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[memlost]

[An upbeat male voice comes on:]

Hey, it's Morgan! If you were expecting a girl, you picked the wrong picture. If not, then congratulations! But sorry too, because this means I've missed you. Leave a message!

[Beep.]

(( ooc: feel free to use this for face-to-face interactions as well! just leave a date and voice/action/etc. in the header. ))

Comments

[memlost]

Ahh. [Though she can't see it, he scratches his chin for a moment.]

Well, I'm not an expert in dagger styles specifically [because they don't exist in FE], but I'm pretty good at the survival thing... most of the time! Quick and dirty's how I roll. I wish I could recommend a real specialist, but my mind's coming up blank.

[monarchical]

Well...whatever you could teach me would still surely be worth learning! I can ask around about daggers in specific, as well.

[ ...Though who else would she even ask he's the only one she's seen with a weapon besides the guy who gave her a weapon and Hinata. ]

[memlost]

Good idea. Anyway, if you're willing to learn, I'm happy to teach! A dagger's pretty much a little stabby sword, the way I see it, so I should still know a thing or two. When do you want to start?

[monarchical]

As soon as you have the time! After all, I...do not think I would like to put it off that much.

[ SINCE HAVEN. ]

[memlost]

How about later today? Say... in a few hours? I can swing by your place!

[monarchical]

That would be wonderful! I have no other plans for the day. You remember my block number?

[memlost]

Sure do! Oh, and dress comfortably if you can. See you then!

[monarchical]

Gotcha! I shall see you then, Morgan!

[ And hey she has comfortable clothes now and shoes that are not freaking heeled mary janes. SO...YES. ]

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[memlost]

[FABULOUS the future is looking bright for her feet. And so later on in the day, Morgan shows up at her house doorstep with a vaguely human-sized and human-shaped bundle in his arms. It is ugly, torn up, and makes him look a little like he's trying to hide a body in Sonia's house. ANYWAY KNOCK KNOCK.]

Sonia, are you home?

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[monarchical]

[ MORGAN, COULD YOU LOOK ANY MORE SUSPICIOUS...perhaps some blood pouring from your head or something, that could only complete this image...Or, uh, perhaps we could avoid that being a Thing. Anyway, she answers the door, in startlingly plain clothes - slacks and a blouse hidden by a sweater she can move around in, and shoes that are flat. MIRACULOUS. ]

Morgan! ...Um... [ Pause to go from cheery to concerned in like five seconds. ] Er, what is that?

[memlost]

Oh, this?

[He turns it around in his arms to reveal that it has a patchy cloth hood over its head and a face studded into it with nails and other such scavengings. Like a snowman! That never melts or is ever endearing at all. There are punctures all over its body, revealing bits of wood within.]

Say hello to your training buddy! You've gotta stab something to start with, and I try to avoid bodily leakage as much as I can, ha ha!

[monarchical]

[ ...UNSURE IF TOUCHED OR NOT, but she's...she's going to settle on "touched and vaguely unsettled", here. And really, with her tastes, Sonia might even start to think it's kind of cute in an unsettling way...

She can at least work up a genuine smile for Morgan taking this so seriously and thinking to bring it. ]

Oh! In that case, hello to training dummy-san! I certainly wouldn't want to harm anyone real for this...Ah, should we set it up out back or indoors?

[memlost]

Outdoors is probably better. It's a bit chilly, but I think the fresh air will be worth it. Though I am tickled by the thought of your housemates walking in on you getting a good stab in, heh.

[monarchical]

Hopefully not into the stab, of course!

[ ..........These jokes are terrible but yes grabbing her coat to go outside, now. ]

[memlost]

Ha ha! Yeah, that would be kind of unfortunate. Maybe even Super High School Level Unfortunate...

[ OUTDOORS IS INDEED BEST. Anyway he glances around for a good place to set up and decides on a short wall of ruins out back, trotting over to impale the dummy on a mean hook of metal jutting out. ]

[monarchical]

[ There's a laugh from Sonia. YOU MADE A SHSL JOKE, MORGAN...her language ]

I should like to think I am not so unfortunate as that...but one of my housemates might be.

[ Sonia will trail along and watch the dummy get, uh, impaled. Poor thing. ]

[memlost]

Oh yeah? Tell me about him.

[ Stories of hilarity, stories of woe, he'll take 'em all. He arranges the dummy neatly and tugs its hood into proper order before standing beside it and turning to face Sonia. ]

[monarchical]

Oh, I had no one in mind...I just meant that even if I am not so unfortunate as to stab someone, someone in the block may be so unfortunate as to be stabbed. Though one of my classmates actually is in my block now. He's the Animal Breeder, though, not "Unlucky".

[ She is perfectly happy to talk about Tanaka whenever though, YOU ONLY NEED ASK. ]

[memlost]

[ WILL DO. ]

Oh! Then you can tell me about him instead! Animal breeding sounds like a pretty unique gig. ... And not to go off topic, but is it all right if I see your dagger?

[ Gotta measure up what they're working with... ]

[monarchical]

He is the most amazing animal breeder I have ever known! ...Not that I have known many, but Tanaka-san commands his hamsters with grace and poise...

[ yes hamsters

Oh, but she will hand him the dagger without trouble. ]

There is usually a vial of poison within as well, but I took it out.

[ ...LEST THEY HAVE ANY STUPID TRAINING ACCIDENTS. ]

[memlost]

Oh man... hamsters?! I've never seen one in person before...

[ Dammit he wants to see SHSL hamster-handling. But he will just have to settle with this lamey lame weapon. ]

Good call. Let's see... this dagger's got a pretty unique shape. You'll have to be a bit more considerate about how you use it since the tips's angled and the grip has all of these points on it, but at least you'll look fearsome doing it!

[monarchical]

Perhaps you can be introduced sometime, then! Or if you see him before I can, you can let him know that you are one of my friends. That may help.

[ PERHAPS...And also, she is not listening intently. ]

Mm, I think it seems to be an assassin's weapon.

[memlost]

Hmm... I see! It all makes sense now...

[ Excessive pointiness is totally an assassin thing. ]

Anyway, it looks like you're packing some serious dagger power. And a weapon-wielder has to be just as serious as the weapon she's wielding! If you're gonna put yourself in charge of this thing, you'll have to commit to lots of practice and discipline just to keep from stabbing yourself by accident. Are you ready?!

[monarchical]

Yes! You can count on me to be as serious as this blade is sharp!

[ SHE WILL GIVE THIS 130% PERCENT. ]

[memlost]

All right! Then let's have it, Sonia Nevermind! Your best shot! Stab him good!

[ He flips the dagger around and holds it out to her hilt-first. Best find out what what they're working with... ]