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[ When the feed starts, it’s at a bit of an awkward angle, a teenage boy half-staring at the camera, but still clearly fiddling with the Omni itself. At least he does seem kind of aware he turned it on, since he mumbles: ]

So you send a message this way..?

[ In fact, if you look, the teenage boy may look faintly familiar - just a few decades younger than people who know Daniel may be used to. But that sure is Daniel LaRusso as a teenager, seemingly trying to figure out the Omni– though he doesn’t get too far with it before he is suddenly lifted up by a dashing, handsome young lad in a red leather jacket with a distinct cobra design on the back of it, making Daniel drop the Omni as he’s startled by it. But just as quickly as he is lifted up, the boy turns and dumps the other kid in a steel trash bin. There’s a lot of banging, clattering and shouting that gets cut off as the blonde boy puts the lid on it and holds it down with one arm.]

What the hell was that loser doing anyways?

[Teen Johnny then steps away from the trash bin before suddenly pushing forward and shoving it down. There’s a crash and off camera it sounds like the can is rolling down a hill. Johnny steps back and notices the camera rolling. He smiles an 80’s heartthrob smile and fires finger guns at the camera.]

Hey babes.

Johnny Lawrence here, Ace Degenerate.

Me and LaRusso here are throwing a badass party once we find a place to host it. He’s a dweeb, I know, but trust me. I’ll make sure it’s awesome. It’s going to blow that other big party out of the water.

[ There’s a suspicious sound in the background, if you can hear it over Johnny Lawrence chewing up the scenery over here. Something akin to more clattering, and then a rush of footsteps. ]

Be there or be squa–

[ Unfortunately Johnny doesn’t get to finish that sentence, because Daniel suddenly runs back into the frame, tackling the blonde straight to the ground– and onto the Omni, meaning the feed cuts out. ]

Comments

video; un: mob

[centile]

[well, this is a lot to watch. first it's oh that's sensei larusso as a teen again, then who is that guy, then why is that guy putting sensei in a trashcan.

oh, it's robby's dad. maybe this is what being a karate rival meant.

regardless mob can't say he's impressed for a variety of reasons.]

Mr. Lawrence, please don't put Sensei Larusso in a trashcan because you're karate rivals.

[though daniel is clearly getting Revenge. teenagers.]

[throwsbike]

[ Sorry, Mob. It takes a while before there's a reply, because.. well, there's obviously a Teenage Scuffle going on here. Please hold.

But once it's all dealt with Daniel finally manages to grab a hold of his own Omni again, and this message in particular sure.. makes him stare..

In fact, he still looks confused by the time he manages to send a reply. ]

Sensei..?

[ Yes, that's definitely the word he's stuck on there. ]

Video | UN: AceDegenerate

[downhillfromhere]

[It's a few hours last before Mob gets a response. Johnny comes back on the feed, looking pretty beat up and bruised.

He's looking more annoyed than outright pissed off.]

We're not rivals.

He beat me once. That's it.

[Video] un: secondtolast

[icanhearscreams]

[This is video so you can see the facepalm. Great. Does he need someone to stand up for him?]

[Ugh. Why are you being a loser, sensei?]

Yeah, I doubt that.

[He sighs and rests his chin on his hand, looking into the omni.]

No one wants to be at a party with an asshole. And if you try to put sensei - er. If you try to put Daniel in the trash again, your kneecaps are forfeit.

[Yeah, yeah, never use karate as an offense, he knows. But someone needs to stick up for sensei.]

Video | UN: AceDegenerate

[downhillfromhere]

[Insert one scoff a few hours later. There's a bruised and annoyed Johnny coming back up on screen.]

Oh. Tough talk coming from an obvious nerd.

You want to come and say that to my face?

[throwsbike]

[ Thankfully this time Daniel misses the sensei by the time the fight is over - though it's mostly since he's kind of baffled about someone standing up for him. Sure, mister Miyagi did, but he's mister Miyagi. Daniel sure isn't used to this from kids his own age-- or, honestly, maybe Jun looks even a little younger than him, he thinks. ]

Uh.. thank you?

