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[skaterbrain]

[He is not dealing with the draft announcement well. The idea of going is bad enough, but his sister going? Unforgivable. He needs a distraction like a fish needs water and he's going to do it in the only way he knows how.]

Yo, Sooks! And that weird Midguard kid - I didn't get yo' name. Uh...sorry.

But you guys said you wanna learn to skate and I'm in a skatin' mood.

Meet me at the B-Dome in twenty!

And any other dudes who wanna skate or learn ta' skate, you can come, too. B-Dome's got the boards, you just gotta bring yo' own self.

Aight, Beat out.

[Action]
As promised, Beat is at the Battledome about twenty minutes later, punching in the simulation needed for a big skateboard park with its own skateboards and everything. He has his, of course, and his brow is furrowed, not out of concentration, but for trying to not think about something for once. He never thought he'd have this problem.

Comments

[etudes]

I.. I didn't.. S-.. s-s-sorry, mister bully..! I'm sorry..! I'll be a good girl!

[skaterbrain]

Ugh! I ain't a bully!!

[etudes]

.. Then.. you're not going to bully me..?

[skaterbrain]

I said I ain't a bully??

'Sides I only got mad 'cause you said skateboarders was animals and I ain't no animal. I'm a kid.

[etudes]

.. Well, of course you aren't an animal. Animals aren't capable of speech.

[ She just doesn't get that he's a skateboarder.. apparently. ]

[skaterbrain]

An' I'm a skateboarder! We ain't animals, we're skaters! It's a sport, yo. Ain't you never heard of it? It's pretty much everywhere there's pavement, yo.

[etudes]

No, I haven't heard of it before. It's not one of the sports at the Olympic games, is it..?

[skaterbrain]

Naw, it should be though. I'd be winnin' gold then. Ha!

Jus' a regular sport, but lotsa people do it. Kinda surprised you ain't heard of it.

[etudes]

How does one play this.. "skateboarding"? I want to try it for myself one day too.

[ no, kotomi, don't do it.. you'll just fall.. ]

[skaterbrain]

You don't play it, yo. You ride it.

You got good balance? I can teach you if you do.

[etudes]

[ Good balance.. let her think for a moment. She's never been in situations where it was tested.. ]

Well.. I can stand still for a long time straight up. [ Yup. ]

[skaterbrain]

...Ain't quite what I meant, but aight. I can teach you if you wants.

[etudes]

Please teach me.. I want to know more and more about this mysterious skateboarding.

[skaterbrain]

Well, if you got the heart, you can do it! Jus' gotta be ready for a couple a' bumps an' bruises on the way, yo.

[etudes]

[ she's actually poking her chest - at the spot where her heart should be - as she listens to this.. does she have the heart?! ]

T-they won't be big bumps though, right..?

[skaterbrain]

When you startin' you're gonna need some pads an' a helmet, but I bet we can find 'em at the store.

But if you ain't willing to take a couple bumps, then skatin' might not be your thing, yo. I've crashed so many times I can't count 'em no more. [He laughs, remembering some awful ones.]

[etudes]

.. Hmm.. I think Ikki-kun might get worried if I get too many bumps. I wouldn't want to worry him.. [ Yeah, she's not even scared about the bruises themselves, apparently. ]

[skaterbrain]

Huh? Who's Ikki? Yo' brother?

[etudes]

Ikki-kun's my boyfriend, of course. [ THERE'S NOTHING "OF COURSE" ABOUT THAT, KOTOMI.. ]

[skaterbrain]

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!!

O-oh. Uh.....yeah aight.

[A W K W A R D]

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Maybe you should ask 'im first then. 'Cause I ain't gonna get punched just 'cause you fell over, cool?

[etudes]

[ Yeah, good idea, Beat.. especially since Ikki is pretty prone to violence to begin with. ]

.. Okay. I'll ask him if it's okay, and.. if it is, then I can go skateboarding with you sometime, right?

[skaterbrain]

Yeah! Jus' gotta get scary boyfriend permission first. [He's laughing at his own non-joke there]