Heaven's BBS | Video

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Posted by: Edge
Date: 26 January

[Edge puts himself on full view in the video for the sake of people who don't know him, emphasizing things such as the mask, the cloak, the weapons at his side. Though it isn't a black stealth outfit concealing his form entirely, what else could anyone call him but a ninja?]

Hello, everyone! My name is Edge, and as you've no doubt deduced, I am a ninja. More to the point, I'm a ninja willing to teach those who want to learn the techniques I have to offer. Stealth, disguise, throwing weapons, combat techniques both armed and unarmed that focus on quick and aggressive takedowns -- I'll even teach what ninjutsu I can, if I find students with the knack for it. All of these are techniques we can use in our efforts to fufill prayers, fight ayakashi, or investigate trouble in the Far Shore or the Near. Of course, you don't need to learn all of them, if you're only interested in stealth, or physical combat, or whatever suits you!

[Edge glances to the side, slightly.] This was... originally intended to be a joint effort with Ayumu. I think she would want me to continue it, though I'm not going to be able to teach everything she could have, so sorry about that.

In any case. [Putting that somber thought behind.] If you're interested, do let me know. Classes will be held at my god Saber's temple, flexible times for people who might be busy. We'll work it out once I know who's in. Hope to see you there!

[Seriously, don't ask how many takes this video required.]

Comments

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Perfect! I'll look forward to your hard time!

[Forgetting he's on voice, Edge flashes a wink to the camera. Oh well, maybe she'll hear it in his tone anyway.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Outfitting is an important part of ninjutsu, depending on what techniques you choose to incorporate. My own, for example, is more designed for stealth than you'd think! But it also sports an arsenal of throwing weapons, all of them close at hand for quick drawing. So we'll talk about that as lessons go on.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Pretty sure ayakashi aren't going to stop and ask whether or not you signed up for this. Definitely get the opinion that those forest-and-volcano guys weren't being selective either.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Half the stuff we do on prayers is technically criminal! [More, if you're Edge.] But we can't let laws stand in the way of what needs to get done.

[erogappa]

Seems like you're just surrounded by enemies. Good thing Amaterasu is so trustworthy.

voice

[thirdbeauty]

[Natsuru's had conversations with Edge before, briefly, about her own training. She's always relied on her gods in combat, and her own physical training has largely focused on flexibility and elegance and control. Things that are important for dance, but only a part of the whole in a situation where you need to protect others. So with that in mind as she watches this, and hits the option to respond...]

Do you... think I could learn enough techniques without focusing too much on attacking?

[She does want to learn to defend herself and others! But if she can avoid a fight, she'd like to.]

voice

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Stealth and disguise? Absolutely.

Why would you prefer to avoid learning to attack, might I ask?

[onehandsomeslickninja]

I don't get the worry, but -- even if, knowing an opponent can hide is not the same as knowing where they're hidden. And we new shinki and gods benefit from improvement.

[thirdbeauty]

Oh, I don't mind learning!

It's just that... you make it sound so aggressive. I'd rather focus more on avoiding fights, and protecting people...

[It's more a question of where the balance lies than whether she wants to learn at all.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

I can understand that. The ninja's arts are aggressive precisely to do just that. End a fight swiftly, because you or anyone else can come to harm. It isn't nice or pretty and many people would call it dishonorable, but in my view, the real dishonorable thing is to obey some sort of code or stricture that gives an enemy you know needs to be taken down a chance to win or get away and cause more pain and suffering.

[thirdbeauty]

I guess so. I just don't know if I'm comfortable with going too far...

[She's a sweet girl who doesn't like to fight too much in general, after all.]

But I can train to fight a little, maybe?

[reloves]

[ Hey, talk about outfitting sure is something Minako is interested in. The rest too, but.. you know! Who says you can't learn something useful and still have fun while you're at it? ]

Is that why you wear that mask too? You know.. To be all sneaky?

[ Minako, you can recognize him even when he wears it, you know.. ]

voice | from: Obi

[yasei]

Oh, I'd be interested! I know some fighting already, and since I was made to play a ninja in Miss Hibiki's movie I finally learned what the word means and I'm even more interested.

video | from: Carl Adler

[smilingbullet]

I heard that she had disappeared, it's a shame. [ He didn't know her well, but still. He liked Ayumu well enough. ]

That was great said though! [ He's happy to still be around to hear about it, since they talked about it way back at the end of November. ] Could I sign up too?

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Ayakashi don't care if you're trained or not when they come for you. Neither do volcanoes or mysterious forest vines. I think everyone should be able to protect themselves -- especially you, because it would be a shame to see such beauty marred.

[Still got it, right?]

Just remember that what you learn, you don't need to use.

voice

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[Well, he's certain that whatever it was Hibiki did, she screwed it up.]

I hope the reality will prove as entertaining and interesting as the fiction!

video

[onehandsomeslickninja]

[Yeah, Edge is pretty bummed she's gone. They hadn't known each other well, but she was cute and charming and agreed on the necessity of burning down warehouses.]

Of course! This is a school for all who are interested and willing to learn.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

It keeps enemies from reading lips -- or even knowing that I'm speaking at all, if they aren't paying attention and it's otherwise loud. That's a boon in battle where sometimes a quick plan your enemy doesn't know is vital to success!

[reloves]

But most of the time you're not in battle, right?

[ And while she is genuinely curious about that, she doesn't want to make him too self-conscious of it.. So she spins it into kind of a joke as well, just in case. ]

Or do you think I'm secretly an enemy spy?

[erogappa]

You say Ayumu was really on board with this?

video

[smilingbullet]

[ Well, only a fool wouldn't agree to burning down a warehouse or two if it's absolutely necessary. ]

Awesome, then count me in.

voice

[yasei]

[ Probably. But he did learn the word after being told by a bunch of people, repeatedly, that he is one. ]

Yeah I didn't really get what her fiction was about, even if it was hilarious. [ In all the wrong places, of course. Obi had fun. ] But real fighting training is generally way more interesting than fake fighting training anyway.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

A spy, never! But most definitely a thief, with my heart as a target! It would be foolish to make too much of a target of myself!

Besides, I feel more comfortable with it on. Probably something from life, you know? [Most definitely a shrug to go along with that.]

[onehandsomeslickninja]

It was her idea to begin with. I guess you could say I'm continuing it in her honor.

[onehandsomeslickninja]

Splendid! The more the merrier, and the better you can learn from your peers as well as me!