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[blue_ice]

...for anyone who ran into me in the luggage car on platform day, I apologize. I've been dealing with a personal matter. It's resolved now. But tangentially related to that, I'm going to hop on the self defense train.

[ Ugh. Puns. He rolls his eyes at himself. ]

It's been an unusually long time since our last real mission, and call me paranoid, but I believe that means the next one is likely to be difficult. As in: we're being given the extra time to prepare.

I'm not a trained soldier myself, and I know my powers will be inaccessible at the worst possible times, but I want to prepare for the worst case scenarios. Evacuation disabled, cornered, no one stronger in range. Building up an armory and strategizing to avoid that scenario in the first place is preferable, but...if there's one thing I've learned, it's that things can always get worse.

So I'll be in the training gym today, alternating between powered and non-powered practice. If you require payment for training services, that can be arranged as well.

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[blue_ice]

[ Seto takes a steadying breath and hauls himself up with some help. He's a little tired, but enemies won't care about that. He needs to put his all into surviving as long as he can. ]

I'll try not to make it quite so easy.

[ He knows to expect a swift attack this time, and tries to expand his awareness. but he knows the best he can do is stall. That's fine. He skids across the floor a few more times, earns a few more bruises. All in the name of learning. ]

[crouching_sin]

[He pulls his punches, trying to avoid hitting anything that's too vital. Sure he'll send Seto scooting across the floor, but having to drag him to the healers would be annoying.]

[After a few rounds of Seto getting beaten up, he holds a hand up and pulls out his COMP again, casting another healing spell.]

I think that's enough for today. You need to build up muscle memory, and that takes time.

... Besides, even with healing spells you're going to kind of look like shit, and I don't want the people who care about you on my ass.

[blue_ice]

[ Seto lays there for a little while longer, breathing. In and out. He's still sore and tired, but he has other work to do. He grunts softly, rolling onto his back. Well, this was educational. ]

I'll see about buying a makeup kit.

[ Dryly. He's kidding. Probably. ]

How many days do I need to wait?

[crouching_sin]

[He snorts. Makeup only hides so much.]

Right now? At least a few. You're going to be sore tomorrow - you used muscles in ways you're not used to. That's going to be painful in the morning.

I know it's frustrating, but you're going to damage yourself if you push too hard too fast.

[blue_ice]

Ugh. I should've started months ago.

[ Seto heaves another heavy sigh and sits up. He manages it with nothing more than a wince. ]

Thanks. I'll be back soon, depending on what the train throws at us.

[crouching_sin]

Heh. It's not a problem.

[He watches Seto carefully. At least he's moving all right...]

Better you started now than later, right?