22 | [Voice] Post-Snake Recovery

[chalicejoker]

I only slept two hours after yesterday. Two hours, after spending the whole day fighting. It's the tenth, right? I didn't just sleep through Monday without realizing it?

[Hajime sounds pretty worn out. The Lord of the Bugmen had a very long day after fighting Wise Snake, and he is blissfully unaware that his TV interview has been airing all over the place.]

Everyone's in one piece? Let me know if you need a good meal after everything that happened; I can work something out.

[He gives a long sigh. It would be even longer if he realized that the interview had actually aired.]

And if anyone's got any advice on dealing with your family suddenly finding out about this, that would be helpful. I think I'd rather fight snakes again…

[Private text to Jackson Isaka]
Mitsuko knows.

I don't know what to do.

Comments

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[chalicejoker]

Hey, at least I've paved the way for bugpeople to walk around outside in relative peace.

Let me know when you get it. It's kind of tricky to hide at first, but I think that's just because I was kind of freaked out. I've got the hang of it now.

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[fusionjack]

I'm still staying inside when I finally wind up changing, but thanks anyway.

It's kind of tricky to hide? How so? What do you mean?

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[chalicejoker]

I couldn't do it. Had a couple of late-night runs.

Can't take it off, and if you're really freaked out, it's difficult to make vanish. Like if you're upset or want to fight, it's there and ready to go. I guess that's because it's used with the cards.

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[fusionjack]

I'll try to hold out. Let's not let the Bug Kingdom of Legend get any larger, okay?

So the belt's some sort of advance indicator of what we are? That's sort of strange, when you really think about it.

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[chalicejoker]

Yeah, I think one Lord of the Bugmen is enough.

Yeah, it really is. Especially with the way it shows up over clothes and everything.

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[fusionjack]

He doesn't need any competition. And I sure as hell don't plan on being some sort of subordinate Bugman.

That's even stranger. Where... do your clothes go when you change, anyway?

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[chalicejoker]

Maybe you could be a duke or earl or something.

I...don't actually know what happens to them. Or my wallet. Or anything in my pockets.