ookurikara

[preowned]

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[unfriendliest]

...Right.

[ he's not buying it ]

Do what you want, then.

[preowned]

[ he sighs ]

Ignoring any romantic feelings... the two of you are friends, so I wouldn't want to intrude on your time together.

[ kara doesn't make friends easily and he saw how easily he and lili interact. ]

[unfriendliest]

You're both friends, too.

[ and his friends. but okay. he looks away. ]

I guess I did say we needed to talk, though.

[preowned]

[ ... ]

Well, if you don't have to go now, we can still find something to do until then.

[unfriendliest]

[ shrug ]

We don't have a lot to do around here, once the gateways are cleared. I've mostly just been practicing with the magic.

[preowned]

You should show me how good you are with your powers!

[ IMPRESS HIM ]

[unfriendliest]

I don't think you'd like the volcano that much. You'd get dirty.

[preowned]

[ ...... ]

I'll be careful.

[unfriendliest]

Then don't blame me if you get covered in ash.

[ he'll start heading for the fire region then ]

[preowned]

[ it's fine he already fell in the ocean so his outfit has probably seen better days

but he'll happily follow after him ]

[unfriendliest]

Did you get a chance to learn much about it, before...?

[ this kind of magic is pretty new to them, so he's curious about tsuru's too. all the airs died so early he didn't really get to see it in action ]

[preowned]

I didn't get to practice that much before I died, but we can still use our powers where we are.

[unfriendliest]

[ nods ]

I wondered about that. No one ever said anything about it.

[ anyway once they get to the fire area he's going to just. draw his sword to set it aflame, the magic trickling from his hand down the blade as if the carving was breathing fire ]

It's easier to use it like this.

[preowned]

We can still do things like fight each other, we just can't kill or seriously injure each other again.

[ which is. good.

but he watches the trick and... claps. ]

[unfriendliest]

That's good. It would be strange if you could break twice.

[ he'll let the flames die out and sheath his sword again ]

Mikazuki's the one who helped me learn.

[preowned]

He didn't spar with you, did he?

[unfriendliest]

Once. Before I knew it was him.

...He used a fan.

[preowned]

[ djfsdkgsd that gets him to laugh ]

I guess that makes sense... you would be able to tell it was him if he used a sword.

[ ... ]

He still refuses to do it with me.

[ IT'S KILLING TSURU THIS IS THE WORST KIND OF WAY TO BE CUCKED ]

[unfriendliest]

He is?

[ that's... kind of funny lmao ]

Did he say why?

[preowned]

No. Every time I bring it up, he either changes the subject or pretend his back hurts because he's so old. He's not that much older than me, you know? I know his back doesn't hurt.

[ HE IS KILLING HIS TSURU ]

[unfriendliest]

[ kara's voice turns flat ]

Maybe he doesn't think sparring is romantic.

[preowned]

You can pretend to feel sorry for me.

[unfriendliest]

There are other people you can spar with, you know.

[preowned]

I do with Lili now, and I have with Hisoka before...

[ one is less cursed than the other ]

But Lili's still learning and Hisoka doesn't use swords. It's not the same.

[unfriendliest]

Yeah.

[ she's doing well - kara was pleased with her progress, before she died. but hisoka, while a decent opponent, has a very strange fighting style. kara isn't sure he likes it. ]

I'd spar with you if I could, but...

[ he'd have to be dead for that lmao ]