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[gyve]

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CHARACTER NAME

KALADIN STORMBLESSED

CIVILIAN NAME

CALVIN WERO

TEAM

REVELATION

HOUSING NUMBER

009

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Comments

[gyve]

Ugh

( yeah

how do storming computers generate voices? he thought everything was pre-recorded word by word and strung together in an intricate way. it was either that, or the implant triggered an auditory hallucination every time someone wrote him.

never mind. never mind. he should be happy noctis has offered to help him at all. )

That's not true
The best motivator to not get hit again is knowing others will get hit after you should you fall

Whatever
You feel the pain during as if it were real so you can report to your instructor you followed his teachings
But when you emerge from the simulation you don't carry the wounds sustained within it

1/2

[fessus]

Ugh as in "thanks Noctis that sounds really helpful" right?

[ He has to make sure he's not bullying him into giving him access to his own internal computer, after all. Somehow it just... feels overly personal. ]

You don't have to convince me and he'd prob agree with the first thing you said too

He's just one of those guys that makes everything too hardcore and then has to make it my problem

2/2

[fessus]

So

Is that why you fight? Protecting people?

[gyve]

Why would I say it when you already have

( pat yourself on the back, noctis, and stay strong

the series of texts that follows is read to him while he rests back on his cot, throwing an arm over his eyes. his legs are off the end of the mattress, too tall to do anything but curl up in a loose ball during sleep.

he doesn't want to think about it now. fighting. protecting people. freezing up. )

Are you sure he makes it your problem
You seem the type to take that on yourself
Insisting on assisting someone with the settings on their implant while acting like you were forced to is a good example

It's not criticism

( if he's right, if noctis is that kind of man, then it's... relatable. )

Helping is what I try to do too
I try to protect my people
Whether or not I'm any good at that is up for debate
But I'm good at fighting

[fessus]

[ He won't put him through another mangled "ugh", not when that little comment is good enough confirmation. Kaladin will accept his help, whether he needs it or wants it, and it's a small win right now that he doesn't want to question.

Maybe if he were a little more text tone savvy he might tease him, build up rapport, but the topic... well, it turns toward something serious, something he doesn't want to risk coming across misconstrued. ]

Yeah I'm sure bc helping you with some settings is something easy I know a lot about and you obviously don't know where to start, which has nothing to do with him wanting to train until someone passes out?

[ It's not criticism. And yet it inches too close to a sore point for a man currently hyper-sensitive to any burden, self-imposed or not. ]

You're good enough that LILITH thought you could help, right? Idk I've met a lot of guys here so far that don't seem like they're gonna be good to work with so it's kind of a relief to find an exception

[gyve]

( even his jovial implant can't drum up a buoyant tone for noctis' riposte. kaladin frowns, knowing his comparison hasn't been taken well. )

I meant nothing by it

( not an apology but the truth. it's all he intends to give back, uninterested in starting an argument with a man he was, moments ago, trying to comfort. )

Thanks for not associating me with them
I owe you an apology for doing so to you when the day we met
I've grown used to responding to them
Not people like you with good moral fibre

As far as I'm aware though Lilith doesn't choose us based on combat ability
Perhaps overall ability
What team are you on

1/2

[fessus]

[ "Good moral fiber".

Such a simple statement hits him right between the eyes when he most needs to read it, sat alone in his dark room with a thoughtful stare flicking back over and over those words. ]

Thanks

Overall ability is even better right? We know we can fight, now we know they think we can handle it. Guess I have to count on you to distract the kaiju while I hit it hard 🗡️

I'm on Revelation wbu

2/2

[fessus]

Sorry, what about you

[gyve]

Don't get ahead of yourself lucky bag
First I want to show me what you can do

( an open challenge. )

Shouldn't be too hard to arrange now that we're teammates

[fessus]

[ Teammates? He's also in Revelation? ]

What you're challenging me to a fight?

[gyve]

I'm challenging you to a spar
Do you accept

[fessus]

Depends

Are we putting rules on it or do you just wanna showcase all you got

[gyve]

Something traditional
Nothing fancy
Your sword or daggers to my spear

[fessus]

[ Oh. ]

In the simulation right? So we don't have to bring our own weapons?

Bc if so I don't wanna use a sword

[gyve]

What

Why not

[fessus]

Bc I need to get better with a spear

If you're the expert I'm gonna pick up way more that way right

[gyve]

( ... oh... )

Right

I can help you
But in exchange I want something from you

[fessus]

Didn't you challenge me?

W/e, lay it on me. It better not be a spear.....

[gyve]

No I've already got one

( DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME BABY BOY )

I'll teach you how to better wield a spear

You teach me how to better wield a sword

1/2

[fessus]

[ Okay brag about it why don't you, GOD ]

Oh

2/2

[fessus]

Well you said it yourself, we're teammates

So sure. I'm not gonna go easy on you though

[gyve]

I'd be disappointed if you did

You said you started with daggers
Was there a reason for it or were you partial to them

[fessus]

Well idk if I wanna disappoint you when you're already this intense in a good mood

Nah it's just the first thing I got. Plus it was easy to practice outside a training hall if I just wanted to get a feel for weapons. Then I graduated to a wooden sword because why accidentally hurt myself when my trainer could do it on purpose 🙄

Let me guess you had a spear right away bc you were tall enough

[ Love you Gladio...... ]

[gyve]

Who says I'm in a good mood

( how dare you baka, etc. )

I'll have you know I didn't hold a spear until I was 15
Before that I trained occasionally with a quarterstaff
It's this long wooden pole

( ... )

I hope you know I'm carrying on because I don't want to acknowledge your bad joke

When was it you started
With the daggers and then the sword
Were you very young

[fessus]

Hold the questions for a sec

Is the bad joke me saying you're ridiculously tall so you could use a ridiculously long weapon really easily bc that's 100% real and 0% trolling