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[It's been over four months since Bro had that unfortunate incident with Jack Noir in the Medium. Four months since he arrived in Hinoto-Ri, because apparently that's the only damn place he gets to go. From one monster-ridden videogameish hellhole world into the next.

What sucks most about Hinoto-Ri is that there's a severe lack of Striders. In fact, ever since his alternate universe teenage self left, the city's gone even further below the minimum of required Strider. He knows Dave can take care of himself, considering Bro taught him pretty damn well, but there comes a time in every dude's life where he misses his family.

Especially when said family is prooobably still stuck in a monster-ridden videogameish hellhole. Lil Cal's a great bro and all, but talking to yourself can get old after a while.]

so.

you guys all have family back home right? siblings and parents and annoying aunts who like to pull your cheek even though youve grown to be twice their size? grannies who send you itchy socks for christmas each year?

so tell me about 'm. who do you miss most?

would you have 'm here if you could?

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[Thaaat is really fucked up. It takes him a moment to figure out how to even respond to that.]

how about finding a family that actually cares for you as a person? just sayin. that sort of thing usually works out real nice. especially around christmas.

YOLO is english. sorta. short for you only live one.

you associate bein american with parties? wow. only a true japanese dude would think that.

super bowl parties and shit like that aint about being together with your friends. its commercialism. they wanna sell more coca cola and junk food. a bigass fight to get ratings too.

hell. next thing youll be telling me that black friday is about spreading holiday cheer for affordable prices.

spoilers: its not.

My dad trains dragons. It'd be AMAZING to have him here.

"He knows better than that. Desco just isn't sure she wants to take his coping mechanism away from him!"

That isn't as easy as you would think. Christmas is just when people spend too much time in malls.

I never learned that term when I was learning English. Odd.

[ ... strifing? ]

I suppose it would do no harm if things remained friendly.

Though we had no need for that. Outside influences were enough to train us.

[ One born into wartime had to learn quickly - but it also brought resolve for change. The next generation ought to be spared from this curse.

Alas, it was not easy. His father's generation had seen the tide of war engulf the whole land, and they showed no signs of abating, even after fifty years. ]

I mostly hang out with people who are in high school or college, so yeah. Parties.

Though I know it's more than that. I've seen it change but the commercialism is part of it. It's just the making a huge deal out of something that's not that important in the long run, while eating giant amounts of food and yelling a lot. I know it's commercialism the whole way through, but that's not always a bad thing.

Though fuck Black Friday, that's pretty much the worst.

Well... I have aunts and uncles in Europe, but aside from that they're all I have. They're okay, but... I think I missed Simon the most.

He's not technically my blood family, but he's the closest thing I have to one. Him and Aura.

ok yeah. i wouldnt say its a bad thing either. if it werent for that sorta commercialism we wouldnt have doritos or orange soda. or jumbo size hotdogs.

black friday is the best example of humanity at its worst. people go berserk and rip each other to shreds over nothing. survival of the fittest. its a cool challenge for guys like me but hot damn. sometimes helpless morons get seriously hurt.

lets not introduce that concept here.

wait what were we talking about again.

oh. that makes sense.

im from texas. nothing threatening there but country music. you wanna learn how to fend for yourself then youve gotta teach yourself. and others.

eh. for me christmas is playing new videogames with my bro. and eating bigass chicken wings. ironic lights and a stocking filled with puppet dong by the fridge.

its a mindset.

YOLO is slang. the best kind.

Okay, yeah, that sounds logical, but... Maybe you should give him a healthier coping mechanism instead. Like uh... chocolate.

dragons? like. the enormous fire breathing gold hoarding kind?

oooh family abroad. those are the best kind. they never really bother you but you still get to use 'm as an excuse to travel.

[He's heard of Simon, but...]

whos aura?

[ He didn't recognize the name. Definitely from another world, then.

It sounded relatively safe, though. Which was a good thing, he supposed. ]

I presume you've trained someone, then?

Simon is here, but Aura isn't. She's Simon's older sister and she was like an older sister to me too.

oh ok. that makes sense.

she a nice chick?

yup. i trained my baby bro.

[Like... literally when he was a baby. Bro started as early as possible because one is never too young to learn.]

he grew up into the most rad warrior you ever did see. probably still wielding shitty swords though.

Uh...not that I'm aware of? I meant Dragon-type Pokemon.

Pause.

"...but then he might start getting into Desco's chocolate!"

THINKING VERY HARD.

"Um...what if Desco encouraged him to binge eat instead? She could make him rice balls!"

Family? Or something like that.

[ A swordsman family. That was actually quite common in his homeland. So Bro was... well, an older brother. And a good one, it seemed. His younger brother was quite blessed. ]

Pardon the question, but... how is your world like? It sounds more peaceful than mine.

And... if it does run on the Gregorian calendar, which year were you in?

[ He had an inkling that the other might be from the modern world. ]

I don't really want her here. I just wish she knew that I was doing okay and carrying on her legacy.

Well... She can be? She's generally not though. Needless to say, we got in a lot of arguments, but they always worked out.

makes sense. maybe sending a few messages would be better than having family here.

couple of ironic letters. a postcard. maybe a little care package with the food they sell. and a coffee mug.

"greetings from the lovely hinoto-ri. wish you were here. but not really because its overrun with fucking demons."

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