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national kick a tall person day

Who: you and Hythlodaeus! Or you and any other person taller than you. Or shorter than you.
Where: errywhere around Mango City
When: October 25
What: national kick a tall person day! Get 'em in the shins!

[As you walk around the city, be it for pleasure or on some errand, there is a very good chance that you will suddenly be swarmed by tiny kids who arrive to happily kick you in the shins. Fortunately, they are still very small, so the kicks are about as effective as being slapped with a soft toy. In fact, some of them choose to press their Pokemon's paws against your ankles instead. Upon questioning, the kids happily explain: it's kick day! The day you can kick if you're small! A day of revenge, cries one of the kids!

An older child, tagging behind the group - clearly the designated babysitter, and bored of the antics, - explains that it's the National Kick A Tall Person Day. That's it, really. You kick anyone taller than you in the shins, - here she half-heartedly taps your legs with her foot, - and you can try to dodge kicks from shorter people. The toddlers love it.

There you have it. You are now free to participate in tormenting anyone taller than you! It seems like the power of the kick is fully dependent on your desire. Do you take this chance at revenge? Do you ignore it to go about your business and avoid further attacks for the day? Do you have an (ir)rational fear of getting kicked and hole up in your room for the day?

Should you try to return the kick favour, however, the kids stop you, frowning, and explain that no, you're not allowed to kick back, you're only allowed to throw the shorter people! Almost immediately, you are surrounded by children demanding you throw them up and down. Enjoy!

For those looking to extract revenge, be it for your height-related complex or for his personal transgressions, Hythlo is wandering around the city on his day off. Go get him.]

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[ That is absolutely a mistake, because Hien is very much more of a kicking person than a punching person, so when Fai flips him over like how one does with tables, he twists his body to do a controlled backflip like a gymnast and immediately swings his body with the momentum to slide in order to trip Fai. ]

[ That definitely trips him, and he lets himself fall instead of trying to regain his balance. He ends up falling on his butt, and he looks up at Hien. ]

You win!

[ After all that though, Hien gets up and just lightly taps on Fai's shin with his foot. ]

Yup. That's a point for me. I didn't think you were so strong though...

[ You look like a stick?? ]

[ Fai's content to just sit on the ground for now, making no move to stand. ]

I have a lot of combat training. [ Most of it is magic combat, though. ]

Although I don't really like fighting, so I'm pretty rusty.

And here I was wondering if you'd spar with me so I don't get rusty.

[ Since... admittedly, it was kinda fun? The pokemon do more action-y things than he does in this world. Maybe that's for the better, but he sometimes feels antsy from not doing anything.

He crouches a bit though, so that Fai doesn't have to crane his neck up in order to talk to him while standing. ]

...I'll think about it!

[ He really will, too. It would probably be a good idea for him to hone his skills again. He's just let Kurogane handle all battles since they met, aside from their time fighting in Yama. ]

Do you only do hand-to-hand?

No, but it's the next best thing when the opponents think to disarm you. I can also use a rapier and piano wires. Whatever uses string, I guess.

[ Like yo-yos. But it looks like all of his options are for close-range. ]

Ooh, you use string?

[ That's an interesting choice, one he hadn't really thought of. ]

I prefer long-range attacks myself.

I prefer to disarm them if I can... magic works too, but if we're talking weapons, that's just what I prefer.

[ His magic isn't suitable for sparring, so Fai doesn't have to know unless he asks. ]

I also prefer to disarm. That's what I mostly did when I used a bow and arrow for a while.

[ Despite daily battles for months, Fai was mostly able to avoid killing people. ]

[ Fai being an archer--Hien is slightly surprised. Though, his reasoning for disarming is probably different than Fai's... Well, that's not too important. ]

I got to see your dodging at work though. It's not bad.

[ Since he did mention that at some point. ]

[ He smiles. ]

I feel like that's a big compliment coming from you.

[ He'll take it as one anyway! ]

I'll admit, it's nice not having to actually fight for myself here.

Yeah? I actually feel kinda antsy about it. Whenever I usually go to a world, it ends up being around 75% that I have to fight one way or another.

[ ... ]

Or maybe I'm just jinxing it.

Maybe!

[ He laughs, shaking his head. ]

I've had the same experience too. In most places my companions and I end up, we usually have to fight something. The world I was in before I arrived here was one of the rare ones where we didn't have to fight.

What was it like? Mine in comparison are most likely boring compared to yours.

[ Storytime with Fai--though Hien is very curious on worlds that he probably hasn't been to yet. ]

I'm sure yours aren't boring.

[ But he'll go ahead and tell Hien a little. ]

It was called Piffle, and it was really hi-tech. I'd never seen anything like it before, so it was really fun to live there for a while. We ended up entering a race to get the first prize, and we had to drive these little flying cars. It was a nice change of pace.

[ He's not going to mention the sabotaging by Fei Wang Reed since that's too much to go into but he feels like that's enough for now anyway. ]

A racecar scenario...

[ Hien tries to imagine it and looks at Fai. Hm... ]

Did you win?

Sakura did, but not me.

[ He laughs. ]

One of the obstacles went a little haywire and my car crashed into the water. It stopped working after that, so I had to bow out.

[ It was more serious than he's making it sound but. This is Fai. ]

[ Hien just stares at Fai for a moment. What the hell, dude?? You crashed a car into the water and just brush it off--well, Hien would do the same, but he's pretty sure Fai isn't some sort of immortal? Even with the whole "I'm actually 100 years old" thing that might be going on. ]

For you to say that like it's nothing... maybe I should call you a daredevil.

[ He laughs again, waving one of his hands. ]

I'm not a daredevil, I promise. It just wasn't a bad crash. I know how to land to keep myself from getting injured.

[ That's partially a lie—he does know how to protect himself, but also something like that can't kill him. ]

Uh... huh.

[ Hm. Hien doubts that, but he'll let that go. He gets back up and holds out his hand. ]

Anyway, get up.

[ He grabs Hien's hand and practically swoops right up onto his feet. ]

So, have you been kicking a lot of people today?

[ Is he going to get kicked for that question? ]

Just you.

[ Because he likes picking on him... also, yes. He'll kick Fai for that question, but it's more like a slight nudge than an actual kick. ]

Ah, so I was your only target?

[ He watches as Hien nudges his shin. ]

Do you feel accomplished now?

No.

[ Hm. Very, it didn't feel as satisfying. ]

I'll only feel truly accomplished if I go all out and you do too.

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