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Smoker's return [Action / Video]

[The minute Smoker realizes he's back in Luceti, he gets his jitte. Like hell he's letting some pirate take it for a few months again. Then there's the basic things. A month's supply of cigars, and oh, isn't that nice of him, they even thought to get him a bunch of his own marine brand. They literally say marine on the little gold tabs, so surely no pirates would want to try them, right? Then it's off to get coffee, prowl around the general vicinity and head on home. As he's heading inside, the sheer amount of packages he's carrying jostles the journal open.]

Ikki, I have to thank you for the Cosmos-- Haki... [Annoyed growl. No Ikki. :| Figures. So he goes to open the journal for real and everyone can get a look at Smoker, two years later, no longer wearing his hair in ~~awesome~~ spikes, sunglasses, a giant scar, but still 100% Smoker.] Where the hell is Ikki? And how long have I been gone that he moved out? [He can tell Ikkk is still in Luceti, if not where, but what the hell man?] What's the date?

Right, to everyone else, I'm Vice Admiral Smoker. [Oh that's right, he uses his real title now. Watch out world.] As soon as I can, I'd like to get back into teaching jitte and kickboxing. Any old or new students, we'll meet at the barracks. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays are open sessions, the other days can be scheduled for private hours or one on one sparring. If anyone spots a marine, let me know. Do not try to engage anyone from G5 in a regular conversation, they've earned their reputation as being pyromaniac psychos, just send them my way and I'll deal with them. [There is no affection to that. If anything "deal with them" sounds a little like "beat senseless and chain to a wall somewhere." Anyone want to laugh at him for his choice of command post?]

I assume we must be in a New Feather cycle, so welcome to Luceti. There are other people teaching forms of martial arts or filial magic, but unless the Drafts and missions have stopped -- which I doubt -- you'll want to take advantage of at least one form if you can.

All right, that's all.

[Feel free to action jump Smoker anytime before getting home, or right afterwards because he will be out and about being Smoker.]

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Yeah, people are a weird puzzle. [Smoker understands people; grudgingly. He's just not a fan of most of them. And the rest he's so tsundere about that it's a mess.]

The more the better. Besides you can be a friend to him in ways I can't and I think that's a really good thing for him. You like staying by his side, right?

Then I'll be by Ikki-kun as much as I can.. since yes, I really, really like it too. It's nice to be able to talk to Ikki-kun every day, even if he said it's not a big deal..

[ dot.. dot.. dot-- wait a moment. ]

Um.. Smoker-kun, can I ask something else? Why can I be a friend to Ikki-kun in ways Smoker-kun can't..?

It is a big deal to him. Trust me.

[.... And Smoker will just you know. Tsun. And blush over here. Oh let's see, a way that Kotomi is already a friend to Ikki in ways Smoker can't. Must cover up now. Sorry Kotomi-chan, the super blunt truth through tsun only goes so far.] Well, you're a different person than me first of all. And he and I tend to discuss different things like politics and justice... [And she's cute? No wait he can't say that as a reason. Damn this is hard.] And it's just different, really different. He and I have gone weeks without talking, just because there wasn't as much to say about anything in particular. But you guys talk every night, I'm not sure I even could do that. [He's quite certain he could not. Also yay! He found a way!]

[ So cute and tsun, Smoker. ]

Politics and justice..? I have never discussed that before with Ikki-kun. So that really must be something only Smoker-kun can do as a friend of Ikki-kun's..

[ That other part makes her blink, though. ] Smoker-kun and Ikki-kun can go weeks without talking? Isn't that sad or lonely..?

[orz. He can only concede the tsundere. He will deny "cute" until the day he dies. And even then his deathbed denial will be "I'm not cute damn it!"]

Yeah, politics and justice is sort of my thing. Even in my world that's what my friends come to me to discuss. [True facts. Even if they disagree with him.]

I don't think it's sad, and it's not really lonely, that's why we're roommates at all. It's just how we are. Sometimes we're quiet if there isn't much going on. [Really quiet. Though thanks to Kotomi (and Grell) Smoker and Ikki are actually talking to each other more as well. So good job all around.]

