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[skaterbrain]

AIGHT, so it sounds like a lotta you guys got feelin's or somethin' to work out 'cause of what happened. Not 'cause of the stupid Culturists comin' in, but you know, the other thing.

WELL, IT AIN'T GETTIN' WORKED OUT BY ITSELF.

An' since I ain't so good at talkin' and I know some people here ain't so good at it neither 'cause you got emotion Legos or somethin', I've got some pads up on the trees and I'm gonna go punch stuff. If you ain't good at talkin' neither, but you wanna blow off some steam? The name's Beat. Come punch trees wit' me behind House 10. It's good for you, yo.

Action
[And if he's not found behind House 10 punching trees with boxing pads duct-taped to them, he's inside helping around the house for once. Mainly, he's trying to clean; trying being the operative word. He does pretty well at sweeping up and vacuuming, but dusting is not his forte. It takes too much concentration and finesse and he spends most of his time catching all the things he knocked off the shelves.

Later, in the evening, he's on the porch of House 10 or out in the plaza and practicing his reading with a flashlight. It's slow going since Shiki left, but he figures she'll come back one day and then he's got to show that he improved or she'll probably slug him in the face.]

Comments

[godbent]

-Ugh! It's good that you're finally doing [Shiki's] your share, but if you're just going to be knocking things down, then why are you even bothering?!

[Haruhi snaps this shrilly and perhaps a little irritably after hearing him knock over the third thing. She was working on something in the kitchen which may or may not involve modeling clay, but now she's annoyed]

[skaterbrain]

Wha? --Whoa! [He had totally not noticed you there, Haruhi and that startles him into knocking something else off. But hey! He caught it!!!

He just ended up nearly toppling over in the process.]

Hey! I'm tryin' aight? I just got big hands.

[godbent]

How do big hands make you some destructive force of nature when it comes to cleaning up my house?!

[skaterbrain]

'Cause I ain't got tiny ones to get into the small places!

[He huffs and puts the knick-knack back on the shelf, stomping over to the kitchen.]

I ain't as tiny as you n' Rhyme, aight??

[teachingpeace]

[While not usually one who tends to punch trees, the appeal of being around someone uninvolved in his own personal mess from recent weeks was vert high, and he turned up in the early afternoon.]

...Beat you said?

[skaterbrain]

[Someone came! Beat finishes wailing on a tree and turns, giving the stranger a big wave.]

Sup, Red! Name's Beat, yeah. You here to kick some wooded butt?

[teachingpeace]

[Red. Really? He didn't know how he felt about that one, but he'd been called worse names. He was eying the tree though.]

Nagato is mine. Yes, I'll have to be careful though, I don't want to kill the tree...

[action]

[disastergirl]

[Huh. It was refreshing to hear someone be so...well, straightforward! And punching things out of frustration? Count her in!

Yeah, she had no idea who this person was and House 10 had been a bit of a hike, but still!]

Is this where we're supposed to go if we want to punch things?

[action]

[skaterbrain]

Heck yeah! [He turns and whoa, that's a...girl. Alright, cool. Guess girls need to punch stuff just as much.]

Sup, girl. You ready to kick some butt?

[action]

[disastergirl]

[She raised an eyebrow at being called "girl". That wasn't supposed to be condescending, right? It better not have been...!]

Of course! I wouldn't have come here if I wasn't!

[voice]

[shinesbrightest]

That's kind of nice of you to offer, Beat.

[He... thinks... It's the thought that counts, right?!]

[voice]

[skaterbrain]

S'what I thought, yo!

You wanna come down, Squi--

[Wait. ....THAT TALKING PANDA LIED TO HIM.]

WHOA, WHEN DID YOU GET BACK?

[voice]

[shinesbrightest]

[Shinji blinks at that response at first but it only takes a second for him to realize what the heck Beat is going on about.

Dammit, Panda!!]

I-I never went anywhere! That stupid bear lied to everyone.

[He had completely forgotten about it, and he'd completely forgotten that people might not have known Panda was lying, too.]

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

[A monk soon perches himself on a nearby rock.]

You should be nice to those trees... They never tried to hurt you.

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

[You must be a ninja monk because he so did not hear you come in. ...Or maybe it was because he was too busy punching the boxing pads he has on the trees and the thumping sound of his fists covered up the sound of Aang approaching.

Either way, he jumps when he hears someone talk and whirls around, fists up and ready.]

Whaza--?!

[...Oh, it's Aang! The fighting stance melts into a smile and he waves, clearly having ignored or not heard what Aang was saying to him.]

Wassup, Arrows? You here to blow off steam, too?

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

N-no, not really. I don't feel very steamy. [He let out much more his share of anger during the event when he was in the Avatar State.]

I just want to make sure the trees are okay. They didn't do anything to hurt you, after all.

[Action]

[winds_voice]

[Something about an offer to damage trees seems to bother Eley. It might not be his domain back home but he still enjoyed the forests. The thought they might get damaged for no good reason is something he can't ignore.

So the Spirit will be turning up at the aforementioned location if only for his own peace of mind. At least he would have tried...]

I fail to see how damaging these trees will do any good. Leave them be.

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

[Beat finished punching the pad attached to a particularly large pine and turned, looking at the stranger. This dude looked like a pretty lady. Or a pretty dude.

Beat stared at him for a minute and shrugged.]

Makes people feel better, so that's doin' some good, yo.

[Action]

[winds_voice]

Yet surely there are other means to help people to feel better.

[He still looks rather disgruntled about the whole thing... To him, violence was never an answer.]

I understand that feelings are running high at the moment. I am no exception. But I would implore you to practice more... peaceful methods of dealing with such feelings.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Punching trees?

[He's heard of using punching bags before and all that, but...]

Wouldn't that hurt your hands? Why not just use a punching bag instead? I'm sure there's one at the barracks.

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Naw, I put pads up on the trees! [It's such a brilliant plan!!!!!]

An' there's a hella lot of people at the B's. And it's indoors. Why go inside to do outside stuff?

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Outdoors is nice, but what if it's cold or raining? Then you wouldn't be able to practice, or whatever it is you're doing.

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

Violence as a method to relieve negative feelings is actually a very poor idea. It associates violence with positive feedback, making you more likely to react violently to peaceful confrontation in your everyday life.

[ And punch people who brought you back to life 8| ]

[voice]

[skaterbrain]

[OH MY GOD IT'S YOU. Beat almost shuts the book out of sheer rage at hearing him, but he promised Rhyme he'd try to at least not be a total butt to Joshua.

ALSO HE TOTALLY DESERVED THE PUNCH, OKAY. Beat promised to do it one day and he keeps his promises!!!]

--You still mad 'bout that?

[voice]

[neverplaysfair]

I might be, but that's secondary. The main point is you're only making yourself worse.