[Yamamoto grins as soon as he sees Genji; it's way less about the drinking and more about hanging out. He has had mentors before but Genji is one he has finally gotten to spend some quality time with. At first, he made Yamamoto miss Squalo less. As time goes on, he makes Yamamoto miss his dad less which is a balm the swordsman needed.
He drops onto a stool next to the man; Shigure Kintoki wrapped and over his shoulder as always.]
Yo! I let him know I was coming. [Which means he will be checking his device to see if he plans to join or what his opinion is of all this. Tonight's cheerful drinker who is now going to gush with his besotted heart is played by Yamamoto Takeshi; what a cast of boys we have~]
You remember me talking about Gokudera, the friend who came from home with me? [He brightens up the moment he says the name.] It's him, his first name is Hayato. We're dating. I think..[He starts, then pauses, so many emotions, good ones in his eyes he is trying to compose them. Genji is someone he admires, someone who if he needs advice he would go to.
Someone he actually planned to ask about his date he had planned to ask Hayato to be his boyfriend; till demon bulls and medbay confessions happened.]
I always loved him, I mean, I'm the kind of guy I pay attention when no one thinks I am and I've always thought he was amazing, even when I thought he hated me, I wanted to be his friend. I think even then I was falling in love with him and we were too busy fighting to save our world for me to notice.
[Oh no it's cute. Genji smiles fondly with his chin in his hands, elbows on the bar. Yamamoto is precious beyond words.]
Then it is good the two of you came at the same time, so you can stay together. But you think you are dating? You should probably make sure, just in case.
Seems important.
[Critical even. He pours a small glass with mostly juice, and tops it off with a bit of vodka.]
We shall drink to you and your friend who is more than a friend.
[It is so cute, he is a precious puppy in love and who can not be caught up in that. He laughs, always a happy guy it's clear now he's more than happy, it's like he's starting to grow into himself really.]
I know we're dating, he's my boyfriend. I just think, I know it's love because I already felt it before here, make sense?
[Then he checked his device and his entire being perks up in the seat as he picks up his drink too toast.]
to Gokudera Hayato the love of my life! [He salutes and drinks it, eyes going wide, well that's not so bad. Mostly juice so he may get a false sense of security.]
[On his way, or already having got the tip off from Takeshi that he’d be drinking at the bar with Genji and showing up a little early perhaps. Gokudera doesn’t mind his boyfriend drinking. He’s not controlling, and while he may be the jealous type, he knows that Takeshi is not interested in Genji in a way that would at all threaten their relationship.
Gokudera won’t be mad at Genji... just nervous.
He’s dressed fairly well, a bit over-accessorized, but far from formal with his low-riding, dark jeans and black tee under an opened button-down, dark purple collared shirt. The sleeves are rolled up, his hair is pinned back, and he’s got a cigarette burning between his teeth as he moves to comfortably take a seat beside Takeshi.
Leaning forward, he looks to Genji from across Takeshi.] Yo. I don’t think we’ve met. I’m Gokudera.
[He waves the robo-bartender down.] The usual [he says, knowing all to well what will be handed to him. Yep that sure is a tequila sunrise.]
[Genji salutes back before downing his. Ah, puppy love. He definitely remembers being young and falling in love with every third person he met, but Yamamoto seems so happy and at least has known this person for years. So maybe it truly is more. He hopes so anyway since it's absolutely adorable.
He nods politely to Gokudera as he approaches, requesting the house specialty.]
I am Genji. It is a pleasure! He was telling me all about you.
[In a good way, but Genji simply smiles.]
You are lucky to have both come from the same world, most are here alone.
Hayato! [It's like a magnet, Hayato walks in and Yamamoto's eyes are drawn right to him. His smile grows as impossible as it may seem that it could get any bigger. He's the Dork King among Dork Kings and never any good at hiding how he feels. He winds an arm around Hayato's shoulders.
Still feeling a little warmth in his throat from the enthusiastic sip he had with Genji after getting all in his feelings about the bomber.
