✼ 2nd zap | action/written ✼ back-dated to 9/22

[lightningcute]

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[written]

[wings_of_ilia]

Hello. Well. You mentioned the Battle Dome and well, I haven't been there either. But I've been meaning to go! So if it's no trouble...would you like to...?

Oh, and my name is Florina! It's nice to meet you.

[written]

[lightningcute]

Nice to meet you too, Florina! I'm glad someone responded to this. When are you free to go?

[written]

[wings_of_ilia]

Whenever's best for you. I'm always free. Oh! I should warn you, I am a bit rusty. And I'm used to fighting from horseback, though I don't currently have a horse. So um, hopefully that's alright.

[written]

[lightningcute]

Oh, that's fine! I'll make sure not to set things too hard or whatever. [Is that how the Battle Dome is supposed to work? She'll find out eventually, she supposes.] How does tomorrow sound?

[action]

[first_darkness]

[ So I hear you're on our roof. Guess who else likes the roof, and you'll have to excuse her for not being used to zappy companions. ]

I take it you're new around here.

[action]

[lightningcute]

[Pao-lin's startled out of the middle of a routine when she hears a voice.]

Y-yeah, I am. Sorry, was I bothering you? I can find another place to practice...

[action]

[first_darkness]

Don't bother. I'd be able to sense that from anywhere in the village. You're hard to miss.

[ Lightning makes for very unstable shadows, after all. ]

[action]

[lightningcute]

["Sense" it? Hm. Pao-lin doesn't know what to make of that. She doesn't want to be bothering people, but if it can't be helped...]

Ah...I see. [She glances away uncomfortably for a moment.] I guess you must be one of my neighbors. I'm Pao-lin -- I just arrived in Luceti about four days ago.

[Voice]

[purestpurifier]

...Well, I'm not one for fighting, but if you need a training partner, I guess I could give it a shot with you?

[Who knows, it might be fun? It's just like a video game, right?]

[Voice]

[lightningcute]

[She gives a bit of a start hearing a voice issuing from her journal. And it's a familiar voice, too. She responds in a quiet but friendly tone, a bit self-conscious about talking into the journal while in a restaurant. Fortunately she's seated in a back corner.]

Oh, Mega Man, is that you? I'd definitely be glad to go to the Battle Dome with you! Just let me know what time or day would be good for you, okay?

[Voice]

[purestpurifier]

I'm ready to go any time, anywhere! Don't really have any plans right now, and with no ruins nearby to explore, my days are looking... pretty clean.

[Voice]

[lightningcute]

Cool! I already agreed to go with Florina tomorrow, but how about the day after that?

[Action]

[consultmybooks]

[Being as high in the building as he is, Giles can't help but hear Pao-lin practicing throughout the day. When he walks out to the boat early that morning and sees the lights flying...

...well, he can't help but investigate.

And so, with the help of some very quick reflexes and muscle work, Pao-lin might fnd herself with a curious audience near the end of her forms.]

[Action]

[lightningcute]

[Pao-lin senses Giles' presence in the middle of a form -- she's cleared her head enough by this point to do so -- but, unsure whether he intends to talk to her, decides to finish her current set of movements. She'll end with an acrobatic flip and a spectacular burst of electricity shaped like a dragon's head issuing forth from her palms before turning around to face Giles.]

Oh, hi! We met at the party a few days ago, didn't we? Giles, right?

Re: [Action]

[consultmybooks]

[This display is startling enough to make Giles very grateful for finding a spot so far onto the roof. Pardon him for staring.]

Y-Yes, um...yes, we did.

[Pardon him for realizing that he was staring and cleaning his glasses.]

Pao-lin, yes? That was, um, certainly impressive.

[Action]

[lightningcute]

Thanks! But it was nothing, really. I've still got a long way to go before I'm a master.

...I, um, wasn't bothering you or anything, was I?