Catch-all: Taichi

[ercnerd]

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[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.

[goalsides]

[...those kind of sound like digimon, sieg.]

So they're like...[dontsayfurriesdontsayfurries. wait.] Kind of like Catra then? Or more animal-like?

[ercnerd]

[Maybe they are Digimon, Taichi.]

Is she a student? I haven't met her yet. Does she have different ears and a tail?

[goalsides]

Yeah, to both of those. She's around somewhere, she's in the summer dorm. Cat ears and cat tail. And cat paws? Kinda?

[ercnerd]

Sounds like they are, then.

[Does this make Catra a beastman slash furry slash Digimon? What a talent. She's so versatile.]

[goalsides]

You could always ask her yourself. [this is so much, stop.]

[ercnerd]

You're the one who asked.

Anyway, an ordinary bear is less likely to mislead us on purpose.

[goalsides]

So on a scale of one to ten how dangerous are Beastmen usually?

[ercnerd]

They're as much of a threat as we are.

Get it? What I'm saying is not that they're bad, but that people are craftier than animals.

[goalsides]

[he seems to think about something thanks to what sieghart says and suddenly there's a frown.]

Yeah. I get it. [but with that, he drops his soccer ball on the ground and kicks it ahead, walking the short distance after it.] Not a bad thing to keep in mind either.

[ercnerd]

[Hm . . . ]

Should I spot you?

[goalsides]

[oh.]

...sure, if you're up for it. I was just gonna chase after it myself.

[ercnerd]

Don't expect me to do the same. But I'll watch and kick the ball back if it comes my way.