Carth's magical adventure, ROUND TWO, MOTHERFUCKERS!

[Anastasia]

Once there, you find Rachel is sitting calmly on the bed, eyes closed and cross legged. She looks to be lost in her own world.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat eyes Rachel, but chooses not to disturb her, instead producing a 'Big Book 'o Science' and waiting for her to wake up..

[Anastasia]

OOC - By agreement, it's limited timeskip time!

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The next few days go without incident, Rachel often watching as Carthrat continues to beat up on C field. He wins 14 matches this way, collecting the proper amount of credits for his wins.

Tir is absent for these few days as well. You get a message the next day that he got a call from Earth and had to deal with a personal matter - he'll be back soon.

It's nearly a week later when he comes back.

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Carthrat snores, resting peacefully on the couch while Rachel naps on the bed. Ah, early mornings.

*BANG BANG BANG*

"Hey, Carthrat!" Tir calls from outside. "You up?"

[Carthrat]

"NO! GO AWAY! I'M NOT PAYING ANY BLOODY TAX ON MY WINNINGS!" yells Carthrat. "I'm not even a bloody CITIZEN!"

[Anastasia]

"Ugh...the hell...?" Rachel moans, stirring.

"Funny, Rat," he replies, sarcastic. "If I wanted your money, I'd take it from your beaten body," he snorts. "Open up already, I even brought breakfast."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat falls off the couch.

"Huh? Who the hell are you?" he asks, dumbly. "Oh.. wait.. Tir! Tir! You bastard! You wake me up like this again and I'll shove a pole down your throat!

And the doorcode is.. uh.. 3146."

[Anastasia]

"Hah," he notes as he punches the keycode in. Light from the hallway spills in as Tir enters, a few bags of food in hand. He puts them down by the door, looking around. "Wow, you still look like a refugee in the morning," he smiles.

[Carthrat]

"I *was* taking refuge from life. By sleeping," he says. "What gives you the *right* to wake people up like that, anyway?"

[Anastasia]

"My innate charm does," he laughs. "My stunning charm, good looks and all around awesomeness!"

[Carthrat]

Carthrat punches Tir in the gut. "That's for waking me up, punk."

[Anastasia]

"Ugh..." Tir takes a step back, breathing heavily. "And a good morning to you, too," he notes. "The Tanewaki charm is in full effect today."

Meanwhile, Rachel is staring bleary eyed at this scene, hair a mess and clothed in a jogging suit she used for pajamas last night.

[Carthrat]

"Anyway. How was Earth?" asks Carthrat. "Anyone up in arms about my departure? I think there were one or two people who might have been upset.."

[Anastasia]

"I don't know," he admits. "Things are reaching disaster levels there. You know North Korea, right? They fired a prototype nuke off, but it malfunctioned and hit Chinese territory." he winces, sighing. "The response was to turn North Korea into a glassy crater."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat blinks. "You're *kidding*, right?"

[Anastasia]

Tir shrugs. "I wish I was. North Korea and it's ever so lovely government only rules in Hell now." Tir sighs again. "Now the US and China are making nasty faces at each other over it. Funny, since their President wanted a regime change there anyhow."

He takes a moment to smooth his rumpled white dress shirt before going on. "I don't think it'll go any farther, but it feels like a powder keg right now. Most of the visitors there are making temporary getaway plans, just in case."