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[goalsides]

[punishment for your geese!!

also it's 100% not important but you know, sometimes you focus on the dumbest shit because you don't want to focus on anything that's actually important. so nier kicks the ball and it's sent on a trajectory straight back to a spot taichi seems to have stepped to. he stops the ball with his foot before kicking it lightly.]

Better control. When you're playing on a team, it's a lot easier to shoot your shots when you can control where you're kicking. Otherwise you risk losing the ball to the other team.

[amain]

[ Nice repression while playing soccer meta. Nier hums. ]

Soccer is more complicated than I thought. [ Huh. ] ... I think I learned more from this lesson than I did in class.

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That's what makes it a fun game. The rules are easy but it's still about strategy and teamwork. [also he's maybe just really attached after all these years.]

I'd say I'm flattered, but I don't think many of us learned much today. The classes here aren't exactly a normal curriculum.

[amain]

[ Soccer is objectively the best sport, too. ]

I see... Then I'm prepared for the rest of the classes this academy has to offer. [ Good to know. ] So you need a team to play?

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As long as you don't have any expectations, you can't be disappointed with them. [sage advice from someone who is not a huge fan of school. but he shakes his head.]

It's usually a team sport, but I play one on one with my friends or by myself all the time. I think I said I'd teach you anyway, didn't I?

[amain]

[ That's depressing, but he can't correct what isn't wrong. It's fine. Ball time. ]

You did. What are the rules?

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For an actual game? There's a ton. For what I'm about to teach you? Just a few. Stay in the boundaries, aim for your goal, and don't use your hands. You can use your feet, knees, chest and head though. Also don't tackle your opponent, it's a scrimmage match.

[there are way more than that but also those are simple.] Easy enough?

[amain]

[ Wow, easy to follow. ]

Yeah, easy enough. The goals are those things, right?

[ He points, since... He noticed soccer balls on that particular field so he can put two and two together. ]

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Yup. Pick which one you want, I'll take the opposite one. [but onward...toward the middle of the field.] We'll start here to make it even for both of us.

[amain]

[ When they get to the middle of the field, he points to the one he wants. ]

That one. [ Oh— ] You’ve stretched already?

[ Yes, Nier knows about stretching. ]

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Got it. [he's stretching his arms over his head as they speak.] Earlier, but warming up's never a bad thing. Stretch and maybe a few laps?

[amain]

[ Nier also stretches, arms and legs. ]

Back and forth the field should be enough.

[ FIELD LARGE. ]

[goalsides]

[leg stretchy...]

Cool. Let's get going.

[he is barely going to wait for nier before jogging off, fully expecting him to follow. and actually, since he's expecting it and also because he's the type of idiot with stamina to run and talk simultaneously, he continues.]

Did you see that task board this morning?

[amain]

[ It's okay, Taichi. Nier does have the stamina to talk and run at the same time, so it's fine? ]

I did. It's unexpected. [ School is very feely? ] Picked your answer yet?

[goalsides]

[this is why nier's a bro.]

Not yet. Still thinking on it. You? [school is too feely and he doesn't like it much.]

[amain]

[ yoko taro: when i made nier, i had a shounen protagonist in mind. ]

Isn't this something you just pick with your gut? [ WHAT IS THINKING. ] Love is my answer.

[goalsides]

[i love not knowing anything at all.]

It is, yeah, sure. But I also don't know if I could live without any of them, and I want to make sure the answer I pick is really the one that makes the most sense.

[so yeah, he actually has an answer but he keeps stalling on it. and also...] And also I'm not even sure what would align with the spring dorm at this point.

[amain]

[ ... Taichi, you are thinking maybe too much, but Nier listens. ]

Whatever feels right to you, then. Does that mean you have answers for all of them?

[ INDECISIVE FUCKER ]

[goalsides]

[yeah welcome to the fuckin plot of digimon tri.]

Yeah, pretty much. But there are some I want to answer less than others, and ones I don't have as strong of answers for. So...maybe love is the easiest.

[amain]

[ stop thinking, stupid. ]

Hashing it out with someone might help strengthen your weaker answers?

[goalsides]

[stop it's complicated (probably.)]

Is love the only one you have strong feelings on?

[amain]

[ Hmm. ]

They're all difficult to live without, but my answers for all the cards would still lead back to love. Sometimes it's that simple. [ He thinks he can talk about all of them without trouble, unlike Taichi, until he remembers something. ] ... The compassion card is a tough one to talk about. I wonder if people are avoiding it entirely.

[goalsides]

[as someone who has been dodging the compassion card's question, he thinks nier might be right.]

People might think it's hard to talk about conflicts when they don't have a way to solve them. It's sort of funny that that's the question linked to compassion of all things.

[amain]

[ i also didn't read the main post so you can use this gif for a shitpost. ]

Might be two sides of the same coin kind of deal. Trying to resolve conflict at all means something, doesn't it?

[goalsides]

[thank u and also what the fuck.]

If it's a conflict that can be solved, sure. But there are definitely some conflicts that the solution isn't something everybody agrees with don't you think?