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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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[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?

[gyve]

Yes

( even if he wanted to lie to noctis, he couldn't. but he's honest, because he is—if nothing else—enduringly himself. )

I'm aware you're not from my world
Its caste system doesn't apply to you

It still spills out sometimes

And you'll still help me improve my skill with a sword because you agreed to
That's what matters here
Don't back out

[fessus]

[ Strangely, it's not the first words he hones in on. Maybe it's because Noctis himself is from a world that isn't Earth, but it's easier to accept that Kaladin would have a hard time adapting.

It's the last words that leave an impression. ]

Back out? Like hell I would, there's no way I'd go easy or ditch bc of that

We're gonna start with fundamentals, just like you said for spears

And then I'm gonna do all I can to kick your ass with both of them, and you better try twice as hard back

1/2

[gyve]

[gyve]

Fine
If you want it like that I won't go easy on you

Bring it on Noctis

[fessus]

Yeah?

Pretty bold when I've got a serious headstart. If you underestimate me based on size or the fact that I've been nice to you you're gonna regret it