bellowin' barlow

wyatt barlow | alligator lamia | grit pit fighter

[luckylockjaw]

[finneganwake]

That's a strong wind and torrential rain warning in effect, folks! The foreseeable future would be a truly fantastic time to NOT be outside doing anything remotely hazardous. Batten the hatches and bond with your family, roommates, pets, and/or streaming services. Don't take unnecessary risks on treacherous roads, rocks, slopes, shores, or the sea! Your local Coast Guard thanks you for your service.

[luckylockjaw]

Well I, for one, am lovin' the humidity... if you can even call it that at this point. It sure do remind me somethin' fierce of hurricane season back home. Sure this can't be as bad as all that, though... y'all don't get those 'round here, right?

[taliasshaw]

[PM] It kind of is your business. Literally. I dunno. I don't like seeing a shitty place like that getting bigger and more powerful, and I don't even have a contract with them like you.

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] I don't thing cogs in the machine get much of a say, you know? Anyway... if they're makin more money, maybe they ain't gonna have to rely on yours truly so much for raking in the big crowds. [ user suspects what they'll do is build up another undefeated champion in the additional ring before eventually pitting them against him ]

[bladesandtrades]

[pm] Fuck, why do you sound so sure I shouldn't even be here Maybe If you say so, chef. Please, your face could start wars under the right circumstances. Some real Helen of Troy bullshit.

No I don't mean that the cows are going to start gaslighting you, Barlow. [user looks over the customers inside Fable Blades - he could probably clear the store in two minutes sharp] Don't make me come down there to make things worse. Ask for a fucking gas mask or a break or some shit, since he they want to run this thing like fucking idiots, putting their damn fighters at risk for literally no good reason.

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] :) [ user only gets this reference thanks to talia, who has yapped at him about it before. surprisingly, he retained it ] God... imagine the high that'd be. You've seen me when I got three people givin' me attention who wanna fuck me. I dunno what I'd do with myself!

If they did, it's be pretty devastating. [...] Hey, hey, it's okay, I'll take care of it. The damn things are all rehomed now, anyway. Weren't but a brief ten minute affair. Already feeling better! [ user is lying ] So, turns out they are building a second arena. I like to think more fighters = me gettin more time off, but..

[danielabrams]

[...] Right [... ...] If the busking doesn't work, you could threaten to bite people until they give you money.

[luckylockjaw]

Pft, if that were an option, I'd be swimming in it Scrooge McDuck style already. I just mean if they get uppity with me, I'll scare 'em off in the way I'm best at.

Also, what's this about you having a kid?

[bladesandtrades]

[pm] [....] I want that, too. Try to earn it, at least. Some day. [...] A heads up would have been fucking great because I could have gone to knock some fucking sense into her. Oh, out of the two of us, your face is definitely the bigger trouble maker. [user has a bad feeling which doesn't get better after a quick bit of research] If those are what I think they are, that's fucking toxic, Barlow. They should have someone who doesn't need to actually fucking breathe doing that shit. [user is idle for a while, definitely not raging] That's not fucking safe, Wyatt.

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] You will. [...] Ah well... no sense in getting caught up in wishes, right? Oh, please. My face has neeeever caused any trouble.

So you don't mean like... metaphorically toxic, huh? Well, shit. I'm sure it'll be fine.

[bladesandtrades]

[pm] [user is aware he is still not being a 100% truthful with Wyatt and probably never will be. it doesn't feel great but the truth feels terrifying at every turn] Hey, let's not go crazy here, I'm still at least 90% asshole. Mm, her mind, really wished she'd fucking used that before slashing through a damn fae. Shut up, you love this face and everything it does. [...] Sure. Anything I can do?

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] Be that as it may, I want to trust you. [ user is trying to ignore how many times he's been burned before ] Guess I can't be expecting everyone to know how deep their bullshit goes, but... yeah. A heads up woulda been nice. [...] I do, perhaps to my own detriment, heh. [...] Well... if we're talkin in the moment, then we got these fuckin freaky ass looking cows here that I was just trying to move from one pen to another, and their breath was so fuckin bad it made me feel a little bit like shit. Don't suppose you know of there's anything to do about that...

[bladesandtrades]

[pm] I know, I fucking know. No fucking shit you think me withholding information again is a fucking disaster. [....] Yeah, I don't know. She wasn't very willing to believe me when I told her she was making things much fucking worse. [...] I'll be nice. Ish. Meaning silent, not sure I'll be able to control my face. Sure I can't smack her across the head just once [...] Probably best to keep us separated for at least a few more weeks. [...] How you holding up?

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] Well.. I oughtta trust you more. [...] 'Course not. Can't talk her out of shit when she's already made up her damn mind. [...] When can you ever control your face, cher? But sure, yeah. Don't think I can see her right now, anyway.. don't want her to feel worse. [...] Fine. Moping ain't ever done me no favors, don't much feel like startin up again just for the sake of it. [ user mopes plenty, it's just all at work ]

[stardustonthebay]

[pm] Stop acting like it's okay, be mad at me, tell me I fucked up, stop [...] No, I've already saddled you with enough.

