voicemail.

[coastal]

[Following the "record your voicemail at the beep" message--]

What? Who gave you the right to order me around? -- W-Wait, was that the beep?

I wasn't prepared--!! [a whispered hiss:] How do you get this thing to stop-?!

[Beep!

You know the drill! IC Inbox for voice/video/action threads for whatever occasion.]

Comments

[coastal]

[Well... he has a point but considering the fact that she's entirely out of her depth here--]

What can I help you with...?

[She'd love to, obviously. She hates not being able to do anything but....

She doesn't really know what she can do.]

[adornmental]

[THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION and one he honestly doesn't have an answer for... He's not the sort to try bullshitting some flowery answer either, so he just shrugs. REASSURING.]

Who knows! I don't think anyone plans these things out beforehand. It just kinda happens and then you look back on it like wow, I really learned something from that person, right?

[That's how it generally seems to go, anyway... Not as glamorous as a speech could be, but honest, if nothing else.]

[coastal]

[DEFINITELY REASSURING. But.... well, Lili blinks once in response to that before tilting her head. At least he's not being dishonest or giving her some dumb answer full of fluff?! She'd see through that too quickly....]

Mm.... If you say so.

[Then perhaps she shouldn't try so hard?! (no, she's going to keep trying hard to repay this imaginary debt that she's worked up in her head.)

That said with the shinai she's holding in her hand right now--]

Ah. This one feels about right, by the way.

[by the way.... about the thing that she technically came here to learn??]

[adornmental]

[The last thing he'd do is give a dumb speech full of fluff so SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT, AT LEAST. Even if she has to deal with dumb bluntness and general sword confusion instead...

But oh, right, they were supposed to be doing something-- He'll reach out and take the one she's not going to be using.]

Good! If you're ready then, I'll show you the basic stances first.

[STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM...]

[coastal]

[From the bottom, indeed! But she just steels herself then, nodding firmly as her hands grasp the hilt of the shinai. She's a little unsure but... well, that's what she's learning for, right?!

Time to convince herself to not feel like an idiot...]

Okay!

[adornmental]

[AND SO THEY GO ON THEIR MERRY WAY. Kashuu is indeed a very patient teacher and even if Lili embarrasses herself 3000 times throughout their first training, he won't lose his temper even once. He's got all the time in the world, okay, and he's ready to give as much of it to Lili as she needs.]