If he had a tail it would be wagging side to side in excitement. The two people he cares about the most in Anchor are meeting; it's kind of a big deal for the swordsman.
And it is going well. Homerun! Or at least in Yamamoto Takeshi's optimistic mind, it is.]
Yeah, we even got lucky enough to show up the same day.
[It was fate or blind luck; either way it was just what both of them needed all things considered.]
[Gokudera wonders if he included the fact in telling him that his boyfriend was elsewhere for two years after their home. Travel has made him a bit weary, his experiences less than savory and adding to his tension. If Genji picks up on it, Gokudera is happy it is not pointed out.
The arm around him making him tense up, his slouch forward growing a bit heavier while his shoulders seem to raise.]
It's been a long time for me since I last saw this guy... [Gokudera says as he pulls over an ashtray and puts out his cigarette and takes a moment to enjoy his drink.]
Did you come to Anchor from your home world? [Slowly, tension is bleeding away. Takeshi's touch is spreading warmth through him, but his shoulders are still pretty hunched as he converses with Genji.]
[Gokudera seems strangely tense, which is odd considering they're just talking and drinking. But it's not Genji's place to pry, especially with someone he just met.]
Yes, I was passing through a teleporter and ended up here rather than where I should have been.
[Not the whole truth as he was thrown through a teleporter, but not entirely a lie either.]
My brother was here - for a time. But he seems to have returned to our world. At least I hope that's what happened. Maybe when we meet again he will remember me.
[It's going to be doubly traumatizing if Genji has to relive Hanzo discovering he's still alive for a second time. It hadn't gone well here - he can only imagine it'll go poorly at home.]
But he showed up after I had been here some time, and so far he is the only one.
[Yamamoto does not comment or seem to take notice of Hayato's tenseness, he knows it's there. He also knows his arm helps despite the hunched shoulders and as patient as the rain should be he stays as he is, smiling. He appreciates Genji all the more when the other does not comment either.
He lets the two of them talk, wanting them to get to know each other and they both already know him.]
I came from home and he was still there.
[Though, they may want to avoid that line of conversation, last time he and Genji discussed how he may still be at home while being here they discovered the planet may get angry at them and things will get scary!]
[Too bad Gokudera has no idea to avoid that line of conversation.]
The last world I was on, I saw someone. We spent time together, and they were gone. When they came back, they said their previous stay had felt like a dream. I don't think any of what is happening now, [He gestures around, as though the present time were visible and all around him.] or what I have experiences in other worlds will change time the same back home.
I think, whenever I go back home, this will all be a dream, or I won't remember any of it. Time in Namimori is standing still, I think.
[Gokudera takes a deeper pull from his drink and it's mostly gone. He's thinking back on heavy thoughts. Time for some liquid courage because remembering it all means reliving it, if only for a moment.]
That is what others have said as well. That they returned home and no time had passed, and for myself someone here said they had met someone from my world and I would definitely have noticed if she had gone missing for any amount of time.
I confess to not knowing how it works, but it seems to be common. There are many that came from other places. And perhaps I did too and don't remember? I don't know how I'd find out unless someone else told me.
[He frowns, pouring him and Yamamoto another drink. This is a heavy topic and it would be better suited to a few more drinks first.]
That would make sense why it was like Hayato was never gone.
[That's a lot of heavy thoughts, too many for Yamamoto he reaches out with his free hand and takes the next drink.
Who knows, maybe he will get good at this, what is probably going to happen is these two are going to be buzzed and this guy right here will be good and toasted.
Forgive him now, he does idiotic things sober, who knows what drunk him will be like. For now, he takes his second drink like a champ, boy that stuff is warm and he feels warm all over, that's kind of nice. He grins at the both of them.]
[For as heavy as this topic is, Gokudera is understanding a bit more about Genji in how he's approaching this. He's not fond of small talk, after all. Maybe it makes Gokudera come across as a bit of a jerk, but this kind of discussion can be as personal or impersonal as the other feels. There's control in this, and it gives the bomber comfort.]
