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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?]
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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[Or boobs. Boobs help too.]
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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?
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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.
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It doesn't move...doesn't move... ] Yeah, that could work.
Think you can pull it off when there isn't a threat, though?
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I'd like to try. [As in. Please. Don't swing your sword of death at my head again, soooob.]
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Okay, give it a shot!
[ He waits, expectantly, a big grin on his face. ]
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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.]
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...okay, give me a sec.
[ Kamina, bizarrely, suddenly takes off, sprinting around the corner of the building and disappearing. BUT TO WHERE. ]
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Slowly, the drill flickers, then begins pulsing vibrantly, glowing on and off the way it used to back home.]
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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. ]
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[ CHAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
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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
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DRILL
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(Kamina, he sure hopes you ducked.)
...and Simon looks up, flummoxed, to watch a light rain of brown dust scattering over the snow.
Did he just... obliterate a chair?
..............um.]
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... [ CHEERING FROM ABOVE. ] WHOOOOOA, THAT WAS AMAZING! YOU DID IT!
[ Kamina is going to lean way over the edge to give him an excited thumbs up and a massive, massive grin. ] Great job! I knew you had it in you!
[ P.S. Kamina's hair has been blown back off his face and he's looking a tad crispy around the edges; what's this ducking you speak of? At least he had his sunglasses on, so he's not seeing spots or nothin'. ]
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OH MY GOD KAMINABKHSFDJHFKS]
A-are you okay!? You got burned!
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Think you could do that again?
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I-I don't- [But if he says that, Kamina will probably throw a chair at him again. ...Actually Kamina will probably throw another chair anyway. So he's stuck between a rock and a hard place.
...And if Kamina had Gurren he'd be throwing rocks...
It's too much. For someone like him, no confidence, always nervous of danger like this? He didn't have Lagann here, he's not a fighter, he's not Kamina. That inward fear is ever-present- "I'm not Kamina. I can't do this."
So with Kamina's belief back on his shoulders, the old familiar weight is terrifying, and Simon's first instinct is to run... so that's what he does. Right into the building, beelining for the apartment and his own room, leaving the letter, the sword, and even the Core Drill out in the snow.]
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Simon?
[ Where is he--?
But it only takes Kamina a few seconds to figure it out. And he could kick himself for forgetting, especially here of all places and knowing what he knows. He curses under his breath, fingers clutching tightly at the lip of the building.
Then he's off, spinning around and sprinting full out toward the other side of the roof...and right past the door to the stairs. Those would take too long. No, he gets down the way he got up: by leaping over the edge, latching on to the storm drain, and sliding all the way back down to the first floor. Running inside would be a waste of time, so he tries for the next quickest thing.
He makes a beeline for Simon's window. Did he leave it open, or...? ]
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Rattle rattle.
Rattle rattle.
Rattle rattle BANG!
The window is now open and Kamina is climbing through it. He can see that bed lump. ] SIMON!
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DO YOU THIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK
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YOU'RE DOING?!
[ He doesn't know where Simon's head is under all of that, so he's just going to grab the biggest lump and haul him out by that. ]
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