48th moon [Let's do the 4th wall agaaaiiiin!]

[paladinlost]

[There is alcohol. There are sandwiches. There are Clefairies. There is Cresselia. There is, of course, Cecil.

Has Mt. Moon ever been so inviting before?]

I knew buying those bottles was a good idea.

[Hell no it hasn't.]

Comments

[dragoon_pride]

You think that attitude is the problem?

[paladinlost]

It can hardly help.

[dragoon_pride]

Perhaps. But I've been given no reason to feel otherwise.

[paladinlost]

And when was the last time you spoke with new people, particularly young ladies?

[dragoon_pride]

...I speak to Valvalis.

[Yes, because she really counts. :| But all he generally has for company is the wind and... the undead thing son Mount Ordeals.]

[paladinlost]

...New people, I said. You can argue in favor of person, but certainly not new.

[dragoon_pride]

...Oh.

[That is... problematic.]

Does it really matter whether or not these people are new?

[paladinlost]

If you do not expand your horizons, the number of unmarried women you know will only shrink.

[dragoon_pride]

[What about married one- NO, SELF, NO. ...Sigh.]

I wouldn't know how to even start...

[paladinlost]

...Not with Baronian women. They'd eat you alive out of interest. Mysidians might be safer.

[dragoon_pride]

You think that I'm not strong enough to handle women from our own home?

[paladinlost]

By my time, most of the single ones have heard all about the handsome, young and eligible dragoon that left for Mount Ordeals. That's more than enough to awaken their romantic side, and I doubt they'd come at you one at a time.

[dragoon_pride]

Ah. I didn't realize...

[The odds are so very very against him indeed.]

[paladinlost]

A swarm of amorous women can be a terrifying sight, and that's before they even get to know you.

[dragoon_pride]

I'm terrified already by the mere thought of it.

[paladinlost]

Good. That survival instinct will serve you well.

[dragoon_pride]

I surely hope so, in those circumstances.

[Except that his tactic of "stand there and brood" apparently always backfires and just draws curious women toward him...]

[paladinlost]

After all, you cannot rely on your armor against such a peril.

[It's the hair, he should shave it.]

[dragoon_pride]

Those are truly the most maddening kinds of perils. I prefer something I can fight and conquer.

[Noooo not the pretty very manly hair!]

[paladinlost]

...Lamias? Amazons? Vampiresses?

[Is it the source of his beauty strength?]

[dragoon_pride]

At least those can be defeated in a proper battle.

[It is indeed, you are right!]

[paladinlost]

Yet they are naturally more dangerous than most women.

[So now we just need a honey trap that can cut it while he sleeps.]

[dragoon_pride]

Yet I understand how to handle them.

[Anyone who dared would regret it.]

[paladinlost]

...Perhaps a few of them are secretly nice.

[For a few seconds before their extremely painful death?]

[dragoon_pride]

Do you really think that? Truly?

[Basically... yes, this.]