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Jack's Emergence of Talents
By: Chente Date: January 12, 2020, 6:15 pm
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Undisclosed Time]
((OOC)) Cassandra :: By the time Jack finished splashing cold
water on his face and running his wet hands through his hair, he
felt almost alive again, if a bit wet. He dried himself off as
best he could, then turned to throw the towel away and made the
mistake of meeting his own eyes in the mirror.
Jack :: (why does jack sound like a total neet now
Jack what kind of nonsense could i have seen in my own
reflection to see it as a mistake?
((OOC)) Cassandra :: ''J-Jack, you ready?'' said his master from
the other room. It had only been a week now since his last died.
Atleast this time, his new one was something of a bookworm.
Jack :: (do i have clothes on yet or nah
Cassandra do you??
Jack ,just in case he didn't have clothes on, would put on his
comfiest combination of sweatpants, t-shirt, and a hoodie before
going to meet his new master
Jack :: (is this J-pop?
Jack :: (fuck is this
Cassandra its plersona
Jack :: (which one
Cassandra 4
Jack :: (ah
Jack :: I'm ready now. What are we gonna do today?
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Jack left the connected bathroom and into
his master's quarters. His master was a young one with a
sheepish demeanor to him, having hid himself in his books every
time Jack looked. His look was quite androgynous.
Jack :: Please tell me you're not gonna make me read one of
those books. I'm about 90% sure half of those are porn anyway.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: His master said nothing for a moment,
although his gaze sharpened until Jack found himself forced to
look away. "More like 1%, e-er, none of them. Anyway.." he
finally said. "I wanted to do something else; to test your
abilities."
Jack was a bit disappointed by this statement. Almost all of his
previous masters said that same line, it had got a bit old at
this point.
Jack :: What kind of abilities?
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: H-how capable are you in a fight?
Jack :: Depends on the king of fight, really.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Twas typical of any of his masters to
question his fighting ability. They wanted to know how useable
he was in combat, or perhaps as a meatshield.
Jack :: I can usually beat someone down, but I don't do as well
against trickers.
Jack :: Specialized mages, hexers, people with 'unique' traits.
Jack :: Those like that are a hard matchup, but i've obercome
then for the most part.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: His master nodded. "Alright, then... Jack."
He looked directly at Jack, an air of confidence.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: Can you teach me how to fight?
Jack now THIS was a bit of a new one. Most of his masters just
asked him for protection and never asked any questions about it.
Jack :: While I'd like to say that i could...I could only teach
you the most basic of the basics. I'm not exacctly 'educated'.
Jack :: Even if i were able to teach you what I knew, I'd rather
you go to actual experts. THey deserve to teach someone far more
thna a novice like me.
Jack :: The kind of fighting I know isn't exacttly teachable.
It's nothing more than what i was forced to learn due ot my
environment, ntos oemthing i've practiced for years and years to
perfect.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: I've never learned how to fight
in my life, nor h-have I ever had to, Jack.
Jack :: Well then..perhaps you should.
Jack :: Not from me though, that'd be an insult to every teacher
ina 500 mile radius.
Jack :: (replace miles with yalms
Jack :: (idk what the mile equivalent would be in myrrh
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: If you learned through your
enviroment, then perhaps it could be possible for me to do so;
b-but not with the way I am.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: I'm.. more of a caged bird, I-I
guess.
Jack :: Different strokes for different folks, although I would
reccommend taking a class somewhwere on proper self defense.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: Being an only child and a noble
one at that, I've started to feel like, maybe I'm just being a
narcciccist, but I feel like I've been p-pampered my whole life.
Cassandra narcissist*
Jack forces himself not to say what he's thinking. He didn't
want to already be Ordered in the first week with his new
master.
Jack :: Perhaps, but that's not exactly a bad thing.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: But it is-- I-I think. What do
you think, Jack?
Jack :: I think...the ability to relax like you can is an
amazing prviliege.
Jack :: Although my environment made me 'talented' when it came
to fighting, I think I'd be much happier if i wasn't forced to
become like I was.
Jack :: You can choose to learn whatever you wish, and you have
the resources to learn it.
Jack :: Something like that is what almost everyone would envy.
Jack :: I'd say that you shouldn't feel bad for it, that's just
how life is. But you also shouldn't allow it to cause
stagnation.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: His master looked down into his hands.
"Privileged. Pri-vi-le-dged."
Jack slightly less than calmly approaches his master, forcing
him to get his head out of his hands and look into Jack's eyes.
Jack :: What's so wrong about being privileged?
Jack :: I've never understood why people think they should feel
guilty that they were dealt an above average hand.
Jack :: It isn't your job to feel indebted to the world for how
you were born.
Jack :: Everyone works with what they have, and we can all
become better by doing so.
Jack :: Exploiting what you were born with is the basics of
living, the only time that's a problem is if you abuse it in a
way that harms yourself or others.
Jack thinks he's being a bit too open with this new master, but
it's too late to give up now.
Jack :: I'd rather have a bunch of ambitious nobles and their
children who want to expand their horizons than ones who put
themselves in a slump for the crime of being born.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: A small smirk lit up on his face as he
brought his head up. "You're the first person to ever tell me
that. For someone whos not 'educated', you're p-pretty smart,
Jack."
Jack feels a slight bit of color fill his cheeks.
Jack :: T-thanks, I guess.
Alphonse has plugged in!
Alphonse has joined the RP.
Alphonse :: spiral
Xetheir Pyr Helio has plugged in!
Xetheir Pyr Helio has joined the RP.
Xetheir Pyr Helio flipped a heads.
Xetheir Pyr Helio flipped a heads.
Xetheir Pyr Helio flipped a tails.
Xetheir Pyr Helio rolled a 17 from a 100-sided die.
Cassandra back
Jack :: (i've started reading how heavye are the dumbbells you
lift
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: I know I'm bad at f-fighting, but
is there anything you suck at, Jack?
Jack :: Other than giving myself motivation? I'd have to say
magic.
Jack :: The only magic i really have a hang of are things used
by novice magicians who just wanna look cool.
Jack :: Out of all of those though...enchantings just a bitch
Jack :: ...Or so I've heard.
Jack :: I've avoided it completely to spare myself the
embarrassment.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: As the sun began to rise outside, light
began to slowly beam into the room through the windows, shining
over Jack.
Jack got out of the sun's way until it decided to calm itself
down, light in his eyes would suck ass right about now.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: We really are o-opposites, huh?
Jack :: I guess you could say that, but we haven't exactly
gotten to know each other yet, have we?
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: How about this; what if I taught
you Enchantment, Jack?
Jack :: If you're willing to teach, I'm willing to learn.
Jack pulled himself a chair or whatever to sit across from his
new master
Jack :: Before that though, I'd like to ask you a quite
important question. You've been asking some weird stuff of me,
so it's only fair right?
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Master :: Yeah; a-ask away, Jack.
Jack :: Tits or ass.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: His face redenned briefly for a moment as
he took in a deep breath. "Ass, of course."
Jack looks in his master in a new light, truly understanding him
for the first time
Jack :: Ah, a man of culture.
Jack :: Now if you wouldn't mind, please elaborate.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: Jack had begun to understand his new
master; they were unique from all of the rest he had entered a
pact with, somehow. Perhaps it was because they listened, or
were far more open-- but they were just somewhat different.
((OOC)) Cassandra :: They were.. warmer. And a wonderful
teacher, Jack would find out.
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