[ He can deny it all he wants, but he'll never truly escape it!! ]

I see.. Maybe I should learn some more about that as well so Smoker-kun can talk about that with me too, if he's so used to discussing it with friends..

[ Forever helpful. And yes, Ikki and Smoker talking is a good thing! Clearly Kotomi needs to meet Grell too now. ]

But don't you think it's fun to talk..?

If you're curious. But I don't mind discussing books and things either.

[They should meet, but the world might end in the process. Ought to happen anyway.]

Hn. Talking has its moments. -- That's tsundere speak for "yes." But you didn't hear that from me. [Aw... he's even trying to translate himself for her.]

I really, really like discussing books more than anything, so it's okay if Smoker-kun and I do just that. It could be fun, right? Talking about books is different with every single person..

[ It probably would.. I don't even know how Kotomi would react to Grell, man. ]

... Smoker-kun is so kind to help me out. [ Yes, she's picking up on the fact he's translating himself for her.. so nice and cute, Smoker. ] I'm glad Smoker-kun thinks it's fun. And I'm happy to see Ikki-kun and Smoker-kun being such great friends too.

Yes. I like books too, so that's fine.

Hn. Just trying to make it easier. [Kotomi gets to be an exception to his "So what if they don't understand me, fuck them" rule of thumb. Because she actually tries, so it's like explaining justice. Except with tsundere. Anyway...] And we're not that great. [See the thing about being tsundere is apparently you can't stop. So even when it's moot you wind up going through the routines. Oh well.]

But Smoker-kun and Ikki-kun are best friends, right?

[ can you betray this face. can you. ]

[Okay, he can't. No one could.]

Yes.

[ it's her secret weapon. ]

I'm glad to hear that.. It must be very, very nice to have a best friend.

Don't you have one?

... Maybe Tomoya-kun is my best friend, but.. I don't know if Tomoya-kun thinks I'm his best friend. We were friends since we were kids, but he forgot about me.

He forgot about you?

... Yes. He promised to come to my birthday party, but.. that day nobody showed up. And from that day on, I didn't see Tomoya-kun for a long time.. maybe it was even longer than ten years.

[Wow. It's a good thing Smoker will never meet Tomoya or he would punch him.]

Tell you what, you talk every day with Ikki now, I'm pretty sure that makes you his best friend. Got it?

[ He was in Luceti a while ago, but alas, Smoker, you missed your chance.. but Kotomi does care about him and has already forgiven him, okay. ;; ]

... Really? Does that really make me and Ikki-kun best friends..? But what about Smoker-kun and Ikki-kun then?

You can have more than one best friend right? Otherwise I'd have to pity Hina for being one of my best friends back home. [And he will never pity her because she's bossy and frustrating.]

If Smoker-kun says so, then it must be right. [ nodding to herself!! ]

So that means Ikki-kun is one of my best friends now.. that's so nice. It feels very warm.

[Oh god, he will just die of cute from that.]

Make sure you let him know, okay? I think that would make him really happy to hear. Deep down inside, under the tsundere.

[ no, Smoker, you must hold on..!! ]

I've already told Ikki-kun before.. a lot of the things he does give me this really weird, but nice warm feeling inside.

Like... happiness or love?

[He (arguably validly) suspects she might not have had a lot experience with either, nor enough to know the difference.]

[ spot on, really - she has some experience with happiness, though! And some with love, but she.. never realised it was love.. so yes. No differentation. ]

... I don't know. How are you supposed to tell, Smoker-kun?

[He thinks about this awhile. The difference between love and happiness...]

Sometimes love hurts. Happiness is only a shallow high. You can get it from other things like ice cream or sunshine. Love is something you're willing to work through bad times for. It runs deeper.

I guess you and Ikki haven't had any bad times though.

It's like... when you really love someone or something, you put aside your own selfishness. And the times when it gets in the way, you work to finding a compromise because it's more important to be together than whatever else might get in the way.

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