I spent two years on a planet called Amoi. I don't know if I would forget it, but then... I also have a permanent souvenir. [Gokudera tugs at the chain of the choke collar around his neck.]
If you were in another world after you left your home, before you arrived on Anchor, I think you would remember it.
[Maybe he feels a bit guilty for the mood shifting, for the way the conversation is making this too serious. He finishes off his drink and asks for whatever the two swordsman are drinking.]
This isn't going to be a bad dream... [That sounds a bit more hopeful.
His face is getting warm, but he's not acting as though any alcohol has hit him.]
[Genji, who's been sneaking drinks from his fathers cabinet since he was eight, is probably not the best reference for learning to drink if someone has never had a single sip before. But he is trying - he'll hold off pouring another for him until he sees how this one affects Yamamoto. Especially because you are so adorable.]
If it is warm, that means it is working. You will feel it all over, but mostly your face.
[He shakes his head fondly, before returning to the more serious topic. Yamamoto is on drink probation, but he and Gokudera can have another and he tilts the bottle and glass with practiced ease.]
I think you are right, I most likely came directly here. If I was anywhere else, even if I did not remember I would think my clothes, my armor, would show some sign of it? I certainly hope to remember this, I have met good people here, and done many things I wouldn't want to lose.
[Yamamoto for the moment is happy to let Gokudera talk, smiling because he can't help himself when sober but now it is ten times worse. Thankfully he has a decent metabolism so he is not drunk but he is definitely feeling it now more than he was a moment ago.]
More like a really good dream. [He is happy here, he was happy at home but he is definitely happier in Anchor all things considered. That could be the blooming of his heart, but he is determined to remember this place and everyone especially what he found with the bomber. He tries to look determined. He fails when Genji's words have him patting his face with his arm that is not around Hayato.]
Huh? In my face, but my face feels fine. [Don't poke yourself in the eye Yamamoto.]
[Gokudera is taking his time with his drink, used to the burn of alcohol, and the warmth it brings. It’s a comfort like his usual vice, but not one he usually indulges in. His cheeks may be getting slightly pink, but he’s not acting on how it makes him feel.]
Mnn you’ll feel it soon enough.
[Gokudera leans to talk with Genji, placing a hand on Takeshi’s thigh.]
Takeshi here left our home well before me, but I don’t remember it. This collar is something that was put on me in Amoi. I’d much rather remember this place...
[Don't rush the drunkeness, enjoy it as it happens.]
Amoi? They put you in a collar?
[Well that's disturbing.]
I don't think we'll truly understand until it is past us and we are back in our own worlds, or in another as people do seem to go to many places. Someday I may even meet someone who knew me from another world I don't remember.
[Those warnings feel ominous, however, he is far too warm and buzzed to really care much about that. He is sitting here with his two favorite people in Anchor and life could not be better.]
You guys make it sound scary, it's more like [He wiggles his fingers and makes hissing noises, that's fire okay. He's warm...
Oh Hayato is relaxing, Yamamoto smiles at the hand to his thigh, once he leans in of course the baseball player can not help but settle his arm around those shoulders instead of the chair behind. Don't mind him, he is going to not think about the collar because he has never cared for it.
The rest he listens to though.]
I hope we remember all this.
[Then again, falling in love all over again could be fun, though he'd rather just stay in it. Plus, he'd be sad to go home and forget everyone like Genji, Julie, Poison and the like.]
I wouldn't mind forgetting Kabal, his face is stupid.
Yes. I was someone's property while I was there. A lot of mongrels like me were. Already, I'm sure you could agree that this world will be better for me.
[It is disturbing, but Gokudera's not going to talk about it like it is. After all, it was normal on Amoi.
Gokudera's drinking, and would be getting to the same level of drunkenness as his boyfriend if he were drinking faster. He's not though, he's comfortable.]
True. Wonder what it would be like to meet the boss and find out he had his own left and right hand in another world aside from Earth or Namimori. [Gokudera smirks at the baseball idiot.]
I feel bad. Told him he should try to kill himself to see how his theory works out. [Gokudera drinks a little more and mutters.] ... Don't feel that bad, though...
