I can move mountains, I can work a miracle [OPEN]

[rassera]

WHO: The residents of Nonah 05 + YOU!
WHERE: Nonah, Residence #005
WHEN: All month long (January)
WHAT: Nonah 05 open log for January Shenanigans
WARNINGS: Obligatory Bull and Tetsuo warnings apply.


Starters will be appearing in the comments. If you want something specific from any one person (Kaneda rassera, Tetsuo iamtetsuo, Bull rideme and Ken amadaman), feel free to drop them a line and ask! Otherwise, feel free to add your own starters for the whole household or individual residents as you like.

Comments

[rassera]

Tournament...

[That's right, he'd been so busy dealing with Tetsuo that he didn't even hear about that. Huh.]

How'd you do?

[resipiscent]

Semi-finals.

[Not that that's all that impressive, considering there was only one preliminary round.]

My second opponent was Magicman, and the way we determined the winner was 'first contact', since we were using practice swords. I'm not used to being a in fight where I can't afford to take a hit.

He's good. I was impressed.

[rassera]

[Hey, Semi-finals is Semi-finals.]

'First Contact'? So...

[The gears in his head spin, working that out.]

You only get one shot?

[resipiscent]

Yeah. You get hit and you're done.

[Riku looks down, flexes the fingers of his left hand. The scar along his wrist moves with the muscle.]

If I was smart I wouldn't have participated in something like that until after I was a little more healed. Spears are rough.

[rassera]

Not like you knew about Pan's idea before you signed up, though. Can't really blame yourself for following through.


..I'd do the same thing.

[Hell, he's half sorry he missed it.]

[resipiscent]

Uh, no -- the tournament signups happened after we returned. Like, that day, pretty much. For some reason I didn't consider that I wouldn't be completely healed by the ninth.

[rassera]

...

[Riku that was two days of recovery time.]

Suuuucks to be you, buddy. And you were thrown on your ass?

[resipiscent]

Just -- something like that. I didn't literally get thrown on my ass, though.

I think we were pretty evenly matched in skill, but anybody can make a stupid mistake. Honestly, the guy I fought before him sticks out more in my memory because he was really... weird.

[He has to be pretty damn weird if Riku's describing him that way.]

[rassera]

Weird like...how?

[Kaneda's fought a lot of weirdos himself, but that can range from magic bullshit to...personality bullshit.

There's a lot of bullshit to narrow down.]

[resipiscent]

I mean -- [He waves his chopsticks a little, uncertain how to describe it.] I couldn't see his face, for one. Everybody else was listed under their actual names and he was literally called 'Mysterious Stranger'. And he had this... pressure. I don't know how to put it. Just felt like he was trying to get under my skin from all directions at once. It wasn't just physical, it was like... having a headache, but it didn't hurt. Just felt heavy. And then, he started out with a wooden sword, but I cut the end off it with the Keyblade so he just let it break. And then... you know the way Tetsuo moves stuff -- he called two more swords to him using a power like that. Didn't seem to bother him to do it, though.

Felt like he was talking down to me the whole time. And we fought for a little while, and maybe twenty minutes in he decided he was done. Talked like it was a test he'd been giving me.

[He let him win. Riku feels like having the win handed to him is different than taking it outright -- he feels kind of like he got ripped off. A lot of the atmosphere of that fight felt to him just -- condescending.]