Sep 04 00:47:37 <Viktor>	(so you set the stage since bruce is probably going to be there before viktor)
Sep 04 00:48:05 <Bruce>	(Well shit, this is hard, since you're in the fight, and the talk with Ed happened in the morning)
Sep 04 00:48:17 <Bruce>	(Which is why I was like, wait when did this happen)
Sep 04 00:51:19 <Viktor>	(wait what?)
Sep 04 00:51:24 <Viktor>	(the talk with ed happened in the morning?)
Sep 04 00:51:30 <Viktor>	(I thought it happened before you went to sleep)
Sep 04 00:51:54 <Bruce>	(Well Ed said it was morning, but I think we can retcon to night since he didn't know about Giratina)
Sep 04 00:52:02 <Bruce>	(Ok, BACK TO NIGHT)
Sep 04 00:52:46 	Bruce walks towards Viktor's camp
Sep 04 00:53:01 	Bruce rubs his shoulder, sighing
Sep 04 00:54:38 	Viktor arrives soon from where he had been talking with charlotte
Sep 04 00:54:47 	Bruce sits down
Sep 04 00:54:47 <Viktor>	<Hey, Bruce.>
Sep 04 00:54:58 <Bruce>	<Hey.>
Sep 04 00:55:32 <Viktor>	<Care to talk?>
Sep 04 00:55:43 <Bruce>	<Oh phew, well uhh, yeah.>
Sep 04 00:55:58 <Viktor>	<So... Damascus, huh?>'
Sep 04 00:56:30 	Bruce nods, <Don't do it, I know what I said before.>
Sep 04 00:56:51 <Viktor>	<Ed change your mind?>
Sep 04 00:57:19 <Bruce>	<I still want him dead.>
Sep 04 00:57:26 <Bruce>	<But I can't do that to him.>
Sep 04 00:57:37 <Bruce>	<And what did you read my mind already?>
Sep 04 00:59:04 <Viktor>	<Nope.>
Sep 04 00:59:13 <Viktor>	<But I figured it's pretty much the only thing that could.>
Sep 04 00:59:22 <Viktor>	<Kind of like how Charlotte changed mine.>
Sep 04 01:00:13 <Bruce>	<Hah, well.>
Sep 04 01:00:48 	Bruce tosses two empty flasks into the sand, <Now I just have to explain to my pokemon why it's not happening.>
Sep 04 01:01:28 <Viktor>	<They're your friends. They'll understand.>
Sep 04 01:02:59 <Viktor>	<So what did Ed say to you anyway? About why he doesn't want to kill him.>
Sep 04 01:03:22 <Bruce>	<The girl.>
Sep 04 01:03:57 <Viktor>	<Just her, really?>
Sep 04 01:05:13 <Bruce>	<He'd rather leave Damascus alive until Grant is taken care of.>
Sep 04 01:05:45 <Bruce>	<Just, promise me nothing will happen.>
Sep 04 01:05:57 <Viktor>	<Geez.>
Sep 04 01:06:08 <Viktor>	<And here I thought I'd be the one to tell you that.>
Sep 04 01:07:14 <Viktor>	<Personally, girl or no girl, it really doesn't matter to me.>
Sep 04 01:07:25 <Viktor>	<But...>
Sep 04 01:07:30 <Bruce>	<What then?>
Sep 04 01:07:54 <Viktor>	<Char doesn't want me to kill him.>
Sep 04 01:08:09 <Viktor>	<She thinks we can make it through all of this without having to resort to that.>
Sep 04 01:08:13 <Viktor>	<That we can still win.>
Sep 04 01:09:23 <Viktor>	<Just... hearing her say that makes me feel like it's true.>
Sep 04 01:09:33 <Bruce>	<What do you mean still win.>
Sep 04 01:09:52 <Viktor>	<I mean we can still stop grant, save the world, and make Damascus pay for his crimes.>
Sep 04 01:10:49 <Bruce>	<I'm still going to kill him.>
Sep 04 01:11:18 <Viktor>	<What does Ed think about that?>
Sep 04 01:12:30 <Bruce>	<Ed doesn't like him, and thinks some of the things he might be doin' could be worth it. But that's not the question.>
