[ He's not too sure why Tory is texting this to him of all people, but he'll roll with it. ]
Interesting theory. I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with the latter song, but I saw The Weather Girls live back in the 80s. Shame they were one-hit wonders.
[She checks the message and...oops. 100% NOT who she was trying to message here. At least it's just a random thought she had while out on a walk and nothing deeply personal. This could have gone so, so much worse. Especially the previous month when she mistook blood effects for pregnancy symptoms.
She takes a moment to browse the network, knowing that there's a lot of random pieces of entertainment from Earth that can be found there. She's not disappointed, and links it into her message.]
[ Well, that's certainly something. Terry doesn't usually feel as old as he is, but there's nothing like heavy metal to remind him that he's an old man after all. This sounds like something Johnny would use in one of his impromptu warehouse training sessions. ]
If I were to train that intensely I fear I may break something. I might have done it when I was your age, though.
[ Know what Robby doesn't see when this shit misfires?
The real usernames. The language is...kind of off for Tory, but after the emotional ride of the day, Robby isn't overthinking it. ]
yeah hes fine, he didnt get in the fight. it was me and paul. tried to get my dad to leave through a 3 point fight. think i insulted the guy after i called my dad out for making him do a crane kick on me first round
[ So there is family drama here, just as Terry suspected. Robby doesn't seem to realize he's talking to the wrong person, so he'll play long for now. Lying by omission doesn't count as lying, really. ]
Sounds rough. Glad you're alright. I wish they'd leave everyone else out of their drama but I'm not holding my breath at this point.
[ This reaction is actually genuine. A plumber, Johnny? And when the guy who had to hide up a chimney once to avoid being caught thinks your plan is terrible, that's saying something. ]
[ He knows stories, but it's not his place to share them. He's too tired after the day to anyway, but at least he has Tory. A piece of normality after everything. ]
yeah. thanks anyway ive got a headache. you dont need me to buy anything tomorrow?
[ The confusion for the message doesn't get to settle before the proverbial punch to the gut sends Robby reeling with the dread that takes a hold of him. Mr. Keene. Who else -- who but fucking else.
There's a couple of minutes before he responds: where the realisation manages to dizzy him, or that's from bolting up too quick, and all he wants to say to the other is so tempting to let out of his throat. It's humiliation, the kind that makes the heart rapid; and it's remembering everything he gave up, but really, it's the former that really chokes him.
He wants to crush the omni under his foot. He wants anything to let go at, but all he has is fucking text. ]
fucking funny sure you dont need me to buy you anything. you dont mean shit here
In some ways, we're very different, yes. But...hm. I have to say, when I first arrived here - I was here for a few months before you - the relationship your father had with Mr. Atreides surprised me. Mostly how quickly it happened. Given how long it took him to come around to you I didn't think he was the type to bond so fast. But thinking back on it, that must be what happened with Diaz, isn't it?
I was an only child. And I never got along with my father. He was surrounded day in and day out by young aspiring businessmen and it seemed like they could do no wrong. I, on the other hand, could only do wrong.
Some men are like that with their own flesh and blood. They can't look at you without seeing themselves. Other boys get a clean slate, but you have to carry the sum of his regrets and insecurities. In that, we're alike.
This wasn't about him and Paul, but something still turns in his stomach from the start: the relationship your father had with Mr. Atreides, how quickly it happened. He knows better, he tells himself -- that anyone who knows him and his dad know about their turbulent relationship, who know about Miguel -- it's easy shit to attack, isn't it? And he's never been as stupid as the others around him seem to think he is, was, by being at Cobra Kai.
Kreese wanted to him use against his dad. Silver didn't care about how they won, happily spent his money and gave his car just so he and Tory could upset the competition. He knows what Mister LaRusso told him about Silver and their past, and Robby doesn't trust him. He doesn't feel anything for his sob story.
But it still digs into him all the same. An anger, his old friend; a bitterness so thick he could chew on it, that makes him want payback without an image of what that is. An urge -- a darker side of him.
It's what happens when he doesn't know what to immediately say, and the message stares at him longer than it should. A time of silence that speaks for itself, even if Robby wouldn't want it to. ]
so does this excuse you murdering a guy over karate or is that another story kreese loved stories too you dont have anything i want
[ Is he really going to believe fully the man who just led him on? No, but Silver's apparent version of events aren't a concern for Robby. What is, is the last question posed to him.
And like any other mature seventeen-year-old, he will choose to do the predictable: to not respond. He's using his omen to message Tory and going to sleep, and he will not continue to be more bitter than he was about Johnny and Paul in the morning. ]
[ Terry expects as much, and doesn't push him to reply. If he's successfully planted the idea in Robby's mind, he'll reach out eventually. If not, Terry will pivot to plan B.
It's nothing personal, Robby. He just wants Johnny Lawrence to suffer. ]
[This year, Maul had decided to behave himself when it came to giving gifts, unlike in years past where he broke into people's houses rather like Santa himself did. All gifts are left on the porch or front step of the recipient's home for them to find in the morning.
Maul didn't know Terry well yet but he felt that he and the older man had a lot in common, so he wanted to get him something small. And it was, quite literally, a small gift: a necklace with a hidden blade tucked inside of it. Accompanying it was a note wishing Terry a Merry Christmas signed from Darth Maul.]
