written;

[manlionpig]

[There's actually no text included in this post other than what's seen in the 'map' Ryoga's drawn.

He's attempted to draw a map of his ship and has fortunately neglected to add his name to it. This isn't to say that he won't respond to taunting and jeering! He doesn't even know this isn't private.]

Comments

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

You shouldn't ask me. I'm not the one who bought it.

I don't know who'd commission this sort of thing.

[Voice]

[collagehero]

All the boats in the shipyard when we got our new boat were normal. I'd rather have a boat like that one. It looks like it would be an adventure finding everything every day! What's the rat kingdom like? Is there a rat king?

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

E-ehhh, one at a time, uhm.

Well, it's just a lot of rats, I guess. And-- Yeah, one even had a little crown.

[Voice]

[collagehero]

You should build them a castle! I'd build them a castle! Hmmmmm, maybe after we go get Ai back and everything, I can come visit your boat and build a rat castle...

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

No way, they're jerks!

They don't need a castle, anyway. They're running the supply room as is.

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Maybe they're grumpy because they need somewhere nice to live! Plus, a rat king with a rat castle would be sooo cute!! There could be a little moat and a drawbridge and everything! It'd be like a dollhouse with rats!

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

That's too lavish for a rat! They don't deserve that kind of frivolous lifestyle!

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Why not? Fleas carry plague, not rats! I watch a lot of nature documentaries, so I know.

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

People carry plagues, too! What I mean is--rats aren't anything special, you know?

They don't need luxury goods or nice places to live!

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Why not? People don't need them, either, but they're a lot of fun to have!

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

Yeah, but people have... culture and history.

Rats don't really have that!

[Voice]

[collagehero]

How do you know? Maybe they do and we don't know because we don't speak rat!

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

[Ryoga spoke animal, so he spoke rat.

THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING HE'D ADMIT TO ANYONE, EVER.]

...Look, I know they don't have culture. They're just jerks that only think about eating things they shouldn't!

[Voice]

[collagehero]

So like teenage boys?

[She's 17, she knows about these things.]

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

...I don't do that anymore.

[When he was 5... Though, admittedly, Ryoga knew more about what one could eat than most.

He did traverse the world solo a dozen times.]

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Anymore! But it's still pretty true! So I guess teenage boys are like rats? Or are rats like teenage boys?

[Or both! Probably both.]

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

What, so girls know better?

Come on, boys aren't just idiots! [Except in Nerima. In Nerima, all boys were constantly idiots.]

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Hmmm? There are all kinds of idiots! Sometimes you can be an idiot one way and a genius the other! What's the saying? "It takes all kinds?"

[Hajime's certainly been called an idiot in all sorts of ways!]

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

...Isn't it counter-productive to just call everyone an idiot?

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Why would it be? What are you trying to produce?

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

Er. Social...ties?

[Voice]

[collagehero]

Idiots can make friends, too!

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

...Did you just call me an idiot?

[Voice]

[collagehero]

I called everyone an idiot!

[Voice]

[manlionpig]

...That's not much better.