Sep 04 01:13:20 <Bruce>	<Damascus nearly killed him, even if he is willing to forget that and go on with his life, I'm not. I won't leave him alive to get the chance to hurt him again.>
Sep 04 01:14:12 <Viktor>	<Hm.>
Sep 04 01:14:52 <Viktor>	<I understand how you feel.>
Sep 04 01:15:02 <Viktor>	<But... I feel like there could be a better way.>
Sep 04 01:18:21 <Bruce>	<Well fine, you look for a better way, but just know that I was damn serious when I said that.>
Sep 04 01:18:56 <Viktor>	<I know you are, Bruce.>
Sep 04 01:19:13 <Viktor>	<And I still don't have a clue what that better way could be.>
Sep 04 01:19:46 <Viktor>	<But... hearing charlotte say it just makes me feel like there has to be one.>
Sep 04 01:19:52 <Viktor>	<Do I make any sense?>
Sep 04 01:21:11 	Bruce stands up after collecting the two flasks, <You have what you feel like you should do, that's fine.>
Sep 04 01:23:00 <Viktor>	<Hey, wait...>
Sep 04 01:23:06 <Bruce>	<Just realize that since you know I'm completely serious about that, don't expect me to help you with something.>
Sep 04 01:23:17 	Bruce pauses
Sep 04 01:23:45 <Viktor>	<I know you're serious, Bruce.>
Sep 04 01:24:04 <Viktor>	<And I promise I'm going to keep fighting alongside you.>
Sep 04 01:24:15 <Viktor>	<And another thing...>
Sep 04 01:24:28 <Viktor>	<Well... if we lose that fight. The one against Giratina.>
Sep 04 01:24:49 <Viktor>	<I will be going after damascus's life. Full force.>
Sep 04 01:27:55 <Bruce>	<And if you win? I'm a bit confused now.>
Sep 04 01:29:18 <Viktor>	<If I win... well I'll probably try and follow charlotte's plan.>
Sep 04 01:29:37 <Viktor>	<I guess we kind of have different reasons for wanting him dead, huh Bruce?>
Sep 04 01:30:54 <Bruce>	<I guess we do.>
Sep 04 01:31:38 <Viktor>	<I wouldn't hate you for killing him.>
Sep 04 01:31:43 <Viktor>	<Heck I wouldn't even really blame you.>
Sep 04 01:32:53 <Bruce>	<I suppose that's good.>
Sep 04 01:33:07 <Viktor>	<Really, all I wanna do...>
Sep 04 01:33:18 <Viktor>	<Is just keep moving forward and hope everything works out for the best.>
Sep 04 01:33:28 <Viktor>	<It's done pretty well for us so far, hasn't it?>
Sep 04 01:35:12 <Bruce>	<That's what I did for ten years, I'm finally here. I could argue against that.>
Sep 04 01:35:32 <Viktor>	(against that?)
Sep 04 01:35:42 <Viktor>	(he's saying that it hasn't?)
Sep 04 01:35:43 <Bruce>	(It's done pretty well for us so far)
Sep 04 01:35:52 <Bruce>	(For ten years it didn't work for Bruce)
Sep 04 01:36:04 <Bruce>	(Compared to now)
Sep 04 01:36:30 <Viktor>	<It got you Ed, didn't it?>
Sep 04 01:37:31 <Bruce>	<After I stopped.>
Sep 04 01:38:15 <Bruce>	<I'm moving for something now. Anyway, night.>
Sep 04 01:38:42 <Viktor>	:/
Sep 04 01:39:27 <Bruce>	(What)
Sep 04 01:39:43 <Viktor>	(it's kind of weird)
Sep 04 01:40:12 <Viktor>	(Didn't he get ed by just moving forward and trying his best without worrying?)
Sep 04 01:40:56 <Bruce>	(You could argue yeah, but keeping on that way wouldn't bring anything good)
Sep 04 01:41:04 <Bruce>	(And he was doing that for TEN YEARS)
Sep 04 01:41:11 <Bruce>	(And just now things have changed)
Sep 04 01:41:14 <Viktor>	(continuing to try your best?)
