10 • World Records • [Action/Voice]

[wildkotetsu]

 [Kotetsu's had a really tough 8 weeks, but he's getting better. After all, he has a few nosy bros who don't leave him alone, especially at Seventh Heaven; he's passed the point of sleeping bad hours and he's at least getting some perspective on his life here--mainly, that as long as he can fight, he can find some ridiculous self-made repentance for 'that thing that happened' about two months ago. That thing we shan't bring up, unless we want a frown and a long moment to himself. He's been keeping up, at least. Even though he'd been frustrated that Bil had died--and at the fact that there was a death toll in general--he was relieved to be capable. He helped more than he'd ever helped before, he thinks, with Luceti as a whole.

It made things a little easier.

So he keeps himself active and busy with that in mind. He knows that if his powers fail him he needs to be prepared. He spends time each day at the battle dome to practice some simple hand-to-hand fighting, making sure he's not getting any duller, and working his muscles. Mostly replicating punching bags, simple things. He's not a flashy guy, and frankly, he's not a fan of holograms anyway. He's been trying to talk to the spirits, too. In fact, at one point he's gotten himself a few mean burns from the fire guy--y'know, he thinks... maybe the spirit doesn't like him. Or something. 

But by god, he keeps trying. And he might be slowly getting him to cooperate, though he's out to buy burn ointment regardless. B|

He also keeps up his work at Seventh Heaven, though... he's not quiiite sure how he ended up being an employee instead of a volunteer. Sometimes at night he creeps on over and does some busy work, when sleeping feels too difficult. Ah well. Might as well keep up some work, right?

One particular day, he happens upon an interesting book. Definitely not from his earth, but still. Cool.]

[Voice]

Oi, oi, did you see this world records book in the library? It's really cool! [Dated 2008, but whatever. He's super interested!] 

Let's see. The heaviest Blue-somethin' tuna fish caught was like... 1,500 pounds! I bet that fed a pretty big family! If you could keep it cold, I mean. I used to fish on the river, but I never caught anything bigger than my hand... 'World's stretchiest skin'... Maybe this guy's a NEXT. I know I met someone just like that at the Hero Academy.

[flippity page flip!! Wait, this one--] 

24 inch long fingernails?? How the heck do you even eat...? Some people sure are strange...

S'kinda weird how most of these would be easy for Luceti, though, huh? Like this guy here, he can break 90 concrete blocks in 10 seconds. That's not too hard here, I think. I'm sure I could do it... Oi, or--!! This guy here, he threw someone 17 feet. [a laugh] I definitely know a lot of people who can beat that record!

[brb chillin in the seventh heaven like a kid in a library

THIS BOOK MAN

What a strange world. Some of this stuff is just bizarre, even for hero standards. Catch him aaaany time, any place. :|b]

Comments

[voice]

[handing]

[Pepper is...well. Not even close to being used to things. But hearing people talk through the book isn't so hard to wrap her head around. So she's skimming through, listening to entries...and then she hears someone talk about breaking world records.

And she thinks of Tony.]

Maybe that isn't the sort of thing you should encourage. It can get pretty dangerous, especially if people aren't sure of what they're doing.

[voice]

[wildkotetsu]

A-aha... Encourage? [He didn't really consider it, himself. BUT NOW THAT SHE'S BROUGHT IT UP...] But hey, that doesn't sound like a awful idea, does it? It'd give people something to do...

[I'm a blockhead like Tony, Pepper. You poor soul.]

Then I realised Nami was missioning so here have a little girl

[flickerflash]

Only 17 feet?

[Pshaw.]

LOL WHOOPS.

[wildkotetsu]

Yeah, so you agree with me! 17 feet isn't really any big deal!

...

Though I guess it'd be pretty good for someone would any powers... maybe...

[IDK I could probably still lob people that far :|]

[goldenglasses]

Ninety concrete blocks in 10 seconds? Anyone could do that with the right explosives!

[wildkotetsu]

... O-oi, I think you're only supposed to use your fists, pal.

[voice]

[frost_jewel]

Does it say what happened to the person who was thrown?

[This is the thing Mia would focus on.]