[ It's why he sounds a little uncertain about it. But he thinks Jun is standing up for him, so he should thank him, right.. It's the nice thing to do. ]

You don't have to worry about it though. Really! I already took care of it.

video: un: vi

[faceblocks]

Be there or be what?

[she's laughing, because of the tackle. good for you, larusso. also ...this is a thing now. that is happening. is she going to find small powder next?]

You think you're gonna do a better party than the Red? What makes you qualified?

[wait. she forgot to add this. she ...guesses? ??]

...sensei? Senseis?

[and under her breath, blinking.]

...the f u c k?

[downhillfromhere]

[It's a couple hours before the feed pops back up and Johnny is looking very bruised.

...And woah. Finally a chick answered.]

I'm two time All Valley Champ and one of the coolest kids in school where I'm from. Trust me babe, I know parties.

[throwsbike]

[ .. the senseis thing is just weird now.

Maybe that's why it's not that part that Daniel focuses on once he's done fighting Johnny a while later and actually has the time to pick up his Omni. Don't mind the fact he's probably got a black eye now, Vi. ]

Please don't encourage this party idea. [ This is not annoyance, honestly. If anything, Daniel sounds like he's pleading. He's begging you, Vi. ] He just randomly started talking about it like it's the best idea in the world. We hardly even know where we are!

[ Can you please help Johnny Lawrence find some priorities.

Pretty please, Vi? ]

[wapples]

[Look, this is all hilarious. Billie is absolutely not going to discourage the rivalry between these two. It's probably all harmless anyway, right? Besides it's better for them to get it all out of their system.]

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

[downhillfromhere]

[Look. Johnny appreciates this kid when he comes back battered and bruised.]

See. This little runt gets it.

[throwsbike]

[ Oh god, it's like he's back at the All Valley all over again. Next thing you know people are going to start yelling stuff about body bags... ]

No! No, I mean-- the fight's over, okay? No more fighting!

[ Apparently Daniel is just the no fun police no matter his age, sorry, Billie. :(

Although the fact that he sure looks like he's been in a fight may not make this statement as convincing. ]

video / un: twig

[dynatox]

Well, shit. I don't wanna be square.

[ Terry's only a couple years older than Daniel and Johnny now, so this seems like a good party to crash even if he has no idea who these two guys are. ]

[throwsbike]

Oh-- no.

[ It's almost a whine, with the way Daniel says it. Look at this, now Johnny is getting all these random people invested in this dumb idea. ]

Please don't listen to him. [ It's almost like he's pleading over here. ] That guy-- he's just saying things. Johnny doesn't got a whole lot going on upstairs.

[ Look, if Johnny shoved him into a trash can, Daniel feels like he's getting a free pass to insult the guy in turn, okay. ]

He has nothing actually planned for a party.

video | un: zXzALLMIGHTJRzXz

[lilizuku]

Th-Th-That's mean!!

You can't act like that! I w-won't let you!

[ He's seven. ]

[throwsbike]

[ Oh god. Daniel started his reply already, but he's not looking at the camera just yet, he's just looking at something - someone - off screen and saying: ]

Look what you're doing, Johnny! You're upsetting the kids! [ Mamma mia!

At least Daniel does actually turn to the screen to talk to this seven year old a moment later, shaking his head. ]

Hey, it's-- it's okay! Don't worry! I'm fine! [ Daniel definitely has a black eye that he didn't have yet in the original broadcast.

It might make the 'I'm fine' a little less convincing. ]

Don't pay too much attention to Johnny, okay? He's just a weird guy!

video | un: eyas

[unchoose]

[ Paul watches this little drama play out with the intense interest of a child never before exposed to the possibility of watching videos on a phone. Once the violence has been concluded (or at least slowed to a modest pace) he clears his throat politely for the attention of whichever of them might hear it. ]

If you're throwing a party together, why are you fighting?

[ That's the sort of question that's too direct, according to his mother, but she isn't here to tell Paul not to ask it, so he really can't be held responsible. ]

[throwsbike]

[ Honestly, is Daniel going to blame a kid half his age for asking these questions?

No, he isn't. Though he does sigh a sigh deep enough that it sounds like his soul is leaving his body, rubbing his eyes - one of which is definitely black at this point, thanks Johnny!! - as he picks up his Omni. ]

We're not throwing a party together.

