[OPEN] fight fight fight!

[paladinforhire]

Who: Fridtjof and OPEN!
What: Fridtjof is bored. He imagines others are bored as well.
Where: Top deck, near the pool.
When: Day 6-8ish?
Warnings: Violence probably, but preferably controlled violence.


Around day 6 there's a poster that appears in various parts of the ship. It's clearly hand-drawn, but someone at least looks like they've put a lot of time into it.



The person in question is loitering around the area, leaning against a tree. There's a rough circle made out of dirt, large enough to be a modest arena. He's wearing his shiny blue and white armor with a blue and white shield on his back. He looks to be very bored and his rabbit-like ears are twitching, searching around for any sound. Sure, she said there were no monsters, but...

In any case he greets anyone approaching with a smile and a wave.

"Hello! Here to fight or here to watch?" He'll show off for people if they want, he's just trying to not be flashy.

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[mamamias]

Mario is nodding along intently, his grin stretching from ear to ear.

"Wowie! They must'a be a real important to you, if you were willing to sacrifice yourself for them... I'ma glad you know someone like that!" The idea of love as sacrifice has made a big impression on him, after Super Paper Mario. What Tippi and Blumiere did... What his friends did for him... He's not even baffled to see Fridtjof alive and well, because for the most part, none of the sacrifices he witnessed were fully permanent, either.

"That's what being friends is about!" Er, not the sacrifice. "With'a mine, everything seems possible, too!"

"...Oh! You can ask'a me some questions, if you want. Only fair, since I asked you a lot!"

[paladinforhire]

"Oh." It... it's a little overwhelming to try to figure out what he should ask. He pauses - should he try to ask about what sort of Hyur/Lalafell hybrid Mario is? No, that's probably rude. "What are your friends like? A lot of mine are just... well, they're a lot more learned than me. But a lot of them are from a place that hordes knowledge, so..."

It's fine, he doesn't really mind being the muscle most of the time.

[mamamias]

"My friends? They're - well." He doesn't know where to start. He's grinning, ear-to-ear, but he doesn't know where to start. "They're a wide bunch, I guess! I make a lot of friends, doing what I do! But my closest, my family..."

He flaps his hands as he speaks, unable to contain his energy.

"They're all just so cool and smart and strong! Luigi is'a so brave, even if he doesn't think he is. Peach is'a so beautiful and so funny and I wish I was even'a half as collected as she is. Even'a Bowser is - he's a pain sometimes, but he always has my back when it matters, and I don't know what I'd do without him - without any of them."

[paladinforhire]

"I know how that feels. I haven't known them as long as some of them have known each other, but I can't imagine anything bad happening to them without being really angry or upset. I think that just means you care about them a lot."

Which is a good thing, even if it's sometimes painful. It's also an Important thing. "It's just really hard when things keep happening. The world keeps going and it's complicated, but you do what you can where you can to keep the people you love safe."

[mamamias]

Mario nods along, grinning. "Mm hmm! I'm normally a pretty easy going guy, but if you hurt my brother, oooh..." He pantomimes throwing fists, then laughs.

"Things never-a stop happening, do they!! It's-a liike it's just one thing after another, over and over again - I'm-a lucky enough that I can tell myself it will always be okay in the end, and know that to be true... but that doesn't-a stop it from being scary."

He gets it, is what he's trying to say. He gets it.

[paladinforhire]

"My friends are basically my family now, but I get it." Gods it's tempting to ruffle this guy's hair. He's too cute. "You don't ever want anything to happen to them."

The things start coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming - "You've got that right. Things always turn out okay with enough determination... but it's still a hard road. But we'll walk that road together."

He nods firmly at Mario. This guy gets it!!!