for pyrrhaicvictory

[sarcaskick]

You're a world-renowned fighter.
We're obviously leagues apart.

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[sarcaskick]

I'd tell you otherwise, but for a while? It wasn't pretty.

[pyrrhaicvictory]

I can picture it now. A younger you, slumped over the table.

[sarcaskick]

Was I at least a cute kid, in your mind's eye?

[pyrrhaicvictory]

You had pimples.

[sarcaskick]

Everyone had pimples. It's called puberty.

[pyrrhaicvictory]

So you really did have them.

[sarcaskick]

Yeah, sure. Most people did at some point. What, you never had any?

[pyrrhaicvictory]

No. Never did. It made being a poster child a lot easier.

[sarcaskick]

Wow. So you actually did always look perfect. See, now I'm almost a little jealous!

[pyrrhaicvictory]

I just got lucky, that's all.

[sarcaskick]

Well then I guess it's a good thing you didn't meet me when I was younger. I wasn't always this pretty, that's for sure.

[pyrrhaicvictory]

I believe you.

[sarcaskick]

Why wouldn't you?

[pyrrhaicvictory]

I guess I don't have a reason.

[sarcaskick]

[ A pause, more so he can keep working on his drink than anything. ]

... Actually, I take it back. I'm not jealous, I'm disappointed. I was hoping to learn you once had pimples, ugly glasses, braces, and a stupid haircut.

[pyrrhaicvictory]

I have more in the way of embarrassing stories. I froze in my first tournament and nearly lost.

[sarcaskick]

Stage fright? Or was there something else?

[pyrrhaicvictory]

Too many people. When every move is up for scrutiny, it makes it difficult to concentrate.

[sarcaskick]

... So yeah. Stage fright.

Well, you sure got over that pretty handily.

[pyrrhaicvictory]

It actually took a while. Even now, it crops up from time to time.

[sarcaskick]

No kidding! That's actually one problem I've never had.

[pyrrhaicvictory]

No problem performing under pressure?

[sarcaskick]

Not even once. Then again, I have the luxury of not having to care what anyone thinks of me.

[pyrrhaicvictory]

Very useful.

[sarcaskick]

Rule number one of not being nervous: never give a shit.