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[foreverphantom]

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[selfimmolation]

... Pretty much what it sounds like? They're bandits, they live up in the mountains. Criminals, y'know.

[foreverphantom]

And they...come down from the mountains to loot towns and stuff while you stole food?

How'd you even end up with them?

[selfimmolation]

Nah, I did that stuff on my own. They stole from travelers, but sneaking into the city's a whole other thing.

[ hm. that question. he laughs a little ]

The why's a long story! But I was dropped off as a baby, and they didn't exactly get a choice in the matter.

[foreverphantom]

[ that's a very suspiciously upbeat reaction to have about that, sir ]

Yikes.

I'm guessing it's not a huge jump from mountain bandits to pirates, though, huh?

[selfimmolation]

[ sometimes you just look at your life and you gotta laugh about it man ]

You'd think so, but the guy who dropped me off was really surprised I didn't end up joining the marines.

[foreverphantom]

They take bandits in the marines?

[selfimmolation]

I'm not a bandit, I was just in their house. [ is that better. ] But it was never gonna happen anyway.

[foreverphantom]

[ embrace your bandit heritage you coward ]

Why not?

[selfimmolation]

[ no he's a pirate :/ ]

Following the rules and working for the government? No thanks. Not for me.

[foreverphantom]

[ laughs a little ] Well, at least you know what you want.

[selfimmolation]

Always have. What about you? Got any goals past ghost hunting, or was that always the dream?

[foreverphantom]

Mmmm.

I...wanted to be an astronaut, once.

[selfimmolation]

[

very clear wassat face ]

An astronaut... is...?

[foreverphantom]

Like...a sailor, but instead of exploring the oceans, it's exploring the stars.

[selfimmolation]

Woah. [ :o ] That's cool. Why'd you stop wanting to be one?

[foreverphantom]

...other things got in the way.

[selfimmolation]

[ hmmm. ]

If they weren't, would you still want to do it?

[foreverphantom]

[ he pauses, thinking deeply and staring up into the sky ]

I haven't thought about it in a while. But...yeah, maybe.

[selfimmolation]

So what is it that got in the way? The ghost stuff?

[foreverphantom]

For starters, yeah.

[selfimmolation]

So nothing you could just drop to go for your real dream?

[ im sorry that following your dreams is so important in one piece that i have to go danny become an astronaut danny ]

[foreverphantom]

I don't exactly meet the minimum qualifications anymore.

[selfimmolation]

There's qualifications?

[ imagine having to be qualified to do something instead of just taking a sailboat out and hoping for the best ]

[foreverphantom]

Yeah, generally people want to make sure you're qualified to be driving the rocket that costs more than the combined net worth of several countries.

[selfimmolation]

Sailing in space is sounding less and less like the sea now. [ i need you to understand ace does not know this but a man did go to the moon using a regular ass ship in one piece. anyway ] So what qualifications do you lack? Can't you just... train for those?