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[genrouzan]

... Hypothetically speaking, if someone were to look into finding somewhere to y'know. Spar. Train. Keep the rust off their fighting skills in case we get something worse than a sewer full of giant vines trying to swat us like flies for the hell of it. That kind of thing. Is there anywhere around here that would fit that kind of criteria?

What're the chances of half of those Knights they've got posted around here sticking their noses where they aren't wanted? Most of the Knightly types I've come across aren't the type to just nod and let a bunch of people waving weapons around get on with their day without throwing a tantrum.

And if that's the case and the chances are high... whereabouts here are they least likely to go snooping?

Or take the longest to get to. I'm not picky.

[ Hypothetically speaking, of course. ]

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[erranthero]

Uh. No.

My weapon cuts through anything not made of specific materials.

[genrouzan]

...

That almost sounds like cheating.

[erranthero]

Is it cheating when you're fighting guys with guns using a sword?

[genrouzan]

... Probably? I've done it, and my sword can't cut through everything.

[ Okay, so the guy was compensating with the size of his gun. And sometimes it was a scythe? Yeager, please. ]

[erranthero]

Then you're either fighting people with a gun that shoots slugs and not energy, or you're supernaturally skilled.

[Kerra, you can literally see about 5 seconds into the future. You are supernatural...]

[genrouzan]

Eh. Nothing supernatural about me, unfortunately. But that gun wasn't messing around, so who knows.

[ JRPG logic. ]

[erranthero]

Well, maybe you're just better than me, I don't know.

But where I'm from, lightsabers are really the only reliable kind of sword.

[genrouzan]

Guess you'll have to come along and fight me to find out.

...

A what saber?

[erranthero]

Lightsaber.
That's what my weapon is.

[genrouzan]

... You're using words but they don't make any sense. The heck is a lightsaber?

[erranthero]

[She sends him an image. See icon.]

that.

[genrouzan]

[ ... huh. ]

Looks like something to light your way home, not fight with.

[erranthero]

Well if you feel like losing a hand, you're welcome to touch it.

It's superheated plasma.

[genrouzan]

I wouldn't even touch my normal-temperature, not-made-up-sounded blade barehanded unless I was looking to do some damage, no worries there.

[ Plasma...? ]

You said heated. Is it like a fire-imbued blade?

[erranthero]

I assume you mean some sort of magic sword?

No, it's not. It's technological.

[genrouzan]

Technology that makes things light up and burns stuff?

...

Still sounds more like an arte to me, but sure.