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NAME: Rowan BIRTHDAY: December 2nd FAV CAKE FLAVOR: Earl Grey Tea Cake WHAT THEY WANT MOST FOR THEIR BIRTHDAY: To become a Lord.

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[runir]

Sure, may as well.

[Famous last words? Stay tuned to find out.]

Plenty of mushrooms here to use as target practice, if you need it.

[eyescar]

Okay! Feel free to be impressed!

[ Yuji adjusts his weight, drawing on his cursed energy as he heads over to a mushroom and just punches it, as hard as he can.

The mushroom explodes, covering his face in fungi. ]

[runir]

[Oh. A bit of stray mushroom flies over and threatens to land on Rowan's leathers, and he blocks it with a raised forearm.]

...I've never seen a mushroom explode so spectacularly.

[He does sound impressed.]

Nor was that what I had in mind when you said you had magic.

[HE JUST PUNCHED IT REALLY HARD help]

[eyescar]

[ Yuji is pouting, picking bits of mushroom out of his hair. ]

... It's cursed energy? It's a kind of magic, I guess, but I've always been strong, so...

[ At least he has the decency to look a little bit sheepish. ]

[runir]

[No judgment here. The mushroom bits are... funny, yes, but in terms of messes? Rowan's been covered in a lot worse, so he hardly seems put out by the whole exploding mushroom ordeal.]

Cursed energy that you utilize to fight other curses, you said. By punching their heads off, I presume.

[He's joking, but also not. That's definitely quite a punch. He'd reckon this young man could hit like a demigod if he really tried.]

Remind me not to get on your bad side, friend.

[eyescar]

Yeah, exactly. Though, sometimes I punch other things too.

[ He doesn't mean literally, Yuji... ]

I can do a Black Flash sometimes too, but I can't just do it whenever I want.

[runir]

[He meant it a little literally. It's not a bad strategy, all things considered.]

Black Flash? And what's that?

[eyescar]

It's kind of like a critical hit? You use cursed energy at a super precise way, and it's way more powerful than a normal hit. It's hard to do whenever you want, though.

[ Unless you're Yuji, who does seem to be able to use it at will. ]

It's more of a luck thing.

[runir]

So a strike that requires ample focus to hit an enemy's weak point?

[Huh. Rowan was never a man who did well with fisticuffs, preferring magic or the cut of a blade, but he can appreciate those who use their fists as weapons, too.]

You would have gotten along with a... ah. A man I knew. Or at least you'd have been able to talk shop with him well enough. He was so strong he could shatter the earth beneath his own feet with his fists.

[eyescar]

Yeah! It's like being in the zone, right? You're so focussed on the fight that you just go for it!

[ It's definitely way more complicated and specific than that, but getting Itadori Yuji to explain the application of cursed energy within one-millionth of a second is an impossible feat. ]

That sounds so cool! I'd love to be strong like that!

[runir]

With time, and practice, even someone of no renown can become impossibly strong, to fell enemies you never would have dreamed of.

[A beat.]

How long have you been fighting curses, anyhow?

[eyescar]

[ He gives himself a moment to think, then... ]

I guess it's been months, now?

[runir]

Just a few months. You're rather new to it all, then.

[eyescar]

It doesn't feel that way any more. [ A lot can happen in a few months. ] But I'm getting stronger.

[runir]

...Well, I gather if you've been thrust into one-too-many battles, then you learn rather quickly.

Supposing your skills would be better suited to a floor made for fighting, but I've not stumbled across one yet.

[eyescar]

Yeah, I guess so? I don't mind taking a break here, though. I don't think my skills are going anywhere.

[runir]

That depends on how long you plan on being here, I would gather. You don't think you need to practice?

[eyescar]

I should train as much as I can, but I don't know how easy it'll be without curses to fight with... Unless Gojo-sensei or Nanamin help me out.

[ And if there's nowhere in the hotel to actually do fighting... ]

[runir]

Friends of yours, I take it?

[There's a fight club, but alas, Rowan has not stumbled upon it yet.]

[eyescar]

My teacher, and my... [ Ah. What's the word.

Mentor? Father figure? Reason for fighting? ]

... friend.

[runir]

Ah, you're fortunate. To have people here from your world with you. Friendly faces, anyway.

...Actually, the one name rings a bell. [belatedly bc we were still threading it out, help] I thought it was "Nanami", not "Nanamin?"

[eyescar]

Oh, yeah, his name is Nanami Kento.

[ Yuji might look just a little bit sheepish now. ]

I call him 'Nanamin'.

[runir]

Oh, so that's like a nickname?

[No need to look sheepish when Rowan literally has Zero Context.]

[eyescar]

Yeah, but I don't think he actually likes it that much.

[ But Yuji gets away with it, so... ]

[runir]

He seemed a level-headed sort. It must mean he's fond of you, then.