.4 | accidental video; | afternoon 8/20

[dualbladepaladin]

[Oops! Looks like some one's SFC fell out of their bag and turned on. It's somewhere in the park, and it takes a few minutes of rustling around near by before the owner moves in to view.

Oh! It's Hubert! Looks like he's out getting some target practice. He has a good half a dozen plain wooden cut out targets set up near by, a good distance away from where he stops and takes a stance. He runs through some pretty basic moves, a few staff hits, some dual blade hits, even his pistol shots, until finally there's only two targets still standing.

That's when he jumps back, and slams his staff down on the ground, letting off a shockwave before breaking the staff apart in to pistols again.]

Dance like the damned!

[He starts shooting rapidly, and then spins around and fires off one last explosive shot.]

INSTANT VALSE!

[Wait.

Did he say... "Instant Balls"?]

(ooc: Based loosely on the hilarious Tales of Skits tumblr, and the fact that yes, it does actually sound like he's saying "Instant Balls". Everyone is welcome to hear exactly that and comment as such.)

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[drunkmanjuu]

Mokona likes balls! Wanna play?

[ Pausing though and tilting his head. ]

...so... where are the balls?

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[dualbladepaladin]

[Oh blast it all. Is his SFC on again? This happens far too often...

Hubert walks back to his belongings and picks his SFC up, looking mildly perturbed.]

I haven't the foggiest clue what you're talking about.

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[drunkmanjuu]

You said instant balls.

[ Sitting down now, tilting his head. Matter of factly, like it was the most normal thing in the world. ]

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[dualbladepaladin]

... I did not.

[... did... he... ?]

And for that matter, just what are you supposed to be?

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[drunkmanjuu]

Mokona heard instant balls! You kinda remind me of those manga heroes. The ones who yell out their attack names and stuff. Mokona thinks you need to change it. Instant balls doesn't sound very cool.

[ Hopping back up now. ]

Mokona is mokona! Who're you?

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... Instant balls?

What?

[dualbladepaladin]

I am not saying that!

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... I was about to say, that'd be a really weird Mystic Arte.

[dualbladepaladin]

No stranger than some one who speaks gibberish for theirs.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

And just what part of "Ancient Catastrophe" is gibberish?

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[teradine]

[...Whether he is saying Instant Balls or not, Argilla doesn't really see that it's anything notable, how how it's humorous. Aren't his attacks more the point here?

She'll just be watching, maybe even studying.]

... Impressive.

[She has never seen an attack like that before--]

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[dualbladepaladin]

[Well at least someone isn't making a big deal over it.]

Thank you.

[It's nice to have his skills appreciated.]

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[teradine]

[She gets the sense this wasn't meant to be recorded though-- but that's okay, since he doesn't seem to mind it much.

Just a nod to say "You're welcome" before she indulges a bit more in her curiosity.]

You are practicing?

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[dualbladepaladin]

[It wasn't but after the initial reactions he's actually quietly grateful for this one.]

Yes, attempting to anyway. One can never be too prepared, after all.

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[teradine]

True. Especially considering the recent attack on the island.

[Damnit, Yami.]

...Though by the sounds of it, using pistols wouldn't have been very effective.

[...Okay, so she's not totally unfamiliar. Hubert's techniques seem a lot flashier, though-- there's obviously a lot more to it than Argilla is used to.]

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[lucentpalisade]

[ GASP! ]

Hubert, you learned a new spell to make balls?

I'll get the bat. You're supposed to smash them with it, right? [ Pause. ]

But I don't think we have a whack a ball game... will it work with only the balls?

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[dualbladepaladin]

What-- ... n-no no no! That's not what I'm saying at all! You've got it all wrong, Sophie!

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[lucentpalisade]

Huh? I'm wrong?

Hubert, you don't have any balls?

[ So disappoint. She liked that whack ball game. ]

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[dualbladepaladin]

I--...

[Well YES in the physical sense but aha no not saying that to Sophie.]

Not... any for playing a game with, no.

[Can he just go bury his face in a hole and never come out again?]

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[lucentpalisade]

[ Aww. Hubert - this is sad because clearly you were trying to magic some up :( ]

Is that why you were trying to use magic to make balls?

We can go to the store and get balls for you to play with.

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[dreamchasing]

[ Not. Saying. A thing ....

Yeah, she knows what he's saying. Doesn't stop it from sounding like something else, okay. ]

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[dualbladepaladin]

... care to say what's on your mind, Cheria?

[Even though he has a feeling he knows what it is.]

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[dreamchasing]

[ .... SORRY, HUBERT. ]

I-I think everyone else has said it better than I ever could ...

[ this one is quite amused. ]

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[dualbladepaladin]

... it truly isn't what you think.

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[dreamchasing]

Oh, I know it isn't. I doubt that'll convince anybody, though! You know how people can be sometimes, so set in their ways that they'll believe anything they hear ...

... but just so you know, I'm going to let you deal with Sophie this time, all right? You did kind of bring this one on yourself, in a way.