[Trying to look on the bright side. Trying to be a bit more hopeful. Why not? Doing the opposite won't actually help, and there will likely be time to fill the new guy in on the local problems when he's less than three sheets to the wind. Or four -- is that the saying? Not important, back to the drunk new arrival.] Yep, that's me. More or less.
[He's heard his name said worse ways, after all. Like that time Iverson insisted on calling him "Takeshi." Besides, drunk pronunciations don't count.]
[Though Shiro's got to laugh a bit at the admonishment to sit. He nods, straightening up to sit on the bench with him.] Benches for sitting, who knew? [Somehow, this conversation feels like one of the more lighthearted ones he's had since he got here.] You get put in the paper a lot, where you're from?
[He holds his hands up in the classic apologetic gesture.] Fair enough. I've been here long enough to know better by now, you'd think. We can save the "what can go wrong" for down the road, if you want it.
[But it's probably better to break it to him, eventually. No matter what happens, this guy's going to get faced with the reality of Deerington. Shiro pushes a hand through his hair.]
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[Trying to look on the bright side. Trying to be a bit more hopeful. Why not? Doing the opposite won't actually help, and there will likely be time to fill the new guy in on the local problems when he's less than three sheets to the wind. Or four -- is that the saying? Not important, back to the drunk new arrival.] Yep, that's me. More or less.
[He's heard his name said worse ways, after all. Like that time Iverson insisted on calling him "Takeshi." Besides, drunk pronunciations don't count.]
[Though Shiro's got to laugh a bit at the admonishment to sit. He nods, straightening up to sit on the bench with him.] Benches for sitting, who knew? [Somehow, this conversation feels like one of the more lighthearted ones he's had since he got here.] You get put in the paper a lot, where you're from?
[He holds his hands up in the classic apologetic gesture.] Fair enough. I've been here long enough to know better by now, you'd think. We can save the "what can go wrong" for down the road, if you want it.
[But it's probably better to break it to him, eventually. No matter what happens, this guy's going to get faced with the reality of Deerington. Shiro pushes a hand through his hair.]
Drinking, huh. You don't say.