Sep 04 01:41:22 <Viktor>	(I don't think you exactly get what viktor's saying)
Sep 04 01:41:28 <Bruce>	(Not at all)
Sep 04 01:41:33 <Bruce>	(That's not what you said)
Sep 04 01:41:44 <Bruce>	(Is just keep moving forward and hope everything works out for the best.)
Sep 04 01:41:53 <Bruce>	(Is not the same as continuing to try your best)
Sep 04 01:42:07 <Viktor>	(that's pretty much what it means by keep moving forward)
Sep 04 01:42:29 <Viktor>	(in bruce's case he wasn't moving forward he was just middling around without a direction)
Sep 04 01:42:38 <Bruce>	(May be what you meant, but not what I generally take from that)
Sep 04 01:43:34 <Viktor>	(well when you go somewhere even if you turn you're always moving 'forward' from your point of view unless you're crabwalking)
Sep 04 01:43:37 	Bruce waves a hand and walks back over to his pokemon
Sep 04 01:44:11 <Viktor>	<So you're all out?> he asks, glancing at the flasks.
Sep 04 01:44:30 <Bruce>	<All done.>
Sep 04 01:45:25 	Viktor frowns and digs a bottle out of his bag and hands it to Bruce.
Sep 04 01:45:27 <Viktor>	<Here.>
Sep 04 01:46:01 <Bruce>	<And what's this?>
Sep 04 01:46:20 <Viktor>	<Some of the stuff I got back in that club in Old Black Hills. Imported.>
Sep 04 01:46:24 <Viktor>	<I've been saving it.>
Sep 04 01:46:41 	Bruce turns around and hands it back, <I'm not taking something you bought for yourself.>
Sep 04 01:47:32 <Viktor>	<It was complimentary. Didn't cost me a dime.>
Sep 04 01:48:14 <Bruce>	<Hrm, fine then.>
Sep 04 01:48:35 <Viktor>	<'Sides. It's not 'for myself' either.>
Sep 04 01:48:46 	Bruce sits back down, auracalling his pokemon that are still awake over
Sep 04 01:49:07 <Bruce>	<Who is it for?>
Sep 04 01:49:51 <Viktor>	<Doesn't matter. But drinking's better when you've got someone to drink with.>
Sep 04 01:51:53 	Bruce grins and splits little portions out into some flasks, handing them around to the pokemon
Sep 04 01:52:03 	Bruce hands the bottle back
Sep 04 01:52:34 	Viktor takes a swig and hands it back to Bruce.
Sep 04 01:54:15 <Bruce>	<Think we would have taken him?>
Sep 04 01:54:33 <Viktor>	<Just the two of us?>
Sep 04 01:54:47 	Bruce drinks some, putting his ice arm around the bottle to chill it slightly
Sep 04 01:54:51 	Bruce nods
Sep 04 01:55:39 <Viktor>	<Maybe. It'd be tough odds but I have a few spells I think I'd like to surprise him with.>
Sep 04 01:56:09 <Bruce>	<Oh, spells now? So you're a real warlock huh?>
Sep 04 01:56:41 <Viktor>	<Hehehe, call it what you like.>
Sep 04 01:57:20 <Viktor>	<But either way, all I know is if and when you do fight him, I'll be right there to back you up, buddy.>
Sep 04 01:58:33 	Bruce laughs, flexing his hand, "Eigh lamh."
Sep 04 01:58:55 <Viktor>	<Pardon?>
Sep 04 01:58:58 <Bruce>	<Thanks, buddy.>
Sep 04 01:59:18 <Bruce>	<Roughly ice hand.>
Sep 04 01:59:38 <Bruce>	<Never good with gaelic, too slow, but it's easy to pick up small bits.>
Sep 04 01:59:40 	Bruce points at his head
Sep 04 02:00:50 <Bruce>	<Jet Little Cloak, for example.>
Sep 04 02:02:48 	Bruce shrugs and takes a few more drinks
Sep 04 02:02:57 	Viktor grins, "Keine Ursache, Kamerad"
Sep 04 02:05:24 <Viktor>	<No problem, buddy.>
Sep 04 02:06:04 	Bruce nods, idly talking for a bit longer, with Viktor and his pokemon, before heading back to his camp, and settling down, pulling a few pokemon in close and sleeping