Day 88:: Can you hear me, I know I'm just a whisper...

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone!
Status: Open
When: Day 88
Where: The Bastion
What: NPC and PC mingling
Format: Action
Warnings: None

[The excitement of the day before moves in to the quiet of the day after in the Bastion. It's fairly calm after all that, and the two new arrivals have been mostly healed. Current residents will find the once-armored woman bandaged still but in surprisingly good spirits, and the male with the guitar skittish and likely to jump at the smallest thing.

This would be a good point to talk to them, other NPCs or even your fellow NPCs.]

Comments

[bastionpc]

It's not selfish. Not at all. Selfless, yes, and perhaps a bit foolish at times, but certainly not selfish.

But we do have you to thank, for still being alive.

[windgod]

Oh...it wasn't all me...I only did a little really. Seimei-san is the one...who carried you back here...and Bon-san and Sonic-san...helped take care of that bigger creature...as well as Alucard-san. They're all...really nice people...you should say hello when you get...the chance.

[Ippo smiled and rubbed the back of his head with his good hand; still not ready to let himself be fully complimented. It was a group effort after all, he was just glad no one died and everyone was back safe and sound]

[bastionpc]

I saw you get thrown! Don't think that's 'a little'! I've known hardened warrior men who would tremble at such a thing!

[Sorry, Ippo. She's insisting on it.]

[windgod]

Well...that was kind of my idea...I wasn't really tall enough...to get a good shot at that creature...so I needed Alucard-san's help. I'm sure...that it wasn't that big of a thing...it was just the first...idea I came up with that...I thought might work.

[Ippo...hadn't given much thought to the merit of his strategy. He knew he could hit the thing hard enough, but he had just needed a boost getting there. Surely that wasn't that brave of a thing to do]

[bastionpc]

[Ahime can't help but laugh at that]

You think on your feet very well! You must be a great asset tot his place.

[windgod]

[There we go with that making him blush thing again, how many times can you make a man's face turn red in one conversation?]

Oh hardly...I only just arrived...not too long ago myself...I owe my quick thinking...to Coach Kamogawa and everyone...who taught me how to box at my gym... I...I owe them more...than I'll ever be able to repay...but I'll make sure to honor their memories...the best I can...

[Take a good look Ahime; this is as confident and determined as you're ever going to see Ippo around here. Enjoy this brief look into the kid's head]

[bastionpc]

[It's the perks of being an older woman, really.]

Box? What is that?

[It's nice to see him like that, but she doesn't know what he's talking about.]

[windgod]

[Oh yeah...Ippo kept forgetting that not everyone around here would know exactly what he was talking about...he was still getting used to that. Still, he was happy to explain]

Oh...sorry...I'll explain. Boxing is...a sport where two people...in the same weight class get...in a ring and fight hand to hand...until the end of a set number...of rounds...or until the other person is...knocked out. The oldest known form of boxing...that we know of comes from...Ancient Greece...and was known by the name...Pygmachia...which just roughly translates to...Fist Fighting. As well...the earliest record of...it being an Olympic sport...started in 668 BC.

[He's definitely smiling like a dope right now; raspy voice or not, if you give him a chance to rattle of his knowledge of boxing, its a good day for Ippo]

[bastionpc]

Oh, yes, that's right! I recall that sport now. I haven't ever seen it in person but I recall the carvings and the urns that were excavated from various ruins.

[she chuckles quietly, fingers to her lips]

I feel silly, asking questions like that. From what I understand though, varying time periods and worlds are common here.