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[ "On the 14th, Genette will be tasked with trying desperately to clean out the crab colony from the bathhouse. No official log will go up for this, but it's something that may lead to some nasty pinches -- perhaps a good opportunity for some healing! There's also a lot of space in the bathhouse for private conversations, so characters can feel free to slack off on cleaning duty to have some much needed chatting time."

oh good another reason to bother ty

anyway dave will actually knock on john's door and wait with his hands in his pockets on friday morning to see if john is going to go help with this cleaning expedition with other people? but specifically with him, dave, who is right here ]

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[I'm glad these are your priorities and I approve. Anyway, so there is a knock and he is a little confused because who the hell is knocking and why? But okay, he's opening the door and upon seeing Dave there's immediately a grin before he tilts his head.]

I'm almost surprised you knocked. Morning. What's up? [Training was agreed for evenings and breakfast is a thing but. Well. Hi Dave.]

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[ dave doesn't like barging into rooms okay!! ]

Apparently a bunch of people are gonna try to kick the crabs out of the bathhouse, led by Genette. You in?

[ obviously john can be Out, but dave just assumes john will be in because he's usually down for whatever??? ]

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[Thanks for being courteous. He's leaning against the doorframe of his hut and he smiles slowly because. Like. Yes?]

I did swear vengeance on the crabs the other night. [In between whining and puking and slowly dying, yes.] I bet we can come up with something good to get rid of them.

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[ the corner of dave's mouth curls upwards ever so slightly. ] You did. And I think between the two of us, we can achieve nets to get 'em out. And maybe baskets to carry them in? With lids.

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It'd be better than the first method I had with Minato when we found them in the bathhouse the first time. [With that, he's stepping forward to shut the door of his hut and join Dave outside, his own hands slipping into his pocket. The Vrillyhoo remains in his hut for now.]

They have those metal crates they use to fish for crabs and lobsters out at sea don't they? Maybe we can make something like those to dip into the water and fish them out. [And then, idly:] Wonder why Genette got that job.

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What was the first method, please share.

[ john left his hammer behind, but dave has his sword at his hip in the new sheath, and that will be pretty much commonplace as long as he doesn't have access to his strife deck. ]

As to Genette gettin' the job...probably because Brie wouldn't be down? Also I know what kinda crate you're talkin' about. I can try to draw us up one when we get there. As long as it's functional, how pretty it is don't matter.

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Oh, we used his sword to poke a lot of holes in a bucket so we could fish them out but drain the water at the same time. That was before we wanted to make a habitat for them in the mansion.

[Vrillyhoo is cumbersome to carry everywhere. He'll carry it when necessary but now doesn't seem like the time. Instead, he's leading Dave toward the bathhouse. He also notices the turn of phrase ("don't matter") and he's grinning a little wider.]

They have a trap door so that will make it easier. Have you talked to Genette and Brie much? [Since. Dave talks to whoever will talk back.]

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[ ...dave has so many concerns about minato and john's plan but opts to just sigh. he has no idea what the grin is about, and assumes it is just General Merriment and not, like, his accent. which he never typed out but which sure as hell exists.

he lets john lead the way and falls into step with him easily, matching john's pace instead of speeding up or slowing down. ]

I talked to Genette once and I've talked to Brie twice so far. I'll probably say hey whenever I see them. I'm pretty sure that Brie set my trainin' mission solely so she could get a bag of doritos? How about you?

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[Look it's fine? The crabs now deserve to die so the stupid idea is shelved. Also it's not his fault that it's near to hear Dave instead of reading red text on a screen. It'll wear off eventually when he gets used to it. But John is always happiest with his friends anyway.]

Did she really eat them? [Important questions.] I have not spoken to either of them, actually. Somehow I figured you would.

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It was part info-gatherin', tbh. [ and he got...some details, but not enough to be comfortable. ] They've both been in this longer than us. Which is in and of itself somethin' of a worry? And also she ate them and rated them ten out of ten, so I passed my magic trainin' with flyin' colors. If we were actually bein' graded, which we were not.