[ It's definitely said with the sort of tone that'd make you think one doth protest too much.

Aka: he's sulking in front of a seven year old now. ]

video; un: quibbler

[creidim]

[ Did that awful karate man just put the nice karate man in a trash can—? Merlin wept, she can't which version of him is worse — his teen self or his adult self. ]

I'd much rather go to Madam Generosity's party, even if it means getting food poisoning again. Thank you.

[throwsbike]

[ Did Daniel do anything offensive here?

No. Not really. But he still feels a little guilty all the same when he sees this reply to his initial broadcast, despite it not being aimed at him. So even though the reply is delayed - the reason for it is probably pretty obvious, considering Daniel is definitely looking like he got into a fight - he still replies all the same. ]

.. uh, sorry if he offended you. And that you got food poisoning? [ Apparently Daniel is just going to apologize for everything while he's still so confused about this entire situation. ] I hope that's okay now, miss..?

[ I-Is Luna a miss?! She does look a little older than him?

This would be so much easier if he was still in the Valley and didn't feel way out of place. ]

voice; un: Hakkai

[knowsvinewhip]

[JFC what in the fuckity is happening here.]

... How very lively you are.

If either of you manage to break bones, please let me know. Leaving them untreated can ruin your fighting careers.

[throwsbike]

[ The reply is already delayed by the fact that Johnny and Daniel fight first, but even when Daniel moves to finally reply to all these messages, he definitely needs a moment to pause and think.. About whether he really has a fighting career now...

....

You know what, his head hurts. It's probably easier to think less. ]

I think we're okay. [ They didn't go that far, thank god. ] This isn't the first time we've done this.

[ There may be a faint hint of Sulk in that last statement. ]

vídeo (un: countrymouse)

[overlies]

My, my . . . Tell me more.

[throwsbike]

[ Why is Johnny getting all these random people invested in this..!!

Never has Daniel felt more like the damage control department than right now. ]

Miss, please don't listen to him. He has no idea what he's talking about.

video; un: bombdotcom

[lipochrome]

[ A young woman with wild, red wavy hair grins and fingerguns back at the camera. She looks an awful lot like the late Gideon Nav, except for the sick-ass facial scars and a general air of excitement and self-confidence that seems genuine, rather than put-on.

She's also very much alive. ]

Hahah, yeah! Are you gonna do that at the party? If you are, I'm in.

[downhillfromhere]

[Holy shit. This chick is ripped. And she's fucking talking to him.]

Hell fuckin' yeah. Someone who gets it.

If you're down we can. We'll round up all the nerds in town and make it a night to remember.

video | un: graham crackers

[possessum]

( Peter's... kind of slow on the uptake. Thanks to a perpetually-scrambled possessed mind, he has a hard enough time recognising and remembering people he knows as-is, much less... aged-down versions of themselves.

Not that he has much time to comprehend this smaller version of Daniel before he is getting

a) thrown into a garbage can

b) rolled down a hill

Peter is horrified by the violence, mouth gaping open — should he call someone?! Is that kid okay?? )

Um—!

( ...Wait a minute. What the fucking shit. 'Johnny Lawrence here' 'Me and LaRusso here'

Is this... is that Johnny? And the other one is.... Daniel?? )

Um— Uh— ( Adrenaline is pounding through his body, an unpleasant coarse of anxiety..... After a few moments, Peter pipes up, voice shaking. He sounds ready to pass out. This is too much for him.... )

Do you guys need some help....?

cw: drug mention.

[downhillfromhere]

[Oh. One look at this kid and Johnny can just tell he's a chump. Easy pickings.]

Yeah.

You don't happen to know where we can score some dope around here, do you?

It's not a party without it, right?

video, un: onlyyou

[heartshapedobject]

[The face that stares back looks like Chara, but with darker skin and around four years older and about five times more dead inside. Their eyes are a muted red that's barely visible beneath their messy mop of brown hair.

They watch the video. See Johnny put Daniel in a trashcan. This guy... is the coolest person they've met since Susie. The comparison of course places Susie about five thousand times ahead in terms of being cool. They also faintly recall their prior strong feelings about Johnny Lawrence and decide that they think he's awesome out of spite.]

