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[hot_handed]

I'll get straight to the point. Since a lot of you are NPCs with barely any fighting skills and I'm at the point where I might blow something up because nothing fucking happens on my patrols, I'm gonna be incredibly generous and offer hand-to-hand lessons at the Arena in the afternoons. If you really care about getting better at it, the more days ya show up, the stronger you'll get.

If you already know how to fight and wanna spar so you don't get rusty, I'll be there for that too.

Comments

[menaretrash]

I could use a good spar, so I'd be down for that whenever you are.

[pinkxeno]

u forgot to tell them u are gonna scream at them a lot too

[wakemelater]

Cool. Let's go.

[voidbug]

What is a NPC?

[hot_handed]

BRING IT!!!

But no complaining when I kick your ass!!!

[hot_handed]

I ONLY SCREAM WHEN PEOPLE SAY STUPID SHIT!

[hot_handed]

Don't tell me what to do!

LET'S FUCKING GO

[hot_handed]

A non-player character in a video game

Prone to stupid dialogue and gives annoying side quests

[pinkxeno]

u are always screaming even when no one says anything!!!

[voidbug]

[...Still not quite sure what that is, BUT.]

You are looking for someone to fight?

[wakemelater]

Arena, ten minutes. I'm getting rusty.

[the4united]

Do you have any experience with weapons combat?

[hot_handed]

Sucks to be you, shoulda been there TEN MINUTES AGO

[wakemelater]

Aww are you waiting for me?

[Is it stupid to shadow travel knowing it'll just make him sleepy? Yeah, probably. But he's going to do it anyway.]

[hot_handed]

Waiting to kick your ass!

[And he is in fact waiting at the Arena, tapping his fingers against his bicep impatiently.]

[hot_handed]

Yep. A living opponent's always better if they're strong enough. And if they ain't, still not like I got anything better to do. Might as well train people to be ready for whatever shit happens next.

You fight?

[hot_handed]

Bombs count as weapons!

[hot_handed]

STOP YOUR SHITTY WHINING OR I'M NOT COOKING DINNER

[voidbug]

I can fight.

[menaretrash]

[ Holy shit-- ]

hey speaking of kicking asses, how fair is this gonna be? any crazy powers i should know about beforehand?

[hot_handed]

If you wanna spar I'll be here. But I won't go easy on ya.

[hot_handed]

I can blow shit up with my palms. I won't easy on anyone, but I'll go by skill-level. I ain't gonna blow up someone who's got no powers of their own.

[It might be more challenging for him than it would be to just go all-out, but he'll make an effort.]

You?

[menaretrash]

Wow, that sounds pretty cool! Don't worry, you don't need to hold back on my account.

[ It's weird, because she's got powers that she can use here, yeah, but also it's hard to explain what a Persona is. She also feels weird because two other Persona users are no longer here, one being one of her closest friends and leader of their merry little band of literal thieves. ]

I have something akin to powers too, yeah, but it's hard to explain. Easier to just show if that makes sense.

[ Mostly because she doesn't have to mention Phantom Thieves if she can just... show him. Also, she's pretty sure no one's going to try and toss her ass into jail here, so... ]

[hot_handed]

HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW COOL IT IS?! YOU AIN'T SEEN WHAT I CAN DO YET!

Fine by me. I'd rather fight than read some stupid lecture any day.

[Despite his "yelling", he's excited to fight someone else with powers. Anything that challenges his skills is welcome.]

[wakemelater]

[Nico doesn't see the text until he emerges from the shadows in the arena. He has the text-to-speech feature enabled, resulting in a tinny "Waiting to kick your ass" blurting from his device.]

Guess I didn't need ten minutes after all.