17th Combo - [Video]

[redcladidealist]

There! I-

[Locked from Eridan]

-did it! Good. That'll keep him from listening in on this. Thanks, Genis. I owe you one.

[Yup, somebody begged his best friend to show him how to lock. That done, he turns his attention on the Dreamberry - and Somarium in general by extension. His expression is very serious, and perhaps a little chagrined.]

Hey, everyone. I... kind of need some help. I need to get stronger, so I need to train, but I also need help learning how to fight magic users. [He makes a face.] Especially magic users that can fly.

[No, he's not talking about anyone in specific. What makes you think that?]

Does anyone want to spar? Or have any advice?

Comments

3/?

[redcladidealist]

[But he and Eridan-]

4/5

[redcladidealist]

[Eridan wouldn't! Lloyd's told him plain and clear that he-]

5/5

[redcladidealist]

[-hates him.

Ohgodohgodohgod.]

I DON'T HATE HIM LIKE THAT!

[redcladidealist]

...oh. I- I knew that!

[He flushes just a little. Damn it, now he feels like an idiot. The flush doesn't last long though before he's frowning again.]

What if you can't? I need to be able to protect someone if I can't take them with me.

[allies.livejournal.com]

[ god fucking damn it. ]

Fuck, Lloyd. This is what happens when you get too close to a species you know shit all about.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

That would depend on why you can't take them away. Brute force is hardly going to help against someone who can fly and use magic at the same time. You'll have to use cunning.

...Which might be a problem for you, unfortunately.

[redcladidealist]

I wasn't trying to get close to him at all! It just happened and we yelled at each other a lot! I didn't think he'd-!

[This face FOREVER.]

[allies.livejournal.com]

Yelling is a kind of black flirting.

[redcladidealist]

H-hey! What's that supposed to mean?! I can be cunning!

[redcladidealist]

[The horrified look on Lloyd's face becomes even worse.]

No way. No way. You can't be serious!

[But he already knows Karkat is.]

Can't you hate someone without it meaning you want them like that?! Can't you just be mad?!

[allies.livejournal.com]

That's called platonic hate and you have to make it entirely clear to him that's what it is or he'll keep getting the wrong fucking idea. [ though saying that hasn't worked so well with dave so far... ] Knowing Eridan, he'll insist that you're walking towards something more caliginous.

... Unless you actually are aiming for a black romance here.

[redcladidealist]

[Platonic hate. Platonic hate. Lloyd is going to remember this phrase and grasp onto it with all the desperation of a drowning man with a preserver.]

I don't! Augh, that's the last thing I'd ever want!

[Why would you even suggest that?!]

So, I'll just tell him I hate him platonically, then never talk to him again!

[This is clearly the only solution!]

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Well, it certainly doesn't seem that way, considering the point of your video is to ask for help to get physically stronger by training.

[redcladidealist]

I wasn't just asking about getting physically stronger. I want to learn strategy, too!

[Not helping your argument, Lloyd~]

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Oh? Well, I suppose it's never too late to start using your brain. It's a muscle too, you know. Perhaps you should consider exercising it as much as you do for your other muscles.

So, what is the situation? A helpless damsel being held captive, needing a noble hero to rescue her from the big bad flying magic-user?

[redcladidealist]

[Suspicious and somewhat skeptical.] Your brain is a muscle? How do you exercise something that's stuck inside your head?

Something like that. [Someone missed the sarcasm there.] A flying magic user was threatening one of my friends. The problem is that she's his friend, too, so she probably wouldn't run or let someone take her away. I wouldn't, if I was in her place. So I had to stop him before he could find her.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

By using it. Which you clearly aren't.

I'm not quite sure I follow. Your friend is friendly with the person who's threatening her? If she's fine with it, perhaps it isn't your place to meddle. [Getting involved with couples who like violence is such a hassle.]

[redcladidealist]

HEY! I am too! If I wasn't thinking, then I wouldn't even be asking for help in the first place!

I think she just doesn't realize how much of a threat he is. He said he was going to kill her!

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Whatever you say. [SHRUG.]

Have you tried speaking with her yet? It would take someone possessed of remarkable [idiocy] loyalty to have absolutely no response against a death threat. Unless you're the one who's completely misinterpreting the situation.

[redcladidealist]

[Just going to give him a scowl and let that part drop.]

She says she can deal with Eridan and that I shouldn't worry. I still want to be prepared in case it comes up again.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

[Eridan, huh. Jade files that name away for later.] And since the police haven't received any reports of a violent murder, would I be correct in assuming she's fine right now? How long ago was the death threat made?

[redcladidealist]

[Oh, did Lloyd just put Eridan on a police force member's radar? O o p s.]

About a month, I think. He said he didn't mean it when I talked to him again, but I'm not sure that I believe him. He sure sounded like he meant it when we fought. Kanaya's still okay, though. At least, she was a few days ago.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

So why choose to bring it up right now?

[redcladidealist]

Because now I'm healed enough that I can practice. I couldn't when I had broken ribs.

[uncute-one.livejournal.com]

Did Eridan attack you instead?

...Rather, did you attack him? [Oh boys, always prancing around being all macho.]