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[ino]

[the journal picks up a soft, rhythmic sound for a few moments -- the sound of someone brushing a decent length of hair -- before any voice accompanies it]

You know, it's kind of funny. No matter how different everyone is here … We all kind of have a few things in common, right? Even if we can't always understand what another person has been through, or what it could possibly be like to be them … we can all agree, stuff like pies made with string is just plain weird. Right?

[she sighs, putting the hairbrush down, silent for a moment]

Anyways, anyone up for a spar sometime? I think I'm getting a little rusty. Hand to hand, swords, whatever you prefer.

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Dictated

[cyan_maid]

Hoo hoo! Strange confections must be a universal constant!

[ino]

Or maybe more like the lack of strange confections ...

Anyways, how are you doing, Jane?

[cyan_maid]

That's probably more like it.

I'm doing well! How are you, Ino?

[whistles_the_blues]

Sparring may be difficult and I don't exactly need to practice, but we may be able to work something out.

[ino]

Difficult? Why's that?

[whistles_the_blues]

Being made of metal gives me an unfair advantage, outright attacking a human isn't something I normally go out of my way to do either.

[kungfuwitch]

I'm always up for some sparring. I'm better hand to hand but I know how to swordfight, too.

[ino]

I'd say I'm better at hand-to-hand too, so it sounds like we've got a deal.

[kungfuwitch]

Fantastic! When would you like to meet?

Dictated

[pint_sized_carnivore]

[Chie is in her room, listening at the voices coming out of the journal while lying down in bed, still confused about the castle in general. She didn't get most of what Ino said since she wasn't paying that much attention to it, but the request of a sparring match caught her attention. She sat up and leaned closer to the journal]

Uh hi, did you just said sparring?

[ino]

Yeah, I did, I --

[waaait a second]

-- Eh?! Chie-chan?

[wishmadeinfire]

Heh, that is a sweet thing to consider. I suppose we sometimes lose sight of that, with so many of us being from different worlds, it's easier to notice the differences.

[ino]

Well, there's definitely a lot of those, too. And they can definitely get in the way, when we let them.

[wolfchild]

Not the weirdest things here.

[ino]

[a little surprised to hear her voice, but - she rolls with it]

Not by far. Just a recent example.

Though a lot of the things I found strangest coming here, I've gotten used to.

[fanstheflame]

[Gale's at a desk nearby, with a scrap of wood, working on fashioning it into a sign. he laughs]

Now that you've said it, I give it ten minutes before someone says "Hey, we have string pies where I'm from, and we LOVE them".

[ino]

[she laughs at that]

You're probably right ... "In my world, twine is a delicacy!"

[whichwayyoulean]

...I was following you right until you started talking about pies made with string.

Because who even thinks about that? [Well, Ino, obviously]

[ino]

Someone mentioned it the other day. When all those random pies were showing up everywhere.

[the_effect_she_has]

I cut open a hundred pies ... I have no idea why anyone would try to bake live birds in perfectly good dough. [Katniss shook her head, realized Ino couldn't see her, and cleared her throat.]

So. Sparring. Yeah.

[ino]

[... lmao katniss]

Live birds? Seriously?

You up for it?

[ofhope]

Finally going to improve?

[ino]

You say that like I haven't improved at all.

[heliotroping]

I haven't sparred hand to hand in a while... [translation: He hasn't had his ass handed to him by a girl in a while]

Or did your schedule fill up already?

[ino]

It'll have to be tomorrow, but there's always room for you, Django!