[I so googled Japanese flavors of chips, and I have decided what it is]
Calbee Pizza Potato Mentai Mayo. Dare to try it? It sounds like it'd taste...salty. It's got cod roe.
[Are you more adventurous than Nick when it's about flavors, Saber? I'm not sure I would. Unfortunately for me, Akihiko probably is adventurous enough to at least have a bite, if Saber doesn't, hah]
[Akihiko takes the chip and munches on it. At first, he's visibly caught with his guard down despite the package telling exactly what flavor it was -- but as he chews, he dares to smirk]
I see. I'll stick to the more normal flavors.
[If it's horrendous, well, Akihiko doesn't let it show]
Or maybe I'm still unable to taste much. Jiaoqiu ruined my tongue the first day.
Yes. I will be able to take measures to make sure I'll do better than I already did. Psyche myself up mentally, or perhaps find a way to numb my mouth.
[Okay, this is going to be a disaster. I'm so in -- I have to PC Flurry next week for this, haha]
...I'm finding it hard to understand. [.....] I'm not sure if that difficulty is a good thing or if it means I'm still inexperienced.
[Maybe if he had lost against Majima he would felt a facsimile of what Saber feels? Who knows. Losing against Laurence doesn't count, he tells himself, because that wasn't even a fight]
I can't imagine myself not fighting! I may have gotten started out of a misplaced wish to get stronger, but by now I can't not fight.
[Maybe if I think of his characterization in the fighting game spinoff as Akihiko chasing for this feeling of aha to try to understand it, I'll tolerate his writing in that game more. I'm salty over my boy's treatment in spinoff games, can you tell]
[Something about Akihiko seems rather admiring about them and about Saber. He can greatly respect strength, and also he saw what those two are capable of, thanks to memoryshare. Akihiko will never handle a sword, but if for some reason he took swordfighting, he'd hope to be as good as them someday]
There has to be someone here who can spar with you. [Because hoping Uruha will die and get here so there can be sparring would be rude. Akihiko likes Uruha, he hopes he doesn't die] True, we're mostly good with magic instead of using swords, but...
[Saber should have enrichment. Someone must be capable of providing it, and blasting them with magic from a distance won't do]
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weekend 0, saturday
saber is holding up a bag of chips curiously. ]
What do you suppose these taste like?
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[I so googled Japanese flavors of chips, and I have decided what it is]
Calbee Pizza Potato Mentai Mayo. Dare to try it? It sounds like it'd taste...salty. It's got cod roe.
[Are you more adventurous than Nick when it's about flavors, Saber? I'm not sure I would. Unfortunately for me, Akihiko probably is adventurous enough to at least have a bite, if Saber doesn't, hah]
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keeps chewing. hm. ]
This is... unique.
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Unique in what way?
[Well Saber isn't recoiling in tremendous disgust, so maybe it's edible after all]
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they just hand him a chip. ]
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I see. I'll stick to the more normal flavors.
[If it's horrendous, well, Akihiko doesn't let it show]
Or maybe I'm still unable to taste much. Jiaoqiu ruined my tongue the first day.
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[ saber has not yet been victim to jiaoqiu's like of spicy things. ]
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[And Akihiko endured that defiantly, even though he was pretty much crying in spicy despair]
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[ would it turn out to be a bad idea to taste it?
probably. but stupid curiosity wins out. ]
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[Jiaoqiu doesn't seem like someone who would pass a chance to mess with somebody else]
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Would you try it again?
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[He would...if he had a reason for it. Or wanted to challenge himself]
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[ all of the above? ]
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[He has at least two and a half of those]
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[ now that akihiko knows what to expect. ]
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[Okay, this is going to be a disaster. I'm so in -- I have to PC Flurry next week for this, haha]
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[ they have no idea if this is true or not, they have never seen one before until now. ]
week 0, saturday
but saber is just taking a walk, because that is what one does when they are lost in thought and don't want to stay in one spot. ]
That was an interesting day.
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[Well, truthfully he hasn't figured out the best adjective, but 'interesting' doesn't seem right to him]
week 5, saturday
saber is just on the ground. ]
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Did everything overwhelm you?
[It's not something he expected, really. Saber seemed like they could tackle many things]
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[ this is so stupid ]
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[Akihiko isn't used to losing in general, so he can't empathize right away despite also being a fighter, verily]
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[ there is no other reason, really. ]
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[Maybe if he had lost against Majima he would felt a facsimile of what Saber feels? Who knows. Losing against Laurence doesn't count, he tells himself, because that wasn't even a fight]
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[ there will just be an aha moment. ]
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[Maybe if I think of his characterization in the fighting game spinoff as Akihiko chasing for this feeling of aha to try to understand it, I'll tolerate his writing in that game more. I'm salty over my boy's treatment in spinoff games, can you tell]
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[ all it takes is just the right experience to make someone go aha, that's it, really.
pats you over the spinoffs i'm sorry atlus did this to you ]
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[...Akihiko checks the profiles, just in case. He probably took pictures of them in his phone]
...question mark years old.
[Which probably means you're as old as Zhongli, or more]
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I don't normally lose. But I have definitely fought against opponents where I struggled to beat them due to their strength. It's exhilarating.
[ but also a good way to see what your current limits are. ]
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[Something about Akihiko seems rather admiring about them and about Saber. He can greatly respect strength, and also he saw what those two are capable of, thanks to memoryshare. Akihiko will never handle a sword, but if for some reason he took swordfighting, he'd hope to be as good as them someday]
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[ they say this very confidently. ]
... I will miss getting to spar though. I did it quite often with Uruha.
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[Saber should have enrichment. Someone must be capable of providing it, and blasting them with magic from a distance won't do]
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[ they will just
challenge the guy who killed him. yeah. ]
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[Somehow he's not too surprised about this. Of course it'd be Lucas]
I guess if I were in your position I'd want to even the score and prove they wouldn't defeat me again...
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[ lucas is still considered a friend. ]
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[Because Akihiko knows that, if he had been murdered even by someone influenced, he'd have a hard time leaving that behind!]