MINEO

[aubins]

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[sengokus]

Training grounds...?

[mineo tilts his head at that]

Ah, are you a soldier or something? Like... old-timey soldier?

[you can't just ask people if they're ancient, mineo]

[aubins]

"Old-timey" would be current-timey to me, you know. But compared to this place? Sure. Old-timey soldier of sorts.

[sengokus]

Oh! Sorry, sorry - but I think that stuff's pretty cool too! Your way of life is probably different from mine, so there's a lot I can learn.

[earnest.....]

But! If you're out of your depth here, I'll lend you a hand too.

[aubins]

I'll say.

[ he doesn't know what a vending machine is, help him. ]

... I assume all this is used for training purposes? Even if I'm not sure what they do, I can figure out that much.

[sengokus]

Yeah! It's for exercise. [and because he is a jock, he'll raise an arm and flex. for someone twink-passing, mineo legit works out everyday. terrible.] Cardio, weight training, even flexibility, I think...

The ring over there is for boxing - uhh, a sport that mostly involves punches and jabs! I guess you could make it MMA if you really tried anyway...?

[aubins]

[ is he. is he meant to be impressed? he's seen raphael in passing? ]

Boxing?

... That sounds more like brawler training, rather than boxing.

[sengokus]

[he's making a POINT even though he isn't a bear]

Brawler sounds like MMA - Mixed Martial Arts to me!

Is that an actual type of training you go through? Brawling...?

[aubins]

[ he can be a bear if he wants to be. he's a bear in nature, if not in body. ]

... Sure? Hand to hand fighting? It might be similar.

[ hm. ] It depends on what you specialise in. Some people have a knack for hand to hand brawling, so that's what they train in. I know someone like that.

Some people are better with arrows and aiming, so they specialise in the bow. Makes sense, right?

[sengokus]

In... bow...

[wow okay so it's super old timey, not even guns. but regardless Mineo keeps up and thinks to himself that this sounds like a pretty JRPG explanation. he doesn't say it out loud. it's cool.]

Yeah!

What do you specialize in then?

[aubins]

That's what I said.

[ none gun. ]

Swords. And magic that goes along with it. Hence why I was hoping to find a training blade or something.

[sengokus]

Magic? Seriously? Whoa!

And swords?! That's so cool!!

[fanboy mode activated]

[aubins]

[ b l i n k ]

It's... fairly standard, where I'm from. Either than, or a spear, or an axe. Those are pretty common.

[sengokus]

Spears and axes... Whoa... That's super cool too!! Just like Honda Tadakatsu or Sanada Yukimura...!

[sorry]

[aubins]

...








Who?

[sengokus]

Ah - they're crazy cool historical figures from the Sengoku Era! Honda Tadakatsu, strongest of the Sengoku and right-hand man to Tokugawa Ieyasu - and Sanada Yukimura, the man who tried to claim Ieyasu's head!

[SPEARS SPEARS SPEARS but he just grins]

Eh - not that it makes any difference to you, I guess.... I just think that sort of thing's super cool! I guess if you're looking for a sword, you just need something with the right length until we find a blacksmith?

[aubins]

[ what's a sengoku. ]

No, it doesn't. Different eras, maybe? [ or entirely different worlds. amazing. ] If we find a blacksmith here I'll be pretty impress, I can tell you that. But something around the size and weight of a training blade would suffice.

Getting some practice in would stave off boredom, at the very least.

[sengokus]

Eras... Worlds... Crazy as it sounds.

[but he doesn't have magic in his world so. or furries! there's so many for real furries here.]

Maybe there's a kendo sword or something...? Or we could try to ask for once? Omi-san said he wanted a pole in here....

[aubins]

[ MINEO ARE YOU SURE HE WANTED A POLE FOR FIGHTING REASONS ]

If the people who knows how this place works make an appearance I will. Otherwise I might have to cobble something together for the moment...

[sengokus]

[iunno]

Hmm... [mineo looks around] Maybe like... a pipe? It just has to be sturdy with reach, right?

[aubins]

[ omi.... pole dancing. ]

... Pretty much. A little more reach is preferable.

[sengokus]

I mean, people have stolen a bunch of stuff so far - as long as you don't take anything that other people will miss, it should probably be okay.

[logic?]

[aubins]

[ like the knives everyone bodily ran at and grabbed from the kitchen. ]

Yeah, just gotta figure out what would work that won't be missed and go from there. Maybe something from one of the things lying around here...?

[ the "things" being.... all the gym equipment. time to gut thm for parts. ]

[sengokus]

You could probably unscrew one of the parts? But uh - just make sure that people know it's broken so they don't try to use it.

[or else they'll

have trouble]

You don't wanna just learn how to pick up a new weapon, or hand to hand until then?

[aubins]

I'll put it back together again when I'm done.

[ probably. ]

After years studying the same one? No. Not really.

[sengokus]

Yeah! Then it'll probably be fine.

[time to wander off and check out the equipment and see what he can help yuri take it apart? okay]

Huh... How long've you been studying the sword and magic?