RAVE 0004 [Video]

[ravelt]

[When the camera clicks on, it first pans over to what looks like a desolate wasteland. There are bodies and body parts strewn everywhere, craters marring the landscape, and the only thing breaking the erie silence was a strong breeze occasionally cutting across the land.

Suddenly, the camera shifts, giving an up close and personal look of someone's purple iris. It then pans back, revealing Haru making a skeptical face at the journal, as he tries to get it to work. He uses it so infrequently for making posts he still barely has an idea of how to use it properly. Thankfully, he takes notice that the thing seems to be working.]

Ah, cool! It's working! [He flashes a big grin at the camera as he puts the journal down on the ground.

He pauses for a moment, contemplating what exactly he's going to say now that he's got the chance to say it. It's really something he should have considered BEFORE turning on the journal, but, ah well. Spur of the moment ideas and all that. Finally, he opts to speak up.]

Hey, some of you guys out there use the Battle Dome pretty regularly, right? I was wonderin' if I could borrow some of your training simulations? I had one that was workin' out pretty well for me there for a while, I guess it's gettin' to be too easy for me now. That's probably a sign I need somethin' different now, right? [Another big, happy grin.] So you got any cool ideas?

[He ends the recording there, and sets up a few (poorly done) filters.]

[Filtered to Shuda | 30% unhackable]

Hey Shuda, I was wondering if you could give me some help with my training, too.

[Filtered to Vegeta | 30% unhackable]

Hey, Mr. Vegeta! I got the hang of that thing!

[Filtered to Elie | 30% unhackable]

Hey Elie, umm...

[he cuts off his sentence early on that last one.]

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[niceguypose]

Is that so, Haru-kun? [He says, pressing his fist to the palm of his other hand. Very, very innocently, of course.]

I would be glad to show you a training simulation worthy of Team Gai!

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[ravelt]

Really? Awesome! [He doesn't know what Team Gai is, but whatever it is, if this training simulation is worthy of it, it must be good.]

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[niceguypose]

I'm glad that you agree! Come to the Battle Dome in three hours. You may perform whatever warm-up exercises you deem necessary in the meantime. And then... you shall learn a new definition of 'challenge'!

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[ravelt]

You've got it! I'll see you in three hours then! [That just leaves the question of what he'll do for the next three hours...]

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[niceguypose]

Excellent! Use your time wisely!

[And when the time comes, Lee will already be in the lobby of the Battle Dome, doing push-ups on the floor.]

[Voice//Filtered, bumped up to 60%]

[dancing_flames]

I was wondering if you were ever going to ask.

[Voice//Filtered, bumped up to 60%]

[ravelt]

Well, I was workin' on tryin' out some other stuff there for a while, but I figure I should really get back to my swordsmanship!

[Voice//Filtered, bumped up to 60%]

[dancing_flames]

You mean you haven't been practicing at all lately?

[HARU PLS.]

Do you really expect to keep your skills sharp without constant training?

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[ravelt]

I told you, I was practicin' other skills! [God Shuda, do you know how hard it fucking is to learn how to shoot ki blasts on your own? You don't 'cause you don't know shit. Don't even have special techniques without your Dark Bring!]

[Voice//Filtered, bumped up to 60%]

[dancing_flames]

That isn't an excuse. If you did that every time you learned a new skill, all you'd accomplish would be forgetting the old ones.

[EXCUSE YOU in the future he will be able to take down Megiddo without a Dark Bring at all, so suck on that.]

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[misterbrief]

[Why is he making this pathetic attempt at setting up a filter. He doesn't understand but whatever, he's not even going to try to fix it for him either.]

Really? I'll believe it when I see it.

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[ravelt]

Then come see. I'll show you.

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[misterbrief]

This had better be good, Haru. Where are you.

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[ravelt]

I'm at the Battle Dome, of course! [Gosh, Vegeta, did you not listen to his post at all.]

[filter? WHAT'S THAT?]

[etherion]

What's up Haru?

[WE JUST DON'T KNOW]

[ravelt]

Well, you know, I... [He scratches his cheek a bit. Gods this is quite possibly the hardest thing ever.]

I was wonderin' if maybe you...

[oh that filter, the one that's at 10% now. +1 for Elie!]

[etherion]

If I what?

[Oh gosh wait]

[still at 10%]

[etherion]

[Does he want to be her dance partner]

[still at 10%]

[etherion]

[She'd really have to teach him to dance though]

[whoops 0%]

[etherion]

If you're gonna ask, the answer is yes! [...oh gosh, this can only end horribly can't it.]

Though, uh, I should probably ask what you're gonna ask.

[whoops 0%]

[ravelt]

[Okay, relax, Haru. Breathe. Look how relaxed Elie is. You can do the same! You've known her forever. ...Okay maybe not forever, but long enough that you know you should be comfortable around her.]

Umm...

[Gulp.]

Well, I was wonderin' if you wanted to do somethin' together sometime. You know... Just the two of us.

[Is that Haru asking Elie out on a date? Kiiiiind of.]

video -- sorry for the laaaaaaaaaate

[aerialassault]

[Cliff eyed the young man and the sheer level of the mess that lay around him in the simulation chamber.]

Have you considered boosting the gravity by a few levels?

[As he recalled, the Sim rooms could hit intensities that were ten times that of Earth.]

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[ravelt]

The gravity? Huh... I never thought about that...

[He's barely experimented with the settings beyond what he uses for his simulation.]

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[aerialassault]

Not a lot of people would, but you've gotta trust me on this one. Even doubling the current settings will make your training that much more challenging.

[ravelt]

I'll be sure to give it a try then! Thanks!