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[gigadevilbreaker]

Who: avante en garde and newbies
Where: dorms
When: day 115, evening to night

[Fresh blood! Fresh blood!]

Comments

[aboyandhiscar]

Great idea! [WHERE DID MIKE COME FROM. doesn't matter he's PICKING LEO UP]

Glad you're making friends buuuut how about we give these newbies some breathing room, yeah?

[composeur]

[ SUDDENLY HE'S SO MUCH TALLER!?

eh-? ... ahhHHHH ]

Hey, put me down! I wanted to play some more! With that other one too!! [ KICKKICKS FLAILS ]

Meanie! Bully!! Don't abuse your power just because you're tall! Tyrant!!

[aboyandhiscar]

[holds him outstretched like a he's a bitey terrier]

Knight, not tyrant, yeah? C'mon, cut 'em some slack. That was a pretty slick move you pulled with your sword though. I would have been caught off guard, too. You can break them in some more once they figure out what the heck's going on.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Newbie's just... staring now. At how easily his tormentor was dispatched by the sheer power of tallness.

Then, all his aches and fatigue caught up with him at once. He wobbled where he stood, catching hold of the table for support.]

... Seriously?...

[aboyandhiscar]

[at some point once he's deposited leo somewhere--!]

Hey man! You holding up okay? Uh, no pun intended.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[He's good and healed now, but that doesn't mean his mood isn't still sour over being toyed with earlier. And Mike, despite having broken it up, was a fresh reminder of it.

Grumpily,] Just peachy. Got stabbed all better.

[aboyandhiscar]

Heh, join the club. Got stabbed right in the gut on like, my second day. Not a fun time!

But you took it like a champ though, you're made of some tough stuff, man.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Like. He can tell Mike's being nice, but his ego's bruised to the point where praise just feels like pity.]

Whatever... I don't need consolation, all right?

[aboyandhiscar]

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Sure, man. What you probably need is a pick me up--uh, you probably don't remember, but think you're up for a drink? Grabbed some smoothies from the cafe.

[gigadevilbreaker]

...

[It takes a minute for him to weigh his options. 'Keep acting like a petulant ass over being humilitated,' or 'have a smoothie.' That's the thing with bad moods, it was reaaally tempting just to stay mad.

But eventually, he relents with a cranky, begrudging sigh.]

Fine. Sure. Why the hell not.

[aboyandhiscar]

That's the spirit! Haven't been here long myself, but why not is pretty the best approach I've found.

[slides him over a ridiculously sugar filled strawberry mango smoothie. it probably has a shitload of toppings on it too.]

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Holy shit that was a loaded smoothie. He takes a tentative sip and. Wow.

Okay, consider his mood picked up.]

Damn. That's not bad.

[aboyandhiscar]

Right? It totally wakes you up and chills you out! A good or bad thing depending on if you're a night rat, heh.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[He slurps in contemplation for a second.]

...Y'know, I don't even know which I am. Morning person or night rat. That's-- [he frowns.] pretty weird.

1/2

[composeur]

TYRANT-- [ wait did he just get praised

...... lowers... arms... a little bit ]

2/2

[composeur]

.... wahaha, wasn't that cool! Wasn't that clever? Even Tenshi fell for it, so it's gotta be! Wasn't the line I said kinda cool too? It was like right out of a movie!!

[aboyandhiscar]

[who the fuck is tenshi, mike doesn't ask. may or may not remember what movies are either]

Heck yeah, it leaves an impression! You really know how to keep folks on their toes, yeah?

[composeur]

Heheh~ I'm a Demon King, so it's only natural right~?

He seemed like he wanted to fight me no matter what so I thought it'd be fine to play a little trick. But I guess he hates me now.

[aboyandhiscar]

Nah, he doesn't hate you. Just has to get to know you, s'all. You guys are all pretty high energy, I think you'll get along pretty darn fine.

[putting him down]

[composeur]

.. hummm. I wonder about that.

[ clearly not buying it, though at least he doesn't seem as upset anymore? maybe. ]

He really looked like he was going to cry earlier. Honest, hard-working guys like him get hurt easily.

[aboyandhiscar]

What makes you say that?

[composeur]

...... Is that weird to say? Isn't it a common cliche? It's so cliche it's really boring, actually! I don't think I'm wrong. But it's not that bad if he's like that. It just means he'll have to work a lot harder to keep up.

[aboyandhiscar]

Nooo idea what is and isn't a cliche, to be honest. Nah, I'm seriously curious. You think it's like, naivety or. . .?

[composeur]

... not exactly that.

[ shifts feet as his eyes drift over to idk anything on the far wall ]

More like... "the hero that flies high in the sky, aware of the cold and merciless winds that threaten to throw him to the ground but thinking that if he flies high enough they can't reach him". I guess you could call it something closer to arrogance?

[aboyandhiscar]

[mulls that over a bit because tbh that sounds fun to try]

--heh, yeah, guess so. I can kinda see the appeal of trying though. [a light nudge]

Well hey, good thing we've got someone like you to keep us grounded, yeah?