Teaching

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Who: The Silent wolf and you (open)
Where: Capricorn ward
Summary: Garviel teaches people how to fight with guns, blades, hand to hand, and everything but silly personas pretty much.
Warnings: Manliness, possible combat, a lot of talking.
[Loken waits, a few spare blades and a few longarms and pistols in a fairly careless-looking pile beside him, holding his chainsword two-handed, almost challenging anyone to approach him and learn. He is 8 feet tall, and an imposing figure at the edge of the plains, just before the forest.]

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[Yu could feel his heart threatening to beat out of his chest.]

Relax, child; this ist a simple test for thee. Thou wilst know when he plans to attack. Listen.

[Yu forced out a breath, ignoring the hammering of his heart and listening as his Persona said; trying to find that tell tail clue that an attack was coming...]

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[ No attack comes, loken just counting time as he steps around to Yu's front, holding the chainsword near his stomach. ]

Death is not to be feared, only failure.

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...sometimes death should be feared.

[Especially when she's coming at you with all the forces of Yomi. Still, he couldn't help the small crack, even if his head god was currently face palming at him and even if the armored man wouldn't get it.]

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Never. Everyone dies. But if you have accomplished your goals, you should have no regrets.

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[Yu allowed himself a small, private chuckle, but he wasn't going to elaborate unless asked.]

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[ Loken holds the buzzing chainsword just under Yu's chin. ]

Why do you smirk?

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[Yu leaned back slightly. Okay, obviously he needs to take this more seriously. And stop laughing Izanagi. Sheesh.]

...I've met death before. She can be scary at times.

[...understatement of the year, if those flashes of memory he received are any clue.]

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Death rejected me. [ Loken steps back, the buzzing blade stopping. ]

But no, you must fear failure. Because while death can be painful and horrific, the legacy you leave behind is more important.

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[Yu had to bite his tongue to keep the first response that came to mind back; that he probably wasn't Izanami's type.]

...yeah, I understand.

[Though, not for the same reasons. He wouldn't want to fail for the sake of his friends and their survival, not so much the legacy he would leave behind.]

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Good.