steel/foam harlowe

I have this (set: $stoneOne to "feeling")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feeling", "stone"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneOne");'>$stoneOne</tw-link>. It is not a nice (set: $stonetwo to "stone")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["stone", "feeling"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneOne");'>$stonetwo</tw-link>, it doesn't (set: $pebble to "let me")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["let me", "pebble or glitter in my palm if I"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$pebble");'>$pebble</tw-link> spit it out. I want to (set: $throwup to "throw it up")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["throw it up", "throw up"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$throwup");'>$throwup</tw-link> but I'm worried about losing the weight. I've had this (set: $collection to "kind of feeling")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["kind of feeling", "rock collection"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$collection");'>$collection</tw-link> ever since I was a kid. It (set: $rattle to "rattles and scrapes")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["rattles and scrapes", "makes me sweat"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$collection");'>$rattle</tw-link> as I [[walk towards the battlefield.]]

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This is not a (set: $battlefield to "battlefield")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["battlefield", "football oval"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$battlefield");'>$battlefield</tw-link>, this is a (set: $football to "football oval")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["football oval", "battlefield"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$football");'>$football</tw-link>. It's late summer, the sun hasn't set yet but the lights still loom, held up (set: $god to "by a god's large hands")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["by a god with large hands", "like the light towers behind my old high school"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$god");'>$god</tw-link>. The (set: $battlefield to "battlefield")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["battlefield", "football oval"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$battlefield");'>$battlefield</tw-link> is pretty empty when I ride past on crisp mornings but it’s full now, full of upright bodies, evening pink and orange splashed across their (set: $foam to "foam")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["foam", "steel"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$battlefield");'>$foam</tw-link>. I (set: $swallow to "swallow")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["swallow", "spit"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$swallow");'>$swallow</tw-link> and the (set: $stonethree to "feeling")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feeling", "stone"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stonethree");'>$stonethree</tw-link> sinks past the waistband of my pants. I start to walk along the barrier towards the (set: $grass to "groups of new recruits")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["groups of new recruits", "grass by the sports canteen"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$grass");'>$grass</tw-link>. On my way I trip over a (set: $stonetwo to "stone")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["stone", "feeling"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stonetwo");'>$stonetwo</tw-link> and hit the dirt, [[palms first.]]

I look down, (set: $dirt to "brush the dirt from my skinned knee")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["brush dirt from my skinned knee", "wipe tears from my hot cheek"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$dirt");'>$dirt</tw-link>. I look up and see (set: $uni to "someone I know, from uni, maybe")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["someone I know, from uni, maybe", "a strong, steady knight"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$uni");'>$uni</tw-link>, and of course she's watching. I think her name is Shae? Her shadow is held together with (set: $steel to "steel and gold")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["steel and gold", "foam and yellow gaffa tape"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$steel");'>$steel</tw-link>. She is holding her gloves in her helmet, along with a smile and a mouthful of (set: $blood to "red Gatorade")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["red Gatorade", "blood"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$blood");'>$blood</tw-link>. She swallows and waves. I try to (set: $spell to "cast a concealment spell")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["cast a concealment spell", "bury my whole head inside my backpack"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$spell");'>$spell</tw-link>. But she unspikes her sword and starts to walk towards me. I [[brace myself|brace myself]].

(live:3s)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikeone)]|strikeone)["Oh my god, Shae, hi!"](stop:)] (live:7s)[(link:"strike")[(show:?striketwo)]|striketwo)["I love your armour, you look fucking amazing."](stop:)] (live:11s)[(link:"block")[(show:?blockone)]|blockone)["Oh, um, no, I was just thinking of watching for today."](stop:)] (live:16s)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikethree)]|strikethree)["Yeah, I was supposed to do the intro with a friend but she wasn't able to make it."](stop:)] (live:22s)[(link:"block")[(show:?blocktwo)]|blocktwo)["Oh no it's ok, you don't have to do that! I wouldn't want to slow you all down."](stop:)] (live:28s)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikefour)]|strikefour)["Are they in your ... battle ... group? sorry I'm really new to all of this."](stop:)] (live:34s)[(link:"block")[(show:?blockthree)]|blockthree)["No no, it's okay, I'll be fine. Thank you though."](stop:)] (live:40s)[(live: 1s)[(link:"spit it out")[(transition: "shudder")[spit it out](stop:)]]] (live:44s)[(live: 1s)[(link:"spit it out")[(transition: "shudder")[spit it out](stop:)]]] (live:48s)[[[spit it out]]](stop:)

"Good luck! I'm sure [[you'll be great!]]"

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"Good luck! I'm sure you'll be [[great]]!"

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This is not just fucking around, this is a training ground?

