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Prompt: Arcobaleno learn Skull's age
The former Arcobaleno were happy. The curse was broken, thanks to Reborn's student, and they were finally back in their adult bodies. To celebrate this, the Vongola was hosting a dinner party. Everyone involved in the representative battles was invited. Yes, even the Vindice.
It was a good atmosphere. Cheerful and relaxed. Skull wasn't quite sure how, but at some point the conversation transitioned to the Ex-Arcobaleno taking turns sharing about their lives before the curse. Verde had just finished a story about how he had accidentally turned his lab floor into a human fly trap when Fon turned to Skull.
"What about you Skull? You must have some interesting stories about being a stuntman. What was it like?" Fon asked. All eyes focused on the cloud. Out of all of them, Skull was the most involved in the public eye. He was a celebrity in the stunt biking field.
"It was a lot of fun. I spent two years with a circus when I was a teenager, and that's where I first learned how to ride a motorcycle. My mentor taught me my first stunts, and I ended up performing with him for a while. One day he said it was time for me to forge my own path, so I left. Travelled around on my own for about a year, entering all kinds of contests or putting on random shows. I received a lot of popularity since I was doing really complicated stunts despite how young I was. Decided to start up my own stunt show soon after. Then about ten months later I was recruited by Checkerface," Skull told them.
"You said you gained popularity because of how young you were, right? Surely there were plenty of stuntmen in their early twenties?" Lal asked. Skull nodded.
"Yeah that's right. But I wasn't one of them. I was still a teenager, so that got a lot of attention. More so when they learned I had been doing this since I was fifteen," he explained. Squalo choked on his drink at his words.
"VOI! You mean to tell me you were a kid when you got recruited for the strongest seven?" the swordsman asked in shock. Many of the older people at the table shared his thoughts.
"I wasn't a kid!" Skull squawked indignantly. "I was nineteen!"
"A baby. Checkerface recruited a baby," Colonello muttered. Skull glared at him.
"Skull is seven years younger than Colonello, who is the second youngest of the Arcobaleno," Viper announced to the room. The mist was one of the few who weren't surprised at the announcement. The others were Xanxus and Hibari, who most likely didn't care.
"That explains a lot," Reborn said, adjusting his Fedora and smirking. "Remember the first time we went drinking?" Somehow, the conversation turned to embarrassing things Skull had done around the other Arcobaleno, despite Skull's attempts at stopping them.
Finally typed everything up last night! Now I am completely caught up with my finished chapters being typed up. That means it's time to go back to focusing on the chapters I'm halfway finished with. Hopefully I'll get them finished by the end of the week. I make no promises but that's my goal. I want to finish at least one of the two I'm working on.
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