Get his ass.

[Bullying approved.]

[throwsbike]

[ .. why this.

Daniel isn't even sure whether that remark is aimed at him or Johnny - he figures Johnny, but he can't be sure - though he feels kind of 'why this' about it all the same. Exasperated. It takes a good while before they're done fighting and Daniel grabs his Omni to reply to the messages, and by then the boy is definitely looking tussled up. There's some bruises starting to form, fresh out of the fight. ]

Don't encourage him. He's already being bad enough.

[Video] un: QueenCobra

[abornfighter]

[Oh dear. She might have had some difficulty in realizing who it was because they're so much younger, but with the use of their names...well. Somehow Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence are the same age or a little younger than she and Robby.

Seriously, screw Trench's time shenanigans.]

Where the hell are you two?

[throwsbike]

[ .. that's an ominous question when it's being asked that way. Especially since Daniel has absolutely no idea why anyone would be looking for them. What does this kind of intimidating girl want from them?

It makes him look a little guarded by the time he replies - which is definitely a bit later, once he and Johnny are done fighting. It's visible that there was a fight too, parts of Daniel's skin red, the sort of spots that'll bruise later. ]

Why do you want to know?

voice: un: tenskulls

[stayscared]

[christ on a crutch he can't escape it. it's karate drama, and it's rolling down a hill near you on its way with a shout and a shake and a rattle and a roll and that is the daniel he saw in his memory - and the other is robby's fucking dad and fuck.

the smart thing to do would be not to get involved, right? it seems as if they've ...handled it for now, and he's not going to pick a fight with a teenager---

---is he? it's a hell of an appealing (if stupid) option, but he feels protective of daniel, his friend, somehow both annoyed and empathetic toward johnny - a man he only knows by name and trench induced vision and through two very invested lenses, but here he is ...deliberating.

but you know what? he's having A TIME with so many things, so fuck all this noise.]

Are either of you going to stop having a go at each other long enough to even have a party? You can't get trashed if you can't stand up. Can't party, either. Ever had a hangover and two black eyes? Don't recommend it.

I need a drink just watching this.

[he does not get one.]

[throwsbike]

[ .. wow, now they're suddenly getting scolded by what sounds like an adult man through these weird devices.

It's sure been a day so far for little Daniel LaRusso, that's for sure. His reply to Mike unfortunately is delayed by a bit considering he and Johnny spend a good while fighting, but at least the voice feed means that Mike doesn't see the bruises on Daniel, so-- t-that's one good thing? ]

I don't want to party. [ There's a faint sulk in his voice. It's Johnny's dumb idea, not his!! ] I mean, I hardly even know what's going on here. I was trying to get it all figured out when he suddenly came for me like that.

video, un: nagisa

[peripheries]

What's a party?

[downhillfromhere]

It's where a bunch of people get together. There's usually a bunch of food, beer, killer music.

Maybe some dancing or some shit like that.

Action

[downhillfromhere]

Shit!

[It's about all Johnny can say as he hits the ground after Daniel tackles him down. He really should have expected the kid to fight back but for some reason he hadn't.

He's an idiot. That's the reason.

Either way he's quick to start swinging to try and get in some body shots on Daniel. There's not real strategy or technique to it at the moment.]

[throwsbike]

[ It's definitely different than any fight they've had before, that's for sure. It's definitely not like the tournament for obvious reasons, but it's also not quite like any of the fights they had before that, considering-- well, how one-sided those had been, before Daniel had even learned a single thing.

Not that he's really using karate here either. But he's using some things he's learned from mister Miyagi.

That sometimes it pays off to just be more nimble, instead of necessarily being stronger. Something that's very useful here, because a punch to his side sure reminds Daniel he is not physically stronger than Johnny. It's enough to knock him off the blonde, but Daniel is quick to recover, rolling over so he can jump back onto his feet. He doesn't trust Johnny to not get a hit in otherwise while Daniel is still on the ground, and he counts on the other getting back to his feet quickly as well. ]

Is this what you wanted, huh, Johnny?! I thought we were done with this!