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Shouto Todoroki | Blue | #57A7C5

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[There's a sense of deja vu as he's up there on a roof. At least he hasn't been tied up to somebody's telephone pole. A small mercy. While he's strung up like this, he can at least touch the roof with his right hand, icing it over and giving him a platform to stand on.]

It's not over yet.

[This time, he rides his wave of ice towards John.]

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[The ice comes toward him and John flies up and out of the way, heading higher and higher.] Catch me if you can, dude! [This is about the only way he thinks he can get away with that.]

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[Shouto's out here just literally riding a wave of ice up towards John, trying his hardest to catch him!]

[windeity]

[Unfortunately he's really good at keep-away but this also isn't combat and he recognizes that. On the other hand it's interesting to see Shouto's limits.]

Do you know how high you can actually go? [And he turns suddenly to go sideways to see if Shouto can switch with ease. He might also be gearing up to something.]

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[With how much ice he's expending, versus how little he's been using his fire- his right side is visibly frosted up.]

A good few kilometers into the air.

[While he does manage the switch, it seems slower than it was before.]

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[He floats just out of range, frowning a little as he notices.]

Dude are you sure you're okay? You look sort of freezerburned.

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[He'll make another bit of ice to jump down onto the ground. Again, the creation is much slower than it was before.

But now he'll turn on his fire half, allowing the ice to melt away.]

I need to defrost.

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[...SHOUTO!!!]

That was a really bad joke, but that's a pretty cool trick.

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[ Shouto gives a slow blink. ]

... I didn't make a joke.

[windeity]

...it was kind of a joke? Like humor is subjective. [Are they really going to be distracted by this?]

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I didn't think I was making a joke. I was being serious.

[They sure are.]

[windeity]

Shouto...and I mean this in the nicest way possible...do you know what a joke is?

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I've heard of them.

[windeity]

...I feel like we should put a pause on the sparring lessons and get you up to speed with comedy. Like. Immediately.

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Why is it that important?

[windeity]

Because laughing is important, dude. It's how people stay in a good mood and it's stress relief sometimes.

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Being stuck in an abandoned town is stressful.

... Teach me about jokes.

[windeity]

Okay. [...and that seems to be a thing happening.] Like anything, comedy has a few moving parts. You have the joke, the punchline, and most important is comedic timing. Following so far?

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I... think so? How does it work?

[windeity]

[Hmm...] Let's try a different question first. Do you know what pranks are?

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[Squints...]

No.

[windeity]

...you've never put a whoopie cushion in someone's chair or propped a bucket of water over the door so it falls on the next person to walk in the room? Nothing?

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[There's a moment as he thinks about this. He's never done this but... HM.]

I want to.

[His voice goes very dark. There's clearly somebody specific he's thinking about.]

[windeity]

...[Shouto...] Sure dude. We can do that. But uh. Who are you targeting?

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... It doesn't matter he's not here and he won't show up.