voice testing ; canon is Hajime no Ippo

[supersmash]

Yo, mun! S'good that you got great taste, picking me up and all, but you better not be losing steam now! You're halfway through catchin' up, right? That just means you're over the hill, so let your momentum carry you the rest of the way! Easy!

[ Yeah, but that means there are still over five hundred chapters left to read... ]

... T-that many, huh? If it's reading I'd probably give up after five. Geeze, maybe you're fucked. Sorry pal.

[ Hey, that's not encouraging at all! ]

Then quit bitchin' about it and keep going! Pussy out if you're gonna, but if not then push forward through blood sweat and tears! You gotta work hard to get what you want, so tough it out!

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[hawkwhy]

So a little birdie told me exactly what your player's up against, and I thought I'd be a good Samaritan and get this ready for you.

No need to thank me. Being helpful's what I'm here for. [ :D ]

[supersmash]

[ He squints a bit at the picture, his lips moving along as he reads. ]

Thou hast-- who the fuck talks like that?! And who's this helping?!

[hawkwhy]

[ she makes a bit of a face at his crass response, but lbr she's had worse attitudes thrown at her before. ]

Your player, obviously. [ she's just not going to touch the old english thing. ] It's, you know, positive reinforcement. So even when they fail horribly, they won't feel too bad about themselves because, hey, they get a neat little star and stuff.

[supersmash]

Fail?

[ PSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ]

Fat chance! The second he picked me up, failure stopped bein' an option. I'll kick his shit in if he tries to slack off!

[hawkwhy]

Okay that's, like, the total opposite of positive reinforcement? You have to be reasonable, you know. That's a lot to ask of a person. What if they have vision problems? A 9-to-5? Some people like to sleep, too.

[supersmash]

Hey, hey, I'm plenty reasonable! It's not like I expect him t' drop everythin' over this. As long as he keeps moving forward a bit each day he'll make it.

But if he stops?

[ He punches his fist into his open palm wordlessly.




... well actually ]

Though I'm not supposed t' hit people outside of the ring... maybe I could call it sparring?

[hawkwhy]

Pretty sure that requires consent.

[supersmash]

Tch...! Well I guess in the end it don't matter much. It all comes down to if he's got the drive t' do it himself.

... Unless you wanna spar, mun?

[ no i'm not suicidal ]

Wuss.

[hawkwhy]

More like "wise." [ buddy, have you seen yourself. let's just say kate's glad they're on the same side here.

she assumes, anyway. ]

[supersmash]

[ Wellllll... okay, yeah, she has a point. The stroke to his ego brings out a lopsided grin. ]

Yeah, you're probably right. He might actually die.

Still, I can't let him take that star y' so kindly brought for him. Like I said, failing ain't an option.

[hawkwhy]

I get that. [ it never often is with her, either. ]

How's this instead?

[supersmash]

Hey, now that's more like it! The fuck were you doing with that "thou hast" crap before when you had this lying around?

[hawkwhy]

I still maintain it was a perfectly well-executed zing. It's not my fault you didn't understand it.

[supersmash]

...









Hey! You callin' me stupid?! You wanna spar?!

[hawkwhy]

Hey, don't be so hasty!

I made very sure not to use those exact words.

[supersmash]

Pfeh... s'fine, not like I'd spar against a woman anyway.

[hawkwhy]

[ oh no ]

And what's that supposed to mean?

[supersmash]

Boxing leagues are divided by gender. I only face guys, so learning how to fight a woman wouldn't be really useful.

[hawkwhy]

[ SQUINTY FACE ]

I could take you.

[ JUST TO CLARIFY.

though she probably wouldn't be boxing. ]

But that's reasonable, I guess.

[supersmash]

Y'know I was the featherweight champion of Japan for a while, right? Against a rookie who hasn't ever set foot in a boxing ring, it'd be a slaughter.

I wasn't exaggerating before when I say the guy might die if he boxed me. Power's my specialty.

[hawkwhy]

If I can survive trained assassins and hired henchmen, I think I can survive a few minutes in a ring.

[ maybe. probably. ]

[supersmash]

Easy t' say! But as someone who's been a brawler and a boxer, they're not the same thing. Not by a long shot. You know why?

[hawkwhy]

[ she takes care to keep her deadpan stare perfectly civil. ]

One of them has a substantial lack of card-carrying girls in bikinis?

