some luck, huh.

[doggonemad]

WHO: Clover & friends
WHERE: Clover barn
WHEN: Day 75 into 76

[ well, rituals happened. red quests are happening. spite puzzles have happened. what's up, guys. ]

Comments

[adorabrawler]

Meh. I guess. It's whatever, there's not a lot of people I can normally spar with anyway.

[doggonemad]

If ya really want, I could prob'ly come up with somethin'.

[adorabrawler]

It's okay. I'm not sitting around doing nothing, at least.

[doggonemad]

I mean it! I can't hit ya, but that ain't all there is when it comes ta sparrin'.

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, I know. I never hit Date when he was teaching me, too. But I think I'm pretty good at it now anyway.

[doggonemad]

Well, if ya ever want a sparrin' partner, hit me up. I'll figure somethin' out.

[adorabrawler]

Maybe we can figure out how to get rid of that stupid rule...

[doggonemad]

We can kinda circumvent it with the shepherd's daily order. That's how I was able ta do a bunch of Clover piercings and tattoos durin' the emotions ritual.

[adorabrawler]

It's that strict, huh.

[doggonemad]

Weren't entirely sure, but better safe than sorry.

[adorabrawler]

That's fair. Well, we can rope Zenith into that, then.

[doggonemad]

Sure, sure. Though if ya can figure out how ta undo that rule and keep me from bein' forcibly bossed around, I'll take that.

[adorabrawler]

Well, I'll... try, but I don't actually know where to start on that.

[doggonemad]

Yeah, me neither. Don't worry about it. Zenith's far from the shittiest boss I've ever had.

[adorabrawler]

Pfft. Don't tell him that or he'll probably try to take that as a challenge.

[doggonemad]

Ehhh, he kinda knows already.

[adorabrawler]

And he didn't brag about how he was an evil overlord once?

[doggonemad]

Ehhhh, he mentioned treatin' his minions like shit.

[ a shrug as his expression sobers. ]

. . . Sorry, for snappin' at ya earlier. Kinda ties into this conversation we're havin' right now.

[adorabrawler]

... Oh.

[ ... ]

It's... okay.

[doggonemad]

[ he's debated off and on over the course of the day about how honest he wants to be about it all.

he settles for "honest enough." ]

Ain't nothin' ta do with ya. Had some shitty bosses in the past and some shitty, shitty circumstances. I was really feelin' 'em 'cause of that punishment from that ritual. S'all.

[adorabrawler]

... Mm. 'Cause of yakuza stuff, right?

[doggonemad]

. . . Yeah.

I disobeyed an order from my patriarch. An' in the yakuza, orders are absolute, period. Any yakuza who disobeys . . . they get what's comin' to them.

[adorabrawler]

Yeah... I figured they were like that. My mom had been dealing with them, too.

[doggonemad]

They do anythin' ta her?

[adorabrawler]

... Probably. Mom's not around anymore.