It's a jungle out there

[dualbladewarrior]

Who: The escaped animals, a frazzled quadrant leader, and YOU
Where: The Carnival/Amusement Park
When: Friday
Style: Will follow
Status: Open! Help, hinder, take animals home for yourself!

[The animals have escaped! And Hubert is attempting to round them up and get them back. Help him? Don't? Hang out with animals or take them home? It's up to you!]

Comments

[mysterious_groper]

Well, I mean since I arrived here. You've been here a while, right?

[dualbladewarrior]

Yes. About eight months, give or take some days.

[mysterious_groper]

... Aww, man! I'm going to run out of exploring in maybe another week, too!

[dualbladewarrior]

... you've already explored that much in such a short time?

[mysterious_groper]

Well, this city's only so large, and a lot of areas are honestly kind of boring, so...

[dualbladewarrior]

It's not really meant to be exciting. Aside from being underwater, it's a fairly average city otherwise.

[mysterious_groper]

And that's precisely the problem!

[dualbladewarrior]

It's only a problem if you make it a problem, Pascal.

[mysterious_groper]

... What do you mean by that, Hu?

[dualbladewarrior]

[Huff]

Nothing. Forget I said anything.

[Back to getting the animals where they need to go.]

[mysterious_groper]

But...

[dualbladewarrior]

All I'm saying is it wouldn't hurt to break some of your old habits here. Most of us are going to be here for a long time, yourself likely included in that.

[And he'd really not have her go back to locking herself in the garage for weeks on end...]

You can just as easily put some of that energy to being productive. I'm sure your inventions can assist people here, and even a regular job can't be too much for some one like you.

[mysterious_groper]

... I... Actually have never put much thought to that. A job like what's done in most of the world, I mean.

It's kind of a long story, but in short, because I kept making successful developments and starts of developments and such, the Enclave just kinda kept passing me food and stuff so I could focus on new developments. The only time I even had to deal with money was when they passed me stipends when I was doing field work.

I guess I do kinda have to think about that now, huh...

[dualbladewarrior]

[That... certainly explains a lot. She never mentioned that before.]

Well. Yes. Especially if you wish to have any funds to spend on yourself. I'm afraid things won't be handed to you so easily here.

[mysterious_groper]

... That's certainly different.

How much did you have to think about money in the Stratan military? Just wondering. Fendel had a huge bureaucracy around that sorta stuff.

[dualbladewarrior]

I didn't get handouts from my father, if that's what you're asking.

[Wow Hubert that sounded harsh.]

... I was paid a decent amount once I rose high enough in the ranks. Enough to live modestly on.

[mysterious_groper]

I-I didn't mean anything like that!

*Pascal knows Hubert enough to know who he means, fortunately.*

I mean, until you got grabbed here there were all those stories about how quick you rose through the ranks... I would've thought you'd make more.

[dualbladewarrior]

Being a soldier isn't the most lucrative career, no. Truly the only reason my father had the wealth he did was because he was in politics. But I would still rather be a soldier over that any day.

[mysterious_groper]

Huh. Politics... Well, they're different in Fendel and the Enclave, so I wouldn't really know.

[dualbladewarrior]

Strahtan politicians are notorious for being underhanded and manipulative.

[His own father even tried to overthrow the president!]

We're thankfully very lucky to have a president with a good head on his shoulders.

[Even with his somewhat odd personality and habits. Even if Hubert will never fully understand the man, he's grateful he's nothing like the rest of the politicians he knows.]

[mysterious_groper]

Huh.

It's just a thing, I guess.

[dualbladewarrior]

Seems to be that way, yes.

[mysterious_groper]

On the bright side, looks like all of us except Richard are here!

*Pascal probably isn't counting Lambda.*

And no creepy gynoidowhatsits.

[dualbladewarrior]

For now. I wouldn't put it past this city and it's strange curses to throw something of that nature at us.

[mysterious_groper]

Eh, I'm sure this place can do better than that.