[supersmash]

That-- wait, is that what American boxing is like?

[ He takes a second to try to picture it - what kind of cards are they carrying, anyway? Playing cards? The hell is the point of that? America, what the fuck.

... oh, wait-- ]

Forget that! No, I'm talkin' about rules, rules! Street fighting is good and all, but the rules of boxing make it a totally different kind of fight altogether!

[hawkwhy]

So wait... are you telling me that the presence of rules makes boxing more formidable?

[supersmash]

Sorta! In a street fight anything goes, right? You can fight as dirty as you want and no one's gonna stop ya. [ A pause. ] 'Cept the cops, I mean, but that doesn't count.

But in boxing, you can only use your fists to hit certain parts of the body. Nothin' below the belt, no elbow strikes, no kicks, no headbutts... it means you an' your opponent come in understanding what the other is allowed t' do, so it ends up coming down to who prepared more. Not only that but there's a time limit, so you gotta do your best before it's too late or you'll miss out on scoring points that could cost you the whole match!

... If you fight for points, anyway. Me, I always go for the KO.

[windgod]

Maybe what your mun needs is some positive encouragement!

[Because of course, Ippo's already brought large signs of encouragement that he'd made himself. He believes in you Mun and implores you to remember that while Sendo-san can be abrasive at times, he's really a good person underneath it all.]

[supersmash]

Nope! He's already up to chapter 1056 - that ain't even twenty away from bein' caught up! A swift kick in the ass was all he needed!

[ Which is why he'll be gathering all of those carefully constructed signs out of Ippo's arms to drop them promptly out the window.

Does Dear Mun normally have windows?

Regardless, there's a window. ]

[windgod]

[No wait those are important! He stayed up all night making those, so he's not letting them go out of the plot window without taking a firm hold of them first and standing firm.]

Don't Sendo-san! My mother helped make these, they're very important!

[kuma_killer]

Ha! That's right, keep a fire lit under their ass! Don't let them slow down for an instant! Once they lose momentum, it's all over!

[Helping: Takamura style.]

[supersmash]

[ He blinked once before letting his eyes dart back and forth between Ippo and the signs - normally he'd try to wrench the signs away to dispose of them, but he couldn't disrespect Ippo's mother like that. He scowls a bit but relents, releasing the signs to let the other boxer have them. ]

Tch! Well it's not like they're gonna be very useful at all, anymore. Whatever, do what you want with 'em.

[supersmash]

Don't sweat it, Takamura-san - he's all caught up! The Sendo Style Kick-Your-Ass-In-Gear technique was a complete and total success!

[windgod]

Ah, thank you!

[He took the signs back and dusted them off with a smile, setting them down safely to the side. See? Sendo-san's a really nice guy sometimes!]

Um...but I meant to ask. When your mun is done with their review, do you two have any plans from there?

[supersmash]

Nope! Not a goddamn thing. He just finished up yesterday, and for now he's just throwing me at those... "meme" things. Lotta weird stuff out there, man.

[windgod]

Yeah...I've been to a few of those before, but you knew that already.

[Of course, how better for the both of you to meet again?]

But my mun might have a suggestion if you're looking for a game!

[Yes definitely. Bastion is absolutely fun with a bunch of fun people! I mean yes it comes at the price of your world and everything you love, but we have dragons! And donut trees! Trees that produce actual donuts. People here have very wide imaginations and Ippo was partially responsible for the last one. But as far as games go, it's pretty laid back in pace, the AC is bi-monthly, you only need 15 comments in one month and 20 in another to pass. The events are fun, the people are fun, Ippo just built a gym and Takamura already put in an app!

Come, and join us in REMAKING THIS WORLD making an actual Ippo cast!]

[supersmash]

Yeah, about that - y' tell anyone I nearly fainted mid-spar and I'll kill ya.

[ Spoken as if it would really be that simply. Spoken as if he would really go after Ippo anywhere outside of a boxing ring.

As for the game suggestion which the mun is heavily considering since where else is there an ippo cast seriously he only has one thing to say. ]

Th' fuck is a donut tree?

[windgod]

It's a...tree...that grows Donuts instead of fruit.

[Look...he was drunk and he's not proud of making the joke that lead to that. As for the game, I'll just leave the link to the applications right here! The next processing happens on the 25th, so you have some time to get things ready and consider!]