(closed) february catchall

[miyagimagic]

Who: Ange (entreats), Chizuru (tealeafs), Daniel (miyagimagic) and various others.
What: February shenanigans.
When: During all of February.
Where: Locations vary.

Content Warnings: Nothing right now, specific warnings will be in headers when they come up.

( starters in the comments! if you want to plot anything with me, feel free to either pm the journal or contact me at queeningsquare, i'm always open to new ideas and threads! )

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[strongroots]

[ Robby likes watching the tiny--but telling shifts--in Mister LaRusso's demeanour following his words. The way they reach him, put the last knock into a stubborn switch; makes him consider it more than a half-hearted maybe as had been the feeling before. Is the move really a useful one for Mister LaRusso to learn? Maybe, maybe not.

But it's not even about that, Robby thinks. It's about more than that, something that Mister Miyagi had done, and Mister LaRusso had never reached. What would it feel like to the man to finally get there, and see that he can? Differently, he suspects, than how he'd felt pulling it off.

(And pulling it off during the tournament, too.)

Robby laughs though, a breathy chuckle at the added comment, looking down briefly before giving a sideways nod. He takes the hand to stand up, the board coming with him as he gets off the stage. ]

Guess it's not for everyone. [ As funny as it is..... ] It's easier doing it from a handstand, once you get used to it. Just not as cool.

[ Skateboarding is always more cool. Sorry, Mister LaRusso. ]

[miyagimagic]

[ There's a roll of Daniel's eyes.

It's an affectionate roll of those eyes though. Especially since it could never seem truly offended - or even dramatically offended - when Daniel is smiling at the same time as he's rolling his eyes in the first place. ]

Guess I'll have to get used to not being very cool.

[ Which is clearly new to him.

Because obviously Daniel is very cool. At all times. Which Robby knows. ]

So should I be the one to suggest a tea break as the uncool one here?

[strongroots]

[ Robby laughs, small as it is, but it's there; at Mister LaRusso having to make do, and alas. He twists the skateboard in hand, an itch in him to get back on the ramp and to do a few more moves, but he can resist.

What he can't resist, however: ]

No handstands first?

[ Listen to this faux-pout, Mister LaRusso. He'll give in, but an old man deserves some light teasing. As a treat to them both. ]

[miyagimagic]

Come over to the dojo before class tomorrow if you want to see some.

[ The 'before class' part is very important here, okay. It's one thing for a sensei to fall flat on his face in front of one student who already saw him falling off a skateboard today, and it's one thing another to leave that impression on his entire group of students.. when most of them are still so young and impressionable..

But despite the joking tone in what Robby says, there's something serious in what Daniel says, especially when he cocks his head faintly to the side.

Like a challenge. ]

[strongroots]

[ Ohhhhh. The smile already on Robby's face widens at that, and the fact he's getting a special performance here from his sensei isn't missed. ...a special performance of handstand attempts, but you know. ]

I really am your favourite student, huh? [ A fact that will be reiterated in the future to one Chozen Toguchi, but for now, Robby is the one to remember it. ] Okay, tomorrow. Right now, tea it is.

[ Aye aye, sensei. Please follow Robby over to the house, where the boards can be left outside and Robby can remove his coat with the warmer indoors. And that's how Sensei LaRusso was freed from being a man in his late forties learning to skateboard... ]