allstarz / dante

[damp]

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w1, friday

[foreverphantom]

[ well, rin is a fellow starfarer, which means he gets to see dante going absolutely ape on this new punching bag!!

by which i mean he's trying to go ape but uhhhh he's kind of bad at it? he hasn't used punching bags much. so his rhythm is off and his punches range wildly from good enough to send the thing swinging, to weak and misaimed so his hand slides right off it ]

[damp]

[ DANTE... Waits until a poor punch to chime. ]

... Don't fall.

[foreverphantom]

You--!

[ the sudden comment throws him off and makes him throw a punch in rin's direction

he only manages to pivot and make sure he punches the air next to him instead at the last second ]

Don't--don't taunt me.

[damp]

[ WHOA stepping back even though dante has it handled ]

What? Why would I taunt you?

[foreverphantom]

[ now that he's recovered from the punch, he's got his arms folded defensively ]

Then what was that just now?

[damp]

[ ? ]

If you punch with enough force and miss the bag, then you might fall. That's all.

[foreverphantom]

[ just scrutinizing him for any hint of mockery or judgement ]

[damp]

[ HE JUST LOOKS CONFUSED ]

[foreverphantom]

[ NOT THE SHINY WET EYES ICON ]

...you got a lot of experience with punching bags?

[damp]

Not really. I mostly just do weight training.

[foreverphantom]

And yet you're suddenly an expert in punching bag technique.

[damp]

I don't have to be an expert to see you missing the bag.

[foreverphantom]

[ glares at rin for a moment

then punches the bag with more force than he's exhibited so far. with a yell, to boot ]

[damp]

...

You're not picturing that's me, are you...

[foreverphantom]

...you know, I actually hadn't thought of that.

[damp]

Hey.

[ that's not very friendship is magic of you dante ]

[foreverphantom]

You're the one who suggested it.

[damp]

As a warning!!

[foreverphantom]

What? How was that supposed to work?

[damp]

I said "you better not"...!

... Not that I'm going to do anything if you are.

[foreverphantom]

Nah. You're annoying, but not worth punching.

Yet.

[damp]

If you punch me, I'm punching you back.

[foreverphantom]

Good. I wouldn't have it any other way.

[damp]

Is that how you got along with Vi?

[ that's right... he hasn't forgotten the talking about feelings portion of this pc ]

[foreverphantom]

[ how dare you

his face immediately sours again ]

...no.

I wish.