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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]

( 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

[gyve]

It's a bad joke because I wasn't allowed to use other weapons
That's not important

What is important is that there are short spears

( big bitch energy )

1/2

[fessus]

[ Oh. Is that a sore spot? Normally he might not think so, but Kaladin stands firm in the face of push back. Damn it, now he just has more to ask– ]

Guess I got stuck with the normal sized spears

[ Then again, he hasn't seen Kaladin's. What if it's even bigger... ]

Anyway ig I was 7 or 8 when I started training, but half of that was just form and defense

2/2

[fessus]

So

Why just spears

[gyve]

The spear is a dark eyed weapon
We're allowed to carry more but never swords
Men with my eye colour aren't able to wield them
It's considered heretical
Or was
I'm not sure where the line is anymore
But I would've envied you at 7 or 8

Your trainer was smart to teach you form and defence first
You should already know that the strength of your offence is rooted in your familiarity with the fundamentals
This is what I'll train you in
Basic and advanced spear kata

[fessus]

[ Nothing could prepare him for this answer. His best assumption was that a limitation in weapons had been a financial concern, or perhaps the preference of an overbearing parent who wanted to see him carry on their way of fighting. But... a societal limitation? Based on eye color?

Suddenly, a conversation that feels like it happened weeks ago for Noctis begins to make sense. ]

That's why you got quiet when I said I fight with swords, at the shrine

Bc my eyes are blue?