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[Text] un: QueenCobra, misfire
What if "It's raining men" and "Let the bodies hit the floor" are both songs about the same event from a different perspective?
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Interesting theory.
I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with the latter song, but I saw The Weather Girls live back in the 80s.
Shame they were one-hit wonders.
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She takes a moment to browse the network, knowing that there's a lot of random pieces of entertainment from Earth that can be found there. She's not disappointed, and links it into her message.]
They've got a very different sound. Let the Bodies Hit the Floor is a good song to train to.
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If I were to train that intensely I fear I may break something. I might have done it when I was your age, though.
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[ evening of miyagi-do's opening, text, un: kickflips ]
anyway ill come back for lunch. dont worry about me. let me know if you want anything on the way back
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Sounds like quite the incident. Is LaRusso alright?
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The real usernames. The language is...kind of off for Tory, but after the emotional ride of the day, Robby isn't overthinking it. ]
yeah hes fine, he didnt get in the fight. it was me and paul. tried to get my dad to leave through a 3 point fight. think i insulted the guy after i called my dad out for making him do a crane kick on me first round
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Sounds rough. Glad you're alright.
I wish they'd leave everyone else out of their drama but I'm not holding my breath at this point.
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he showed up dressed as a fucking plumber and then acts like he wasnt there to make a scene
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Did he...get that idea from a sitcom?
[ This reaction is actually genuine. A plumber, Johnny? And when the guy who had to hide up a chimney once to avoid being caught thinks your plan is terrible, that's saying something. ]
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cant blame him this time though. i didnt want to stop the fight
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[ Don't mind him he's just going to pry. ]
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i didnt want to lose. if he wasnt going to hold back i wanted to know i could take him
not really what you do at miyagi do
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I don't think even Sensei LaRusso can be Miyagi-Do 100% of the time.
[ Terry types that with the cheekiest grin, because he knows it's true. He made it true. ]
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yeah. thanks
anyway ive got a headache. you dont need me to buy anything tomorrow?
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Why would I need you to buy me anything, Mr. Keene?
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There's a couple of minutes before he responds: where the realisation manages to dizzy him, or that's from bolting up too quick, and all he wants to say to the other is so tempting to let out of his throat. It's humiliation, the kind that makes the heart rapid; and it's remembering everything he gave up, but really, it's the former that really chokes him.
He wants to crush the omni under his foot. He wants anything to let go at, but all he has is fucking text. ]
fucking funny
sure you dont need me to buy you anything. you dont mean shit here
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I'm sure your father and Sensei LaRusso have told you I'm some kind of boogeyman, haven't they?
That's a shame.
I think we have a lot in common.
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yeah. i know about you and larusso
and i dont sit around pretending to be some guys girlfriend
im nothing like you
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But...hm.
I have to say, when I first arrived here - I was here for a few months before you - the relationship your father had with Mr. Atreides surprised me.
Mostly how quickly it happened.
Given how long it took him to come around to you I didn't think he was the type to bond so fast.
But thinking back on it, that must be what happened with Diaz, isn't it?
I was an only child. And I never got along with my father.
He was surrounded day in and day out by young aspiring businessmen and it seemed like they could do no wrong.
I, on the other hand, could only do wrong.
Some men are like that with their own flesh and blood. They can't look at you without seeing themselves. Other boys get a clean slate, but you have to carry the sum of his regrets and insecurities.
In that, we're alike.
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This wasn't about him and Paul, but something still turns in his stomach from the start: the relationship your father had with Mr. Atreides, how quickly it happened. He knows better, he tells himself -- that anyone who knows him and his dad know about their turbulent relationship, who know about Miguel -- it's easy shit to attack, isn't it? And he's never been as stupid as the others around him seem to think he is, was, by being at Cobra Kai.
Kreese wanted to him use against his dad. Silver didn't care about how they won, happily spent his money and gave his car just so he and Tory could upset the competition. He knows what Mister LaRusso told him about Silver and their past, and Robby doesn't trust him. He doesn't feel anything for his sob story.
But it still digs into him all the same. An anger, his old friend; a bitterness so thick he could chew on it, that makes him want payback without an image of what that is. An urge -- a darker side of him.
It's what happens when he doesn't know what to immediately say, and the message stares at him longer than it should. A time of silence that speaks for itself, even if Robby wouldn't want it to. ]
so does this excuse you murdering a guy over karate or is that another story
kreese loved stories too
you dont have anything i want
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You'll have to ask him about that, if you get the chance.
[ He's pretty confident no one will be hearing anything from Chozen anymore. Oh well. ]
Maybe I don't.
But if you're so sure about that, why are you still talking to me?
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And like any other mature seventeen-year-old, he will choose to do the predictable: to not respond. He's using his omen to message Tory and going to sleep, and he will not continue to be more bitter than he was about Johnny and Paul in the morning. ]
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It's nothing personal, Robby. He just wants Johnny Lawrence to suffer. ]
Gift Delivery - December 25th
Maul didn't know Terry well yet but he felt that he and the older man had a lot in common, so he wanted to get him something small. And it was, quite literally, a small gift: a necklace with a hidden blade tucked inside of it. Accompanying it was a note wishing Terry a Merry Christmas signed from Darth Maul.]