That is horrific and I'm glad you're no longer there.
[He has a lot of questions that he's not going to ask. Too polite to inquire about being someone else's property even though that's incredibly disturbing.]
Everyone would prefer to forget Kabal. Perhaps we can kick him out, since I doubt he's dumb enough to kill himself.
[Yamamoto cocks his head, thinking about meeting a completely different Tsuna who had left him and Gokudera in another world that was not theirs. He is thinking at this point; stranger things have happened.
Yamamoto agrees with Genji, the whole being someone's property is disturbing. More than that it really pissed him off when he first learned of it, even before they dated Hayato was an important friend so that being property will never sit right.
Then Hayato says what he said to Kabal and Yamamoto has to laugh, a soft inhale at the end as if catching his breath.]
I wish I would have thought of that, I just wanted to punch him the entire time.
[Look he was very callous about Genji's death and just disrespectful and his face sucks!]
Horrific? I... [He's never thought of it like that. As a pet, he was well provided for. But, given that it was a consensual sort of slavery and he put himself into the system, he didn't have to worry about someone picking him up and owning him against his will. The very idea that some enemy of their mafia family could have owned him makes his skin crawl. Okay... yeah... horrifying.
It's much more entertaining to talk about Kabal.]
I think it's kind of funny how highly he thinks of himself. I wonder if he hears himself when he speaks.
[Gokudera's leaning against Takeshi, happy to see him so amused.] Knowing our luck, he'd just find his way back in or something. I don't really know the guy.
But yeah, can always hope. If we kick him out, and he comes back, you could just punch him then? Like... I could start talking to distract him, and you knock his lights out? Hm? [He chuckles, ever the bully.]
Then we get in one of those vehicles and dump him out way far from the base and go back hoping he gets lost and can't find his way back?
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He drops onto a stool next to the man; Shigure Kintoki wrapped and over his shoulder as always.]
Yo! I let him know I was coming. [Which means he will be checking his device to see if he plans to join or what his opinion is of all this. Tonight's cheerful drinker who is now going to gush with his besotted heart is played by Yamamoto Takeshi; what a cast of boys we have~]
You remember me talking about Gokudera, the friend who came from home with me? [He brightens up the moment he says the name.] It's him, his first name is Hayato. We're dating. I think..[He starts, then pauses, so many emotions, good ones in his eyes he is trying to compose them. Genji is someone he admires, someone who if he needs advice he would go to.
Someone he actually planned to ask about his date he had planned to ask Hayato to be his boyfriend; till demon bulls and medbay confessions happened.]
I always loved him, I mean, I'm the kind of guy I pay attention when no one thinks I am and I've always thought he was amazing, even when I thought he hated me, I wanted to be his friend. I think even then I was falling in love with him and we were too busy fighting to save our world for me to notice.
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Then it is good the two of you came at the same time, so you can stay together. But you think you are dating? You should probably make sure, just in case.
Seems important.
[Critical even. He pours a small glass with mostly juice, and tops it off with a bit of vodka.]
We shall drink to you and your friend who is more than a friend.
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I know we're dating, he's my boyfriend. I just think, I know it's love because I already felt it before here, make sense?
[Then he checked his device and his entire being perks up in the seat as he picks up his drink too toast.]
to Gokudera Hayato the love of my life! [He salutes and drinks it, eyes going wide, well that's not so bad. Mostly juice so he may get a false sense of security.]
He's on his way, you can meet him!
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Gokudera won’t be mad at Genji... just nervous.
He’s dressed fairly well, a bit over-accessorized, but far from formal with his low-riding, dark jeans and black tee under an opened button-down, dark purple collared shirt. The sleeves are rolled up, his hair is pinned back, and he’s got a cigarette burning between his teeth as he moves to comfortably take a seat beside Takeshi.
Leaning forward, he looks to Genji from across Takeshi.] Yo. I don’t think we’ve met. I’m Gokudera.
[He waves the robo-bartender down.] The usual [he says, knowing all to well what will be handed to him. Yep that sure is a tequila sunrise.]
