voice; un: BUTTMAN

[shiro2hero]

[Oh, it's a Shiro post. Clearly, this is going to be some informative speech. Important information about town, or what's going on here.]



WHO CHANGED MY NAME TO 'BUTT MAN'?


[... or not.]

[That's it. That's the post.]

Comments

[entreats]

Please, Shiro.

If your husband changing your username to buttman of all things would be the one thing to make me lose faith in you, I would have to start questioning the standards I live by.

[ .. a faint pause, and then she does add: ]

I mean, I got pretty close when that younger you seemed convinced that those stunts under incredibly dangerous conditions were a perfectly fine idea. [ Sorry, Shiro. She couldn't resist slipping that one in.

At least it might distract him from buttman for a moment. ]

[shiro2hero]

That...

That was not my most shining moment as a human being. I can't even blame being a teenager.

[Yeah, no, he is so very aware of how stupid that was. And he'd love it if that video could just be erased off the face of the earth.]

[Or network.]

[But hey! Mission accomplished, Ange. He's forgotten the Buttman crisis in favor of the old one.]

[romancekiller]

It's okay— kind of hard to meet everyone considering how many people are here.

[lightthedarkness]

I would, too... But he's not coming, so. [A shrug.] I'll just have to gush about him some other time.

[shiro2hero]

Yeah, you have a point.

Feels like I should know though. Doesn't seem like a lot of us from the Dream left some days.

[shiro2hero]

Hey, he could still show up.

I know it's been a while, Usagi. But - he still could.

[lightthedarkness]

[She smiles because she's not so sure anymore. If another her is back home, why would Mamoru ever notice this version's severed string?

So nope! Instead!]

We need to get you decaf stuff! They probably make lots of that!

[shiro2hero]

[Oh. Well. He knows that kind of subject change, doesn't he.]

Hey... tell me what he looks like? I still work with the Wakers whenever I can. I know it's not much, but I'd like to at least keep an eye out.

[It might not bring her fiance here any faster - but it feels like doing something.]

[lightthedarkness]

[They're both old pros at that kind of thing.]

We don't have to, Shiro-san! I'd go on and on and on and on if I started. No one wants to hear that. I'm pretty bad when it comes to talking about him.

[shiro2hero]

I want to hear it.

Doesn't have to be now, if you're not ready... but I do want to listen.

[onekindsoul]

Not just the butts!
About any sort of extroverted activity!
They're against doing anything fun and active.
They're crazy.

[entreats]

[ VICTORY. She'll count it. Shiro seems to be jugging ten thousand worries at any given time, so if Ange can make one vanish even for just a little bit, she feels like she's accomplished something.

It's why there's a sudden smile in her voice. ]

It's okay. I forgive you. [ YES, BECAUSE.. CLEARLY THAT WAS NEEDED.. Ange's forgiveness!! ] Anyway, don't worry too much. I can assure you that there are plenty of people here who respect you, no matter what your perception might indicate.

[ She feels pretty confident in saying that too. Who wouldn't like Shiro? Ange has distrusted and disliked people older than her for most of her life, and even she's down with him, so. ]

[shiro2hero]

That... doesn't make any sense.

At all.

[shiro2hero]

[There's a pause, before Shiro laughs a little, himself.]

Okay, okay... thanks.

[Wow, he can even see the humor there.] And I'll try to keep that in mind.

[romancekiller]

Yeah, I've noticed that too especially when it does come up in conversation.

[shiro2hero]

How long were you there for? In the Dream?

[lightthedarkness]

Another time...

Sorry I made this so... sad, didn't mean to.

[shiro2hero]

Hey -

It's okay. I promise. Sometimes conversations just go this way, it's not your fault.

[lightthedarkness]

[She smiles, he's so sweet.

He's wrong.

But he's sweet.]

Let me know if you need a place to hide when you switch him over to decaf, yeah?

[shiro2hero]

Yeah... okay.

If you're sure.

[She doesn't need you, either. You can't help anyone-]

[lightthedarkness]

[She wishes she knew his thoughts, because it's not that she doesn't need him, it's that she doesn't want to lay her troubles at his feet when she's seen him shoulder enough. She knows how much he does for... everyone. Hers is an unsolvable problem and while talking about it does help, she doesn't want to be that to someone else.

But she is not a mind reader.]

We'll talk later when it's less public and you're being made less fun of.

[shiro2hero]

Sure.

We're still living in the same house... Same place, whenever you need it.

[It's not her fault, really. It's a feeling he can't shake. No matter how hard he tries. No matter what he does.]

[He's just nothing, anymore.]

[romancekiller]

Just a few months over a year— I was a little late to arriving here in the aftermath of it all. [but as of now it's been roughly a little over four month since she has been in trench as well]

How long were you there for?

[shiro2hero]

That's not a bad thing. Being late to the arrival. It took us a while to get it all figured out.

I... was in the Dream for over three years.

[lightthedarkness]

Like I said, another time then. Although, you're also always welcome to the Pink Monstrosity.