Yeah this is just like a little gag, its not really meant to be serious. I dont know a fluffy or a shadow but I can tell you right off the bat that we've always been like this and I know that I've been around longer than he has, just ask the good ol buddies like Outsider and Coltz-One

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Other than that there are several methods of doing this. Someone posted that this works with a Tactical knife as well. If you use a javelin,knife the ladder and pull out your clay, you can get your clay to stick on your leg.