Level 012

[stupei_iori]

Y'know, you guys kinda suck at the whole "Christmas Spirit" thing...

I mean seriously.  We're stuck in a city full of friggin' face-eating monsters, and you're worried about some mistletoe?!  C'mon, unless you've gotta kiss one of those ghost things, what's the big deal?

H-Hey, uh... Akihiko-senpai?  You gonna come outta your room yet?

Comments

[angelic_lawyer]

Sometimes people choose to focus on the lesser concerns so as to retain a sense of normality.

[stupei_iori]

... That's a lame excuse. I mean, it's better than some of the other stuff the Creepy Scientist Dudes have done...

[angelic_lawyer]

Is it? Would you rather be constantly and consistently worrying about weather tomorrow, you will be killed by a monster, or whether you may or may not suffer the considerably lesser harm of getting shocked my mistletoe? I can see little wrong with trying to find something that verges more on a sense of normality than one might otherwise find in the city.

If you're not content with that reasoning, there's also the fact that the monsters are a day-to-day feature of the city and unless one leaves the safer areas of the city, they are unlikely to run into much trouble. The mistletoe is an inconvenience that is currently inescapable and inhibits day-to-day activities.

[stupei_iori]

... Dude, you put way too much thought into this.

I was just gettin' at the fact that everyone's whining about something that's s'pposed to be a fun tradition. I mean, so you've gotta kiss a few people... It's not like it's all that bad... Mostly...

I just think people need to lighten up.

{Voice, Japanese}

[nunsensebridget]

I'll bet you'll get lots of kisses, Junpei-Kun! Kun? Is that right? Or um.. do I call you "san" because you're older? It was kinda nice, even though um.. sorry you didn't know.

[ Voice, Japanese ]

[stupei_iori]

Junpei-kun is fine, dude. Or just Junpei, if ya want...

... Y-Yeah. Let's... not talk about that, 'kay?

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[heinesangel]

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[heinesangel]

I-I'm sorry!

I don't mean to be this worried, but...

[stupei_iori]

Woah, slow down!

You don't have to apologize, Dudette... I wasn't pissed at you or anything...

Uh... By the way... You okay? You kinda... disappeared last time...

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[heinesangel]

O-okay... Sorry.

...I guess I still felt like saying something... You sounded kind of disappointed.

Yes, I'm fine. I'm sorry if I worried you, Junpei. All that happened was that I kind of ended up... dropping my communicator all of a sudden.

[earthsmasher]

You can just punch face-eating monsters! That's easy stuff!

[stupei_iori]

So is kissing hot babes. Hehehe.

[earthsmasher]

[quirky_sitar]

Some of the kissers around here sure are face-eating monsters!

...s'fun though.

[stupei_iori]

Dude, guess I'm missing out... Most of the people I've talked to don't like the mistletoe and would rather get shocked...

It's pr-e-tty lame.

[quirky_sitar]

Man, too bad.

Well, if you're curious, eh...I've still got some hangin' out under the mistletoe to do?

[stupei_iori]

W-Wait, you mean... meet you under the mistletoe?