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[chalicejoker]

[Hajime hates that he has to do this, but he's looking a little green and tired. And so, so very uncomfortable with what he's about to do.]

It would appear that I've gone too long without a Tether. I...need help.

[There's a pained sigh. Not because he's really starting to feel the effects--it's just a bit of nausea for now, but he knows what's coming.]

I'm a Tian, I can offer...combat training in exchange? I am...not good with people.

[He's trying his best, but it's hard. There are very good reasons he's put this off as long as he has.]

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video; @harls

[nutbuckets]

I'll Tether with ya!

[It's said with a bright smile. Someone's...impulsive.]

video; @just_rey

[jedied]

[ Rey sighs inwardly; why are people like this? At least she doesn't feel a personal responsibility toward this one, but she's generally inclined to help people. So. ]

If you don't find anyone else, let me know. At the very least I can help you find someone.

[ Unclear if she realizes he's also the reindeer. She vaguely remembers him from the giant spider incident? ]

[chalicejoker]

[If Hajime looks uncertain, it is both because she's volunteered so quickly and because he is reasonably certain this is the same person who was earlier saying she would kill Link in that post he did not quite grasp the point of and merely lurked in horror.]

...just like that?

[chalicejoker]

I would appreciate the help.

[He's not bringing up the reindeer thing if she's not bringing up the reindeer thing. Surely that is the best way to handle the existence of the reindeer thing.]

[jedied]

Why did you wait this long? Were you trying to test whether or not the warnings were real?

[ It's not even that she blames people for caution but... really??? Tethering doesn't have to be forever, but making yourself ill in the middle of a warzone seemed like a bad idea. ]

[chalicejoker]

I'm not comfortable around people.

And I did want to see if it was true for myself, yes.

[jedied]

That does make it more difficult.

[ She's not unsympathetic. She's honestly not great with most people, either, but she's figured out how to fake it. ]

I'm sure you won't have trouble finding a correctly-aligned person. There are plenty of Heba-aligned people around here. I'd offer myself in an emergency, but... unless you're honestly at death's door, you wouldn't enjoy it.

[ Who wouldn't want to be interrogated by Vader and Kylo? Possibly at saber-point??? ]

[nutbuckets]

[Geeze, everyone is so hung up on that! It was just a game!]

Yeah. Why not?

[chalicejoker]

[He can contain himself no longer.]

...weren't you going to kill Link?

[Oh look, someone else with zero concept of game in that context.]

[chalicejoker]

And I could say the same for anyone else who pairs up with me, most likely. Which is why I appreciate the offer.

[nutbuckets]

[She rolls her eyes at that and blows a tuft of hair from her forehead, crossing her arms.]

No! I would never kill Link, he's like a little brother to me!

[chalicejoker]

But that other post...

[He seems genuinely confused. Is this why Link said he didn't need any help in taking out a threat there in the end?]

[nutbuckets]

It's just a dumb game. I wouldn't fuck him or marry him so the only option left was kill. It's all like...hypothetical? If you were stuck in that situation an' you had to choose, y'know?

[chalicejoker]

[Harley is speaking to a man who once almost accidentally got married without having the foggiest clue as to what was going on, and he continues to look a bit perplexed by the whole thing.]

So the game doesn't actually lead to combat?

[Ignoring the other two options, thanks.]

[jedied]

Is there anyone at all here you trust?

[ At least Vader and Kylo were both family; that made the mutual mess acceptable enough that she hadn't had to push too hard on either of them. ]

[chalicejoker]

...I'm not sure.

[He's friendly with a couple of people, but trust is another matter entirely.]

[jedied]

Do you have any untethered friends? That's a place to start.

[ She can't say whether or not his friends are necessarily trustworthy, but she does have a little more insight than typical into people's minds if needed. ]

[nutbuckets]

[Wow, there's some gullible folks around here! Sweet.]

No, not at all!

[nitashix]

Ahoy Matey! I be needin' a tether as well. So ye' up one?

[chalicejoker]

[What is a matey, he does not know. But he's running out of options fast.]

Do you want to meet up first, or do you want to just do it?

[nitashix]

Might as well meet up with ye'!

[chalicejoker]

Where do you want to meet, then? A park? Restaurant? Shopping center?

[What do people do for fun? He is guessing at other options that have been presented to him in similar circumstances.]

[chalicejoker]

I don't think so?

[Does he have friends? Maybe? He hasn't even talked to any of them about tethers.]

[chalicejoker]

That's a strange sort of game, then.

[It is painfully obvious that he does not understand and is resigning himself to giving up on understanding.]

[jedied]

[ This guy may actually be more reclusive than Vader and Kylo put together. Sigh. Why does she always gravitate toward them? ]

Okay. I'll ask around people I know, and in the meantime maybe one of your friends will offer.