[voice]

[wildkotetsu]

I guess they landed on a mattress they put out in front of 'em!

It... woulda' stung pretty bad if they missed that, though. I know the feeling...

[Action] How about some training?

[screw_fate]

[So there's that battle dome. Good for training and pushing oneself, but live opponents are better than false ones or dummies, to Neji's way of thinking. So when he sees Kotetsu going at a punching bag, he watches for a few moments before approaching, taking care to stay out of fist-range.

Surprising someone who's in 'punching things' mode is not a good plan. So he'll clear his throat, scuff the floor a bit, make noise before he speaks.]

Would you care for a live partner instead?

[Action] why certainly |D

[wildkotetsu]

Aa--! I wouldn't mind a live partner! [He steps aside from the punching bag, blinking.] You're up to it?

[bravefighter]

Whoa, I've never heard of any of this! I mean, I guess something like the fish would be easy to beat, but... [lolol pokemon]

Wow, 17 feet...

[wildkotetsu]

Yeah, it's a pretty good throw, I think! I wonder how long he had to train for something like that...

[voice]

[redjacketthief]

Sounds like you got your hands on an edition of Guinness. There's a ton of wacky records that you'd never think of.

...Anyway, what's a 'NEXT'?

[voice]

[wildkotetsu]

Oh, right--a NEXT is someone like me who was born with powers. Mine is my Hundred Power, so basically, I can multiply stuff by a hundred. Y'know. Running, jumping, punching. Stuff like that.

[Voice]

[inkdrops]

[Oh, this actually sounds pretty cool - all those...what were they? Records? Miyabi's actually heard of a kind of spirit that had scissor-like nails, too. Probably not that long, but...]

Eh, is there a record in there for how far someone's jumped? Or how high? [She could totally beat it, small or big.]

[Voice]

[wildkotetsu]

Oh, I dunno! Uh--aha! This one guy jumped 29 feet forward, in a long jump. That's not too bad, don'tcha think?? [I COULD BET DAT SHIT EASY]

[voice]

[folklorist]

[ He'll look over at the journal and raise an eyebrow when he hears those records. ] That's rather amazing. You said you...found it in the library?

[ Huh he's looking through some books now and he hasn't seen it before. He probably needs to look harder is all. ]

[voice]

[wildkotetsu]

That's right! It says Goo-ee-nus World Records 2008 on the front.

[kotetsu why]

It's full of these kindsa' things. This guy holds the longest distance he can squirt milk from his eye! I gotta admit, 9 feet is pretty good.

[Voice]

[i_am_not_cute]

Whoah, 90 concrete blocks in 10 seconds? I've broken lots of boards before, but not concrete blocks. [...] I wonder if I could do that...

[Well, if Pao-Lin can shatter car windows with her bare fists, surely a concrete block would be like styrofoam to her.]

[Voice]

[wildkotetsu]

Hey, I bet you could! Heroes are pretty strong like that--and without your NEXT powers, too! I think I could break 'em, but I dunno' about 10 seconds...

[Action]

[ledbythewind]

[Oh, that is an interesting looking book there... don't mind Richard just sort of peering over your shoulder while he's on his break to see just what it is.]

I didn't realize that people in other worlds considered things such as balancing a glass of water on a dog's head while it descends a set of stairs worthy of recording in a book.

[Action]

[wildkotetsu]

[o-oh, hello there. |D;;]

Whaaaat?? But that's pretty cool, isn't it? I don't think I could get a dog to put water on its head and climb stairs! That probably took a lot of dedication!

[I'M GOOD AT DEDICATION.

SORTA'.]

[action]

[concasse]

[Man that Sanji has so graciously accepted into his circle of employees:

The hell do you think you're doing, reading books when you need to be working? B| Sanji slaps a hand on the man's shoulder when he's not looking, leaning in closer]

On break, shithead?

[action] 1/2

[wildkotetsu]

[wfisjdflh!!]

Oi! Don't surprise me like that. Sheesh...

[action]

[wildkotetsu]

...

...

On break?

[Huh. OH UH]

Yeah, sure! I found this cool book, so I took a break. Yeah.