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[depressionnap]

offering some basic self defense for those that need it

can show how to use a pistol too

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[fieldtrip]

[ Hey, she's not gonna argue. Audio it is. And fighting is the best way to assess how he really is, anyway. ]

Same goes for you. You have to have more going on than 'basic self-defense'.

[depressionnap]

I do, but a portion of that aspect of me is not... teachable.

[fieldtrip]

Hey, I don't need you to teach me anything. It's not like I can teach you how to earthbend, either.

[depressionnap]

A fair point.

Where would you like to meet?

[fieldtrip]

I haven't shown you my fighting arena yet, right? It's under the casino.

I've been trying to set up a tournament, but, uh... [ Drolly: ] Stuff keeps happening.

[depressionnap]

Then I know where to go.

Hm, you don't say. [He says, his voice a bit flatter.] What manner of tournament? Battle, I assume?

[fieldtrip]

I'll meet you outside -- I can bring you in the fun way.

[ The fun way is also a chance to show off, which Toph always appreciates as a way to settle her nerves after the latest "stuff" that keeps happening. Not that she's going to express it any further on the network, especially with someone like Vincent who's even more gunshy about being openly sentimental than she is. ]

Yeah, nothing serious. I've kinda missed competing. I figured we could have a powers bracket and a no powers bracket.

[depressionnap]

Knew a man who ran something similar, but usually with trained fiends. Sometimes with people. Would prefer the people.

On my way.

[fieldtrip]

Yeahhhh, not sure I feel great about fighting animals for entertainment, even if they're monsters. People it is.

I'll see you there!

[ Toph spends plenty of time at the casino for obvious reasons, so she's already there when Vincent arrives, lounging back against the wall of the building in a side alley with supreme casualness and no evident impatience.

She offers a simple, ] Hey, [ in greeting. ]