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[positivelycharged]

[Hello Luceti, the Ion on your screen today is actually Florian wearing a colored paper headdress with green feathers taped onto it. Also his old newfeather dress, because why not. Lying on the floor in a sudden fit of ennui, he picks up his journal for some chatting.]

Ion's chair broke...I wanted to play with it, too. [He pauses for a moment, thinking. If Ion's chair is broken, then does somebody have to carry him around? Or do they find a new chair? Or--oh hey there's a big stick under his bed he'd totally forgotten about that.]

...Is there a special way to punch people? Like how there's special ways to use a sword, and you have to practice and all of that. So maybe I could learn to fight like that, and then I could save the day and be a hero and ride a dragon and--

[He's been lifting the journal higher and higher over his head as he says this from his position on the floor, to the point that it's practically touching the floor--which is when it slips out of his fingers and falls shut. Oops.]

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[positivelycharged]

Do I? I don't really like battles and stuff, but when I see people doing all their sword training and things like that I kind of want to try too.

[Voice]

[distressedude]

[A-Awww. c: Florian, why so cute?]

Well, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Though I'm afraid I don't know much about fighting, myself. All I've ever used are fonic artes.

[Voice]

[positivelycharged]

I think I'd rather learn fighting than fonic artes, though...artes are hard.

[wise_maiden]

Have you ever had any sort of practice before?

[Actiooooonnn]

[yourfononsarewhack]

Perhaps I can help you with that.

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[savedtheworld]

Of course! That's the word, alright. [And... huh. Come to think of it, this could explain why sometimes Ion looked like he was in two places at once at school.] But I also wanted to know why you want to fight people.

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[aerialassault]

Don't make the promise to me. Make it for yourself. That's what's important here.

Unfortunately, that can be tricky to tell sometimes. And, you've also gotta remember that what's good for one person might not be good for the other.

What kinds of 'punches' are you looking for, kid? It's something of a specialty of mine, and most of the people I've seen advertising prefer using some kinda sword. That doesn't seem like a good match for you.

[Video]

[worldsaway]

There are a great many ways to punch a person, depending on the damage you wish to do.

[positivelycharged]

Someone told me to run every day once, so I've been doing that. Does that count as practice?

[Actiooooonnn]

[positivelycharged]

Can you?

[Video]

[positivelycharged]

Oh, that's easy! There's so many other people here who know how to fight, and I was thinking if I could fight too then I could protect Ion and all the other nonfighting people from danger. Then I could be like the heroes in the storybooks!

[wise_maiden]

It sounds like exercise, at least. Where do you run, and for how long?

[Actiooooonnn]

[yourfononsarewhack]

It's very possible. Let's start with a test, why don't we?

[Jade leans down to eye level with Florian and points at his cheek.]

Now punch me as hard as you can.

[Video]

[savedtheworld]

That's very brave of you, Florian. But you can protect others without fighting or punching.

[Video]

[positivelycharged]

There are? I don't know many different ways to do it.

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[positivelycharged]

...Okay! I'll promise to myself then.

Are there different kinds of punches? I was thinking, if I was good at punching bad guys, then I wouldn't have to worry about having a sword or a stick or a rock or something. Right? So then I could always be ready to help!

[positivelycharged]

I run all the way around the village, and then I try climbing trees and jumping across the river and chasing birds and squirrels and things like that, and usually when it's time for lunch I'm really far away so I have to run all the way back...then when I get home again I play tag with Colonel.

...I think I run almost the whole day.

[Actiooooonnn]

[positivelycharged]

...Okay!

[He pulls back a fist aaaaannnndddd.......punch!!! It's a stronger punch than Ion would have at least, with all the running around and attempts at basketball and tree-climbing he's been doing.]

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[aerialassault]

...So you wanna help. That's not a bad attitude, kid.

[His mind was already working out a few ideas and strategies, although they were far different than anything that the kid on the other end was thinking.]

Say, what's your name? And can you get one of the people you live with on the line?

[Voice]

[distressedude]

I don't think they're too difficult once you understand the basics, but... [Nevermind the fact that it's basically cheating for Ion, since fon-replicas were meant to be born with the ability to use even high-powered Daathic fonic artes.]

You know, there are other ways of protecting the people important to you without the need to fight.

[Video]

[positivelycharged]

Really? Like what?

[wise_maiden]

No wonder your homework doesn't get done. You're too busy tiring yourself out with all of that running.

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[positivelycharged]

My name's Florian! Umm...I can go look for somebody, I know there's people in the house.

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[aerialassault]

Florian, eh? Name's Cliff.

Don't worry. I'll stay on the line.

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[sugarglitch]

Hey, Florian! Whatcha wanna learn how to punch people for?