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[Missions suck as much as, if not moreso than, the drafts. Asch has decided this. It's not just that he'd been sent on an uncomfortably-outnumbered solo mission, it's not just that his health problems had reared their ugly heads in the middle of it and nearly gotten him killed, it's not just he'd had to rely on luck and skill to keep him alive with zero ability to heal himself despite being a Seventh Fonist.

No, at this point, mostly? It's the fact that once it's all over, and the Malnosso saw fit to send him back to the village, he finds himself floundering underwater.

Bastards, is his second thought, since his first is a string of expletives that would do a sailor proud. Thankfully he's only a couple of feet or so from where his feet can touch solid ground, so within a minute he's slogging towards the shore, soaking wet and pulling seaweed from his hair. Damn. Bastards.

Not that the shore is much better. There's apparently something going on - the usual love experiment, no doubt - and he's managed to get dumped right in the middle of it. They probably did that on purpose. He can't do anything while soaked as he is, though, so his first order of business is to get changed. There isn't much selection, but within a few minutes he's got his uniform hung out to dry and is wearing a suit and a long, dark blue bathrobe. It's humiliating, but it's better than freezing to death back in the village.

Since he has to wait for his clothes and hair to dry in the sun, Asch will be hanging around the beach area, available for chatting, fruity goodness, and whatnot. Come and bother the cranky one! (He is unaffected by the normal love stuff, btw.)]

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[ no good at drawing life? perhaps because you need to GET ONE. ]

Hey. That's at least two ups on me.

[ verses a one-up. idek. ]

[WOW YOU ARE THE RUDEST SLAYER]

It's still not "fun", though.

[Because he's just that argumentative.]

Relaxing, at least?

...Hn. I can agree with that. [Drawing has helped him settle down when he's all puffed up and cranky sometimes, admittedly. ...Not that he'd actually admit it.]

Y'see? That's like a...kind of fun. A flavour of fun.

[...Strange girl.]

Why is it so important, anyway?

It's so important because it's the quiet, unhappy ones that you gotta watch out for.

[Snerk. Asch makes a noise in response that might actually pass for something of a laugh if you're really listening for it.]

Shouldn't that make you more nervous about talking to me?

I think you'll find I'm a hardy specimen of non-nervousness. Usually.

...Right, you're some kind of- special warrior, aren't you.

[He's not too certain on any details, but word does get around when you've been in the village long enough. Especially since she killed the general- that's not something a girl her size ought to be able to do.]

Slayer. [ she confesses. ] Vampire Slayer.

...Hm. [Yeah, the vampire thing isn't really ringing any bells.] We don't have those on Auldrant.

Lucky Auldrant. Possibly.

That depends on how many other monsters you've got to contend with on your world. Most of Auldrant's populated by wild monsters that commonly attack people outside of the towns.

Demons. We have other kinds. They're not...all bad, though. Or wild.

Is it common knowledge that they exist?

Hmm. Not common-common. But it's not exactly the best kept secret, either.

Completely different, then. On Auldrant the monster problem is a universally known fact.

...Has that always been the case?

As far back as recorded history can tell us, but that's somewhat limited. Beyond that, it's hard to tell.

...Who knows, then. Maybe once upon a time, the monsters were just legends.

[ she glances back at the rest of the shore. wondering if she had perhaps outstayed her welcome. ]

...Maybe.

[Truth be told, he's surprised she bothered to try and talk to him this long. Maybe because of Guy? Or he just looked pathetic like this, standing on the beach by himself.

...Tch, that better not be it.]

Makes me wonder if things'll ever chance at home. If we went public with the whole vamp and demon thing...

[ most likely the first. maybe a little bit of the second. ]

Why do you bother hiding it, anyway? Isn't it more dangerous for people to not know?

[The very idea just seems so stupid to him. Better to be aware than to be killed by something you don't even know exists.]

...The Slayer works just a little bit outside the law. Besides -- official-types? Wouldn't know how to deal. They'd just bring guns.

Guns never help.

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