This is not a (set: $laptop to "laptop screen")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["laptop screen", "freshwater lake"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$laptop");'>$laptop</tw-link>, this is a (set: $lake to "freshwater lake")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["freshwater lake", "laptop screen"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$lake");'>$lake</tw-link>. It's near midnight, the moon is out and has one of those rings around it that makes it look like (set: $moon to "it's been steeped in an oil slick")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["it has been steeped in an oil slick", "I am watching a video of the moon on Youtube"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$moon");'>$moon</tw-link>. The surface of my (set: $screen to "screen")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["screen", "lake"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$screen");'>$screen</tw-link> is pretty dirty, I try to wipe it clean with the side of my hand but it doesn't do much. I am searching (set: $depths to "the depths")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["the depths", "online"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$depths");'>$depths</tw-link> for a sword made of (set: $foam to "foam")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["foam", "steel"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$foam");'>$foam</tw-link>. I (set: $stretch to "stretch")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["stretch", "fold"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stretch");'>$stretch</tw-link> and a (set: $feeling to "feeling")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feeling", "stone"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$feeling");'>$feeling</tw-link> drops through the calm of my (set: $tabs to "rough waters")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["rough waters", "fifteen open tabs"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$tabs");'>$tabs</tw-link>. I [[start to drift]].

It's a while before I realise that I'm drifting towards her. I (set: $spell to "click through all of her instagram stories")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["click through all of her instagram stories", "cast a divination spell"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$spell");'>$spell</tw-link>, and find an image of her holding a sword. The blade looks strong and the hilt is inlaid with (set: $sword to "rose quartz")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["rose quartz", "painted pink plastic"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$sword");'>$sword</tw-link> (set: $stoneTwo to "stones")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["stones", "feelings"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneTwo");'>$stoneTwo</tw-link>. The same colour as her fingernails, as her hair in an older photograph. The (set: $stoneOne to "feelings")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feelings", "stones"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneOne");'>$stoneOne</tw-link> tumble, land scattered all over my (set: $screen to "lake")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["lake", "screen"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$screen");'>$screen</tw-link>. I [[hold my breath.]]

(live:3s)[(link:"breathe in")[(show:?strikeone)]|strikeone)[hey Shae! it was cool seeing u the other day. you guys were so cool! sorry if I was a bit weird, it was all kind of overwhelming and I guess I was feeling a bit shy. Maybe I'll see you again next week. I think I'm definitely going to do the training - I'm even looking for a sword to buy lol](stop:)] (live:12s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?striketwo)]|striketwo)[hey!!! haha u weren't weird? or at least any weirder than u used to be in class ;) ](stop:)] (live:19s)[(link:"breathe in")[(show:?blockone)]|blockone)[Oh god how weird was I in class?](stop:)] (live:25s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?strikethree)]|strikethree)[oh dw not that weird. u were just really quiet, most of the time. But you always looked like u had something to say, u know, like u were just waiting for everyone else to stop talking. which was never, thanks to James fucking Taylor.](stop:)] (live:28s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?blocktwo)]|blocktwo)[OMG I forgot about him. he was the wooooorst](stop:)] (live:32s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?strikefour)]|strikefour)[""when I was living in Brooklyn ..."" ](stop:)] (live:35s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?blockthree)]|blockthree)[AHHHHHHHH nooooo](stop:)] (live:38s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?blockfour)]|blockfour)[anyway what kind of swords are you looking at?](stop:)] (live:41s)[(link:"breathe in")[(show:?blockfive)]|blockfive)[I'm actually not really sure. I've just been looking at stuff on eBay and on that Epic Armoury website?](stop:)] (live:44s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?blocksix)]|blocksix)[nooo dude that shit is expensive!!! u know I actually have an old sword I can give u. I was thinking about selling it, but it's actually pretty shit haha so I can give it to you.](stop:)] (live:47s)[(link:"breathe in")[(show:?blockseven)]|blockseven)[wait no that's not what I meant](stop:)] (live:49s)[(link:"breathe out")[(show:?blockeight)]|blockeight)[hahaha it's ok i know what u meant.](stop:)] (live:51s)[(live: 1s)[(link:"spit it out")[(transition: "shudder")[spit it out](stop:)]]] (live:53s)[(live: 1s)[(link:"spit it out")[(transition: "shudder")[spit it out](stop:)]]] (live:55s)[[[spit it out|spititout2]]](stop:)

Do you think you could also [[teach me how to use it?|next one]]

I have this other (set: $stoneOne to "stone")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["stone", "feeling"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneOne");'>$stoneOne</tw-link>. This is a much flatter (set: $stoneOne to "feeling")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feeling", "stone"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneOne");'>$stoneOne</tw-link>, (set: $fits to "it fits nearly perfectly")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["it fits nearly perfectly", "I press my thumb into an indent and it fits nearly perfectly"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$fits");'>$fits</tw-link>. I want to (set: $weight to "hold the weight")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["hold the weight", "hold weight"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$weight");'>$weight</tw-link> but I am worried about turning to (set: $stoneTwo to "stone")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["stone", "feeling"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneTwo");'>$stoneTwo</tw-link>. I've had this rock collection ever since I turned thirteen. I press my thumbs into the (set: $spacebar to "indents")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["indents", " space bar"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$spacebar");'>$spacebar</tw-link> as I [[start up my computer]].

