Weird-looking, half blind, spook wrangling world-walkers that smoke.

[goldeneyeball]

THREAD DIRECTORY

One Fine Day
A Taste of the Future
Pumpkins
Aches
Trauma 50% Off!
I Got a Disease and You're the Cure
Taco Night
Buck Eyes
The Turns Have Tabled
JW and Ginko's Fancy Dinner Date
You Know What They Say When You ASSume...
Sit, Stay, Beg

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[goldeneyeball]

"Mhm." JW tried not to grin too hard.

But then Weed Brain kicked in and something occurred to him.

"Say, Clover...we're in Japan. Yeah? From way back when. How is it...you and me both speak perfect English?"

[onegreeneye]

Ginko frowned, his brow furrowing. "I'm-- what? I don't even know English, I've been speaking Japanese this whole time."

A few seconds' pause as that sinks in.

"...Are you speaking English?"

Yes, Ginko, that is what he was implying.

[goldeneyeball]

JW leaned away a little just so that he could crane his neck around and look Ginko in his remaining eye.

"No shittin'? And of course I am! I'm from the middle of Tennessee, I don't know a lick of Japanese! Well. I guess I know how to say goodbye. Say-yuh-narrh-a."

Close.

[onegreeneye]

He stared at JW for another couple seconds before letting out another snort of laughter. "Well, whatever's going on, I think it'd be better for us both if you stuck with English. Definitely pretty strange, though; it's sounded to me like you've been speaking Japanese all this time."

And yet somehow he'd never thought to question it. Huh.

[goldeneyeball]

"Well let's hear you try to speak another language, smarty pants!" He grinned and bumped Ginko with his shoulder. "That's so wild."

[onegreeneye]

"I don't know any other languages!" He went back to leaning against James with a grin, prodding him lightly with one elbow. "Can't believe we didn't notice this earlier."

[goldeneyeball]

"I guess this would happen to us, a couple of half-blind weirdos wandering around in the woods."

He let Ginko lean on him and laughed when he was elbowed.

"Maybe it's the mushi."

[onegreeneye]

"Maybe. That'd be pretty helpful of them." He let his head drop against JW's shoulder again, a smile still visible on his mouth.

[goldeneyeball]

JW felt the hairs on his neck stand on end, even with the warmth of the fire. He tried not to start laughing. He knew he wouldn't be able to stop.

"Hah, I guess I'll take them over my faeries any day, even if I can't see 'em. How's that trail mix treatin' ya? Those are called M&M's. Chocolate."

[onegreeneye]

"It's pretty good." Speaking of which, that reminded him it existed. He took some more, dropping it in his mouth and just speaking around it. "Don't really get to try anything like this much around here."

On the rare occasions that it was even available, it wasn't like he could really afford it.

[goldeneyeball]

"I gotta bring you some oreos, man. Best damn thing you've ever putt in your mouth. With milk! You're gonna love it!" He held out a hand as if showing Ginko the world. "There's so much you deserve to see. Soon as that leg of yours get better and these coat hangers drop off my head, we're going."

[onegreeneye]

"I look forward to it." He paused, glancing up thoughtfully at JW. "...It'll be weird seeing you without antlers, though."

[goldeneyeball]

"Yeah?" He guessed it would be now that he thought about it. They were what made him stand out and he'd had them as long as Ginko had known him. That meant Ginko would eventually see his stupid little fuzzy nubs that he tried to hide with a hat as long as he could.

"You should see me in a hat."

[onegreeneye]

Ginko laughed, his head tilting forward a little as he leaned up against JW, because somehow that seemed way funnier than it actually was.

He winced a little, the laughter trailing off as another pang of pain went up his leg. "--Shit."

[goldeneyeball]

JW didn't expect a reaction like that at all and Ginko's laughter just made him laugh, big ugly loud guffaws at his own stupid joke. Ginko's bulk was making him lean.

[onegreeneye]

Fortunately, Ginko noticed something was up before they both just fell over entirely. He looked up from examining his leg and reached around JW's shoulders to pull him upright. "Careful - uh, sorry about that."

He blinked a couple times, shifting to try to stay upright on his own. "Mm... think I might need to lie down." He supposed it should be no surprise, given... well. The entire morning so far.

[goldeneyeball]

JW found himself tugged the other way, weighing little more than a handful of brooms. He caught himself on a rock and kept laughing.

"Haha, yeah, I think you'd better!" He all but shoved Ginko backwards so that he would lay down and gave his chest a few hearty thumps. Holy shit the guy is like a barrel.

[onegreeneye]

Ginko moved to lay back on the ground, giving another soft laugh when JW thumped his chest. He looked up at the sky with a slight smile, slowly letting himself relax more now that he wasn't at risk of falling over or something.

He glanced at JW again after a few seconds, his expression shifting thoughtfully. "...Seriously, thanks. 'S nice not to have to just depend on luck for once."

[goldeneyeball]

Even with the weed buzz, anxiousness surrounding Ginko's injury did manage to snake its way back in. It dissipated though when he spoke up. JW's grin mellowed out. He'd never really thought about having a traveling buddy besides Deuteronomy. She couldn't sew.

"Hey, don't mention it."

[onegreeneye]

Ginko gave a quiet hum of acknowledgement, another small smile flickering across his mouth for a moment. He finally let his eyes close, the warmth of JW next to him and the fire in front of them comforting after the morning's "excitement". It didn't take too much longer for him to fall asleep, his breathing settling into a steady rhythm.