11th Candid Photo

[pygmalion_perv]

[Hachibe's pretty depressed about his rather dismal performance in Olivier Armstrong's fighting tournament.  He's never going to impress her if he keeps on going like that.  Deep down, he knows he's capable of some pretty amazing things when he's fighting for his precious parts, but what about the rest of the time?  Maybe some training would help him all around.  So, citizens of Mayfield, you can find Hachibe after school on Tuesday in several different places:

1) At the gym in the rec center.  He's trying to lift way too many weights at once, huffing and straining and periodically dropping the bar on himself.  He hasn't actually managed any reps so far.

2) Running around town rather sluggishly.  Somehow, he's managed to find training weights, and has them strapped to his ankles as he makes his way slowly through town.

3) Swimming in the pool.  He's not doing too badly here, but he's pushing himself a little harder than he probably ought to be.  Feel free to find him floating face-down in the middle of a lap, or flopped over on his back beside the pool breathing heavily.]

Comments

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

[Watches in mild fascination. Does not help at all.]

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

[Eventually manages to flail his way over to the edge, where he leans over the side and vomits up some water, coughing and hacking.]

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

Overexertion is harmful . . .

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

But I need to stronger, fast! You were there! You saw how quickly I went down in the tournament! How am I gonna protect anyone if I can't even win one stupid fight?

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

Your enemy was a magician . . .

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and since I don't have magic, I have to do what I can do physically. I gotta be faster than lasers, and jump as high as witches can fly, and hit hard so they go down in one hit!

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

That is impossible.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

I don't care! I'm gonna try anyway!

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

Why?

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Because it's the only thing I can do.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

It is a thing you cannot do.

Train to improve yourself. That is an admirable thing. Seeking the impossible is . . . not.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

But even I don't reach my goal, I'll have still improved along the way anyway, right?

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

Why purposefully set a goal you cannot attain?

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Because then I'll never stop trying.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

. . . I do not understand.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

If I set an unattainable goal, I'll have to keep working at it forever, right? So I'll just keep on improving. I might not ever get there, but it won't stop me from trying anyway.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

The same result would be obtained if you set successively higher goals, with the additional benefit of the application of classical conditioning.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

I like to go for the gold.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

The impossible gold.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

It's the way I've always lived my life.

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

. . . Ah . . . ?

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

What?

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

. . . . .

[Yuki has used up her word quota for this conversation and merely headtilts curiously at him instead.]

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

[Stares back.]

[bogusmagicker.livejournal.com]

[Yuki is the Staring Queen.]