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[no_bloody_lord]

[after a very frustrating encounter with Ino, Mat's...well... not sure what to think. Because he can't really complain about women throwing themselves at him, but he remembers Christmas, and that didn't always end well. Then there's the fact that, after a week of being Eris'd, he's probably in enough trouble already

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[justgonnaramble]

[wanders into the lobby just in time to hear that question and pauses. Then she frowns]

We could say the same thing, bub.

[no_bloody_lord]

[he snorts at that] Men aren't complicated. We're bloody simple. You lot are just out of your minds.

[justgonnaramble]

So what brought on this unfair generalization of all women-kind?

[no_bloody_lord]

Oh no. It's completely fair Because not only do you play hard to get. Once you're not, you go an change your burning minds.

journal - written

[lord_wizard]

Everyone is complicated.

journal forever

[no_bloody_lord]

I'm not, mate... Good food, good drink and a pretty gal to dandle and dance with and I'm set.

Only this place makes it difficult to get all of them at any one time.

[lord_wizard]

Enjoying simple things does not make you simple. But I digress.

Your only problem then is the women, I take it?

[no_bloody_lord]

Burn me, I never said I was. [there's a pause while he stares down at the handwriting, trying fruitlessly to decipher whether the writer was implying otherwise...but he grudgingly lets it go]

They're always a problem. Either they're shoving you away, or dragging you close just to shove you away again which...let me tell you, is the height of unfair...or else they're constantly nagging. There's no winning with them.

[sexyhitchhiker]

[wandering through the lobby, and oh. It's you. Did it suddenly get colder in here or what?

A snort.] Because we've got the capacity to multitask.

[no_bloody_lord]

You've got the ability to change your bloody minds, but that's not exactly a prize.

[a hello... he remembers you. His shoulders hunker a little. Was the castle trying to make him miserable, today? How many women had he upset in this place, anyway?]

[sexyhitchhiker]

Better than being stupid to the end. [says the stubborn one]

[no_bloody_lord]

Good thing I don't have to worry about that, then.

[gunneroffortune]

[wandering by aimlessly, because clearly Mat needs more women in his life. Though she's hesitant when she spots him... but maybe she'll give him the benefit of the doubt despite their last encounter.]

What makes you say that?

[no_bloody_lord]

Ah-...Miss Naoto...

[he at least has the decency to look embarrassed when he sees her, his grudging bluster fading a bit as he remembers their last encounter]

Just...a bit of a disagreement, is all.

[gunneroffortune]

[Judging from his embarassment, as well as what other reactions residents had from the incident at the beginning of the month, she'll chalk his actions at the time up to 'castle crazy'.]

I see. Although those aren't necessarily grounds to say women in general are complicated. [Said in amusement, of course, she has no reason to get offensive about it.]

[no_bloody_lord]

Doesn't mean it's not true.

[ontheclockpro]

[He's sitting in the lobby, glancing up at this guy...]

Yeah, saying that is gonna end well.

[no_bloody_lord]

Not saying it doesn't end any better, so I don't see what it matters.

[he glances over briefly, looks back at his dice.... and then double takes]

You?! I thought you went home...

[ontheclockpro]

They might go out of their way to make your life complicated?

[...]

Oh great, another one.

[no_bloody_lord]

Seems like they do that already.

[...]

Another one, what?