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[headphones_nyan]

[Life's back to normal. No demons, no mysterious invaders. People are no longer flying around and shooting at each other. He's going back to school. ...It's like the lockdown never even happened. And that? That's a strange thought. The idea of slipping back into an ordinary life kinda freaks him out. So Hero's going to do something about it. Before

Comments

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[vulcanblazer]

Um... why did you stab a tree? With a knife?

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[headphones_nyan]

I couldn't find a sword.

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[vulcanblazer]

...Guess I should've seen that one coming.

But why were you doing it in the first place? Something wrong?

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[headphones_nyan]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm trying to teach myself how to use a weapon.

[pinkribbons]

[Hero doesn't exactly blend in with the foliage, so Yuzu spots him as she's heading back to the building. She stops to watch.]

I don't think that's the kind of knife you're supposed to throw.

[headphones_nyan]

It was the best I could find.

[pinkribbons]

[she's eying his unsuccessful attempt at retrieving it from the tree's death grip.]

...Can you get it back out?

[headphones_nyan]

[His silence speaks volumes.]

[bandana_blue]

[...Want some help with that?]

[If you do, here's Locke, wearing a slightly bewildered expression at this mutilation of the ecosystem.]

...Did the tree insult your mother or something like that?

[headphones_nyan]

[yplz.]

I'm practicing.

[His response is punctuated with another pull. Stupid tree.]

[bandana_blue]

...Practicing what, decorative tree carving?

[And Locke looks at the knife, and the tree, then the glorious hero. This is not a combination that can end well.]

Want me to give it a try?

[headphones_nyan]

Self-defense.

[And he steps back and nods. It's all yours, Locke.]