[Twenty-first] Moonrise: Video ⇥ Sword (Backdated to Tuesday)

[beforemoonfall]

[When the feed flickers to life, a certain samurai is sitting in the room he shares with his boyfriends (when they're here). He seems a bit beat up--cat scratches all over his face.]

Okay, I'm sick of the "get the cat out of the tree" routine. I need help learning how to use this damn sword.

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[ninthserenade]

At least you get to do stuff that's actually... Y'know. Exciting.

[Because climbing trees after cats sounds so much better than digging up lost jewelry in the lake.]

[beforemoonfall]

I'm probably lucky I haven't been killed.

[He'll pause, then sigh.]

...How are you, by the way?

[ninthserenade]

What's the worst a cat could do, dude?

Eh, the usual. It gets kinda lonely over here but I'm managing.

[beforemoonfall]

I haven't just been doing the cat thing. I've been doing some quests that require me to go in danger zones, and this sword works completely differently from Manumit.

...Want me to come visit?

[ninthserenade]

Isa. Its a sword. I'm pretty sure you just swing it around and put the pointy end into things.

I wouldn't mind.

[beforemoonfall]

I'm just used to something about ten times heavier. I end up tripping over myself half the time.

...I'll be there soon.

[ninthserenade]

So pretend its a baseball bat or something. It can't be that hard.

You know where I am, right?

[beforemoonfall]

...I'll try, but it's a lot harder retraining yourself than you'd think.

Lake, right?

[ninthserenade]

I'm a lover, not a fighter.

Yup. The one Riku, Lea and Axel carried me to in the forest.

[beforemoonfall]

Yeah, yeah. See you soon. Better be waiting near the shore for me.

[ninthserenade]

How 'bout I make it your quest to swim out to me?

[beforemoonfall]

My new clothes would drag me to the bottom. Otherwise, I'd be up for it.

[ninthserenade]

Y'mean you can't take 'em off?

[Bah, clothes are overrated--]

[beforemoonfall]

I could, I guess.

[He does have other things on under the heavy stuff.]

[ninthserenade]

See? And either way you could just hold onto me or somethin'! If I can lift Arpeggio above my head with one hand, I should be able to carry you around in water no problem!