Question meme 2: Revenge of the Meme

[itsalluseless]

Okay so the last time I did this I kind of dropped the ball! So since Battler recently passed 1500 comments, let's try this again, hopefully with less fail! Well, there's bound to be some fail because I am not that great at tl;dr BUT I WILL TRY

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[digitalemperor]

General/first impressions?

[itsalluseless]

Shark was the first person Battler met in Aather, and the one to give him a name, so there was definitely a good first impression! He's pretty much Battler's best friend, at least outside of Emerald, and the only one he's really opened up to. Well, that's not saying much, since he only described the barest details, but just the fact that he talked about the room at all is an indication of how much he trusts Shark. And the trust is not only because hurrdurr stupidly trusting; Shark has this great combination of caring and not being too serious that really puts Battler at ease.

Reverse?

[digitalemperor]

Shark really likes Battler (stupid hair and all). He gets along well with dumb boys around his own age, so being able not to be quite as formal or polite and be more at ease and teasing definitely lets Shark relax more around Battler! He doesn't feel he knows Battler well, but he definitely wants to get to know him better. What he learned in (WHICH GAME WAS IT?) the confessions/questions game kind of has him going OH MY GOD YOUR LIFE? But he's also gotten more accustomed to people's CRAZY FUCKED UP LIVES in Aather so he's mostly keeping his "that is fucked up" reactions to himself.

In general it's easy for him to forget a little that Battler has a crazy life and he can derp with Wing or be serious with him at their own pace. IDK I'd describe their friendship so far as relaxed and comfortable, and Shark really likes the guy.

How is Battler settling into Aather and his opinions on games?

[itsalluseless]

Battler's been settling in pretty well, though he really preferred Three's realm over Wonderland. Issues with the cabins aside, it's more obviously weird. That wouldn't be a problem in and of itself, but he's still kind of struggling to understand magic and what he's supposed to think about it, so being in a place that is OBVIOUSLY MAGICAL WHEE doesn't really help with that. He likes the people, especially his teammates, and is mostly of the opinion that people in Aather are pretty cool. Aside from Beato who is confusing. One thing he does kind of miss from home is his family, but he's aware he hadn't been in close contact with most of them anyway, so it's not a big deal. Aside from them his memories are just not very pleasant so he'd much rather be here than there.

As for the games? Well, he used to like them. Even Odile's trauma game didn't result in that much damage so it didn't really leave a lasting impression. Even at their worst, they only really seemed like an annoyance, and at best they were a ton of fun! But then the Hook/Sea Witch game happened and he became acutely aware of the fact that whoops actually some really terrible shit can happen here! So from now on he'll be a lot more cautious and distrustful of both the games and the Personae running them. Depending on how bad the next trauma game goes, he might even ragequit games completely for a while.