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[nightandday]

[Warded to Rupert]

You're not half-bad, you know. Few more times and you might be able to hit me.

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Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

Are you making a smug face right now?

I told you I'd be competent. But you didn't believe me.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

I never thought you were going to be bad.

I just wasn't sure if you'd actually swing.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

So you say.

[...]

Why wouldn't I swing? Of course I'm going to swing, that's part of the point of this exercise, isn't it?

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

I do say.

Yeah, but there's a difference between following motions because I said to and actually doing it.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

Whatever

[...]

I don't half ass do things halfway, Antigone. If I'm going to try to punch I'm going to try to punch. [...] You're going to regret when I manage to hit you and you're not allowed to get mad at me.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

Good. Real pointless to do it any other way. Though you do got to watch your thumbs if you're fond of them. [...] And why would I get mad? I asked you to hit me.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

Obviously.

[...]

Of course I'm fond of my thumbs. Ugh. [...] I did fine. But I GUESS I'll be more careful.

And I don't know, people get mad about all sorts of stupid things. I wouldn't like someone to hit me in the face, even if I asked them to.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

Never said you didn't! You're real sens It's just a note, Rupert.

I guess I'd be irritated a bit if you broke my nose, yeah? But I'd be more irritated with myself for letting you than anything else.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

[...] Fine.

And I don't really want to break your nose, if that helps any.

[...]

I still can't really believe I'm doing this. Punching is so barbaric, Antigone.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

My nose appreciates it.

I still can't believe you agreed. So we're even. [...] Fighting is like dancing, Rupert.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

I worry a lot about what your nose thinks of me.

[...]

I'm full of surprises. It's very exciting. And fighting is not like dancing!. Dancing is, generally, elegant and a way to express something meaningful.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

You should. It's very discerning.

You can color me real excited. And are you saying that dancing doesn't require flexibility? Or practice? Or good foot work?

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

[......] You're ridiculous.

Don't get your hopes Yes, well, just wait and see what I'm capable of. And obviously no, I'm not saying that. But you can argue that about plenty of things. Like. Doing yoga while [...] playing soccer.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

Compliments will get you everywhere, Ku`u Lei.

Yeah, in a mess of one fighting's not going to be anything nice to look at. But a real good fight? It's very pretty. Bruce Lee was a martial artist and a ballroom dancer, yeah?

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

[...] I know what that means now [.........] Whatever.

That's performative fighting, which is maybe ok and maybe a little like dancing.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

Everything's a performance if you do it well enough.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

That freshman was pretty good at punching and that was most certainly not a performance.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

You weren't watching it from an outside perspective.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

Antigone, there was blood everywhere which, as evidenced by our train wreck of a play the other night, is not the mark of a good performance.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

I don't know, I enjoyed the play.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

You would.

At least someone did.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

It was fun.

Did you not enjoy yourself?

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

It was a mess. Especially the alcohol.

I tried to make the best of it because in the end, it was still acting, but [...] ugh.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

I think it added something to the story. Some authenticity.

Sometimes things aren't high art, Rupert. They can just be fun.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

I'm going to KILL give whoever did it a stern talking to when I figure it out.

Acting is literally high art.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

Oh, it wasn't that bad.

Sometimes.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

I was tipsy. On stage. Ugh I slurred my lines and I punctuated the wrong parts of them. That play didn't need any butchering assistance.

It should always be.

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

You were just fine. And you died beautifully.

If you insist. [...] But that's real boring.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

[...] I put a lot of effort into it. Even if it was ridiculous. [...] You really enjoyed yourself?

Do you only like comedies or something?

Antigone/Rupert

[nightandday]

Yes? Was I not supposed to enjoy myself? It was [...] ridiculous a little, yeah. But there's nothing wrong with that.

Not only. But I do like them.

Antigone/Rupert

[somethingwick_ed]

I'm just checking. [...] It was maybe fun sometimes. Except for the changing script. I guess it was a good way to test my skills, in the end.

Well, I suppose that's acceptable. Shakespeare wrote comedies too.