estoria | [OPEN] There, by the Waterside

Who:

givesalittlewhistle & OPEN
When: Mid-June IC/Beginning of April OOC
Where: Around the City
What: Part One: Hikari has her new Camera and wants to try it out | Part Two: weapons training (sort of)
Rating/Warning: (possible talks of fighting involving children)

I.

[If there was one positive thing about that last ViViD game she'd entered...it was that, combined with her school allowance and other savings, it put her at more than enough credits to buy the camera she wanted.]

[It was small. Easy enough to hold in her young hands, and light enough to carry around her neck on a string. Right next to her whistle, and atop the crest of light she kept beneath her shirt. It was also stylish, with a silver casing and even a little view screen in the back so that she could see the image she'd just captured without having to print it out first. Even better, thanks to the small card she was able to insert to add memory, she could take hundreds of pictures before having to delete any and make room for new ones!]

[It also meant she had plenty of leeway to experiment! Which is precisely why, for most of that particular morning, anyone might come across the eight-year-old girl wandering aimlessly around the city looking for things to shoot. She took pictures of the trees. The school. The shrine. The shops.]

[But...what she found she enjoyed most were taking pictures of the people. Especially when they barely had time to pose.]

Smile!

[Click]

II.

[The camera wasn't her only purchase, though this one had been a little more...spontaneous.]

[A glimpse in a window that inspired something she'd been wondering in the back of her mind for some time. Ever since that awful fighting game. She had come away from it mostly unscathed, yes, in no small part due to the fact that she'd reached for a weapon. Not a sword or bow and arrow or anything she could have hurt herself with, though. No, Hikari had reached for a long staff. And wielded it quite well for a novice.]

[Which was to say, she didn't smack herself in the face with it once. Success?]

[So, when she found a rubber training version of the same weapon with foam ends, it was like a sign. It didn't cost much, and when she first held it in her hands, it was even lighter than she remembered the wooden version being.]

[She took it to the park. Tailmon hovered as always, although this time on the ground. More than once, she swatted a little at the staff edges as they came near her, and it was only because of how soft they felt compared to most weapons that she wasn't more concerned. In fact, if anything, the little digimon looked proud of her partner for wanting to better defend herself ~~though slight put out she hadn't opted for the bow and arrow~~.]

I just wish I knew more so that I could teach you myself.

[Hikari was currently practicing spinning it in her hands, getting used to the way the weight shifted and the center of balance followed its movement. She didn't dare turn her head until it stopped, and called out to Tailmon without taking her eyes away from her current task.]

It's okay. I can...probably...figure this out...by myself...

[Or until somebody else came along to help her.]

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[She could have...but when she saw Taichi reaching down to get it for her, she let him. Accepting it back with a gracious smile and nod.]

So I can help more the next time we need to fight. Like in that last game.

[Thanks, Hikari. Let him feel useful for a moment, smiling as he hands it to her. But his expression turns into a fret as he thinks it over. He doesn't like the idea of Hikari putting herself in danger first, but...]

...It is important that you can take care of yourself when it's dangerous... [Especially in that first game. He was worried whenever they were separated. If he could be more sure that she could handle things when they're split up...]

I guess I'll help.

[A little late for that, Taichi.]

You will? [Her whole face lit up. Maybe they could train together!] Do you know how to wield a staff?

Not really, but... How hard can it be?

[He looks along the ground for a little bit, until he finds a piece of a fallen tree branch around the same length as her staff.]

[~~Famous last words~~]

[Hikari didn't seem too worried at the moment, and even held up her staff in preparation. It was padded, so even if she hit him, it shouldn't hurt. And she trusted him not to hurt her on the chance that he caught her with the stick.]

I'm ready whenever you are.

[Tailmon, on the other hand, had visible concerns.]

Are you sure, Taichi?

[Tailmon worries too much, at least in Taichi's opinion.]

Sure, sure, I can handle it. Hikari, do your best! [He holds up his stick, intent on focusing on the defensive for now.]

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[Well, he did ask for it.]

[She had confidence in her brother, though. Enough that she gripped the staff in such a manner that, when she initiated the first swing, she swung hard.]

[It was a harder swing then he expected, as confident as he was in Hikari's ability. He had to sharply raise his stick to block that first shot, looking surprised but impressed as he held it up.]

Whoa! That's not so bad, Hikari!

[As focused and determined as her expression read when she swung that first attempted blow...that's how bright and sweet it was in the next.]

I've been practicing.

I've even been doing some pushups to help my arms get stronger.

[Aw... Now, he's getting more used to her moves and blocks her more quickly. And he gives an impressed whistle.]

Pushups, huh? Now that's pretty serious! I'll have to start doing some too, before you can pick me up over your head! [He says with a laugh.]

[Letting out a small giggle at his praise--and the mental image of lifting Taichi over her head--she wound up again for another strike. Not quite so hard as the first, but nearly as fast.]

Maybe I could give you a piggy back ride. Just like you used to give me.

[Aw, now that makes him laugh a little more too, while he blocks this strike as well.]

Now that'd be fun! I always wondered what that would be like. But then I'd have to call you Onee-san!

[She stopped mid-strike. Paused. Her smile fading into one of her typical neutral looks. Not quite upset, but...not overly happy, either.]

I would never ask you to do that, Oniichan.

[He was the big brother, and she was the little sister. That's how it had always been. She'd never want to change that.]

[Oh, whoops. He feels a little guilty at that expression shift, but he retains a light smile.]

Hey... I'm just joking, Hikari. I know you wouldn't really say that. [He wouldn't want it to change either. He wants to look out for her.]

[Whoops, indeed.]

[Though, when he stated that he was joking...her smile returned. As if nothing had happened.]

No, I wouldn't. I promise.

But I would still give you that piggy back ride, if you wanted.

Thanks, Hikari! [He chuckles.] I bet it'd be fun!

But for now, I'll keep on doing the carrying, alright? [He says that with a friendly wink before he raises his stick, ready to use it to try to just very gently tap the top of her head.]

[Because the tap was so light, she let him. Scrunching her nose up every so slightly, and smiling all the while.]

[Of course, once that was done, she went in for another legitimate strike. This time, going a bit lower in hopes of hitting his hip or upper leg.]

[Hey, she was a loving, loyal little sister, but she also meant business!]

[Such a deadly little sister...! Her smile was adorable as ever, and that helped his guard to lower. As he made her next strike, he tried to prepare a block, but ultimately he didn't react swiftly enough, and his hip got hit!]

Whoa... You got me, Hikari!

[YAY!]

[...unless...]

I didn't hurt you too bad, did I?

[He rubs at his hip a little, but he laughs.]

Nope! Don't you worry, Hikari. I'm fine!

Good!

[In that case, she'll just keep swinging away. Until Taichi either gets knocked over completely, or she ends up tiring herself out.]

[OPEN] There, by the Waterside

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