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[This amuses him enough that he lifts his head a bit more. One corner of his mouth is turned up slightly. The shadows that recede below the cap and hoodie make the words on the top of his throat clear. They disappear down and continue traveling up over his face.]

And here I thought you were going to go easy on me. Didn't take a trip to "Hole," did you?

[ Jason your throat... Aikawa doesn't have words on his THROAT but he does on his currently-sleeved arms, and he has thin wound marks slashing all over his neck so we're kind of matchies in a distant way. ]

I've had a long day, I'm not gonna go easy on anyone.

...We went into a stupid hole because of a chicken, but it wasn't the Hole. Nah, it was some island...

[Matchies! That's terrible.

He closes the book over one finger and rests the end of the spine on his leg.] Another hole. [Why... is there a chicken...]

What kind of island?

[Obviously there is a reason he is interested in this part.]

[ So much shit happened and for what. ]

It was... it was called Lotus Island. Uh... uninhabited, I guess? I think.

Weird. Except for you all? You had to run down a chicken?

[He has a smore now, thank you, Brad.]

As far as I can tell. 'Cause zombies don't count and even then, it was only once.

And yeah... Mikazuki kept calling it Bobchan-san like it's always been its name so I assume... it's his...

[ Surprise! Bobchan-san. He can't say shit though because he feels like Jiji would also just come up with the name Bobchan-san on the spot. ]

The island was full of zombies...?

[Okay. He accepts this as much as he accepts the other part.] Tsurumaru's chicken? It might not have been the same one, but Mikazuki would've probably called it that maybe. [Their chicken daughter, he guesses.]

Not full of 'em, just one part there were just. Suddenly zombies.

[ He kind of... glances at Futaba and Rupert when he says this but. You know. ]

I uh, I guess so? We just kind of had it... we also lost it but I think we had enough on our plates.

Those are the worst kinds of zombies.

[The suddenly zombies kind. His head twists enough that it's clear he's following Aikawa's look to Futaba and Rupert.]

Hope you didn't lose Tsurumaru's bird. He might kill us all.

.......................................

[ About that, ]

You lost it, didn't you.

Mikazuki had the chicken, he didn't come back with it. Iunno what happened, I got blasted to some far-off fuckoff woods where I had my own problems.

Maybe it wasn't Bob then.

[They can hope. Save the other chicken... RIP.]

Blasted--nevermind. What was in the woods?

Uh, I was alone, maybe, there were these footsteps but then something... uh, something took over me and -- [ Heugh. He skips over a lot of details, but. ] It eventually made me walk over to the river and. Uh. Drown myself.

And then suddenly we were back, and it was just -- it was just stuff like that.

[Aikawa........

Well, Jason's lips thin considerably under the hat and the hood, but Aikawa can't see the look in his eyes because of the shadows. The HA HA HA on him swims quickly into red from green.]

You alright?

[This time it sounds more sincere.]

[ Jason your HA HAs. ]

Could be better... could've done without getting stabbed in the damn spine. [ For sure. ] But also could've been miles worse. Wasn't as bad as the first time I went, so I'm not gonna jinx it.

[Listen. Sometimes, you are still plagued by the Joker unfortunately.]

Getting stabbed in the spine is pretty bad, though. [Could have been worse, yeah.] Tell you what, if neither of us are strung up and dead tomorrow, I'll buy you dinner as a congratulations-you-survived.

[ Thanks for the gagtag it's accurate, you understand me. Shoots the Joker on Jason's behalf, our boy now. ]

We don't even pay money here. [ Though there's a slight 'heh' vibe to it underneath the sore raspiness. He loves getting food........... ] Thanks, feel like the bar's low but --

Thanks.

[Yes. For both things.]

I know. [Which was his joke in the first place, so he's very glad Aikawa gets him. You can offer people all the food they want when you don't have to pay. Until you, like, die.] The bar is so far in the ground, yeah.

What do you want to eat? Bradley made me want a cheeseburger, so hopefully I'm alive to get to eat one.

C'mon, you look like a guy who knows how to fight for himself.

If you're gonna say bullshit like that, the least you can do is sound like you're definitely gonna be alive to eat one.

Needs fries on the side.

[He hasn't felt very chipper since he spotted himself being Jokery instead of furry--fair--but this gets a bit of a smirk to pop up on his mouth for a moment.]

Definitely needs fries. Want some? A bacon double cheeseburger all the way with fries and a shitty hotel cola? Could split some onion rings. Maybe the hotel can make it as good as a mom-and-pop in Gotham.

Fuck, if someone isn't killing us tonight, this lunch is actually going to.

Alright, you got a deal.

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[His ears swivel when he hears his name.]

I wanna try that thing.

If you're alive, meet us at the restaurant then.

[They are truly going to be fucking celebrating with cheeseburger when people are dead. Horrendous.]

[Being alive is a celebration! 3/8 weeks not dead!]

Meet ya there.

[Their arteries are gonna be so clogged.]