day 14, fiddlesticks ; video from sleeper 6

[blitzcheer]

Hey everyone, how you doin'? I'm Tidus. Been here around since the last stop, and I know there's gonna be another one soon, but I've been itching to ask: What did you do for fun in your worlds?

Back home, the biggest entertainment was Blitzball! Two teams goin' up against each other underwater, giving it all they've got to score the ball in the other team's goal! [ He's grinning, excited even to share that. ] That's a simple way of putting it since I can't start showing everyone how to play, and I wanna hear about your guys' fun.

So? What did you do? It doesn't have to be just sport. Did you have videogames? Arcades? Did you have fighting competitions? Draw? What do you do now? I wanna hear what people are into!

And hey, if you ever want a partner for one of the ball games they have here, hit me up! I wanna try as many as I can. Can't do it on my own though!

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[blitzcheer]

[ Just wait until she hears how boring the task actually is- ]

Alright, so it's easy. You start off by taking a deep breath, then letting it out -- really long, alright? So you clear out your lungs. Then you take another breath or two, and then you wanna hold it. But don't think you need to hold a big breath. Just something comfortable!

Then... you count! --Oh yeah, [ he quickly adds, ] you wanna get comfortable for this when you first start! Relax, sit. But when you're holding your breath, you do it for as long as you can until you need to let go!

And that's it! [ That's all, folks! ] You just do that everyday to slowly tick up your time.

[ Isn't that easy?? ]

[draconite]

[ And, perhaps not surprisingly, her face falls. ]

Is that really it?

That's so... boring.

[blitzcheer]

Yup! Takes forever, too.

[ Not even going to deny it. ]

What did you think it was gonna involve?

[draconite]

Something more interesting than that, at least.

[ She gives a biiiiiiig sigh. ]

Like, perhaps... submerging yourself in a bathtub full of water and holding your breath in there!

[blitzcheer]

I mean, yeah, sure, you do that eventually. But we don't have a pool or bathtub around.

[ Until the next stop comes and his cabin literally gets a bathtub in it. ]

[draconite]

... Yes, that might be a problem...

[ Has she finally seen this as a ridiculous venture and is planning to give up on it??? ]

But perhaps we can improvise one!

[ nah ]

[blitzcheer]

...

[ This girl should not be encouraged. ]

How?

[ BUT TIDUS IS SO CURIOUS. ]

[draconite]

Well, to start with, all you really need is enough water to submerge your face, right?

[ She's starting off with the total confidence of someone who's about to come out with some really dumb bullshit. ]

[blitzcheer]

Yeeahh...?

[ A sink...? The toilet sinks aren't deep enough, are they... ]

[draconite]

So! Just get a bucket or a pan or anything you can fill with water and just use that! So long as you can submerge your face, wouldn't anything work?

[ She sounds... so proud of herself. ]

[blitzcheer]

[ ......... ]


This sounds like a lotta effort just to hold your breath.

Why don't you play a video game while you do it instead?

[ This isn't even about teaching her to hold her breath, but maybe to dissuade her from sticking her head into buckets... ]

[draconite]

But that's so boriiiiiing!

[ God, she's whiny. ]

At least with a bucket of water, you have a bit of a danger element!

[blitzcheer]

[ She just wants a thrill..... ]

Well, bashing in boars was more your style, wasn't it? Do you go to the Fight Club?

[draconite]

I'd like to, but I'm not very sure it's a good idea...

[ I'll give you a moment to get over the shock that is discovering Bryn puts any thought whatsoever into her actions. ]

I'm quite strong, you see, and most humans who'd try to put up a fight against me would probably end up terribly hurt.

[blitzcheer]

Oh?

[ Looking quite human there, human-faced. ]

There's more than humans there though. And there's healers. [ For broken bones. ]

You seen Piccolo? He's got some moves.

[ And is very non-human. ]

[draconite]

[ don't judge a dumbass by her cover!!! ]

I don't think I have... or at the very least, I've never gotten his name. Which one is he?

[blitzcheer]

He's the green guy, you can't miss him! Only green guy I've seen around anyway.

[draconite]

Alright then! I'll be sure to look out for him at the next meeting. Really, it's been getting all sorts of boring not being able to do anything that gets your blood pumping! I know we have missions but they're not quite as often as I'd like...

[ She! Wants! To! Fight! ]

[blitzcheer]

Yeah, it'd be great to be able to get out and run around more. [ That's the same thing, right. ]

And be able to tell when it's night or day... and breathe some fresh air! Everything's too cramped around here.

[ Or he's just bothered by being in such close quarters for so long... he's an outdoorsy guy! ]

[draconite]

It's just awful, isn't it?

[ Finally!! A kindred spirit!! ]

I'm so used to spending all hours of the day outside that this is absolutely unbearable. I want to be able to go places and see things that aren't this horrible train! I know things could certainly be worse, but they could stand to be much, much better as well!

[blitzcheer]

Does it have to be a train, too? Like...even an airship would be better! We'd have more room to move around, and everything wouldn't be in one big line.

If we get any more carriages, it's gonna take forever just to get anywhere!

[draconite]

[ Bryn... squints at him a little in evident and obvious confusion. ]

What... exactly is an airship?

[ She can kind of guess based on the name, but other than that, she's clueless. ]

[blitzcheer]

Oh! [ No biggy, he's used to this. ] You ever seen a sea boat? One of the really big ones?

[ Let's start there first. ]

[draconite]

Never in person... but I've seen them in books!

[ And then, quite excitedly: ]

Do you mean to tell me that there are things like that flying in the sky? How amazing!

[blitzcheer]

Yeah! But even bigger than what you'd see on the sea! [ Or in her books! ...probably. ]

I was on one before I came here. It wasn't all spacious, but you had different rooms, hallways...kind of like a big house.

Now that'd be more fun to be stuck on. I'll take the ground any day, but if you have to be stuck in something, you know?