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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

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

The only thing I think its lame would be hurting a tree's feelings.

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

Wait, you can't read...?

[That... would make cooking difficult, yes.]

[teachingpeace]

Rag you? I can't say that's a term I know.

[He considered the pads on the trees, then started to set about testing their strain limit with strikes that started rather carefully, moving up in strength.]

[godbent]

What, no - That's crazy, Beat! She's probably just at All Passions.

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

But it's a tree! [He gestures to it futilely.]

It ain't got feelings!

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Y-yeah, I can!

[Sort of.]

It's jus' hard an' takes too long.

[skaterbrain]

I gotta go to All Passions.

[WHAT IF SHE'S DYING???

He points at Haruhi.]

Come on! We gotta find her!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

That could make cooking kind of hard. I mean, usually you need to be able to read the recipes in order to know what to do. So if it takes you a long time to read, I don't know how you'd be able to follow a recipe.

[skaterbrain]

Yanno, when someone says crap 'bout you jus' to make you angry?

[His fist thumps into the pad again and he feels the tree sway.]

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Eh, s'why I let Ribbons do it. She's good at it and then I don't get yelled at for burnin' the kitchen.

[action]

[shinesbrightest]

Wh—

[Even with the warning, that totally takes Shinji by surprise. His eyes widen, but he manages to catch the ball, even if he fumbles with it a little bit.]

H-hey, Beat.

[action]

[skaterbrain]

[Hey, he caught it!

Beat scoops the magazine up off the porch and jumps off it, sauntering over.]

Sup. How you been since you ain't gone?

[godbent]

...You don't have to, but?! Okay fine!

[She stands up now, to follow through on it]

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

'Ribbons'?

... oh, right, you mean Haruhi. Well, if she's a good cook, then I guess it all works out, just as long as nothing gets set on fire.

[action]

[disastergirl]

... [Too bad!! A look.]

How is that special? You can tell that just by looking, can't you?

[teachingpeace]

It's been a point of irritation from time to time in my life. I take it that is what happened to you?

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

Yeah it does. Trees are alive, so they've got to feel.

[action]

[skaterbrain]

I dunno! I'm not a girl, so it's somethin' I can't be and tha's special.

An' I thought girls liked bein' told they're special.

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

But it ain't like it can cry or nothin'! It ain't like people!

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Nah, she ain't like me.

...

You know Ribbons pretty well?

[skaterbrain]

...Sometimes.

[He stops and shrugs, his anger abated and he gives some half-hearted punches at the tree.]

Weren't nothin' big though. Jus' annoyin'.

[skaterbrain]

Let's go!

[If Haruhi is standing, then Beat is running out the door, grabbing his skateboard along the way. He isn't one to wait and he's freaked out.]

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

That shouldn't give you an excuse to be mean to it just cuz it's not like you. It could even be crying on the inside. When you can't tell what it's feeling at all... Isn't that even more reason to try to be sensitive towards it?

[Action]

[skaterbrain]

[....Holy crap that was good logic.

Beat stops and stares at Aang for a moment, then looks to the tree, rubbing the back of his neck.]

...You ain't gonna tell no one, right?

[Action]

[savedtheworld]

Of course not, Beat. As long as you're nice to trees from now on.

[He holds up a fist.]

We can do the bro's fist on it.