RL: Tutoring post [backdated]

[poison_puppet]

Himiko sat in the Honky Tonk, sipping coffee and waiting for any one of her numerous tutors to appear. The skinny woman lounged in one of the booths, watching the door, surrounded by various last minute study guides.

The man behind the counter would smile at anyone who would walk through that door. After all, Himiko generally brought in paying customers and kept up on her tab, unlike his most loyal - and broke - patrons, Ginji and Ban.

((RL open to anyone on Himiko's world, and any one who wants to show up at the Honky Tonk to help her study.))

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[poison_puppet]

Just like Stein, Himiko's area of expertise was not pure street fighting. Yet she darted through their attackers quickly, attempting to conserve her magically-driven perfumes as much as possible. Part of her was glad the thugs were just the low level bruits of the Fortress, easy enough to defeat, even though they were tougher than the punks outside.

She allowed herself occasional glances at Stein, impressed at his skill. For some one who taught biology the man was amazing at fighting. If the school he spoke of taught that level of mastery along with the more mundane subjects, she was very interested.

[screwloose]

There was a reason people referred to Stein as the best meister in the history of the school. Though he didn't have a Weapon at the moment, he was still in excellent physical form and a vicious fighter.

Though these thugs weren't good enough to inspire him to the heights of his abilities, his residual curiosity about the Infinite Fortress itself carried him through the short battle.

Finally he let the last thug fall with a thud to the ground, gave him a passing kick to the kidneys to make sure he stayed there, and then walked back to Himiko, puffing on his cigarette.

"That was fun," he said, cracking his bruised knuckles before sticking his hands in his pockets.