002 [Action/Accidental Voice]

[threeswordsoul]

[Zoro spends some time today roaming around Luceti trying to find the barracks (again), so feel free to notice him passing you in town-it's entirely possible he goes by you more than once, even if you've remained stationary >_>-but when he eventually wanders out onto this nice open plain by the river...eh. Good enough. There's space to let loose,

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Keywords so fitting :|a

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[HmmMMMMmm.

This is a first. Which in Katie's little world is a rarity, given what she normally sees on any given day, but...she has never seen anyone use three swords before.

Wow. That is totally cool. She wonders if she can do that.

Don't mind her, Zoro. She'll just ...sit up in this tree and watch.]

[threeswordsoul]

Yeah, you could've been. The hell were you doing up in that tree, trying to get yourself killed?

[Because children never climb trees unless they're looking to get killed. Clearly. :| There's a genuine note of anger in his voice, though, not least because this is his own damn fault.

Also, hi, there's a young girl peeking out from behind him with a ruefully apologetic smile.]

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[Oh, my. Had that particular echo for a very long time then, haven't you, Zoro? Her eyes will flicker away from him briefly to glance...behind him, before glancing back with a faint grin which ...isn't actually for Zoro, but hey.]

I'm not the one who viciously attacked the tree, you know.

I was talking to the squirrels, actually. They thought you were very impressive. I've seen better, of course. [Lifts her chin.] But before I could prove it, I was rudely interrupted.

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[threeswordsoul]

[Roughly half his life-oi, what're you smiling at, anyway? Obviously he completely misses Kuina's slight wave.]

That- [...is true. Dammit.] ...Che. I wasn't attacking it.

[threeswordsoul]

[The talk of squirrels throws him for a momentary loop-he's heard them chattering before about nuts and shit, but what would they care about swordfighting? :|a...Eh. Zoro rests his elbows on his knees in his crouch and lifts an eyebrow.]

Seen better, huh. Hung around in plenty of other trees spying on swordsmen, squirt?

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[Going to stare pointedly at the poor, severed tree limb before glancing back with a small pout.] Of course I do. I'm a knight, you know. I have to make sure you're not going to attack someone. [Pause.] Unless they deserve it, of course.

[threeswordsoul]

[Ignoring that severed tree limb here. >> Raising an eyebrow at you, then a slight, brief smirk as he stands up straight.]

...Huuhn. You're a little short to be a knight.

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That's stormtroopers. Don't you know anything? [Standing up and dusting herself off, now.] Besides, I've known knights that are three centimetres high. Or dead. They still get the job done.

[And then changing the subject, because she is very curious.] Is it hard to hold a sword like that?

[threeswordsoul]

[...]

...Okay.

[Small children asking questions. Hn. His hand automatically falls to Wadou's hilt and a thumb strokes along the hilt.] It was when I started. [Remembering teeth and jaws straining to hold ropes with ever-larger boulders...] It's not anymore.

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How long ago did you start? [...>_>] Was it hard to learn?

[threeswordsoul]

...A long time ago. [Nine years ago, in the spring, on a day when it rained.] It took a lot of work. [This is his 'almost made you fall and break your neck, I can answer a few questions' face. But you're not the only one who can try to change the subject.]

So. Where's your sword, if you're a knight? [Said with a slight air of disapproval at your swordlessness. Is he being serious?...Saa, probably not. >_> ...Probably.]

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[Hmm. Naturally, she wonders if she can do that. Kind of hard when she only fights with the one sword, but she can always experiment. And oh, speaking of which...]

I'm off duty.

[threeswordsoul]

[...That is a suspiciously speculative look in your eyes. >_>]

Hm. So you left it at home.

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[...is not. >_>]

Don't be silly. A knight never leaves her sword at home.

[...she wonders if she can produce it from thin air. >>]

[threeswordsoul]

[Arching a brow. He's being silly, huh.] She shouldn't, no. Makes it hard to challenge other swordsmen.

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But what if I don't want to challenge them?