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He nods politely to Gokudera as he approaches, requesting the house specialty.]
I am Genji. It is a pleasure! He was telling me all about you.
[In a good way, but Genji simply smiles.]
You are lucky to have both come from the same world, most are here alone.
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Still feeling a little warmth in his throat from the enthusiastic sip he had with Genji after getting all in his feelings about the bomber.
If he had a tail it would be wagging side to side in excitement. The two people he cares about the most in Anchor are meeting; it's kind of a big deal for the swordsman.
And it is going well. Homerun! Or at least in Yamamoto Takeshi's optimistic mind, it is.]
Yeah, we even got lucky enough to show up the same day.
[It was fate or blind luck; either way it was just what both of them needed all things considered.]
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[Gokudera wonders if he included the fact in telling him that his boyfriend was elsewhere for two years after their home. Travel has made him a bit weary, his experiences less than savory and adding to his tension. If Genji picks up on it, Gokudera is happy it is not pointed out.
The arm around him making him tense up, his slouch forward growing a bit heavier while his shoulders seem to raise.]
It's been a long time for me since I last saw this guy... [Gokudera says as he pulls over an ashtray and puts out his cigarette and takes a moment to enjoy his drink.]
Did you come to Anchor from your home world? [Slowly, tension is bleeding away. Takeshi's touch is spreading warmth through him, but his shoulders are still pretty hunched as he converses with Genji.]
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Yes, I was passing through a teleporter and ended up here rather than where I should have been.
[Not the whole truth as he was thrown through a teleporter, but not entirely a lie either.]
My brother was here - for a time. But he seems to have returned to our world. At least I hope that's what happened. Maybe when we meet again he will remember me.
[It's going to be doubly traumatizing if Genji has to relive Hanzo discovering he's still alive for a second time. It hadn't gone well here - he can only imagine it'll go poorly at home.]
But he showed up after I had been here some time, and so far he is the only one.
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He lets the two of them talk, wanting them to get to know each other and they both already know him.]
I came from home and he was still there.
[Though, they may want to avoid that line of conversation, last time he and Genji discussed how he may still be at home while being here they discovered the planet may get angry at them and things will get scary!]
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The last world I was on, I saw someone. We spent time together, and they were gone. When they came back, they said their previous stay had felt like a dream. I don't think any of what is happening now, [He gestures around, as though the present time were visible and all around him.] or what I have experiences in other worlds will change time the same back home.
I think, whenever I go back home, this will all be a dream, or I won't remember any of it. Time in Namimori is standing still, I think.
[Gokudera takes a deeper pull from his drink and it's mostly gone. He's thinking back on heavy thoughts. Time for some liquid courage because remembering it all means reliving it, if only for a moment.]
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I confess to not knowing how it works, but it seems to be common. There are many that came from other places. And perhaps I did too and don't remember? I don't know how I'd find out unless someone else told me.
[He frowns, pouring him and Yamamoto another drink. This is a heavy topic and it would be better suited to a few more drinks first.]
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[That's a lot of heavy thoughts, too many for Yamamoto he reaches out with his free hand and takes the next drink.
Who knows, maybe he will get good at this, what is probably going to happen is these two are going to be buzzed and this guy right here will be good and toasted.
Forgive him now, he does idiotic things sober, who knows what drunk him will be like. For now, he takes his second drink like a champ, boy that stuff is warm and he feels warm all over, that's kind of nice. He grins at the both of them.]
That stuffs warm!
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I spent two years on a planet called Amoi. I don't know if I would forget it, but then... I also have a permanent souvenir. [Gokudera tugs at the chain of the choke collar around his neck.]
If you were in another world after you left your home, before you arrived on Anchor, I think you would remember it.
[Maybe he feels a bit guilty for the mood shifting, for the way the conversation is making this too serious. He finishes off his drink and asks for whatever the two swordsman are drinking.]
This isn't going to be a bad dream... [That sounds a bit more hopeful.
His face is getting warm, but he's not acting as though any alcohol has hit him.]