I have this (set: $stone to "stone")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["stone", "feeling"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stone");'>$stone</tw-link> and I have this (set: $feeling to "feeling")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feeling", "stone"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$feeling");'>$feeling</tw-link>. One is familiar, the centerpiece of my (set: $collection to "rock collection")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["rock collection", "kind of feeling"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$collection");'>$collection</tw-link>, but the one other is new - I dug it out of my (set: $screen to "screen")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["screen", "lake"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$screen");'>$screen</tw-link> last night. I want to (set: $spit to "spit")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["spit", "swallow"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$spit");'>$spit</tw-link> one out and (set: $swallow to "swallow")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["swallow", "spit"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$swallow");'>$swallow</tw-link> the other one whole. Instead I hold them both under my tongue, they rub together and start to spark as I walk past the (set: $battlefield to "battlefield")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["battlefield", "football oval"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$battlefield");'>$battlefield</tw-link> to [[her house.]]

This is not a (set: $palace to "palace wall")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["palace wall", "sharehouse backyard fence"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$palace");'>$palace</tw-link>, this is a (set: $fence to "sharehouse backyard fence")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["sharehouse backyard fence", "palace wall"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$fence");'>$fence</tw-link>. I am early so I (set: $spell to "cast a time spell")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["cast a time spell", "walk the block four times"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$spell");'>$spell</tw-link> to make me ten minutes late. It's midday, the sun is high, the heat beats down like a (set: $sun to "a video of the sun on Youtube")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["the video of a sun on Youtube", "a god with large hands and feet"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$sun");'>$sun</tw-link>. Sweat drips from my fringe like (set: $sweat to "Gatorade")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["Gatorade", "blood"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$sweat");'>$sweat</tw-link> and it tastes like sea(set: $foam to "foam")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["foam", "steel"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$foam");'>$foam</tw-link>. I stand at the broken part of the (set: $wall to "wall")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["wall", "fence"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$wall");'>$wall</tw-link> that doubles as a back door and knock, I notice dry grass growing under my feet and take a step back. I am afraid of (set: $alight to "setting things alight")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["setting things alight", "setting alight"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$alight");'>$alight</tw-link>, I throw a (set: $feeling to "feeling")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feeling", "stone"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$feeling");'>$feeling</tw-link> at my shadow and [[wait.]]

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I see her shadow next to mine on the path before I see her. She is steel and gold and I am foam and yellow gaffa tape. Her hair has changed again since I saw her on the (set: $battlefield to "battlefield")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["battlefield", "football oval"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$battlefield");'>$battlefield</tw-link>, it's now the colour of (set: $oil to "an oil slick")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["an oil slick", "a video of the moon"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$oil");'>$oil</tw-link> on a (set: $lake to "laptop screen")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["laptop screen", "freshwater lake"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$lake");'>$lake</tw-link>. When she asks me how I am, I say I feel like a (set: $knee to "scraped knee")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["scraped knee", "hot cheek"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$knee");'>$knee</tw-link>. When she hands me a sword the (set: $stoneOne to "feelings")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["feelings", "stones"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$stoneOne");'>$stoneOne</tw-link> fill my mouth like (set: $quartz to "rose quartz")<tw-link class='cyclingLink' data-cycling-texts='["rose quartz", "pink paint"]' onclick='clickCyclingLink(this, "$quartz");'>$quartz</tw-link>. I [[brace my breath.]]

"Okay I think I'm ready to stop now. Thank you. That was really fucking cool."

(live:3s)[(link:"block")[(show:?blockone)]|blockone)["hey so, just letting you know, I've never really done anything this before, just so u know, I'm probably going to be pretty shit at it."](stop:)] (live:9s)[breath in]<c3|(click-replace:?c3)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikethree)]|strikethree)["Okay, let's give it a go I guess"(stop:)]] (live:14s)[breath out]<c4| (click-replace:?c4)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikefour)]|strikefour)["No no, it actually feels pretty good"(stop:)]] (live:19s)[breath in]<c5| (click-replace:?c5) [(link:"block")[(show:?blocktwo)]|blocktwo)[Oh shit sorry! Are you alright?"(stop:)]] (live:25s)[breath out]<c6| (click-replace:?c6)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikefive)]|strikefive)["Hahahahahaha omg"(stop:)]] (live:30s)[breath in]<c7| (click-replace:?c7)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikesix)]|strikesix)[strike]](stop:) (live:33s)[breath out]<c8| (click-replace:?c8)[(link:"strike")[(show:?strikeseven)]|strikeseven)[strike]](stop:) (live:36s)[breath in]<c9| (click-replace:?c9)[(link:"block")[(show:?strikeeight)]|strikeeight)[block]](stop:) (live:39s)[breath out]<c10| (click-replace:?c10)[(link:"block")[(show:?strikenine)]|strikenine)[block]](stop:) (live:42s)[(live: 1s)[(link:"spit it out")[(transition: "shudder")[spit it out](stop:)]]] (live:44s)[(live: 1s)[(link:"spit it out")[(transition: "shudder")[spit it out](stop:)]]] (live:46s)[[[spit it out|spitthemout]]](stop:)