Video || Doing 'Homework'

[catsgothistongue]

Type: Video
Sender ID: catsgothistongue (Ranma)
To: Public
Subject: Ranma being nosy inquisitive of other worldly techniques and fighting styles cause dad said so.
Warnings: Probably none? Maybe potential discussion of fighting/violence? TBD

[Kaveh had assigned him "homework" to do in regards to training and teaching. And even if he's not happy about getting chastised over an honest mistake, the architect raised a few good points. Training purposes aside, the whole prospect of other worlds with other fighters caught his fancy a long while ago. So clearly, he didn't need to be told to do this!

So here he is, after first mulling it over whether it should be text or video before just flipping heads or tails for it, sitting in the quarter of a ship at a desk, tapping the eraser end of a pen against his chin.]

Yo. [Ranma gave a terse nod while leaning back in his seat.] There's something that's been on my mind for a while now. A lot of us are from different worlds or universes or whatever. That'd mean a lot of us might have different styles or methods to use when in a fight. As a martial artist, a practitioner of Anything Goes Martial Arts, and potential instructor in the future, part of those duties include learning about any kind of technique or style no matter what they may be. Soooo...

[Clicking the push pencil a couple of times as he leaned forward, a focused glint in his blue eyes. With the way he had his shellphone set up, the edge of a notepad could be spotted along with a bottle of water could be seen in the display.]

How do any of ya' fight? What kind of training have you gone through? Techniques, weapons, anything you feel like spilling, let's hear it! [An ear-to-ear smile was brimming while the pigtailed teen rocked back and forth excitedly in his seat.]

Comments

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I mean...when you and I fought we were just kinda brawling. Should I have been using special moves?

[catsgothistongue]

Just a simple brawl's fine and all, I'm not 'boutta make big fuss about it. [Simple brawl, he says as an acre of land has a giant crater in the middle of it.] If you got anything special to show off though, that'd be super cool!

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Hrm...well, there's a few things but...I only ever really bust those out when fighting monsters...

[catsgothistongue]

[Darin. He's moved in closer on the camera feed, blurring up the perspective a bit. The blacksmith might be able to make out an excited, childlike expression on his face.]

Liiiike...?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Darin rubs the back of his head nervously. He doesn't want to broadcast what he can do but...it's weird seeing someone who isn't afraid of him? Only Selene wasn't afraid of him back home...]

Uh...well, there's my Weld Slash.

It's when I cut through a monster fast enough that the two halves get stuck back together. It's like cauterizing a wound but...internally.

[catsgothistongue]

[Backing away from the screen, Darin'd see the martial artist's eyes widen at this news. Did he think too soon on finding someone who wasn't afraid of him?]

That's badass...!

[Nope, just pure awe and amazement.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Yeah, it's usually pretty fatal. Not a lot of things can survive having major arteries severed and then cauterized shut...

[This is...weird. Confusing.]

Then there's my Temper Tantrum. That's...when I throw a few dozen rapid-fire punches. I don't really need to connect with them...the force of the punch creates a projectile of force...

[catsgothistongue]

No duh. [He would think that's pretty obvious. Just cause the wound gets immediately cauterized doesn't make it survivable!

The martial artist was writing some of this down in his notepad, taking interest in the 'Temper Tantrum'... No offense Darin buddy, but couldn't you have called it something cooler?! It makes you sound like a toddler...]

I can do that too. Punch so hard and fast, that it causes air pressure to strike whatever or whoever you want it to hit.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[Listen, all of his attacks use smithing terms.]

Yeah...I gotta say, I'm not...used to seeing someone be able to punch trees in half...?

[catsgothistongue]

[THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER TERMS??]

Pfft. [He blew air from his lips, before leaning back in his seat.] I've been able to do that since I was like four or five. I've split harder and larger stuff than trees.

[Now he doesn't want to brag... Okay, he might want to a little.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[HE THOUGHT IT WAS CLEVER!!!]

And you're...human, right? Like totally?

[catsgothistongue]

[ONLY IF YOU KNOW IT'S A BLACKSMITH PUN!!!]

Totally! Hundred percent human!

[He flexed his arm with a wink while saying this.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

[WELL HE DOES SO THERE!!]

Huh...

[Darin's seen his fair share of skilled humans before, but he's never actually gone toe-to-toe with someone out of fear that he'd either hurt them or...they'd clap him in irons for being too powerful.]

So...what's the hardest thing you've split?

[catsgothistongue]

[:P

Ranma himself meanwhile are used to superhumanly powerful foes, be it they got that way from arduous training such as himself or they're supernatural beings like a phoenix person. Darin wouldn't be all that out of place back in his world.]

Couple'a stuff. Boulders, walls, that sorta stuff.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Anything harder than that? Like...an anvil?

[catsgothistongue]

Haven't tried, but I probably could.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Let's...try a different tack.

What's the strongest thing you've ever seen someone do?

[catsgothistongue]

Slice and incinerate an entire mountain. Two different incidents unrelated to one another.

[Neither of them were who he'd call friends either.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

And you're telling me these people aren't demons?!

[Because what the hell?!]

[catsgothistongue]

... One of them was a half-dragon hybrid, and the other was a phoenix person?

[Probably should've specified that part.]

1/2

[forgeabettertomorrow]

... ... ...

2/2

[forgeabettertomorrow]

OKAY WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH YOUR WORLD?!

Welcome to the Rumic World Darin

[catsgothistongue]

I've been wondering that myself for years now...

[Even he can agree his world is a bit... chaotic, to put nicely.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Okay...okay, I guess that...makes sense. Not every world is like mine...

And that explains why you didn't bat an eye at me when you saw what I could do...

[Darin runs a hand through his hair in thought.]

Sorry, this is. Kind of a lot? For me? The only person I've ever known who could do the things I could do is my brother and he just wiped out a city before I got here.

[catsgothistongue]

[Oh? This just got very interesting. And slightly horrifying, given that his face turned to one of shock.]

A whole city? All at once?!