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[lionunchained]

[This had been prompted by questions from others, making offers to help, and from Shiro and Keith talking to each other about said previous conversations.

So Shiro has decided to formally make the post. With Keith in the video as well since it is for both of them. So he had set up the video feed in their living room with Keith next time. If someone tried very hard, they might might see some animal of some sort sleeping on the stairs, only because animals didn't understand this was serious business and needed to be out of the shot. The lions luckily did.]

Hello, Quarantine. For those for those of you who don't know us, I'm Shiro and this is Keith. So we've received some requests from others for help recently so we wanted formally offer. We will be offering personal training sessions for anyone interested. Anything from learning to how to use the weight equipment to weekly training to sparring sessions both for those who have experience and those who don't.

[Keith glanced at Shiro for a second and then added a little at the end.]

We can work with you at the gym or here at the house if you don't want us to beat you up in public.

[He smirked a little, just teasing the audience.]



[ooc: italicized text is Keith. Either Keith or Shiro could reply so if you have a preference, let us know. Otherwise, random]

Comments

[tempredmental]

Nearly, but not quite?

[tevinteraltus]

[He smirks.]

I've had quite a bit of training in the resisting of temptation, Keith. It will take more than that.

[tempredmental]

But would it be such a terrible thing, really?

[tevinteraltus]

I have never had an interest in swinging about sharpened bits of metal on a battlefield. It's the quickest way to ensure you'll be covered in blood by battle's end.

[tempredmental]

I guess... unless your fighting bots... then it's just whatever's inside them.

[He shrugged.]

I just know I'm better at sword fighting than shooting a gun, so I work with it.

[tevinteraltus]

Blood, motor oil, or some other lubricant. Be that as it may, I prefer being clean. I suppose I'm particular that way.

[ He nods. ]

Ah, yes, this "gun". I've seen several, but I've never attempted the use of one.

[tempredmental]

[Keith shrugged a little.]

You're not the first.

[He frowned a bit in thought.]

I was taught the basics, but I never really mastered it, I guess. It's not really my strong point.

[He gave another shrug.]

It's okay.

[tevinteraltus]

I'm glad to hear it. Not near enough have a sense of basic personal hygiene. It's deplorable.

[ And disgusting, but moving on. ]

I simply see no need. My magic has yet to fail me.

[tempredmental]

Magic. [Keith looked a little amused for a moment, but then nodded.] I guess I've seen something like that recently. I didn't think it was real, but there are some people out there that can do things that seem magical. I'm not sure if it really is or what it is they're doing, but it's pretty cool.

[tevinteraltus]

Yes. Magic. [And yes, he does look disgusted and condescending.]

I do far more than conjure party favors and pull frightened lagomorphs from a top hat.

[tempredmental]

[Keith was used to that look.]

Can you, though? What's a lago-whatever?

[tevinteraltus]

No.

[He breathes a slow breath, pinching the bridge of his nose before responding.]

I cannot pull a rabbit out of a hat, unless I first bodily put the rabbit into a hat.

[tempredmental]

So, like... there's no teleport spell or something you can use to move it into the hat without someone seeing...?

[Keith had seen people teleport back home. That he knew was a thing.]

[tevinteraltus]

No. Such a thing would require cutting a hole in reality.

[He breathes a sigh.]

Suffice to say, without some sort of means to assure the ensuing energies not run rampant and destroy everything in the nearby vicinity, no. Such a thing is not possible, and certainly, entertainment is not a sufficient cause for the risk.

[tempredmental]

Huh... [Keith considered that for a moment.] I've seen druids back home teleport themselves. They seem to do it pretty easily. [Much to his frustration when fighting one...]

[tevinteraltus]

I'm not even certain what a druid is, Keith.

[tempredmental]

They're from back home. They wear these weird bird-beak-like masks and work for the Galra Empire using quintessence to do weird spells. We've been fighting against them. I think they're with Zarkon's witch, Haggar.

[tevinteraltus]

Ah.

[A lot of what he's hearing can be summarized as "this is magic and I have no idea how it works, so it's odd and off-putting.]

I'll have to read into this "Quintessence" of yours. It may not be as weird or physically impossible as you imagine.

[tempredmental]

Maybe. Allura said it's some kind of life force thing, and we all have it. I just... I don't know if that means anyone can actually use it, or if you need special skills to. I haven't really tried.

[At least, not that he knew of. He shrugged a bit.]

I mean, the Lions run off quintessence, so I guess maybe I do? In a way? [And he'd sensed the Blue Lion before it had bonded with Lance... and he was part Galra... so maybe there was more to that than he realized, but he didn't want to think about it too much.] I don't really know. I know we had to really focus and learn how to bond with the Lions and each other as a team. It's like this kind of psychic thing going on, and I think it works through quintessence. [He poked his forefingers together as if making a connection.]

[tevinteraltus]

What you mean to say is you were taught this "bonding" and strove to understand it just as much as was necessary to attain the level of serviceability you required, is that right?

[tempredmental]

...........

Pretty much. [Shrug.]

It works. That's all I care about.

[tevinteraltus]

Sweet Maker...but what if something were to go wrong and no one was about who did understand it to set it right?

[tempredmental]

Well... we've never been without someone to understand it.

[Keith shrugged.]

[tevinteraltus]

Ah, yes. That makes everything alright, doesn't it? Does Shiro understand it?

[tempredmental]

He seems to. I mean, it's hard to explain. We understand it on a weird level, I guess, because of the bond with the Lions. Because, the Lions understand it. So, a lot of it just kind of happens without us really trying. It's just a matter of focusing and working with the Lions on this weird mental level.