stitchedupbodyguard | 4.5th blade [Action; FOURTH WALL EVENT]

[The first change Veronica noticed was in her hands, specifically the tips of her fingers. The needles; the ones that injected the paralyzing poison that also fought regenerative effects. They were back, sticking out of the tips of her scarred fingers just enough to be noticeable if you were looking right at them.

Everything was back. Her eyes were seeing in infrared again, her muscles were already feeling stronger. The urge to just... jump up and down with joy was not one Veronica felt before, but dammit all if she wasn't excited about this.

She had to get out.

Everything seemed brighter somehow, as she walked down paths and streets, feeling what little snow there currently was crunching underneath her boots. It wasn't that cold, she had her cloak on. She didn't care about it anyways, she was too happy about this.

She wanted to do so much. Breathe fire, jump off a building and land unharmed, fight with any foe and come out on top.

But, for now, she'd settle for slicing through the trees that dotted the random routes like they were butter with the multiple swords the poked out from under her cloak. She'd also even do a little training with her Pokemon. Sword fighting with her Honedge, some hand-to-hand combat with Greninja. They seemed just as happy to see Veronica in such high spirits.

There was also an urge, almost overwhelming, to fight someone. She missed doing that, and there was no way that she'd let this moment go to waste.]

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[While Nagi may not be looking for a fight himself, he's come to find himself just as invigorated by the feeling of his powers being back. There are so many things he wants to do that he cannot think of one thing, and the random teleporting that keeps happening isn't helping him to be able to make a decision. None of that matters, though. What matters is that he has his telekinesis back, and all he can really think about now is taking Dist and Kato's test again.

So he hadn't actually been planning to go to the forest today but...here he is. Very suddenly. His Abra is with him at least since he had been lounging on his shoulders. Even though the teleporting keeps happening, he hadn't been expecting to teleport to a place where a massive tree trunk was hurtling right for him.

It's a good thing his reflexes are just as good as they always were, because the tree suddenly grinds to a halt in midair just a centimeter or two shy of Nagi's face.]

[The tree trunk did seem to come right out of the blue, didn't it? Veronica hadn't planned on throwing the plant, per se. Only letting it get sliced into planks of wood to further her impromptu workout.

Silence, until a voice speaks up.]

...Uhh...

[It's likely familiar, and Nagi wont have to wait long before Veronica reveals herself, poking her head around the floating tree stump, and looking pretty sheepish at the moment.]

Sorry about that.

[Nagi holds the trunk there for a moment, watching Veronica out of the corner of his eye. Then, he carefully lets it down to the ground, placing it neatly off to the side.]

Apparently more individuals here have abilities than they let on.

Yeah...

[eyeing him now, especially with that display of psychic skill. She walks over to the trunk and with one swift motion, plants the sword she'd been using deep in the wood and sits herself down.]

I guess you're some sort of psychic?

Yes.

[It's not something he would have gone around telling before, but now she's already seen it. It can't be helped.]

For as long as this world allows, anyway.

[Nothing about suddenly getting his powers back makes any sense, but he's not going to question it.]

And, from what I've heard, it's not going to allow it for long.

[She inspects one of her hands; terrible scars were painted on it, and a needle stuck out of each fingertip. She had missed them, in a way.]

So, I want to try and make the most of it. In any way possible

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[Hahaha that's not what he wanted to hear at all.]

It isn't going to last?

Someone told me that this sort of thing happens twice a year, and only for a few days.

[She scowled, pulling out a dagger from her cloak to inspect it.]

Which mean, then, we're going to lose all of this soon. And we can't do anything about it.

[He's not sure if he would believe the word of the stranger off hand, but stranger things have and are currently happening.]

Hm. That's unfair, wouldn't you think?

Yes.

[Plain and simple. She got up and walked around the trunk, pulling her blade from it in one, swift yank. She inspected it.]

In this world, only the Pokemon get to have special abilities, I guess.

....you saw what I can do. What exactly is it that you do? ...beyond possessing the strength to slice trees like butter, of course.

[He really hopes you aren't a Farfarello type or else this could get super bad super fast. You certainly don't act like him, at least.]

I think I've told you already. I'm a bodyguard, and something of an assassin.

[Of course, it doesn't matter much if she tells him more, does it?]

I can see in infrared, and hear extremely high pitched noises. I can movie quiet and fast, and if I have to, I can breathe fire.

[She shrugged kind of sheepishly. Nothing out of the ordinary, right?]

[Nagi listens without comment, until-]

You can breathe fire?

Uh, yeah...

[She gestured to her throat area, inadvertently giving more attention to the stitching there.]

It can damage my throat, so I don't use it very often. I use poison instead.

[Yes, because that's the better option.]

....I see.

[He...really doesn't know what to say to this, honestly.]

[Most don't.]

I can't tell you how I can do it, or else I would have to kill you.

[....]

And... I don't really get it either.

That is a pretty big claim to make when you don't get it, isn't it?

...You don't believe me then?

[Nagi....]

I never said that.

[Never said he believed you either, though.]

Hmm.

[Another shrug.]

Well, I'm not going to do it, just to prove a point.

But you've been doing it here, haven't you? ....or have you just been chopping down trees?

I've been practicing my moves mostly. I haven't felt like this in months... But, I don't want to overexert myself.

And you are an assassin...not something you would share with someone you hardly know.

You look like you can keep a secret.

Besides, would anyone believe you?

That all depends on who I'm telling.

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