ercnerd | Catch-all: Taichi

[fine by him! it's pretty obvious that he belongs here more than he does in a classroom given the way he's controlling the ball and running over the field.

but after a while he does notice sieg is still there and purposefully kicks the ball to him. you know. just to see how he responds.]

[Sieghart watches the ball, expression unwavering, as it hits his foot and rolls away. The rascal. He brings a foot back and taps the ball with just enough strength to return it—quite lazily, as it were.]

[sieghaaaart. predictably, he chases after it like a puppy.]

It's really not that bad. [exercise is good?]

I'm spotting you, remember? Running is your job.

Surprisingly? Really easy to do both at the same time.

I like to do one thing at a time!

Doesn't sound like a great strategy for a swordsman.

Doesn't it? I'm not a legend for nothing.

Yeah but you've never really explained how you got to be a legend. There has to be more to it than just swinging a sword around.

[right?]

It's not as complicated as you think. I achieved numerous feats in my youth, like felling a hundred goblins at the age of twenty. It got to the point that the people started hailing me as their hero.

Yeah you told me about the goblins already. [i'm not going to bully you into giving more feats in case his canon only really lists that as history.]

But what do you think? Do you actually feel like a hero?

[Just connecting the dots, Taichi.]

I was just doing what I wanted to do. If that got everyone to start calling me a hero, maybe I'm naturally one?

I don't know about that. [brutal.] But...why'd you want to do it in the first place? What made you decide?

What's with all the questions? Are you looking to be a hero, yourself?

[he kicks the ball back :|]

No. We might already be heroes, so I was just wondering. [heroes is a lofty word for what they do, but eh. if it'll answer the question fine.]

[He traps the ball under his foot. Easy there, junior.]

Might?

[no, his ball... ]

Depends on what you call a hero. We've saved the world a few times but we were the only ones who could. [so it was a choice but also kind of one of those choices made because they knew they were the ones capable of fighting.]

Having the strength to save the world doesn't mean you'll automatically use it for that purpose.

[Sounds heroic to him. He boots the ball back to Taichi.]

Guess not. [he stops the ball with the side of his foot, bouncing it a little up to his knee. he doesn't entirely know what to say next though so there's another pause. more curious questions.]

So which is it? You had the strength first, or you got it when you decided to start fighting?

I could take on most people with a simple tree branch when I was a kid like you. Fighting just made me stronger.

[...]

We were eleven the first time. [for context (?) about saving the world.] But sure. If you have the capability, it makes sense to do it.

[Nice context. Adults are useless.]

That's what I mean by doing what you're best at! And where did that lead me? I'm a legend now. A legend, I tell you!

[...he laughs, more incredulously than making fun of him or anything.]

Yeah, okay Mr. Legend. Whatever you say. We'll see if that gives us any extra points or anything.

If not, we can always rely on you in a game of soccer.

I'm not gonna win, am I? [soccer, yes. this argument, no.]

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