AUDIENCE: LUP

[retellers]

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[retellers]

Wow. Never thought I'd be glad I had to name myself after a mask. [ once Lup seems to be in a good stance, he steps back and takes his own sword out, wrapping both hands around the handle and raising it in a defensive stance. considering the marks on it, it's obvious he does this often ] Alright. Stance is good, so... Try and strike at me. See how that translates to form so far.

[evocationary]

You don't remember any of your name at all?

[ but - ooh boy. she looks determined, for the second. she shifts, and then moves forward to hit his sword with hers. it's not bad - it's not great, but she's clearly trying to keep in mind what he's been telling her. footwork. she's careful about it. ]

[retellers]

Nope. No memories. [ he watches her go, and it doesn't take much to block that strike, though he's clearly watching her feet more than her blade. ] Not bad. Let's keep at that for a bit. The more you do it, the more natural it'll feel.

[evocationary]

[ she nods!! determination. she - well. she wants to be able to protect herself. ]

But you remember how to fight. [ she gestures absently at the church, too, even as she's working at strikes. ] Nothing about this place? It's pretty.

[retellers]

We've got our skills and general knowledge. Probably would've made it too hard to lead anyone if we couldn't remember the basics. [ and, apparently, the basics is fighting, which pretend wolf is like, giving her tips as they do this, i cannot emphasize that i know nothing about swordfighting ] Mostly makes me wonder if I'm homeless. It feels important, but it's not... right.

[evocationary]

[ i promise you i also don't know shit about swordfighting, it's just window dressing for lup harassing cloud for the backstory he doesn't actually know ]

Maybe you're a mercenary? [ ... ] I wandered around with a lot of them when I was a kid. You kind of remind me of them.

[retellers]

[ he has double amnesia and doesn't even know it. hilarious. ] Could be. [ ... ] What were you doing with mercenaries as a kid?

[evocationary]

Well, lucky you, this is one of the things I do remember!

[ haha... ha. ] Me and Taako got sick of being passed around when we were younger, so we struck out on our own. Had to make money somehow, you know? So we cooked for mercenaries.

[retellers]

Hm. [ he's got. 0% comfort skills on the memory loss bit, but the rest is. uh. also not great. ] Explains why you've both got the skills, I guess. How long did you stay with them? [ honestly, part of this is also that learning to talk and fight is so important to any good jrpg character. how else will you talk shit midbattle ]

[evocationary]

[ she doesn't mind the lack of comfort - she's kind of come to assume that he will be Bad at that. ]

Usually only for a month to a year. We jumped from group to group. It wasn't so bad. [ she had taako. so it was okay. ]

[retellers]

[ i do what i want. Wolf frowns a little ] Meant more how long you were doing that. Not exactly an easy job for a kid. [ or two. ]

[evocationary]

Oh - uh. [ hm... ] A long time? A long time. I think we were maybe ten? Or - it was a long time ago, I'm old as balls, my dude.

[ she doesn't seem too concerned. ] It went until we got into the IPRE program. So when we were mostly adults.

[retellers]

It's not like your age is written anywhere. [ how was he supposed to know!!!! says wolf whos listed age is "third oldest" ] What's IPRE?

[evocationary]

Neither is yours! [ pblhththttt ]

It's the Institute of Planar Research and Exploration. We got picked to be the first people on our planet to get to go explore the other planes of existence.

[ taako and lup are fantasy nasa and this will never not be funny to me ]

[retellers]

21. [ wolf throws her a bone so she gets to know hes baby. "hes 21" baby. and he makes a face at that ] So... space exploration? Just like that, after spending years cooking for mercs? No entry tests? [ it's only a little serious ]

[evocationary]

200 something. [ she offers in return. ] What, you know how old you are but you don't know your own name? What.

[ ... also: ] And hey. I went to wizard college and graduated with top marks in evocation, don't sass me, you tiny baby.

[retellers]

I don't get it either. [ he doesn't make the rules his player does. and then he just looks offended for a second before sighing ] Not like you mentioned going to "wizard college". [ whatever the hell that is ] Wizards a big deal in space?

[evocationary]

Aren't you supposed to listen to all my conversations? [ it's teasing, though. ]

Not in space so much, but uh. In my original world, sure. I'm real good at magic. So is Taako. Like, that's not a joke, I'm real good at what I do. The IPRE picked us because we know our shit.

We just got nerfed here, which is why I'm asking you to teach me how to sword.

[retellers]

If I start spying on all the shit you say, I'd never get a second to think. [ this is teasing back, probably. or just snark. ] You're doing decent with it so far. [ the. the sword. this is a compliment maybe. ]

[evocationary]

[ she grins at him. ]

Decent is high praise from you, I feel like. [ c: ] Here's hoping it helps me not die.

[ ... ] If I do, though, would you mind looking out for Taako?

[retellers]

Nope. So you better concentrate on living instead of trying to dump him off on me. [ this is wolf's way of refusing to accept lup dying i guess ]

[evocationary]

[ WOLF STRIFE I SWEAR TO GOD. ]

I am. What do you think this is! [ but she appreciates it. ] I just know if I lose, he's... he'll need people.

Will you hold onto a letter for me, actually? If I wrote one for him. Just say yes, and I'll do my best not to die, okay?

[retellers]

[ hrmmm. ] Alright, but not for free. You'll owe me. [ he sounds. so serious about it. ]

[evocationary]

Owe you what? God, no wonder Rufus is on your team.

[ huff. ]

[retellers]

You're the one who said I might've been a merc. Testing out if it fits. [ he's so deadpan it is impossible to tell if he's fucking with her. ] And... let's say a favor, for now. [ is he trying to sound like rufus on purpose or is he serious ]