Mammon Catch-All

[burningrescue]

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[mammoney]

Him? A cool guy? He's a total nerd! He stays in his room all the time and watches anime!

[ARE YOU A NERD, GALO???]

[burningrescue]

That sounds pretty cool to me.

[He is. He is a nerd. He also would greatly enjoy watching anime.]

[mammoney]

...

[Oh my god. He's just giving him a Look.]

You don't have like...body pillows and creepy anime figurines, do ya?

[burningrescue]

No. My only figurines are my hikeshi figures. [That definitely are not produced by anyone and Galo must have had them custom made.]

But I'm pretty into Japanese culture and history, as well as a newly acquired interest in sea monsters.

[mammoney]

[Kind of horrified.]

You are SO an otaku. [weeps a lot] You're like....a really loud, outgoing Levi. Please don't tell me you call people normies.

[DIAGNOSED WITH WEEB]

[burningrescue]

No? [He can tell he's being mad fun of even though he doesn't know what an otaku is.] I'm cool. I like cool things, like the heritage of an ancient far eastern island.

[mammoney]

...

[He lets out a sigh. He seems to be internally debating something.]

Well, whatever. I like Levi a lot. Cause he's my brother, y'know? And...some of the stuff he plays and gets into is cool. Never tell him I said that, though. I have a reputation to uphold!

[His TOTALLY COOL reputation.]

So I guess what you're into is totally fine. Though I personally just don't get bein' into a whole island heritage thing...

[School him on it, Galo.]

[burningrescue]

Heh. I won't tell him. Besides, I'm really not some kind of nerd!

[Yes he is.]

It's just that before they invented fire tech, or even horse drawn engines, the city of Edo was at constant risk of fire. That is, until the hikeshi - brave men who fought fire with their bare hands - arrived to take the fires out.

[mammoney]

[You are. You are a nerd.]

...They fought fire with their BARE HANDS? Are they stupid?

[burningrescue]

Well, sometimes they had hoses. And they had some tools. [Stop ruining his narration Mammon!!] But most stuff wasn't invented yet. The only way they could stop the fires was to tear down buildings and try to smother the fire or stop it in its tracks. Otherwise, the whole city might go up.