text ↪ un: うちは

[blackfire]

（ this follows the arrival of the newcomers, simple and direct — ）

If anyone wishes to spar, or finds themselves in need of training in weapons use or martial arts, come to the training room between 0400 and 0900 on any day that suits you.

Whether you possess extranormal powers, skills or abilities or not is irrelevant to my offer. You need only disclose what you are comfortable with.

Comments

text | un; mal

[tochnyy]

0400? willingly? [ hey! someone's awake. ] i think my muscles have turned into holodets from all that sleep. so i'll take you up on all that. no weapons at first.

[ ooc: the italics has a hover! ]

[blackfire]

Very well.

（ yes that's... it...

this is the beginning of mal's awakening that itachi is not in fact a chatterbox, oop. ）

[tochnyy]

tomorrow work? [ probably a bad idea. ]

text; un: romanoff

[deaddrop]

If it's not too many cooks in the kitchen, I'm also available training and practice.

Especially for people who expect to be smaller or weaker than their opponents.

[Little girl murder tactics 101?]

0700 to 0900

[blackfire]

The training room is sizeable enough to accommodate multiple people. I take no issue in working alongside you, Natasha.

However, should a bout involve the use of dangerous powers — especially if one is less practiced in their use — one of us may need to relocate to the simulation room for safety's sake.

（ he is less directly concerned with her safety than whomsoever she may be working with — natasha can manage herself well enough. but there is no point endangering individuals unnecessarily. ）

[deaddrop]

Highly reasonable.

[Natasha isn't especially worried about herself either, regardless of whether or not she should be. She likes seeing what people are capable of. But there's a time and a place for that.]

I'd rather not lose any students.

text; un: mafioso

[essenceofdeadlybeasts]

Might actually be more the merrier in this case. If we all tutor one or two individuals maybe we can do enough to keep everyone alive when it counts, ya know?

That's my opinion anyway. And now at least people know when and where to find ya. ^_~

[deaddrop]

That's the dream, isn't it?

With enough of us, we might be able to have an exhibition round or two. Or at least borrow another teacher for demonstration purposes from time to time.

audio; un: mafioso

[essenceofdeadlybeasts]

Heyyy, Mizu-no-Ryū-kun. [That's your new name, Itachi-kun. Embrace it.] So you do martial arts, ne? I'll take you up on that offer to spar.

text ↪ un: うちは (bc he's stubborn about it)

[blackfire]

Itachi.

（ it's said correctively. truly, he doesn't care about nicknames one way or another — when you've carried the moniker of clan-killer for more of your life than not, you tend to develop a certain dispassion for the practice — but he still prefers his own name. ）

I am amenable. You need only show up.

[essenceofdeadlybeasts]

[Zhao actually lets the feed catch his laugh at Itachi's insistence on using text to communicate. He doesn't mind. He's also amused by the reminder of the boy's name. Sorry, Itachi, it's useless.]

All right, you're on. I'll find you in the training room. [He hates that it's so early--why does everyone insist on doing heavy-lifting early instead of later in the day?--but he'll live.] Catch you soon, Mizu-no-Ryū-kun~.

text; un: tinuviel

[edraith]

[ the thought-to-text is a fortunate thing for someone who would not know how to type — ]

What should one do if one is not familiar with armed combat? Is there anything else useful you would recommend?

[blackfire]

My recommendation would carry no weight without first knowing where your aptitudes lie.

What are you comfortable with, and where do you excel?

[edraith]

Singing.

[ she realises how it must sound, and so she continues — ]

There is power to my voice, to heal, to spell, to conceal.

Other than that... I know how to make lembas, a bread where only one bite will sustain you for a day, I know how to find a deer in a forest, I know which herbs to take and which to leave.

Text | un: raddude5000

[heroooic]

0400 and 0900 WHAT?

[These simply don’t register as times of day to Finn, who’s unfamiliar with the metric. He is, however, interested.]

[blackfire]

（ what is that monstrosity of a username... ）

Hours. Four AM to nine AM.

[heroooic]

[The extremely cool and original username of a teenager who’s never been on the internet.]

oh woof dude, in the MORNING?

text; UN: Wei Wuxian

[singlelogbridge]

Hey! Who's going to be a moving target for me if everyone else books up all your sparring time?

[blackfire]

You may use a clone.

[singlelogbridge]

How am I supposed to continue with my petty complaints when you come up with an immediate solution?

text | un: miller

[fungicidal]

What's the catch?

[blackfire]

（ please thank gwen for the fact he understands that idiom at all, the only reason he's not making a fool of himself by asking what does catching have to do with anything? ）

There is none. It is in our collective best interest for people to be able to defend themselves adequately on missions.

[fungicidal]

That all you're teaching? Self-defense?

text | un: andy

[oiorpata]

What if those times don't work for me?

[ is she being a shit? maybe. ]

[blackfire]

Then I suspect you might lament the loss of the single thing you might find yourself positioned to learn from me.

( it's how they show their affection tbqh.

also: he knows he has nothing to teach you, go away nerd. )