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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Robin (and you!)
Broadcast: Video, open network!
Action: Anyone who makes it onto the Bloodsport.
When: RIGHT NOW.

[he opens up a video feed and adjusts it so that everyone can see... well... something like this going on where he's cleared space in the engine room. it's metal pipes rather than sharp swords, but the thought is still there... the camera moves and Robin's dumb face shows up, grinning--]

Okay, okay. Hey.

You, me. Robot arms that fight each other.

I'll open bets and the rest of my booze. Come on, who's in?

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[idealistic]

[ let's just say that he was already on the Bloodsport for final testing or w/e ]

You wanna give these things another test run before people start coming over?

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

[yes good. they are first-name terms and Lloyd totally knows where they keep the snacks by now.]

Might as well. It's always right when you say, "Nothing could possibly go wrong!" that something decides to go wrong...

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[idealistic]

[ awsm ]

Exactly, and we already got the others excited! [ HELLA grabs the left controller ] C'mon, let's go one-on-one!

[ this isn't like actual sword fighting but whatever it's close enough. ]

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

You're on!

[HAH he practically scrambles to get to his spot, grinning like a maniac.]

Winner gets to play the first person who shows. On your mark...

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[idealistic]

Deal!

[ ASSUMES POSITION robin you are so going down ]

Get set...

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Go!

[with a cackle, he sends his robot arm swinging right for Lloyd's robot... arm's... throat. yeah. he knows where the kill sensors are, he'll go right for 'em.]

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[idealistic]

--Hey!

[ UMM NO THAT'S NOT ALLOWED? with a bit of finagling, Lloyd's own robot arm manages to deflect the attack with a simple guard, but it was definitely too close for comfort. ]

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

[he whistles at the block--] Nice, hah. Okay.

[draws his robot arm back... time to go for something more sportsmanlike! at he clicks his little controller around:] You're really getting good with that thing...

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[idealistic]

[ oh god why

he may be a swordsman, but man this is so different. he clicks around with his controller, trying to avoid and block Robin's attacks. ] S'not that different from what I did back home! Just had to-- get used to it being something else doing the fighting.

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

Not much with metal pipes though, I bet...

[here, he'll draw back and give the guy a shot. C:]

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[idealistic]

We didn't really have metal pipes where I'm from...

[ excluding Tethe'alla, but that place was a wonder and a half. but okay! he's gonna go ahead and try to have it slash below the arm. here's hoping Kratos's training paid off. ] I had wooden swords for a while, though.

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

[whoa-ho-ho! that one makes it. though, maybe partly because Robin's a little distracted, giving Lloyd a weird look.]

What do you mean you didn't have metal pipes?

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[idealistic]

[ YES point for Lloyd! but the victory is short-lived as Lloyd looks at Robin equally confused. ]

...We didn't have metal pipes. Not ones thin enough to use for swords, anyway. [ said so matter-of-factly, too. he shrugs. ] Well, I guess except for the Desians and everyone in Tethe'alla: they had way more advanced stuff than what we had.

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[birdsbirdsbirds]

That seems... backwards. [but... what does he know? ...a lot. he knows a lot.] But I guess... Different worlds have different ways of growing, huh...

[he'll just... reset the arms back to starting position.]

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[idealistic]

Yeah, umm... We had this weird thing going on where I came from that was like a, uhh... [ what did Sheena compare it to again...?

...OH YEAH. ]

--An hourglass! It was like an hourglass: one side prospered while the other declined.