's a starving artist, I don't freakin' know.

[he can't help but roll his eyes] Benefits outweigh the cons, kiddo. Trust me when I say that.

[watermarks]

[ SIGH. ] You would say that.

[ Probably because you're already suffering from blunt force trauma. Bah. ]

[privateeyed]

Well - yeah, 'cuz that's how it is.

[he is NOT at least not this time gosh]

[watermarks]

I really don't want to argue with you about this anymore. You're a grown man, you're able to make your own choices.

[ EVEN IF THEY'RE DUMB ONES. ]

[privateeyed]

We're not arguing, we're discussing. [there's no raised voices come on now] It's the healthier option anyway, out of all the rest of the vices I could indulge in.

[watermarks]

[She raises her hand to pinch the bridge of her nose for a moment.] You know that saying 'this is the least worst thing that I could be doing' isn't much of an argument. You're still acknowledging that it's one of the worst things you could be doing.

[Don't mess with her, man, she has an older brother.]

[privateeyed]

I never said it was healthy. I'm not disagreeing. [he really isn't; but given what else is available to him, fighting is probably the safest, given his shit tolerance to literally everything]

[watermarks]

[ Exasperated: ] No, you're just doing it anyway.

[ Him and half the other people on this planet.

But she doesn't care about them as much as she cares about Ben, so... ]

[privateeyed]

Well, yeah. I like being somewhat sane.

[there's a method to madness, no pun intended]