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You didn't sign up to be stuck. You didn't ask for me to put you in a worse situation by asking someone to do something I never should've asked. But I did. And I did it fucking stupidly. I can't make this right. I know that. Finding a way to pay wouldn't be a punishment. I've already got enough of that in my head, knowing I'm the reason she's But I understand.

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] My mistakes are my own, and I know [...] you was doin it from a place of concern. How am I supposed to be mad at you for that? I ain't happy about what happened, or that you did somethin so risky in the first place... coulda got yourself in a load of trouble, you know that, right? You're lucky it was-- [...] the hunter that took you up on it ain't the type to turn their attention on you now. [...] Okay. I don't want your money, sis. I can figure this out on my own, I'm a big boy.

[irlsunbeam]

[pm] Well, if people are making you have bad experiences with things like this, I can talk to them. Deal. [...] You do know that if you eat any more vegetable lambs between now and January you will be in a lot of pain, yes?

It's made from soy beans and those are native to East Asia so they are, sort of. But correct, not in the same way that animals are.

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] Oh yeah? And what exactly would you say to em? [...] Yeah, yeah, I get it. I swear to abstain, et cetera.

Semantics. So, what is it, bleedin heart, you gonna pay off the whole town to not eat cute little critters? You got the dough for that?

[loveandluc]

Yes, are you kidding? I am so hyped for that! Obviously it's not gonna happen right away but that would definitely be worth a shot. It would be such a nice reminder of home. Although I'm sure the food and music was a bit different between SF and the boardwalk you were used to.

[luckylockjaw]

Hah, yeah... and I'm sure whatever food and music they put in for a boardwalk 'round these parts would be wildly different from both them places, but hey. I think it'd still feel like a little nugget from the past, yeah? Shoot, I'm gonna draw me up a petition right now. [ user desperately needs a distraction anyway ]

[nicsalazar]

Haven't done that, no. No street singers where I'm from. Almost no street at First time I see anything like it is here. You've seen worse, then. [...] No. Don't think I am, but not all chat is annoying. It's the [...] volume. Nobody would enjoy screaming when you're trying to have a decent walk, no? But if you say there are bad players too, it's the sa

[luckylockjaw]

Shame. It really does create a unique atmosphere that I think everybody oughtta experience at least once in their life. Long as the buskers are good, anyway. [...] Ahh, I hear you. Yeah, some folks are naturally just a little too boisterous. [ user is fully one of those people, but is in partial denial about it ] Giving them a reason to be quiet ain't a bad thing, for sure.

Where you from, then?

[diana-triformis]

What can I say? I aim to please. Enjoy my opining.

[...] Do you know a busker?

[luckylockjaw]

No. Yes. I'm-- [ user gets annoyed with himself for being so weird about this ] Technically not. Seeing as how tis person has never done it before. But is wondering about it.

[infinityandmadness]

Aaaaahhhhh, well, I say, because I see video's on the internet all the time of such things. That's all. But, you're not wrong. It's better live. So do you make a good cache in the end?

[luckylockjaw]

I guess if someone else took a video, then whatever... but recording yourself? Cringe. [...] Not really. It was so-so. Got way more money promising some weird rich girl that I wouldn't eat a specific kind of meat for the rest of the year.

[infinityandmadness]

I don't think it is. But! Yeah. lol. You're right. You kind of just mostly drive by it, or fly over it, right? Probably hard to really get the kind of quiet life one has in Kansas, if you grew up in LA or some busy place like that, you know? And vice versa.

Ah, yeah! Bears would definitely be one thing I wouldn't like to run into.

[PM] Well, life is complicated. And we can't forget to live it, now can we? Maybe I just misremembered, though! Maybe it wasn't you at all. Anyway, I look forward to playing baseball with you and others soon!

[luckylockjaw]

Strangle me with a quiet life, honestly. Wouldn't be able to stand it. Weren't but a toddler when I was makin my mama drag me outta the bayou and take me to the big city.

[pm] Hah, yeah, maybe it weren't me at all. Maybe I misremembered, too.

[...] Yeah, see you on the field! [ user is surprisingly grateful for having been given such an easy out ]

[whimmortal]

Boaz tax, now!! He sounds like a dream. Not very cuddly though, because no fur or warmth, right?

[luckylockjaw]

[ user attaches a photo of the oversized tsuchinoko curled up on the couch with a pint glass of beer sticking out of the middle of his coils, his snout buried in it. he's about the length of a six or seven year old human ] I think he's cuddly. Especially nice on a hot summer day, cools ya right down. But I'm biased, having [...] been around reptiles all my life.

[bladesandtrades]

[pm] [...] Trying to fucking protect you, mostly. Don't know why I bother, always ends up [....] It was Daiyu.

[luckylockjaw]

[pm] I-- Yeah. Sorry. Sorry, I know. I'm... [...] this is just a lot. [... ... ...] Why the fuck would she help? Sudden change of heart? Realized she was being a moron? Christ alive. [... ...] Well, it's good for Maggie, at least. Who speakin of, don't be too hard on her about this, you brute. She... she's a good kid, she's just... She's already punishing herself more than you ever could. Fuck.