The Greater (Drunken) Good

[notalldead]

It's been some time since Jesse's had his own question for the Nexus. Maybe he's been avoiding it until the last vestiges of Reynard's winter have passed. That whole ordeal didn't do so well by him, after all.

Or maybe Jesse's just been busy? Busy drinking, apparently. He swaggers into the Nexus, a half-finished bottle of Jack Daniels held loosely by the neck in one dangling hand. Once he's found a good enough sofa to sit upon, the zed flops himself down like a ragdoll.

"What's the-..."

He pauses, looking like he's trying to stifle a burp. His eyes aren't really focusing properly. His cowboy hat is a little askew on his head.

"What's the worst thing y'all ever done. Ever done fer the-...Y'know, fer the greater good n' all that shit. Y'ever done somethin' real bad even if it were fer a good cause? Y'ever-...? Yeah. S'all."

He's drunk as hell.

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[notalldead]

"Aw, shoot. That's-...That's right kind of y'all. Ain't nothin', uh, y'know. Uh. Stoppin' y'all if yer out in the woods an' you grab a handful o' flowers. Drop 'em off. Shoot, what do y'all even hunt in there? I ain't ever gone. Prolly all weird shhhhtuff." Someone remembered too late that he's got a rule about cussing in front of women! "Everythin's weird here. In the Nexus."

[potatolion]

Kasa smiled warmly and nodded. Glad to see that the Zed seemed to appreciate her offer. And she was more than happy to help with the monument! "This one will definitely bring in wild flowers for Uditahv's gangs' monument."

She paused to listen to the second half of his question, she grinned, happy to answer the Zed's questions. "This one mostly hunts for food. But she uses as much of animal for supplies, clothes, and weapons. This one has been trying to find bear for its pelt. This one can be scary as wolf..." She says as she motions to the pelt she wore as a cape, "But this one can really show her skills as yonva! Eh...Bear." She corrects herself with a smirk. Going off on a tangent to gush over her favorite pelt. "Oh, but eh...Yes. Wilds do have some odd things. This one tries to focus on game she is familiar with. "

[notalldead]

"Shoot, does that-...Does that work? Huntin'? There's the whole dang, the-...Anti-Violence! Got that thing what doesn't let us hurt one another. But maybe it, like, it...Uh. It realizes yer huntin' fer survival or not meanin' no real harm. Ain't doin' it fer sport or cuz yer mean. Just gotta eat like everyone else..."

His expression goes blank for several seconds, perhaps reminded of something at the mention of needing to eat. And then he takes several more seconds to navigate the bottle to his lips and tilts back a swig with enough finesse that he doesn't just dump it onto his face.

"Shit ain't failsafe, though. The Nexus and the field an' shit, I mean. Stuff. Nexus and stuff. I mean, demons somehow got through it. Hurt a whoooole buncha people. Killed some too. So don't-..." Hiccup. "Don't ever take it fer granted, okay. Ain't always gonna be around to keep y'all safe."

[potatolion]

Kasa blinks with in confusion. Anti-Violence field? She hadn't tried to hurt someone for the sake of violence or blood lust, so she wouldn't know. She nods in agreement with the undead man. "Perhaps; This one is thankful she can hunt though. Makes getting food more easy." She said while he paused to think and sip from his bottle. She kicked her lips, wishing for another drink. Instead of bothering him for another sip of his Jack Daniels, she took out her canteen of water and took a sip, capping the canteen and putting it into her bag.

She nodded in understanding when he said the field wasn't full proof. Telling a quick summery of the demons that attacked him and killed one of his gang members.

Poor Uditahv.

She gave him a small, warm grin. "This one will be sure to be on guard. In case anything strange happens...Hey Uditahv?" She called to him and tiled her head to look at him better. "Could this one pay visit to gang one day? Seem like he has interesting group."

[notalldead]

"Huh? I mean...Yeah, maybe I could swing that fer you. My gang's kinda-...Shoot, what's the-...Cagey. That's it. Livin' folk. Livin' folk bein' in our turf is always kinda." He rocks a hand back and forth, making a small 'ehh' noise. Kinda iffy! "But they know Nexus folk, they're good. They're real good. Always kin trust a Nexus person. Well, I mean not ALL o' 'em. Ain't no goddamn demon I'm gonna trust, sure as shootin'. But, I mean. Blaze is good. Harrowheart's good. Jim's real good too! Whole lotta good."

[potatolion]

Kasa nodded a bit as he said that trying to pull that would be iffy. She reached to give his cowboy-hatted head a bit of a pat. "If it is too much trouble, do not worry about, yes." She said with a bit of a chuckle then rested her hand back on her stomach.

She listened closely as went over who to trust, and then kinda backpedaled on that statement. She made note of the names that he listed. Blaze, Harrowheart, and Jim. Names she would have to keep an ear out for the future. "Hm...This one has not been here very long. But she has met eh...Steve Rogers, Jesiah, and very few others...Hm...This one should probably visit city more." She concludes with a bit of a laugh.

[notalldead]

"Yeah! Yeah, talk to all kindsa folks if y'can. That's-That's like...That's the whole charm of this place, right? Talkin'. Learnin'. Seein' all kindsa people..." He reaches up and pulls down his hat, nudging the brim of it over his eyes.

"Findin' the Nexus is the best thing s'ever happened to us."

[potatolion]

Kasa nodded, giving a small hum of acknowledgement. He did have a point, it was nice to be in a place where one could live in relative safety. And learning of all the strange and interesting people that are dropped into this place was fun. Never would she imagine she'd be laying on a couch next to a drunk undead man, chatting about things. Thinking about this caused her to chuckle to herself.

"Yeah. This place is good. This one has never felt so...Relaxed." She said, trying to find the right words. She peaked over to him as he dipped his hat over his eyes and smiled somewhat. "Does Uditahv ever feel tired?"

[notalldead]

"Oh yeah. I feel pretty fuc-...uh, dang tired right now, even. I mean, I ain't, uh, I ain't gotta sleep, but I still do it sometimes anyway. Gotta pass th' time. Or sometimes y'just...Y'just wanna turn off fer a bit. Not think fer a bit."

He's quiet for a long time, not even breathing. Why would he? He doesn't have to and he's not speaking right now. And being drunk makes Jesse forget to keep up the illusions he does to endear him to the living.

"...Maybe I should prolly do that. Go sleep. Shit. What time is it even..." As if time matters in the Nexus or would be relative to his home world.

[potatolion]

"Mm...Mhmm. This one is getting tired too. Well. This one will let Uditahv get his rest." She sits herself up and moves so she's standing. She looks down to the sprawled zombie. Right. He was drunk. "Uh...Does Uditahv need this one to walk with him? Sounds like he has drank much." She offered to walk her new found buddy towards his home. Didn't want him getting into some potential trouble on the way home.

[notalldead]

"Nnnnn...Naw. I'm jus' gonna-...Just gonna lay here a sec, I think. Catch m'breath." That he doesn't need. "I'll find m'way home. Always do." He grins lopsidedly from under his pulled-down hat. "But thanks. Yer real nice, Miz Korean Lady."

[potatolion]

She laughs warmly as he called her Miss Korean Lady. She didn't even know what that was! She calmed her laughter into a snicker before responding. "This one is not Korean...What ever that is. This one is a Skin-Walker. And she is glad to help." She reached over to pat his hat in good-bye. "Take it easily, Uditahv. Tare care of self." Hopefully he'd find peace with what ever bothered him and caused him to drink till his rotting teeth were floating.

With that she walked off, heading back to the Wilds.