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[strikefirster]

[The feed opens up to a crooked shot of a building that screams abandoned warehouse vibes. Out of frame is a man in a black karate gi standing next to a grandfather clock with the words "Professor Dongspin" written on it in green paint.]

Now I just got here but I've been seen a lot of talk about free fighting lessons. But we all know that in life you get what you pay for.

You want to really kick the competition? Then you need to get your ass down to Cobra Kai.

Screw that weird ass fairy tale bullshit. Learn from someone who drinks raw eggs, not pansy ass hot chocolate.

You'll learn bone crunching, face smashing, all American Karate. For the reasonable price of your blood, sweat and tears.

We're not going to be doing any self-defense, It's time to learn self-offense.

Don't be a pussy. Join Cobra Kai and let me teach you the way of the fist.

[And then leaps into the air and delivers a spinning kick into the grandfather clock which collapses and smashes against the ground.

The feed cuts out shortly after.]

Comments

[strikefirster]

Yeah.

People do it in training all the time. Have you never seen Rocky?

[frogiturgy]

Uh, no.

[He's from a world without television. But, still keen to find out what the fuck was going on... he kept up the chatter.]

I've seen some of the Lone Tree Hill stage plays. And I've, uh, talked to rocks. But I don't think that either of those have anything to do with your Rocky.

[strikefirster]

Seriously?

[This was a serious problem that Johnny had to fix right away.]

They definitely don't. And stop going to plays, those are pussies.

Let's get some beers and set aside a few hours. We can fix this.

[frogiturgy]

Well pardon me for coming from a world where television doesn't exist.

[He was sassing, but it was refreshing to be able to sass with someone who could take it. Perell harumphed on the feed, momentarily reminded of how many wonders had existed during the Golden Age before Wizards First became a phrase known amongst his brethren.

The world had been different then-- in ways both good and bad.]

I won't stop watching plays, but I'm down for a few hours with Rocky to see what the fuss is about.

[strikefirster]

Yeah! You should be sorry. Get on my world's level.

[He is sassing too. But jeez. No TV? That was fucking rough.]

Your funeral man. Once I show you movie magic you're never going to want to go back. Rocky is a fucking classic.

[frogiturgy]

I... don't think we can compare levels. Not in a mean way!

Ahhhh.... [He trailed, looking for a metaphor.]

Would you compare Wapples and Potatoes? Not really. They're different.

But! Tell me when and where. I'll watch that movie with you!

[strikefirster]

I don't mean in a mean way. It's just fact that your world is missing out.

I don't even know what a wapple is but it sounds like a waffle and an apple had a baby. And that could taste good.

My place. This evening. We'll have beer and chips.

[frogiturgy]

They make for good pies. You'd like it. Maybe we'll even find some, one day!

Beer and chips and a show sounds like a plan. Do you have an actual place, or are you still in the warehouse?

[Not that Perell had any right to judge. He was living in a magic tent in someone's living room.]

[strikefirster]

Well hell- I can't argue with good pie.

I'm still in the warehouse. The other people teaching here got a head start. I need to catch up and get my dojo set up first.

[frogiturgy]

From what I'm seeing... it's just the one guy who's also teaching physical fighting that has a head start. Gods, what did he call himself? Aspen?

[It was the name of a tree. Close, right?]

Otherwise, there's just that-- [asshole] -- that guy who arrived when you did. It sounds like you're part of the same school?

[strikefirster]

It was like Aspen. But he's got that weird and proper way of talking, so it sounds more like Asspain.

[He is lying through his teeth. But it's as Ozpin's expense so it's worth it.

He gives a little bit of a shrug at the mention of Terry.]

Yeah... I don't know him but he's from the same place as me. He apparently founded Cobra Kai with the guy who taught me.

This guy seems like the better of the two to end up here.

[Johnny was wrong.]

[frogiturgy]

[There's no hiding the snerk that came from Perell's side of their connection. That man really did sound like an asspain!]

I don't know, Johnny. Something about that guy reminds me of an asshole I used to know.

[Perell added carefully, trying not to be too pushy while simultaneously offering a friendly warning. He didn't dare mention his use of the name 'bulrushes' to pester the man on the network.

Some things were best left unsaid.]

He seems like the kinda guy who would play nice while scheming how to get his own way the entire time. The person I knew.... well, he really got me and someone else good before he vanished to do whatever the fuck he was doing.

If he's alive or dead, I don't know. But he hurt people on the way out.

[strikefirster]

[Honestly Johnny had just finished dealing with Kreese pulling this kind of crap back at home. ...And Terry was one of Kreese's war buddies so it was possible they were cut from the same cloth.

But Johnny wasn't really prepared to deal with that at the moment.]

Well if he tries something I'll just kick his ass. Put him in back into whatever nursing home he crawled out of.

If he's a weak manipulative little snake then his bones will be dust.