The Warubozu Usagi

10:50 pm

Back to orbiting around Ukio

Having missed their gateway slot, Wu-chan has rebooked a new slot for Tuesday evening, giving them lots of free time before they can leave the Ulishia system.

WU: 21:30, tomorrow.

S: Once again, this is your fault.

WU: Is it, though?

SM, S, RP: YES.

Meri: WUF.

WU: Fine, but we learned quite a lot. We now have G-data on Zed and we have discovered that someone's living on Zed.

SM: None of which is useful.

WU: Sure it is. Next time we go down there, we won't be forced to land.

S: You are one baka Usagi.

WU: Hey, let's spend the morning exploring the shopping district in Tatamo!

S: (stern look) Warui, we haven't gone over the plans to sneak into Jageda Industries. We are doing it today. No more putting it off.

WU: Oh come on Syvil. We have lots of time! Live for the day — today!

S: A better tomorrow starts today.

SM: JP2 said, “The future starts today, not tomorrow.”

RP: Ooh, I got one! Tomorrow will be better than the next day!

WU: (walks over to Red and hugs him) Red, that was beautiful. Where did you get that from?

RP: (shrugs) It just popped into my head.

WU: (scratching Red's furry head) What a genius this Tanuki is! I'm going to write that down and use it as my ethos, Red. Such perfection.

S: Baka. That quote makes no sense. If tomorrow is better than the next day, then a year from now will be awful!

WU: (confidently walks over to Syvil and pats her on the back) Oh Syvil, my sweet but very wrong teddy bear, you are mistaken.

S: (squinty eyes filled with doubt) How so?

WU: Red, here, presents us a conundrum: If tomorrow will be better than the next day, why would we care about the next day? Clearly, tomorrow is better and by extension, today is even better. But, if we celebrate and embrace today, then, tomorrow cannot be better than today. Yet, if we celebrate and embrace tomorrow, the next day cannot be better than tomorrow, and so on. So, my dear teddy bear, we shall always take the present into account as the best day ever, so that every day that follows might live up to the label of being the best day ever!

RP: (nodding profusely with eyes wide open and grinning ear to ear) Yup, yup, yup!

S: (eyes glazed over)...

SM: (in shock)...

Meri: WUF!

S: Fine, but Shoko and I are not going out shopping. We're staying inside the Black Flea to review the plans ourselves.

WU: Okay, okay...how 'bout we finish watching the rest of S79 of The Walking Dead, have dinner, then go over the plans?

S: We're only on E5 S79 of The Walking Dead. We'll never finish it in time.

WU: There are only 8 episodes.

S: That's it?

WU: Yeah. The show has slowed way down since it peaked with 24 episodes back in the early years.

S: Fine.

WU: Yes!

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— The Warubozu Usagi