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[howamanlives]

[Masaru appears onscreen, grinning and looking rather excited.]

So hey, there's that fighting tournament in September coming up, and I entered it. I'm looking forward to all the opponents I'll be able to see! And I'm gonna be aiming to win of course.

But that also means there's no better excuse than to starting getting into better shape for it. Anyone wanna work on training together? It doesn't have to be fighting, I'm good for simple exercise too. Just let me know here if you wanna join in.

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[faithfulsinging]

[ hmmm...! ]

This tournament. Is it open to everyone to join...?

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[howamanlives]

As far as I know, yeah. You thinking of joining in?

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[faithfulsinging]

Me? Oh no I wouldn't... be any good at that.

[ She lets out a soft laughter, though she supposes it was nice that he thought she could regardless. ]

Someone I know might be though.

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[howamanlives]

Ohhh. Sorry for assuming, I guess.

Well, if they wanna join, tell them they're welcome to, I guess.

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[faithfulsinging]

Oh no, you're fine. Honestly it was a little flattering.

[ She laughed again. ]

I think I might have to mention this to him.

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[howamanlives]

Heh. I used to not wanna fight women, but a certain friend of mine changed my mind. She was pretty strong in her own right... I wish we could have challenged each other once.

But the more the merrier, I always say.

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[faithfulsinging]

People will always surprise you in fun ways, don't you think?

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[mynameisallen]

I'd be happy to train with someone. It's sometimes nice to not have to do it by myself sometimes.

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[howamanlives]

Alriiiight. Anywhere you'd like to meet up? And what's your name, by the way?

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[mynameisallen]

I only know of two places. The Holodeck and the place in Attleon.

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[howamanlives]

Wait.

"Holodeck"? What's that?

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[mynameisallen]

It's a place one can practice fighting if they choose to. I've been there once. It's very... interesting I guess if the word.

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[howamanlives]

Where does the "holo" part come in?

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[trollkeru]

I told you, you would find something to do eventually.

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[howamanlives]

Hahaha, yeah. But I'm also working on a real job, you know.

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[trollkeru]

What is that real job then?

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[howamanlives]

Deputy Guardian of Attleton.

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[trollkeru]

Oh wow. You really went up in the world quickly.

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[howamanlives]

Well, it's not quite official yet. But it's less moving up in the world and more finding the guy in charge and telling him about how I punched things twice my size a lot.

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[intothelens]

[It's impossible not to grin back at Masaru's expression, although Hikari's may have been hiding a touch of amusement behind her lack of surprise.]

I'm not surprised. [That he would sign up for such a tournament.] I thought of you the moment I heard it was happening.

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[howamanlives]

Aw, and you didn't let me know immediately?

You're gonna come and watch me in action, right Hikari?

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[intothelens]

I figured, if I'd found out about it in passing, then there was every chance you already knew about it.

[In her defense, this was actually true.]

If you want me to come, I will. As long as I don't have any scheduled work conflicts that day.

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[howamanlives]

Alright! If you're there cheering me on, I can definitely win!

[Masaru laughed. It seems he's fully adopted you, Hikari.]

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[intothelens]

[She accepts this. What's one more adopted big brother in the grand scheme of things? Even if Taichi will forever be her number one precious person brother....]

Oniichan used to say the same thing.

Well...it was mostly his teammates, but it was still nice to hear.

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[howamanlives]

Ha ha. Well, sounds like everyone had the right idea. It's like, no matter how different our worlds may be, those of us with partners think the same, yanno?