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[art_of_war]

Greetings.

[ He's still seated in the same shared front room of 007 he has always been in for his public posts. He is the very picture of perfectly composed. ]

Living among humans as I am, I have run across something of a dilemma. Most things are set for a human's measurements and a human's capability. Yet I am capable of at least four times the impact - both delivering and sustaining. As I rather doubt most would want a hole in their ribcage, I would be interested in possibilities.

[ Ah yes, Thrawn. Abrupt as always. ]

Thank you for your time.

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[fireandhoney]

[Finn mistakes the man for a fellow Dunmer at first, thanks to the blue skin and red eyes. Then he registers that the man has the wrong ears. He thought it was too good to be true. Oh well.]

A hole in the ribcage would probably not get you invited to a lot of parties, yeah.

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[art_of_war]

On second thought that may be a reason to do it after all.

[ Is he being serious? Sarcastic? We just don't know. ]

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[fireandhoney]

Not like a hole in the chest isn't fixable here, after all.

[See, he can do the ambiguous sarcasm thing too.]

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[art_of_war]

[ Hey the fact you rolled with it instead of showing Moral Outrage(tm) is pretty cool. ]

If you keep away from vital organs I don't see what the fuss is about.

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[fireandhoney]

[He happens to know quite a bit about where vital organs are.]

In my experience parties tend to end with people trying to kill you or you do something embarrassing, so I can't say I blame you.

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[art_of_war]

In my experience, they are generally one and the same.

[ People trying to kill him and embarrassing themselves is common. ]

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[fireandhoney]

Pity anybody who tries to kill you, Sera.

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[art_of_war]

[...can not tell if that's sarcasm. ]

I have little enough use for pity of any kind.

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[vanto]

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[vanto]

What are you doing and should I be worried?

[art_of_war]

I am doing exactly what I said I was doing and whether you worry or not is entirely up to you.

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[vanto]

This post would work a lot better if you had just said: "I need sparring partners that are above general human abilities".

You're aware I'm always going to worry, right?

[art_of_war]

You need not worry.

[...which is apparently all he'll say about that. ]

[vanto]

Okay, well.

I'm going to make dinner for us.

[art_of_war]

That will not be necessary. I am meeting with K2SO after hours so I would advise you to stay at 008 tonight.

[vanto]

Alright, well. I’m going to make dinner anyway and stay at 008.

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[prophesiedone]

Possibilities for what? [Sparring? Holding high tea?]

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[art_of_war]

For something other than sparring.

[ Though if you managed to hold high tea while fighting, that would be a feat. ]

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[prophesiedone]

That's surprising. What do you have in mind? [Thrawn is interesting and he needs to focus on...other things. Every time he focuses too much on something, it shatters.]

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[art_of_war]

I have nothing in mind. Hence this post.

[ May be a wry note of amusement in there. ]

Your response to said post has been somewhat...surprising.

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[prophesiedone]

Why? Because I'm not being combative?

[Hey he is a work in progress.]

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[art_of_war]

[ Well at least you're aware of it. ]

In a way. Though I would guess that after a certain point, one would expect to no longer need hand to hand combat.

Which then begs the question; why reply to me?

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[prophesiedone]

Needing it and wanting it are two different matters. [Just fyi.] Your request made me curious.

[And he is running from other matters.]

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[art_of_war]

You are then saying you want hand to hand combat. [ That isn't a question. ]

Or are you trying to give that tiresome argument of 'I wish I could find someone who was as powerful as I" voice?

[ Careful, Anakin. Thrawn is as subtle as a hatchet to the face sometimes. ]

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[prophesiedone]

Not constantly, but yeah, it would be a nice hobby. [News flash: Anakin likes physical feats (showing off) and competitions.]

I don't make presumptions. [He shrugs.] That takes the fun out of it.

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[art_of_war]

More likely, it would be an eventual injury.

[ For the rest, Thrawn offers a small smirk. Anakin caught the word trap there. ]

Your ideas on 'hobbies' run violent.

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[aberrant_type]

... Are you asking for sparring partners?

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[art_of_war]

As most possible sparring partners would be human that rather defeats the point.

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[aberrant_type]

I'm rather puzzled as to what you are asking for! [And she's into weirdness and nonhumans, so she's puzzled as to that blueness to.] Are you looking for friends?

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[art_of_war]

...no.

[ Was his post that unclear? He thought it was pretty clear. Of course, he doesn't get half of Hange's weirdness is just her being Hange. ]

I would make use of droids - robots as they are called here - but something as simple and 'low-tech' as a stout log will do for a few minutes as a target. I was looking for other possibilities.

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[aberrant_type]

Allies?

[Maybe she's just reading too much into it??]

... nonhuman sparring partners?

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[art_of_war]

...

[ Yeah. Thrawn is going to deadeye this. His tone dropped a few degrees but he's not otherwise responding. ]

As you seem to have an idea of what my intention was whereas I don't, do please enlighten me.

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[aberrant_type]

[Upbeat tone. She didn't miss the drop in tone, or the deadeye, she just ignored it.] I'm asking what your intention was! As it is, it looked like more or less like a description of how strong you are.

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[art_of_war]

[ ...well, she's not wrong. ]

More of a frank description of capabilities. And my intention is only to find a physical challenge.

[ But he really was defensive when he first got here and went through the shock of being in a 'world' where several nonhuman species exist, to one that was exclusively human save the imPorts. Gawking, pointing and other forms of being just as rude followed.]

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[aberrant_type]

[Honestly, with her new superpowers she could probably offer that challenge... but she hasn't gone public with the one yet, so it'll have to wait. But she loves weirdness and is so into all these friendly nonhumans ("friendly" in comparison to titans). Therefore she's going to keep talking to him! It all makes perfect sense.]

Hmhm. So, yes, a sparring partner. I'm sure you'll find some suitable to stand up to you around these parts. There are some genuine unusual types around!