digger: (gotcha.)
Simon Jiha ([personal profile] digger) wrote2011-01-08 02:16 am

[Voice / Action]

Um... I want to ask anybody who knows how to fight...

How do you pick a weapon? I mean... how do you know what suits you best? Do you try them until you figure it out, or do you let someone pick for you? And what if you-

...nevermind...


[Simon's going to be chilling out around the stairs at the entrance of community building 7, a sheathed sword tucked against his shoulder, holding an unsealed envelope and gazing at either it or the snow. He's bundled up for the cold, at least, but he doesn't seem bothered by it for once.

Every now and then he'll pull out the letter inside the envelope, read it, and cup his hands around the Core Drill at his neck, focused and intense. Nothing seems to happen though, so he'll quickly give up and go back to whatever he was doing before. As always, Boota is with him, though he's probably buried in the snow by the stairs or wandering around a bit.

Bother him?]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
Not bad, Simon, not bad!

But it wasn't good, either!

[ HE'S TAKING ANOTHER SWING AT YOU, THAT'S WHAT. ]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-12 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[hjgfjkdsf WHAT IS HE DOING, DODGING AGAIN-]

Wait- wait! I don't know how to use it yet...!!

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
That's why I'm teaching you!

[ ONLY IT INVOLVES TACKLING, CAN YOU AVOID BEING TACKLED, SIMON? ]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-14 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Pr... probably...? But at such short noti- sdmnbafsjdkkjh STAGGERING, OH NO NO NO OKAY HE'S GOT A SWORD LET'S TRY BLOCKING-

....th... that...

...ow.

And now the swords are really close to him and OH GOD IT'S A GOOD THING SIMON'S IS STILL SHEATHED OR HE'D HAVE LOST SOMETHING IMPORTANT THERE]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-17 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ] I think you need to work on that a bit more, Simon.

[ Oh thank goodness he's standing straight again and not swinging his sword at anything.

Yet. ]
If you'd jumped over me you could've tried for a counterattack.

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-17 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh thank god, he's stopping for the moment. ...And knowing Kamina, it really will be "for the moment". Relieved, Simon sits up, checking the sheath for marks.]

I can't jump that high, you're too tall...

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-17 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
No way, it should be easy!

You could probably use Spiral Power to jump higher! [ Because hadn't Kamina himself done similar daring feats of strength and agility?

...or at least feats of NOT DYING from falling great distances. ]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-18 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
...Spiral Power? [That sounds familiar. Why does that sound familiar...]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-19 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ He points at the Core Drill around his neck. ] You've seen it plenty of times. And used it loads more than that.

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-20 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
That's... Spiral Power? I thought it was just fighting spirit...

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's kinda the same and kinda different! Your spirit makes that power.

[ Pounds his fist against his heart. ] The stronger your spirit, the more juice you've got to work with. [ Leeron would probably have some entirely more technical explanation, but this explains the basics, right? ]

You get it?

Re: [ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Umm... [Is there a way to answer that won't end in him getting a sword swung at his face?] I can keep trying. It's just harder to do without Lagann...

[Or boobs. Boobs help too.]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Simon, Kamina cares about you enough to grow boobs.

He's that much of a bro.

...but that aside, his hand seems to be drifting toward his sword again. ]
What've you tried so far?

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[If you want to traumatize the poor kid, maybe.

Simon eyes that sword, because HE KNOWS. He does lift his own hands, though.]


The letter said... I can do it with my hands, not just the drill. I've been trying that, but... maybe I should use my drill first, to focus on something.

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ From trauma comes CHARACTER.

It doesn't move...doesn't move... ]
Yeah, that could work.

Think you can pull it off when there isn't a threat, though?

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
[............sob]

I'd like to try. [As in. Please. Don't swing your sword of death at my head again, soooob.]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-21 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Whelp, Simon, to spare yourself, you only have to do one thing. ]

Okay, give it a shot!

[ He waits, expectantly, a big grin on his face. ]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-23 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[........

.........

...........]


I can't concentrate when you have your hand on your sword like that.

[YEAH HE TOTALLY JUST GAVE YOU LIP THERE well sort of.]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-23 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ OOOH BOY YOU IN FOR IT NOW. ] Eh? My sword?







...okay, give me a sec.

[ Kamina, bizarrely, suddenly takes off, sprinting around the corner of the building and disappearing. BUT TO WHERE. ]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Ah- aniki...! [That... isn't what he meant, ffff. But Simon will accept the small victories, especially when it means Kamina isn't lurking there with sword ready to swing. He ducks back down, cupping the drill in his hands and focusing on it carefully. Think... what made it glow back home? When Lagann was nearby... when Yoko came close to him... when they were about to die... when Kamina was in danger-

Slowly, the drill flickers, then begins pulsing vibrantly, glowing on and off the way it used to back home.]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-25 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ If Kamina were standing right next time, he'd tell him what a good job he's doing. But Kamina


is not


right next to him. No, he's on the roof up above - did he climb from the outside? Maybe. - peering over the lip for a second before disappearing briefly.

When he shows his face again, he's holding a dining chair. ]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Focusing, focusing... hey, this is working out pretty well, actually! He might even crack a smile at his small success. Now if he can just keep it alive a little longer- maybe until Kamina comes back, so he can see it too...]

[ Action FOREVER ]

[identity profile] ooh-kamina.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
HERE IT COMES, SIMON!



[ CHAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

from the

aaaaaaaaaaaiiiiirrrr. ]

[ Action FOREVER ] 1/3

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[What the-

WHAT THE-

KAMINA ARE YOU INSANE
wait stupid question

jskdfhkjdf LESS THINKING MORE FLAILING AND MOVING WAIT IT'S COMING DOWN TOO FAST WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO AAAAHHHHH

PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC]
Edited 2011-01-27 03:29 (UTC)

[ Action FOREVER ] 2/4 actually

[identity profile] dawndigger.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[FLAILY DESPERATION MOVE IS A GO:

DRILL

LIFTS

UP]