towerofanimus | i'm giving it my all

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i'm giving it my all

Characters: Steinette and whoever wants to run across her
Setting: 4th Floor
Format: Action spam, but I'll follow you
Summary: After getting sent back "home" Stein's in need of a cool down. Time for someone to bother her during her half-naked martial arts, clearly.
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A sound soul- [She jumps and kicks high, gracefully landing down on her other leg, already poised for another attack] Rests in a sound body- [A low kick this time, her leg sweeping around her in a perfect arc before she's back up on her feet] And a sound mind. [She strikes out behind her with her palm, a strange electricity emanating from her hand.

She repeats the mantra and the attacks, and probably would all day if she could. It would be such a shame for someone to interrupt her...]

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[She glanced behind her at the voice. He was young, probably not much older than any of her students, but she could tell from a quick glance at his soul that he was stronger than his lanky little self let on. Color her curious.]

After twenty years of practice, I'd certainly hope so. Are you a fighter yourself?

[He grins and lets out a chuckle]

I guess you could say that. Not that there's any comparison. I'm self taught, so I doubt I'm anything you'd call 'good'.

Oh really? [She steps aside.] Let's see what you can do, then.

[... crap, he didn't expect to be put on the spot! But he can't exactly say no to the half naked martial artist, so he walks over and tosses his jacket on a chair]

[Closing his eyes for a moment, he makes himself pretend he's fighting a shadow. That makes his life a little easier, and he starts to go through the motions after pulling the knives from his pockets]

[The standard jumping attack, swinging his daggers down in an X! The spinning Yosuke strike, which is probably incredibly stupid in practice! The only part of the routine he's even remotely proud of is the spinning jump he makes at the end - the motion for summoning his persona]

See? Told you, nothing that great.

[She watches, politely holding in her urge to giggle. He looks a little silly, but it's not terrible.]

You could be a lot worse. Maybe just practice throwing them a bit. Incredibly useful skill, especially for quieting down noisy students.

[He blushes from horrible horrible embarrassment but smiles all the same. Yosuke is going to assume the daggers-at-students thing was a joke]

Thanks - it was good enough to stay alive, anyway. So, you're a teacher? I wouldn't have expected that.

A scientist and a doctor really, but I got dragged into teaching when the head of the school realized a dead woman probably couldn't teach as well as I could, but she still fills in from time to time. [And see, the funny part is, she's not joking about any of it.]

[Silence. And staring. And then-]

Let me get this straight. You're a scientist-doctor-teacher who's also a martial arts expert, filling in for a zombie who subs every now and then.

... what?!

I might be wrong, but I think Syd prefers the term "Undead-American". [And then Stein cackles like loon.]

[Excuse him while he just gapes for a moment - seems like he can't even go a day in this tower without getting his mind completely and totally blown]

[and the cackling, while strangely attractive? Not helping]

What the hell kind of school...

We teach our students how to fight and kill witches and other such threats. That's what the hell kind of school.

[Stunned silence]

On the one hand, what the hell.

On the other hand? That sounds so much cooler than a normal school.

[She laughs] What do you do at "normal" school? No killing, I'm guessing?

No, they usually frown on killing.

Ninety percent of it is listening to teachers drone on about stuff nobody cares about. The other ten percent is exams.

Don't get me wrong, I can give a mean lecture, but that must get old doing it every single day. They need a little more variety in their lives. And I'm sure you kids do too.

[Why can't HE have hot half naked kung fu scientist doctors give lectures at his school?!]

Old? That's one way to put it. I ended up sleeping through half the lectures. So are witches really that big a problem?

[Don't get too excited Yosuke; she's usually not naked during class]

You sound a lot like... Well, really most of my male students. What is it with boys your age and sleeping?

But yes, witches are quite a threat where I'm from. They're chaotic by nature and pretty much just destroy everything - or everyone - they touch.

[Usually. It's that one in a million chance...]

Hey, guys are active! We need sleep!

... but it sounds like witches are a big problem. I can see why you'd want your students to be ready for something like that.

[If only they had a class about fighting shadows...]

It's their job to get rid of them. It's the only way to turn into a Death Scythe. [She reaches up, turning the screw in her head a few times] Do they have them where you're from?

[Excuse him while he stares a moment. He assumed the screw was some fancy cosplay accessory or something - he now needs to re-evaluate his life choices]

N-no... no witches. Plenty of weird shit, but no witches.

[It makes a loud clicking sound and she drops her hair and stops turning it.]

What kind of weird shit do you have to deal with?

[Still staring]

We have another world inside of TV's full of monsters and a crazy goddess trying to end the world. Well, had - we took care of it.

...That's definitely a new one. I've never been in a TV before what's that like?

[Why don't people ask Naoto these things...]

Foggy. The entire world was full of super dense fog that blocked your vision unless you had special glasses. It was huge, but it wasn't constant - the landscape would change based around someone's subconscious. Like, someone felt like a trapped princess, so the world changed itself into a castle around them.

[He's so terrible at this]

What an interesting study that would make. Psychologists would have a much easier time figuring out their patients' problems, rather than wasting time following ridiculous ideas they have. [She'd just love to explore this place. It sounded fun]

So what did your section of the world look like, if you don't mind me asking.

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