[open] INVADIN' UR SHIPS AND GYMS

[throwsdown]

Who: Takeshi
Broadcast: N/A
Action: On your ships. Yea rly. (Except for the Blue Fish..... he'll just knock.) Also, the Iskaulit gym and garden!
When: Today!!

[Takeshi's kept to himself, mostly. Maybe it's a strange depression phase — he's usually very productive, really!! Before he was always doing a job, after their ship crashed on a planet, or before that, when he was morale officer on the Tranquility. But now... Now everything feels so weird. He has his own little room again, but his things... they're gone. He used to have the wooden cut-outs his dad made him. Reika and Mattie, the princess-warrior and dragon. Now they're gone... and so is his drawings. Things that reminded him of good things. Well! He's not gonna let it hold him back anymore!

Which is why he's randomly teleporting into everyone else's ships to look around them. In your kitchens, your cargo bays, your medical areas and main controls. Everywhere. What? Nobody ever said touring the fleet was off-limits! He's got his flexi-armor on under his large sweater and a small holster with a gun on his hip beneath the hem of it. Because that's normal. Just like it's normal to wander around people's places of living.

... Ahem, but the Blue Fish's door is shut, and he just knocks and waits in front of it expectantly. Not sure if you can see him out the door, seeing as how he's like... not even four foot tall yet. But he's there.

After he investigates thoroughly, he goes to the gym, because now that he doesn't have his power suit? He's gotta get fit and prepared as best he can. Granted, he's by no means going to take anyone in a fight, but he's still gonna practice. His dad, he practiced, like, all the time! So it stands to reason he's gotta work out, too! You can hear is little huffs and puffs all the while; a careful release of air as he punches.



He can be seen punching a bag on the lowest section (because, y'know, shorty), his brow fixed in a determined stare. While he's clearly not inflicting any damage with those strikes because he's not exactly grown enough to, anyone with any skill in hand-to-hand combat may notice that he's actually not throwing punches with reckless abandon like a child playing pretend. No, actually — it's a genuine technique, albeit not perfected yet. He had studied his adoptive father quite often and picked up a few moves of his own, to be sure.

Practice makes perfecter!]

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[throwsdown]

[He smooths out his sweater patiently, humming in his contentment.]

Mhmm-- oh, that's pretty! Yeah, you can ask me questions. M'good at answering most!

I was... morale officer on my old ship.

[ladybro]

-- I'm starting to see how you might've been good at that. [ she smiles. ] My name's Kate. What's yours?

[throwsdown]

[Oh, silly Kate, he already knows your name.

But he knows that's not your fault. He flashes a bright smile.]

I'm Takeshi! I'm -- seven! And I'm from Japan.

...

S'how I always say hi to new people, because we never know if we're from the same places.

[ladybro]

Well, I'm from America. [ she returns his good cheer. ] And you'll forgive me if an old crone like myself doesn't want to divulge her age.

[ ha. ha. ]

[throwsdown]

You're not old!!

[Well okay you are to him, but he's a bitty, and that's just the way of it.]

You're young and beautiful! You look like a fair maiden warrior!

[ladybro]

[ oh, she laughs. sharp and sincere -- because on some level, she can't exactly disagree with him. kate doesn't look in the mirror with disappointment, after all. ]

Most gentlemen forget to add the warrior part. You're pretty observant, aren't you?

[throwsdown]

[He blushes, proud of himself. Making people laugh is always a victory!

(He just hopes he didn't say something dumb.)]

I guess...! I dunno! What's observant mean? If it's something good, then I'd like to be!

[ladybro]

It means you notice things. [ she leans back a moment. ] It means you've got good eyes. Like a hawk.

[throwsdown]

Hawk eyes!

[He makes his eyelids wider with his fingers, pleased with this explanation.]

I met a Hawkeye before! He made me get out of the vents!

On my old ship.

[ladybro]

Takeshi -- did he happen to be blond? Maybe also went by the name Clint? [ maybe she shouldn't go all private eye on a little kid but -- hey, this is relevant to her interests! ]

[throwsdown]

Mhmm! And he liked arrows.

He should be careful, though. Those're real pointy. It'd be bad if he fell on one!

[REMEMBER, KIDS, PRACTICE ARROW SAFETY.]

He was friends with Natasha.

[ladybro]

[ friends? with natasha? hah -- but kate figures the term 'work wife' probably didn't resonate with someone so young as him. ]

Right. Arrows. You know, he's definitely fallen on one before. I've seen it happen.

[throwsdown]

[His eyes go wide.]

I knew it! I knew you gotta be more careful with sharp stuff like that!

Maybe he should fight with his fists instead...

[ladybro]

He does that, too. But he's better with his bow. [ ... ] Second greatest marksman in the world, actually. Back home.

[throwsdown]

Second greatest! Woooow!!

... I bet he's grumpy about being second. It's so close to first!

[LIKE MAN HOW ROUGH. Not that Takeshi cares to be first on anything but still.

Man, so close yet so far.]

[ladybro]

He used to be first.

[throwsdown]

... Oh!

[He pats his fist on his palm, striking a new realization.]

Because you're first now!

[ladybro]

[ her laughter is so sincere, it shakes her shoulders. she has to stop nail-painting for a moment. ]

See? You're keen. Logical and observant. You could probably be a Young Avenger.

[ she's just being generous, don't take it too seriously small child!! ]

[throwsdown]

Is that like being a super hero?

[Man you can practically see him sparkling at the thought.]

[ladybro]

It's exactly like being a super hero.

[throwsdown]

[He giggles uncontrollably in response, looking pleased.]

I'd like to be a super hero! My dad's a super hero. He protects me from aliens!

[ladybro]

Aliens, huh? He must be pretty brave.

[throwsdown]

[He nods.]

Really brave. The aliens, they was real scary. Before I got good at fighting, they made me cry a lot more. Because I was pretty scared! They always wanted to blow me up or eat my face...

[ladybro]

-- Aliens are really scary, [ kate admits. ] Or they can be. Depending on the alien. I don't blame you for being scared.

[throwsdown]

[He nods.]

Yeah... But sometimes when I'm scared, I fight better!

[He nods.]

One time I throwed a monster that was as big as a house!

... But then I got really tired.