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And again, somehow I figured you would. [More reasons he's asking Dave now. The pace he sets for them is fairly leisurely, too.] I keep rereading Genette's letter trying to figure things out. Dirk said some things to me, too, that are a little concerning.

[But there's a grin.] How do you know we aren't being graded? Brie practically dragged us all to the beach to practice.

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What were those?

[ the concerning things. ]

Also if we're bein' graded I am totally an honors student. Where on the dean's roll are you? I have to know which of us is a bigger nerd, for science.

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Some stuff about Qri and things that have happened to her. Dirk said asking Genette and Brie would be better, but...[He isn't sold on that. Instead, he smirks lightly.]

If we are judging based on powers, I am probably in remedial school.

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I think they can tell us a little, but not everythin'. At least one other person was missin' something when they got here, but Genette didn't seem to know why that would be. But you and I both know I would never under any circumstances lose the shades.

[ HE WOULD RATHER DIE AGAIN. ]

So that makes me the nerdy honors student and you the dumb jock I guess based on television tropes?

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Yeah, this girl I was talking to said that her weapon was gone, which seems weird since our stuff was still around. But I know. [Still can't believe you wore those things for three years, bro.] You don't lose things. I do, so I cannot even think of anything I may have lost, but do you think maybe something else happened then?

[A snort.] I guess that is exactly the tropes we are. Does that mean I get to bully you to do my homework for me?

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Haru? [ hazarding a guess, because she did say she didn't have her battleaxe on her. ] But yeah, I think somethin' else happened, I just don't know what. It's something to keep in mind, though.

[ a little fact that doesn't fit. he waves it off to say: ]

You can try. And when I inevitably refuse you have to find a locker to stuff me in or somethin'.

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No, Yang. Why, was Haru missing something, too? [What the fuck is going on.] I still don't know how much they are not telling us and how much they really don't know, but someone has to know.

[Still. He rolls his eyes.] Look, if I'm the jock here I can just bully you into drawing a locker yourself. After that it would be easy to pick you up and shove you into it and walk away laughing with my friends while the camera pans out.

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Her battleaxe. What weapon was Yang missin'? [ he feels like they should poll people. maybe he will if he ever gets exceptionally bored? for now a casual poll off and on works... ]

To walk away laughin' with your friends you would need to open the locker after shovin' me in it and help me out so we could then go get milkshakes, you realize. I refuse to believe in a highschool au where I am not still your best bro.

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Not entirely sure. She didn't say. [And John, an idiot, didn't ask. He was more focused on Yang's ability.] But she made it sound like it was something that should not be missing.

[The chill walk is nice at least...also sorry, Dave, there is definitely a highschool AU where your bro isn't your bro, it's called Recollé.] That would be a pretty shitty au. But it's not like we ever really did the high school thing right anyway so maybe we can skip the locker and just go straight into the milkshakes instead.

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[ dave just nods re: yang. ALSO FUCK YOU, THAT AU IS TRAGIC IN THIS VERY SPECIFIC WAY and dave chooses to disbelieve in that??? ]

Well, if you really wanna buy me a milkshake instead of shove me in a locker I will allow it. Anyway... [ when they hit the bathhouse area he'll take a step ahead and open the door, ushering john in ahead of him. ] Let's try to avoid gettin' burnt or pinched, although I rate our chances as middling.

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[And John heads right in first, nudging him with his shoulder because yeah, milkshakes are preferable.]

I think if we make the fishing cage things long enough we can avoid most of that. Where do you think we should take them after we get them out of here though?

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Uh...there should be a body of water around here somewhere. We can either relocate them or - well, relocate them. They're useless to keep for eatin'.

[ AS JOHN PROVED. CONCLUSIVELY. ]

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[Almost subconsciously, a hand comes up to cradle his stomach a bit. Fucking crabs.]

We could check back in the forest and dump them in a stream somewhere. There has to be one of those somewhere for the boars, don't you think?

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Yeah. There has to be more sources of water than just the bathhouse or there wouldn't be wild life. So I guess we can collect them all and then relocate them and then maybe...crab-proof the bathhouse so it doesn't happen again?