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If it is warm, that means it is working. You will feel it all over, but mostly your face.
[He shakes his head fondly, before returning to the more serious topic. Yamamoto is on drink probation, but he and Gokudera can have another and he tilts the bottle and glass with practiced ease.]
I think you are right, I most likely came directly here. If I was anywhere else, even if I did not remember I would think my clothes, my armor, would show some sign of it? I certainly hope to remember this, I have met good people here, and done many things I wouldn't want to lose.
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More like a really good dream. [He is happy here, he was happy at home but he is definitely happier in Anchor all things considered. That could be the blooming of his heart, but he is determined to remember this place and everyone especially what he found with the bomber. He tries to look determined. He fails when Genji's words have him patting his face with his arm that is not around Hayato.]
Huh? In my face, but my face feels fine. [Don't poke yourself in the eye Yamamoto.]
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Mnn you’ll feel it soon enough.
[Gokudera leans to talk with Genji, placing a hand on Takeshi’s thigh.]
Takeshi here left our home well before me, but I don’t remember it. This collar is something that was put on me in Amoi. I’d much rather remember this place...
[And he leans a little against the other boy.]
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[Don't rush the drunkeness, enjoy it as it happens.]
Amoi? They put you in a collar?
[Well that's disturbing.]
I don't think we'll truly understand until it is past us and we are back in our own worlds, or in another as people do seem to go to many places. Someday I may even meet someone who knew me from another world I don't remember.
I never got notice, i am sorry to both of you.
You guys make it sound scary, it's more like [He wiggles his fingers and makes hissing noises, that's fire okay. He's warm...
Oh Hayato is relaxing, Yamamoto smiles at the hand to his thigh, once he leans in of course the baseball player can not help but settle his arm around those shoulders instead of the chair behind. Don't mind him, he is going to not think about the collar because he has never cared for it.
The rest he listens to though.]
I hope we remember all this.
[Then again, falling in love all over again could be fun, though he'd rather just stay in it. Plus, he'd be sad to go home and forget everyone like Genji, Julie, Poison and the like.]
I wouldn't mind forgetting Kabal, his face is stupid.
[Oh Yamamoto, buzzed and blunt, gotta love him.]
<3
[It is disturbing, but Gokudera's not going to talk about it like it is. After all, it was normal on Amoi.
Gokudera's drinking, and would be getting to the same level of drunkenness as his boyfriend if he were drinking faster. He's not though, he's comfortable.]
True. Wonder what it would be like to meet the boss and find out he had his own left and right hand in another world aside from Earth or Namimori. [Gokudera smirks at the baseball idiot.]
I feel bad. Told him he should try to kill himself to see how his theory works out. [Gokudera drinks a little more and mutters.] ... Don't feel that bad, though...
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[He has a lot of questions that he's not going to ask. Too polite to inquire about being someone else's property even though that's incredibly disturbing.]
Everyone would prefer to forget Kabal. Perhaps we can kick him out, since I doubt he's dumb enough to kill himself.
But we can always hope.
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Yamamoto agrees with Genji, the whole being someone's property is disturbing. More than that it really pissed him off when he first learned of it, even before they dated Hayato was an important friend so that being property will never sit right.
Then Hayato says what he said to Kabal and Yamamoto has to laugh, a soft inhale at the end as if catching his breath.]
I wish I would have thought of that, I just wanted to punch him the entire time.
[Look he was very callous about Genji's death and just disrespectful and his face sucks!]
We don't know until we try.
[Please do not encourage him...]
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It's much more entertaining to talk about Kabal.]
I think it's kind of funny how highly he thinks of himself. I wonder if he hears himself when he speaks.
[Gokudera's leaning against Takeshi, happy to see him so amused.] Knowing our luck, he'd just find his way back in or something. I don't really know the guy.
But yeah, can always hope. If we kick him out, and he comes back, you could just punch him then? Like... I could start talking to distract him, and you knock his lights out? Hm? [He chuckles, ever the bully.]
Then we get in one of those vehicles and dump him out way far from the base and go back hoping he gets lost and can't find his way back?