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[doesitanyway]

Vash twice? I'd say he's a likely candidate if I didn't know him well enough. No, can't be... how about this Artemis? Are they handy with the devices?

[bakudan_bambino]

I’d say Vash is just pranking me. Artemis… I don’t know, maybe? I mean… he sends me stuff pretty often

[doesitanyway]

He is a bit of a prankster, but not in this way. When I questioned it he didn't understand the purpose of this himself. And I'm certain Adrian didn't create those flames out of symbols.

So perhaps Artemis is rather more taken with you than you presumed, to have come up with this.

[bakudan_bambino]

yeah?

Maybe it was Artemis…

[doesitanyway]

Now we know who to blame should we all wind up with brain damage.

[bakudan_bambino]

I don't think he'd do something like that. It's probably just so whoever gets bombed will have to maybe meet new people. Or it's a compliment? It felt like a compliment coming from him, anyways.

[doesitanyway]

Perhaps. I couldn't guess at the intentions of someone I don't know. You, however. Should I take it as a compliment coming from you?

[bakudan_bambino]

I wouldn't be unhappy if you did

[doesitanyway]

Then I think I will.

I'd return it as part of my eight, but if you're already resorting to potentially cursing strangers perhaps we can just let it be known I would? Though I don't know if I even have eight friends in the city at this point.

[bakudan_bambino]

It's an interesting way to potentially make more friends. Some of the strangers I've bombed have been really fun to talk to!

[doesitanyway]

I'm sure you've had some worthwhile chats, but 'fun to talk to' isn't something I've ever been accused of before.

[bakudan_bambino]

I think you're fun to talk to, Trevor

[doesitanyway]

Well now I shudder to think what your previous conversation partners must have been like.

[bakudan_bambino]

well... a lot of people just kind of ignore or dismiss me

[doesitanyway]

Very rude. Why do you think that is?

[bakudan_bambino]

Maybe because they think the threat is real, or they think I'm just a stupid kid or they don't want to be approached by a stranger through the network, or they're having a bad day and the 'sex bomb' is just one more thing they're feeling pressure from? Or maybe they don't know how to take a compliment, or are assuming I'm actively hitting on them.

I'm sure they have their reasons. I try not to take it personally.

[doesitanyway]

Wait, you meant here? You just told me you were having fun meeting new people this way.

[bakudan_bambino]

Yeah! But not every response has been a good one. I've met three people I've never interacted with before and they've been nice.

But that's three out of nearly fourty so far...

[doesitanyway]

I won't lie to you, I really don't like those odds for myself considering how much more personable you are.

[bakudan_bambino]

No one's ever called me personable before

[doesitanyway]

You can't be serious. I've been here for years and the only person I'd say was more enthusiastic to make random friends is Vash. Who, oddly enough, also insisted on feeding me dessert.

[bakudan_bambino]

I'm not 'enthusiastic to make random friends' it's just that... I've never really needed other people before, and given that I've lost some... It would be beneficial to have others I can count on, or at least seek help or guidance from.

I just seem enthusiastic because I'm trying to make the best of a bad situation. Doesn't mean it's bad for everyone and if you don't want to meet new people, that's your business.

I'd also not like to suffer a brain injury (even though I don't believe that will happen).

[doesitanyway]

It's not that I don't want to meet new people, it's that I don't trust myself (or them, I'm not the only asshole around here) to not wind up having a series of unpleasant interactions.

Regardless:

What sort of help and guidance is it you're looking for, Gokudera? Tell me.

[bakudan_bambino]

I’ve had plenty of unpleasant interactions. They’re as common as bad days and the only way to get through them is to just push through them, y’know?

From you? In regards to…?

[doesitanyway]

I suppose. But I'm a cynical bastard who'd rather not deal with it.

In general, from whoever it is you come to know. Me in particular only if there is anything.