driftfleet | text; get this child out of his comfort zone

Who: Kazuto Kirigaya and [insert your name here]
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: Today / Sept 4

[Waking up in unfamiliar surroundings is not new for Kazuto, but in the past it's been quite a different experience. It's not an MMO this time, which is what catches him off guard the most. He can tell immediately, even with a simple glance around- the world is too real, too detailed. (Just in case, he tests a few menu-summoning gestures, but no dice.)

Waking up in a hospital-eque area makes him think that something went wrong with his last MMO dive, but that isn't right. He clearly remembers being safe and healthy the night before- they'd checked him out at the hospital before he'd gone to Sinon's. So... what? A kidnapping? Some kind of experiment? Something about this place doesn't feel right, and there's information slowly filtering into his head that doesn't make much sense.

And then he goes and looks out a window. Yikes.

He spends some time wandering, quietly observing, though there isn't really anyone to observe- computers, broadcasts, machines, yes, but people? The place is pretty deserted. It's eerie and uncomfortable, and he gets totally lost before long. Finally, though, he puts to use the knowledge of the broadcast system that is inexplicably in his head now, typing out a message.]

Is anyone out there available to answer some questions? I don't understand what's happened to me.

[Yep, that sure is a message. Which... is probably gibberish to anyone who doesn't read Japanese. Someone should probably let him know about the auto-translate not working on text.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Ahaha... he's heard that before, and he doesn't believe it now any more than he has in the past. For him, isn't never been especially true.]

I wasn't strong... not really. I was just trying to survive. I still made too many mistakes. If I'd been stronger, I could've done more for--

[God, why is he saying any of this? She's put him so at ease with familiar conversation that it's veering in ways he doesn't want it to.

Closing his eyes for a moment to get himself back on track, he finally shakes his head.]

No... I'm done fighting alone.

... Even the strongest make mistakes.

[Without thinking, she touches a hand over her left eye, absently tracing a line down the scar she has hidden under her hair and face paint.]

It may do you well to learn to use a shield.

[He's certainly not going to argue with that. Stat-wise, he is the strongest in nearly every game he plays, and he's still gotten people killed or hurt because of his bad choices. There's no escaping that.]

...I don't... think that's a good idea. With my fighting style, it would just get in the way.

What is this style?

....Berserker?

[Okay, no, surely there's a better way to describe it than that.]

I mean, it's mostly a combination of attack and retreat. but since I don't have the skill or balance to defend one-handed, when I'm attacked and can't dodge it, I need my other hand free to support the blade. That way, my sword is both weapon and shield.

[And eventually he'd like to get back to using two swords at once, if it's even possible in reality. He won't be able to do that if he changes his technique before he even begins.]

... It sounds as though it is a smaller version of Ishgard's rumored "Dark Knights".

[Dark Knights. Wow.]

Well, people did used to call me the Black Swordsman, so...

[Basically, it's perfect.]

Then perhaps I may be the one to learn from you.

...What? You're joking, right?

[She sounds like some badass hero from a fantasy RPG, what the heck could she learn from him?]

I have never been known for a gift with humor.

[Warrior of Light. Free Paladin. The Oathkeeper. Miah is known as many things, but literally no one has ever mistaken her for someone funny.]

[That sure sounded like a joke.]

I can't imagine that anything I tell you would be something you don't know already. You seem very, uh. Dedicated.

[Plus a lot of what he does is based on the VRMMO system. He doubts it would translate well IRL.]

[She still hasn't wrapped her head around the idea of a video game. Plus that would be a little meta.]

To the path of the Paladin. But I seek new knowledge wherever it may be found, and the way you fight is unknown to me. Perhaps I may learn techniques I can use myself.

[Her very existence is pretty meta to him, he just doesn't know it.]

Well... I can't promise you that you'll learn anything, but we can try, I suppose.

[This is of course assuming they can actually get swords somehow and that he'll be anything but useless with them.]

It will be enlightening in some way or another, I am sure.

[Either she'll see the fabled berserk techniques of a Dark Knight, or she'll get to see a teenager flail around like an idiot with a sword.

Remember: Cats are mean.]

You're right about that. Just... set your expectations low until I get back in shape, okay?

[There's still no guarantee that any of his techniques would work here.]

I shall. I pray your recovery is swift.

Probably won't be, but I appreciate it. Anyway, I've got time to work on that until we get those swords.

I will contact you should I make progress on that front.

Okay, I'll be waiting. Let me know if there's anything I can do.

[SO HOPEFUL]

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idk why it gave me his default icon on that last tag, ok then dreamwidth

dreamwidth is being kind of a pain to me too :(

rude, dw :C behave yourself

hey, at least it's not being plurk

oh man don't even get me started

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