four ☆ the world on his shoulders

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[Yuuto shows up on the beach looking a little dirty, but he's fine otherwise. His jacket is unzipped and the shirt he's wearing shows the outlines of a leather harness and weights beneath. He pauses to strip off his shoes so that he can jump around on the sand.

Finally, he's ready. His knuckles whiten around his quarterstaff, which has somehow managed to survive all this time (also despite getting owned by the rogue Imagin a few weeks ago). He practices a few defensive stances, then one of the attacking ones he's been taught. He goes on to attempt a few he's seen... er... felt Urataros using for some time, then steps back and leans on his staff. He needs... more. This isn't enough.

It's worth a shot.]

Aniki?


[ooc: Feel free to bother/stalk/whatever. They just got a canonbump, and Ryotarou is officially out of cards, so Yuuto has to pick up the slack now.]

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... Thanks. [He picks the staff up again.] A friend of mine is training me.

[contract_star]

I see. For how long? [Looks more closely at Yuuto.] Are you...wearing weights?

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

A while. [Observant Hei is observant. Yuuto shifts slightly... and there's the faintest jingle.] Maybe, why?

[contract_star]

That's a very traditional training method. But very effective. I'm impressed.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

It almost killed me.

[contract_star]

Is that so? But it didn't. Must be working.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Or maybe I just have good luck.

[contract_star]

Luck is a bigger part of winning a fight than most people realize.

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But people with awful luck can win sometimes, too.

[contract_star]

I can think of at least one person.

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... Me too.

[contract_star]

There are different kinds of luck, though. Maybe you and Ryotarou just have different brands.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

You mean good and bad?

[contract_star]

Aheh...a bit more varied than that. Some people are lucky in different things.

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He's not lucky in anything.

[contract_star]

...You might be right.

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It's almost like some kind of awful superpower...

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[And he can't help it, he starts laughing.] That's one way to describe it.

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[Yuuto smiles a bit and looks away.] He's always been like that.

[contract_star]

[DAW ICON.] It's amazing he's survived this long.

[hasarrived.livejournal.com]

Longer. It doesn't get any better when he's older, believe me.

[contract_star]

[Chuckles.] Ah that's right--you know him from the future, don't you?

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Y... yeah.

He shouldn't be allowed to do home improvement... ever.

[contract_star]

...Do I want to know?

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You'd probably bust a stitch if I told you...