A/N) Where Shellington tries to get advice on fistbumps from the two masters of it - and it doesn't go quite as well as he had hoped.
Online: All4Fun, CallMeCaptain, DynamicDiscoveries
All4Fun: Mission complete!
CallMeCaptain: wow, that was pretty tiring, but we did it!
All4Fun: together, as always, Captain :)
CallMeCaptain: my polar bear strength
All4Fun: and my cat-like quickness
CallMeCaptain: to get the job done!
All4Fun: victorious fistbump?
CallMeCaptain: but of course :)
DynamicDicoveries: *sigh*
CallMeCaptain: oh hey, Shellington, didn't realise you were online
All4Fun: we just got back from an epic battle with -
CallMeCaptain: basically, we just rescued creatures from a collapsing cave
All4Fun: that's what I was about to say...
DynamicDiscoveries: i'm guessing you two just did an awesome looking fistbump to show how well you worked together to save all the creatures?
All4Fun: uh huh
DynamicDiscoveries: ...
CallMeCaptain: what's the matter, Shellington?
DynamicDiscoveries: when you two do fistbumps like that, they look cool
DynamicDiscoveries: when I do them, they either just miss, look really lame or I end up punching someone in the face
All4Fun: No kidding
All4Fun: the one time I ever tried to give Shellington a victorious fistbump after we (finally) beat the girls at table tennis
All4Fun: he ended up whacking me in the nose with an over-enthusiastic fist
DynamicDiscoveries: hehe... yeah sorry about that
All4Fun: and don't even get me started on high fives
CallMeCaptain: I guess just some things weren't designed for some people to do
DynamicDiscoveries: but everything comes with practice, right? If that's true, why can't I get any better at the deceptively difficult fistbump? I've tried hard enough
All4Fun: maybe you're trying too hard
DynamicDiscoveries: it comes as an annoying side effect of having no hand-eye coordination
DynamicDiscoveries: how can I be bad at fistbumps?
DynamicDiscoveries: it's not even a proper skill
All4Fun: yet somehow you manage it
DynamicDiscoveries: I understand the theory behind them, after all
DynamicDiscoveries: I understand that for the procedure to work effectively, both participants have to meet closed fists at the right angle and trajectory, not with too much force or too little force
All4Fun: whoa no sciency talk, please
All4Fun: now I know you're definitely taking this whole thing too seriously
All4Fun: and I understand that for a fistbump to work, one of the participants just mustn't be you
DynamicDiscoveries: yeah I guess so
DynamicDiscoveries: but maybe I just need practice at them
DynamicDiscoveries: do you think anyone would be willing to help me with them?
All4Fun: nuh uh, not me
All4Fun: I have no wish to get repeatedly accidentally hit in the face by flying fists
All4Fun: I've only just got my whiskers to lie straight again after the last time
DynamicDiscoveries: hehe yeah ...
CallMeCaptain: maybe just stick to waving, Shel
CallMeCaptain: safer, and can be done over a longer distance so less chance of injury
All4Fun: probably best just to leave the fistbumps to us
DynamicDiscoveries: I guess you're right... :)
A/N) Feeling random :D
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