Catch-all: Taichi

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Comments

[ercnerd]

It's disrespectful to force people to attend a school they didn't apply for.

[goalsides]

Okay, that wasn't my fault though so that shouldn't even count here.

[ercnerd]

My point is, I'm not doing anything I don't want to if I have a choice.

[goalsides]

[rolling his eyes.]

Does that include going to class and doing the task board stuff?

[ercnerd]

Of course. Is there a reason I should be doing either?

[goalsides]

[good question.]

You're really not at all curious about what's going on here?

[ercnerd]

If you want to talk curiosity, what's that dean's list about?

[goalsides]

I've been asking that question all day. Haven't gotten an answer yet.

[ercnerd]

I haven't met the other two yet. Was there something you did that was different from everyone else?

[goalsides]

...uh...[...he was very confident about five seconds ago and now sieg is giving him a mild crisis.] No? How would I know when I don't know what everybody else is doing?

[ercnerd]

[Perish.]

Then how about this: what did you do that was related to school?

[goalsides]

Same thing as the rest of you. I woke up in a dorm full of strangers and then bugged our dorm heads when they came online.

[ercnerd]

Is that right? . . . What did the Dorm Heads say?

[He assumes Taichi must've asked them already.]

[goalsides]

[unfortunately he's right.]

That it's based on the principal's own criteria and it's a good thing. No word on what the hell the criteria was in the first place.

[ercnerd]

[That's helpful. Thanks, Principal Bear.]

Well, regardless of what the criteria is, it's good to know that we have a star pupil in our very own dorm.

[goalsides]

Man, don't say that. [he would rather be buried in the dirt than be a star pupil.] I was hoping Chad could at least tell me what kind of criteria but apparently the dorm heads don't know either. It's whatever this bear decides is noteworthy.

[ercnerd]

It's a talking bear. How's anyone supposed to guess what he considers noteworthy?

[goalsides]

If they would let us talk to the talking bear I bet we could guess pretty easily.

[ercnerd]

If we could talk, we wouldn't have to guess.

[goalsides]

You really think even if we talked to him he'd be straightforward and believable?

[ercnerd]

How devious can a bear be?

[goalsides]

Depends on if the bear's already evil or not. How many bears have you met before?

[ercnerd]

Enough to know that they aren't evil by nature. It'd be a different story if he were a beastman, though.

[goalsides]

Okay, what's a beastman? Like a different kind of monster?

[ercnerd]

They're people like you and me—just different. In some aspects they resemble their animal counterparts. That's the only time you'd find a talking bear in Aernas.