AFTER-ICE-CREAM-PARTY

[pecker]

[Boy everyone is so bloodthirsty tonight. And now a kid is dead and another is gonna execute. Do y'all need some baskin robbins, because it seems like you do!!! So before everyone can leave, Niwatori raises her voice louder than it's gone before now to draw a little attention, and then deflates immediately when she actually gets it.]

Excuse me, please! U-um... this case was really hard, and I think we could all use some time to cool our heads before we finally go back. So... ice cream? Who's with me?

[she'll lead the pack there and anyone else can go home or to visit Clarisse on the set of Orange is the new Black.

Niwa's not that good of a host though, she just gets her own ice cream and lets everyone serve themselves. Who is she to limit your freedom. (Someone who doesn't want to be partly responsible for a Millium Monstrosity, that's who.)]

Comments

[streetwolf]

Man, you're Japanese too? I mean, you got a Japanese name but it's like you ain't changed it... [Wayne's not exactly a Japaneses name.]

I'm from city 23, used to be Edogawa?

[relieable]

[why would he... change it?]

I know Edogawa... though, I’ve never heard it called city 23 before.

[streetwolf]

It's been called that since the end of the war. Easier to sort on the paper work I guess. Probably had to write it a lot, can't think of anything that didn't have to be replaced.

[relieable]

[????]

Yeah, about that... what’s this war you keep talkin’ about?

[streetwolf]

Uh... The second one. Come on, it was only four years ago.

[relieable]

[four years ago...]

Where I’m from, there haven’t been any wars in Japan for a while...

[streetwolf]

What, no. It was four years ago, ended April 1st 1944 after the disaster.

[Don't ask what disaster cause it's not got a name.]

[relieable]

... [ah. that sounds like... Osomatsu decides to not ask about that, rubbing the back of his head]

I, uh. I’m from a little bit further in the future than you are, man. The year where I’m from is 2017.

[streetwolf]

[Just give him a moment. To groan into his hands.]

This is bullshit... [And there's another groan. And a few more seconds before he snickers.]

Guess this proves those old army nuts wrong though. They think everyone will be dead way before then.

[relieable]

[sorry for coming from the future]

Oh, yeah. I think Cian comes from some time that’s even further. I dunno much about it, though, just that things seem... more sterile. Either way, humans are still surviving.

[streetwolf]

Guess that's one good thing about all this. Miss Rose'll be glad about that. Means all her work meant something in the end.

[relieable]

[Osomatsu has so many questions for this guy, about the war, or why Wayne changed his name. but he feels like he probably shouldn’t ask about things like that. at least, not right now. so he eats another spoonful of sherbert, thinking about what he wants to say next]

All the people who were brought here... it seems like we’re all from different places and times. It’s weird, but also cool.

[streetwolf]

You're right about the weird... Not so sure about the other part. Every time I think I know something, it changes and what I know is wrong.

Guess it's a good way to make you cautious.

[relieable]

You don’t think it’s interesting that people are from different times and places than yours?

[streetwolf]

I guess. But it's a bit hard to think of that when we're dealing with people like the kid who can just explode things. You know?

[relieable]

[ah, that’s a fair point]

Yeah... at home I didn’t feel like I had to be on guard at all times. Here, I feel like, if I go out anywhere alone, I’m gonna get axed.

[streetwolf]

I wouldn't say it's as bad as back home for me. But I'm starting to wonder...

I'd offer to teach you how to shoot if that'd help. But I'm pretty sure anything like that is going to end badly.

[relieable]

[oh... Osomatsu looks up from his dessert. how nice it would be to learn how to use a gun! super manly!

...but knowing his track-record, that would probably just end in disaster]

...I appreciate it. But the less I know about guns, the better. Besides, if it comes down to it, I’m not completely helpless. I know how to defend myself... sort of!

[streetwolf]

Yeah. And suddenly learning would put people on edge... And I'm probably not the best teacher. Oliver... The little shit tried to fight like I do and ended up hospital for it.

[He stabs his dessert to pick a bit.]

[relieable]

[yikes]

Ah, well. This may be a crappy vacation, but I feel happy to’ve met you an’ the others. It’s probably stupid to trust anyone here, given the circumstances, but... [a shrug] I feel like I can trust most of the people I’ve talked to. You’ve got a level head on ya.

[streetwolf]

[He snorts, almost completely bursting into laughter.]

Nah. I'm an idiot. You'd know if you'd seen me a few months back.

[relieable]

Maybe that was a few months back! From what I've seen now, you're pretty cool!

[streetwolf]

I dunno, maube I just been here too long...

[relieable]

Maybe we all have, yeah? [a sad chuckle] Well, I think you'll be okay. Just keep doin' what you're doin'.

[streetwolf]

I guess that's what I'm good at... Scraping by and keeping going. But you're tougher than you look too man...