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[cloudpotter]

[Apropos of nothing, towards the end of the return mingle...]

I'm in need of someone who wants to learn to become a ninja.

[This will surely end well.]

Comments

[ninjayeehaw]

[Full offense Yakumo but he is absolutely taking over your psychic post.]

An' I'm lookin' fer someone who wants t'become a proper skilled ninja.

[fearinahandfulof]

...Why?

[ninjayeehaw]

T'prove that my method a' trainin' one up's just as damn good as Yakumo's.

[yep. that's what this is about.]

Hell, I reckon I can do it better than him.

[fearinahandfulof]

Oh.

[Really, what else is there to say to that?]

[cloudpotter]

Kinji is self-taught. I was born into it. We have different ideas of what makes a good lesson.

[fearinahandfulof]

That... depends on the approach. Doesn't it? Different approaches have different strengths and weaknesses.

[Cassandra actually has rather strong opinions on this, given that her point of comparison is the Organization, but Yakumo has no way of knowing that.]

[cloudpotter]

I don't disagree. For every student, there's a different way of learning that best suits them. Kinji's done well to have come as far as he has, and to have taught himself as much as he did; but his situation and motivations were unique. I don't believe that the same methods would produce the same results for others as they did him. A more structured approach and a more solid foundation would produce better results for most students.

[cloudpotter]

Don't expect too much from yourself. American-cowboy Ninjutsu might prove too impossible to teach.

[photonicfighter]

Oh! So there's that much of a difference between your techniques and Kinji's techniques?

[Just asking innocent, curious questions!]

[ninjayeehaw]

Naw, we both know Igasaki-style shuriken ninpou. Main difference 'tween us is that Yakki was done born into ninja, he's got a birth advantage on me. I ain't got a lick 'f anythin' even close t'that in my veins.

[Monster hunting is not a genetic trait. The bullheaded stubbornness required to perform it successfully, however...]

I'm self-taught too, only started a few years 'fore I got pulled in here; but Yakumo got taught straight by his uncle an' grandfather fer a right few years longer than I got.

[photonicfighter]

I see! Well, he said it himself, anyone with the determination to keep with it should be capable of it!

[rustyhonesty]

Since we're already sparring quite a bit, I wouldn't mind taking a turn in what to learn. If you'll have me, that is.

[ninjayeehaw]

Sounds like a plan, then! I reckon we can get y'all whipped into ninja shape in no time!

[rustyhonesty]

Great. I'll look forward to training.

[highnoonsomewhere]

I got a ninja friend back home, might be fun ta learn some a your tricks just ta get his goat when I go back.

[ninjayeehaw]

[That gets a laugh out of Kinji.]

Not the worst reason fer learnin' somethin' I ever heard!

[highnoonsomewhere]

Looks like you got yourself a fair amount a interest - when d'you start class, Teach?

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[runs]

So what can a proper skilled ninja do?

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[ninjayeehaw]

Don't think I didn't see y'all askin' this t'Yakumo as well.

[He sound amused. Someone has Filter Intrusion and is willing to use it.]

1/2

[runs]

[private]

You are no fun at all.

2/2

[runs]

[protected x2]

You caught it before he did.

But the question still stands.

[ninjayeehaw]

Playin' both sides is a good first step, I'll give y'all that much.

What sorts a' things are y'all interested in learnin'? Cos ninjas cover a pretty wide basis.

[runs]

Well, I already have a good base in stealth, but I never mind adding to that.

And all kinds of fighting stuff that you can do without being too close by for too long is good, too.

[Filter Intrusion]

[cloudpotter]