✞ 1st Down { Action Triple Feature }

[alegman]

[ACTION ✞ Alpha District, around 1114 Brixton Avenue]
[What cruel fate has put Shin in the most technologically-advanced section of the city is unknown, but the results are very clear. With his usual finesse in regards to such things, Shin has already managed to break every appliance in the house at least once since his arrival, and has finally

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[boyskytard]

( Tavros was just testing out his newly-fixed limbs when he sees somebody practically sprinting across Splendor City Park. And... woah. Talk about using your legs! This guy has achieved instant cool status.

So he slows down as he hits the park and decides to watch for a while. Maybe he should wish to be able to run that fast... )

[boyskytard]

Riv... y-you mean, uh...

( Oh. As soon as Tavros hands him the seal, he steps back. He'd hate to have anyone as a kismesis, let alone this guy. )

Are they, uhh... are they here?

( Translation: should I go warn someone you're out to get them? )

these keywords just make it more awkward don't they.

[alegman]

[Shin is unsure why you're so shaken. Perhaps it was the fall?]

I have yet to come across him here. Frankly, I would be surprised to see him; he has a tournament to train for and not much time to do it in.

[Because clearly that takes precedence over getting accidentally kidnapped by strange music boxes.]

biggest understatement of the solar sweep.

[boyskytard]

Tournament? Uhh, wh-what kind of tournament?

( Because Tavros is imagining some brutal smackdown and thinking Shin would make an awfully good troll. )

[alegman]

American Football.

[Shin will take that as a compliment! Not that he knows what it means.]

[boyskytard]

Am... American... uhh, F-Football?

( He stops being scared long enough to ask: )

Uhh, wh-what's that?

[alegman]

It's a sport. You've never heard of it?

[Not that Shin is particularly surprised.]

[boyskytard]

( Tavros shakes his head. )

H-How do you play?

[alegman]

Well...for a proper game, you need two teams.

[He looks around, but there seem to be none.]

But if you've never played before, then I suppose it might be easier to teach you the rules alone, anyway.

[boyskytard]

Teams?

( The last team game he played didn't work out all that well, but hey, he's willing to try another. Tavros likes games for girls. )

Oh, uhh... th-then, uhh, what are the rules?

[alegman]

[And this is Shin rattling off a perfect textbook description of How To Play AmeFuto. He will just assume you know what he means by a football, and yards, and other such terms.]

So if you'd like to play, we need to figure out which position is right for you.

[SQUINTS.]

[boyskytard]

( Tavros... knows none of these things. But he also doesn't know what Shin is thinking, and instead stands there with a blank stare on his face. )

Uhhh...

[alegman]

[Shin just waits. So. Patiently.]

[boyskytard]

( And Tavros still doesn't know what to say, so uh. Here, Shin, have an awkward smile? )

[alegman]

[Ah.]

...It's not a sport for everyone. If you don't wish to play, then that's fine too.

[boyskytard]

I-It's not that...

( More head-shaking. )

It's just, uhh, I... I don't know what, uhh, positions are... or, uhh, what I'm supposed to... do...