[Voice / Action]

[digger]

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?]

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[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

[Wow, that backfired, but he knew from the start that it was impolite anyway, so he'll roll with it.]

Ninja? I've never heard of that before...

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

It means I train in a style of martial arts called ninjutsu. [He laughs.] You're not supposed to hear of us. We're shadow warriors.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Shadow warriors? Does that mean you only fight at night?

[His world is so bare-bones and desert-like that it would be pretty hard to be something like a "shadow warrior" with the sun showing everything off. Then again, subtlety isn't popular on a world full of giant mechas.]

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

It means we learn to be invisible even in the light.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Y... you can do that!? That's amazing!

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

[In fond amusement at the novice. He was once one too.] Ha - after years of practice I'm still learning to do it. It takes a long time.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it. I could never do that... [You can't exactly sneak up on someone with a giant robot.]

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Can I ask what style you're training in?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I don't really have one yet. I'm learning to use a sword, but I don't know what style my teacher uses.

Mostly I fight with Ganmen though... they don't really have a style either.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

You - don't know what you're studying?

Re: [Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Um... I think I'm just studying the basics right now?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

It's usually good to know your goal, even when you're just starting...

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I can ask him, then, next time we train?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

My Sensei says that most of training is mental. That you can't fully master an exercise until you understand why it's done that way. Maybe your teacher has different methods, but it can't hurt to ask, right?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

So... it's mostly in my head? Maybe that's why me being small isn't so bad.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Um... sort of. Anyway, being small isn't necessarily a disadvantage. Small people can do things that big people can't.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Really? Like what?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

For one thing, it's easier to hide when you're small. [This has been much on his mind lately.]

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I... isn't hiding bad? If you run away or hide, you're showing your back to the enemy... and you can die that way.

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

When you hide well, you're not showing anything to the enemy. That's how you live. [He should know. Hiding has kept him alive for sixteen years.]

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

So... it's not cowardly?

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

I don't think so.

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

Oh... [Huh. That's way different than what Kamina believes, too. This is a better way of looking at it though, right? Hide in the shadows to survive, and attack that way if you can...]

Thank you. Um... can I ask for your name?

[Better than asking what he is again, erk.]

[Voice]

[i_speak_softly]

Donatello. Did you say your teacher was here in Luceti?

[Voice]

[dawndigger.livejournal.com]

I don't think I did... his name is Sigmund.