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Kaede "meddlesome minstrel" Akamatsu 🎶 赤松 楓 ([personal profile] gotyourbach) wrote in [community profile] balance_logs2018-11-30 07:43 pm

[closed] "getting three gorgeous men to protect you during training is impressive..."

Who: kaede akamatsu ([personal profile] gotyourbach), qrow branwen ([personal profile] blodsvorr), goro akechi ([personal profile] grakraka), gundam tanaka ([personal profile] gundamned), ryuji sakamoto ([personal profile] ryuji)

Where: the dojo!

When: pre-Candlenights log

What: Nervous about taking a weapons class for the first time, Kaede invited several of her friends to come with her. Like, half of them are there for entirely different reasons, though.

Content Warning: Ryuji is a vulgar boy, also Akechi is here? So who knows, really. Possible spoilers for DRV3 I guess.

[Welcome to the dojo! While this particular room might be soundproofed from the outside, the inside is anything but restful and contemplative. The high ceilings and slightly-springy mats reflect the sound back inside, the crack of wood against wood and metal against metal as others train inside really creating the atmosphere that this is a place to learn how to fight. Or wallflower. Or watch out for weird perverts. Hey, whatever you're here for!]
ryuji: (you gotta win me a teddy bear)

[personal profile] ryuji 2018-12-01 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He's supposed to be getting a second chance at not making himself look like a totally socially inept outcast- he kind of talked to Dave and Akira a little bit about why he wanted to go to Academy to begin with, and it was to finish what he started back home. To make his mom proud, yeah, but... also to just be proud of himself, for once.

Flies out the window when Kaede more or less lets on that she's a little scared to know what other people think of her performance. He can see a few people looking in their direction, and his focus will shift from her- to them. He flashes a menacing gaze, and shakes his head- a warning to them not to fuck around and go find something else to do in the meantime. Ryuji, when he wants to, can look pretty threatening, and it's only ever made worse when there's someone he feels like he needs to protect. It's pretty effective.

Snapping back to reality, he shakes his head at her.]


Nah, no one's lookin' at you at all. Probably just tryin' to figure out how bad they're gonna be when they have to try or somethin'.

[This whole situation is kind of a mess.]

Why do you wanna use a staff, anyway?
ryuji: (i love your team sir)

[personal profile] ryuji 2018-12-01 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[It's okay. He honestly didn't care that much for it to begin with. It was only a matter of time before his true nature came out anyway; Ryuji can't actually hide who he is or where he came from.]

Huh.

[She still looks a little dismayed, and it crosses his mind if she masochistically wanted people to be looking at her? He doesn't really understand the inner workings going on here, but again, Ryuji doesn't care about other people.

He tilts his head, looking at her, investigating. He remembers the way she held that knife and how the form was all off- shit, he knows what holding a knife looks like... he's watched Akira do it for what felt like hundreds of hours.]


Lemme see your hands.

[He holds his out to take hers, if she'll let him.]
ryuji: (gives me a little bit more responsibilit)

[personal profile] ryuji 2018-12-01 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Ryuji will go about taking them, palm to palm. He raises them up, and down, and notices that she's got a certain tremble to her from overexertion. As a person who stayed up into the late hours of the night palace diving, he knows that feeling.]

You're pushin' yourself way too hard. You gotta ease into it, or else you're gonna hurt yourself.

[Maybe, if he had continued down the path he was originally meant for, he could've scrambled himself up some funds, gone to college, got a physical therapy certificate. He's not great at healing arts, but he knows about the ways bodies move and the way that they're not supposed to move, and Kaede pushing too hard is a sign of someone who doesn't know what they're doing with their body.

He flexes her wrist down. Qrow told him that she played the piano, and he spreads out her fingers, looking at how soft and nimble they are. If it's flustering for Kaede, it's definitely not for Ryuji, since being physical and forward is pretty much his day-to-day, and he's really just trying to put together what he wants to say.]


I don't think you've got the wrists for this shit.

[Blunt, just like his weapon of choice.]

You're s'posed to strike with your strength, y'know?

[Looking up at her, his eyes search around, and he's sadly, in a way, reminded of Ann. He'd do the same if it were her.]

Why don't you use something like a whip? It's got range to it, so you don't have to be all up in your opponent's grill, and it's more about wrist movement than actually strikin' something.

[He'll let go at this point.]

Looks like you've got a ton of flexibility in your hands. Akira's kinda the same way. He uses daggers 'cause of it.
Edited (idk why i said "scramble himself up" and forgot to add "some funds" that was awkward) 2018-12-01 06:00 (UTC)
ryuji: (i'm allergic to sushi)

[personal profile] ryuji 2018-12-01 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He wouldn't ever tell someone not to try and figure out a way to defend themselves. It's going to be dangerous out there, and leaving a person without a way to attack back is like asking them to be killed. Ryuji doesn't want Kaede put in that situation at all, but he notes the hesitation in both body language (strongly) and her concerns about spoken (weakly).

An affirmative "mmn" sound comes out of his throat. Well, it was just an idea. It doesn't matter, ultimately what she ends up choosing, as long as she's good at it.]


If you're this determined to figure out how to kick ass, I don't, uh. I dunno. I think you'd get the hang of a different weapon.

[Smiling, he rolls his shoulders.]

It's just... I think you can actually damage your wrists easier if you're usin' a stick to whack a shad--- an enemy. Whatever you end up choosin', I'd say to go for somethin' a little less straining there.

[A small pause, unsure if his words of advice are even remotely helpful here.]

'Cause... I mean... I used t'be a track star. It was pretty much, like, my everything. I hurt my leg and I can't really run anymore. Qrow said you're a wiz at the piano, so, yeah.

I know what it's like to lose something you're really good at, and. Just be careful, aight?
ryuji: (ron and diane sittin' in a tree)

[personal profile] ryuji 2018-12-01 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods back to her when his name is mentioned. He's not an SHSL runner, but... yeah, that was his one ticket out of the mediocre birth he was given. It took a long time to find something to fill the gap of that, and then proceeded to lose that as well. He's just... so tired of losing. And he's equally tired of seeing the people around him lose, too.]

No one really wants to hurt anyone. Unless you're a complete and utter psycho, and I sure as shit ain't gettin' those vibes from you.

[Ryuji's trying to lighten the mood a little bit here.]

You, uh. You fight to help others. You fight 'cause there's something you gotta protect. It ain't about who's right, who's wrong. None of that shit.

[Spoken like a truly morally gray thief who stole hearts, here.]

And even when you fight and you lose, you gotta keep fighting. Long as you got that sorta vibe goin', I'll do my best to back you up.