Twelfth Gate [Video/Action]

[niceguypose]

[Video]

[And here is a bushy-browed youth addressing the video feed, with a mix of anticipation and dread.]

Greetings, people of Luceti! Rock Lee here! Currently, I am training hard so that I can try my hand at becoming a jounin! I would be glad to accept any and all training partners. However... Please only see me before the fourteenth!

After all, I must warn all newer people of the holiday that is coming... the day of the Valentines. On such a day, the Malnosso have been known to use their shifts to twist our emotions! They force on us... the feeling of love! Those who were caught under the mistletoe may have some idea of this effect...

My advice, is to exercise caution! In fact, I intend to seal myself within the Battle Dome once the time comes until I am certain it is over! Please do not come to find me. Alternatively, if you do find me, and I seem to be under the effect of the shift, I ask you to do all that you can to overpower me and keep me restrained until it passes! I thank you all in advance...

[Action]

[Basically, Lee can be found doing waiting at Seventh Heaven, while training at the same time. He can otherwise be found performing intense training around the village, within the Fllame Building or the forest, or at the Battle Dome.]

Comments

[voice]

[axed]

Force love? What the hell does that even mean?

[voice]

[niceguypose]

Ah... Do you know much about the nature of Shifting? With that technology, the Malnosso can change our emotions as they please! So, it is through that method which they can make us feel the feeling of love towards each other.

[voice]

[axed]

Shifting this, Shifting that. The more I hear about it the less sense it makes. Love isn't that kind of -- feeling.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

It can be very confusing. Perhaps... only experiencing it can make it easier to understand. Love truly is not like any other feeling! But they can still make us feel it.

[voice]

[axed]

Sounds like you have some personal experience.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

Yes... That- That is so. I was here for... last year's day of Valentines.

[voice]

[axed]

Yeah? Have any fun?

[voice]

[niceguypose]

It... It was fun at the time! When I was under the influence of the ship. But when it expired... I felt mostly regret and shame.

[voice]

[axed]

Oh, two things I can't be bothered with. Guess I don't have anything to worry about.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

Ah... That does not concern you? But, with such an attitude, the Malnosso are sure to find a way to make sure the effect worries you!

[voice]

[axed]

[ She thinks about it. ]

The whole love shtick isn't exactly my idea of a good time, to begin with.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

It is not? [He's confused.] But what is so bad about it? I thought that all youths strove towards it.

[voice]

[axed]

Seems to me it does some stupid things to your brain.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

Perhaps... But that is also part of the recklessness of youth! And love is supposed to be worth all of the shortcomings when it works out just right!

[voice]

[axed]

Grumpy old me, I guess. It never really does work out, in the place I come from.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

Ah...

I am sorry to hear that. It seems there are many places where such things are difficult... especially in times of warfare. [It's not easy in Lee's world, either. Not when at least one half of every canon couple winds up dying eventually]

Still, I would say that 'never' is too strong a word. Some success cannot be impossible!

[voice]

[axed]

I don't remember asking for sympathy.

[ But maybe he's right about the 'never', who knows. ]

[voice]

[niceguypose]

I apologize. I could not help but give it freely. However may I ask your name?

[voice]

[axed]

You first.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

[He does recognize the politeness of giving one's own name first. So he declares it boldly.]

Rock Lee!

[voice]

[axed]

Johanna. Don't sound so enthusiastic, it's making me tired.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

Really? It should make you feel more enthusiastic? Ah... Still, it is nice to meet you, Johanna-san.

[voice]

[axed]

You don't know me. What's san and why do you people keep tacking it on to my name?

[voice]

[niceguypose]

It is just an honorific... used to address others respectfully!

[axed]

Oh, I'm so honored. [ Deadpan as heck. ]