[BBS/ Action]

[om_nom_namur]

[BBS]

Tuesday/thursday morning biology 101 students i got your tests graded and im working on your papers. Ha! You guys are funny. Did good on your tests but youre papers suck. Seriously yall need to come talk to me or instructor enpecee cuz i dont think a single one of yalls got a damn clue what we been talking about. Aint got an office tho so im set up here on the beach. Bring something to drink and something to write with and we'll get ya up to speed.

[Action]

[As promised in the BBS post, Namur can be found chilling in a big hammock strung up between two trees. The papers he's in the process of grading are piled in a folder with a rock dropped on top to keep them from blowing away, the ones already graded in a similar folder. He's got his laptop and a couple text books in the hammock with him, one he's using as a hard backing to write on, a few bright red pens scattered over the lot, and a couple of water bottles in a pile at the foot of one of the trees. Yes, he's wearing the shades Thatch gave him for his birthday. Do feel free to come and bother him for fish caught in a net puns whatever reason. He'll appreciate it.]

Comments

[fionna_time]

I'm totally into this! I just don't like losing easy, you know?

[Falls]

OW! The heck man, we were scrappin'! Why would I stop just cuz my underpants show?

[om_nom_namur]

Cuz yer a- An' I'm a- Shit I ain't explainin' this t' y'.

[What he does do, however, is walk back to his things under the hammock, dust off one of the books he had there- a thick tome, if somewhat cheaply made- and chucks it at her.

He told her he'd get her a damn dictionary.]

[fionna_time]

Augh!

[Wait, did they stop fighting?]]

What is this?

[om_nom_namur]

[..... is she gonna flash him again?]

Jus' keepin' my word.

[Then he chucks a water bottle at her.]

[fionna_time]

Oh...oh yeah.

[Winds going out of sails now, but she does catch the water bottle bare handed].

Thanks!

[om_nom_namur]

Nn.

[Namur downs a water bottle of his own, all in one go. It probably looks a little funny seeing him actually drink something. He just opens his mouth and dumps it behind his teeth. Then he picks up the sunglasses and slips them over his eyes.]

Y' testin' for SeeD certification at the end of the term?

[fionna_time]

[Fionna drank, then looked over at Namur, chuckling. That did look pretty awesome].

Hmm? I didn't think I could since I'm not done with all that school junk.

[om_nom_namur]

Oh. How many more terms y' got t' wait?

[fionna_time]

Dunno, maybe two or three! Still trying to get some specializations!

[om_nom_namur]

[Namur turns and leans into the hammock sideways, draping his arms over the back.]

What kind a specialization y' thinkin' 'bout takin'?

[He can probably guess! But it's better to let other people talk things through sometimes.]

[fionna_time]

Weapons mostly. [She's sitting on the floor with her knees drawn up to her chest]. But I take a bunch of classes to help me move faster too! I just, well, gotta adjust my weight to all that stuff. I think maybe I oughta find out how to, mm, redistribute my force of gravity.

[This place was actually making a mark improvement on her vocabulary. Twilight Sparkle probably helped too].

[om_nom_namur]

[.... is she talking about dieting? Namur thinks she might be but he can't really tell... Maybe he'll just come back to it later.]

Jus' the sword or y' learnin' other stuff too?

[fionna_time]

Well yeah, I gotta, right? Magic and animals and all of that stuff. After that fight, might even think of learning more healing magic.

[om_nom_namur]

Meant for yer specialization. Yeah all that shit's good t' know but y' got t' kind a knuckle down an' pick one thing at first. After y' get yer SeeD cert y' can still take all the other stuff an' not have t' worry 'bout it.

[fionna_time]

Oh. Swords, yeah, that's where I'm leaning for. You have any advice?

[Fionna does look generally interested here. She's been pretty much on her own the last few months in that respect, and she does like Namur, so she's curious what he'll say].

[om_nom_namur]

[He thinks for a second.]

Maria. Best damn swordswoman I know here. I'd float y' over t' my sis Haruta if she was here, but Maria ain't far behind. She got these things called gunblades that'll rock y' worse'n rapids in springtime, sheheheheh.

Thatch too, but he's harder t' get t' do shit if he don't offer first. He can teach y' 'bout haki 'n' shit like that though. See if y' got it in y' t' unlock.

If y' can get one a them t' be yer mentor it'd be better'n takin' a bunch a classes, anyway. Y' already met Thatch. Y' met Maria yet?

[fionna_time]

Already met Thatch, he's fun! But no, don't think I met anyone named Maria yet. What class does she teach?

...And what's haki?

[om_nom_namur]

[He shifts around until his butt is in the hammock so he can actually sit in it in a somewhat dignified manner. It won't be long before he starts kicking his feet and making it swing, though, so enjoy the fleeting moments of near sobriety.]

Haki's yer willpower. Yer fightin' spirit. If it's strong 'nuff, y' can focus it outside a yerself an' make shit happen. Check it out.

[Namur hops out of the hammock, kneels down so he'll be more on the level, and motions Fionna to come over next to him.]

[fionna_time]

No way. So kinda like magic, but more with energy and stuff, right?

[She walks on over to him, curious].

[om_nom_namur]

If y' think 'bout it like that, it'll never happen for y'. It ain't magic. It's you, bein' undeniably, unbeatably badass.

[He pats her arm, up by the shoulder, sort of bouncing the pads of his fingers against it.]

See how that don't do nothin' at all, really? Kind a annoyin' but not somethin' yer goin' t' start a fight with.

Except, with haki...

[He puts haki into the push, a fraction of his will pinpointed at his fingertips so it explodes out like a shotgun, likely causing Fionna to go sprawling across the beach.]

... even a small attack can cause bigass damage, if y' know how t' use it right.

[fionna_time]

I only said "like" magic!

[She watched the demonstration, shrugging at the first tap, and then the second one happens and Fionna explodes off the floor, acually cartwheeling a few times before catching herself on one leg and balancing].

Whoa! That was totally what I was thinking about, with the shifting your strength thing!

[om_nom_namur]

It ain't muscles though, an' that's somethin' a lot a people have a hard time r'memberin'. It's what's inside y'. Here, [Namur taps a finger against his forehead.] an' here. [He lays his hand over his heart.] Takes a lot a thinkin' an' payin' attention t' let it loose, 'specially right at first. That somethin' y' can promise t' do?

[fionna_time]

My head...and my heart. Ok. I figured that wouldn't be easy. Man.

I can pay attention, I just gotta train myself better at it. Of course I'll do my best, that's what heroes do!

[om_nom_namur]

[With a nod, he motions to the sand near where he's switching around to a sitting position.]

A'ight come sit 'n' close yer eyes, then. Get good 'n' centered so y' don't fall over. ...An' keep yer damn skirt close t' yer knees. Shit.

[He rolls his eyes and shakes his head.]

[fionna_time]

Sure, sure.

[At the last comment, she frowns].

Yeah, of course. No one needs ya slobbering all over yourself when you're trying to teach me something important after all.

[Burn.