[Voice / Action]

[dawndigger]

Um... I want to ask anybody who knows how to fight...

How do you pick a weapon? I mean... how do you know what suits you best? Do you try them until you figure it out, or do you let someone pick for you? And what if you-

...nevermind...

[Simon's going to be chilling out around the stairs at the entrance of community building 7, a sheathed sword

Comments

[Voice]

[originaljackass]

Tell you what, kid, in my experience, you pick up whatever weapon is handy and if the other guy manages to not kill with what he's holding, you've got a winner.

[Voice]

[dawndigger]

I-isn't that kind of harsh?

[Voice]

[originaljackass]

It's effective, though. If you're shit with a weapon, you're going to find out soon.

[Voice]

[dawndigger]

...But if things go wrong, you're dead and you can't learn to do better next time.

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[shrikestrikes]

Train in different styles with different weapons. Use the most comfortable one. [He would know.]

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[dawndigger]

...I guess there's no fast way to get strong, huh.

voice;

[shrikestrikes]

'Course not. If you want something, you have to work for it.

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[dawndigger]

Yeah...

I just want to get strong enough to protect people, so waiting is... [Kind of dangerous.]

[Voice]

[my_safe_corner]

I was born with mine..

[Voice]

[dawndigger]

Born with it? How?

[Voice]

[my_safe_corner]

Well...I don't know exactly how...

[Voice]

[dawndigger]

... I don't get it. [Weapons are objects, so how can you have one when you're born?]

[vulcanblazer]

The safe bet for anyone looking to fight and to start out?

Your own bare hands.

[dawndigger]

What if you're too small to be strong enough with just that? [Like, say, a 4-foot midget who has yet to hit that convenient teenage growth spurt...]

[vulcanblazer]

Then you need to train hard and fix that. Besides, learning to fight with your fists teaches you important fundamentals about fighting in general!

[dawndigger]

What do you learn with your fists that you can't with a weapon?

[Voice]

[failuremage]

A weapon should be one that you are comfortable wielding, and that suits whatever you aim to fight. Of course, one should never take a weapon lightly.

[Voice]

[dawndigger]

O-of course not... weapons are serious, after all. What if you don't know what you're going to fight, though?

[failuremage]

Then learn how to use your weapon in a variety of situations, for the best weapon is one that can be used against many. I personally prefer words.

[dawndigger]

Words? [As a weapon? That doesn't make much sense.]