Rangering!, Friday, Period Five [ 05/15 ].

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Here it was! It was Friday! Fifth Period! Time for Rangering! Minsc was very excited to be starting up his new class, although he had yet to compile together a syllabus. It seemed like it didn't really matter that much; rangers really had no need for a syllabus and, really, he rarely stuck to it anyway. Next week! he promised himself. Next week he would!

But, for now, class! He had his students meet in the preserve, in a small clearing surrounded by trees, and stood grinning at them eagerly, a hamster in one hand and his broad sword in the other.



"Good afternoon!" he greeted them, brusquely, brightly, in an accent that sounded fake-Scandavian (?), fake-Russian (?), or...something. "Welcome to Rangering! I am your teacher, Minsc, and this is my giant miniature space hamster Boo! Hopefully, you are here because you are wanting to learn the ways of a ranger, such as myself! If not, then...stick around, and learn anyway! It never hurts to learn more about buttkicking! A ranger is a warrior of great buttkicking magnitude which specializations in weapons training and an accute sense of nature and animals! So we will be doing much of that!"

"But, for today, let us get to know our fellow brethren and sisteren in buttkicking! I know some of you, but certainly not all of you, and all of you might no know each other! So let us introduce ourselves! I would like your name, where you are from, what weapons experience you have and also why you are interested in rangering, if you please! And, also, you should all say hullo to the very...err....enthusiastic Prince Edward! He is one of my TAs this semester! I am scouting for a second, as well, so look sharp! And then...."

The grin grew even wider and, with a sudden, great, powerful yell, Minsc drove his sword straight down into the ground with seemingly so much force that, suddenly, things dropped from the trees. They were practise dummies, hanging on strings, limply filled with straw and sawdust, with very evil looking faces drawn on them. You could tell they were evil, because they had great big, downward pointing menacing eyebrows and little evil-like beards.

"Ah, but, in rangering, the sword is often stronger than the word! I have, available for you right over there, a variety of weapons from my own personal aresenal. When we are done with introductions, pick up your favourite, and let's see what you've got. Have at these uncouth villians of badness, and show off your skills, so that I may have a better idea of what I am working with! And if you dispose of your enemy quickly, I will be very impressed, and there is more there that came from. Ah-ha! Let us now start! I am getting very excited to be smashing and slashing and fighting now!"



[[ please wait for the OCD is ready for buttkicking! ]]

Comments

Sign In! -- 05/15.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

In your best rangering form!

Re: Sign In! -- 05/15.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri Veila

Gather 'round and Listen -- 05/15.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Because Minsc will chatter away and try to make even the dullest topic sound riveting, not to mention a topic like this!

Re: Gather 'round and Listen -- 05/15.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri was grinning in amusement.

Also, she didn't boggle at all at the hamster. Look, this was a girl whose first Jedi Master had basically been a cross between a cat and a rabbit. Like she thought a hamster was that weird?

Re: Gather 'round and Listen -- 05/15.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Prince Edward was so excited! His enthusiasm certainly made itself known. Ah-hah!

Re: Gather 'round and Listen -- 05/15.

[momslilassassin]

Ben was blinking rather rapidly. Was everything this crucial?

Re: Gather 'round and Listen -- 05/15.

[notasuiciderisk.livejournal.com]

Eric... stared. And stared. He had no idea how he had ended up in this class, but clearly he was going to learn about rangering. ... Whatever that was.

Re: Gather 'round and Listen -- 05/15.

[outofthecage.livejournal.com]

Éowyn tried to cover her mouth to hide her giggling. This sounded like it would be a very fun class indeed.

Re: Gather 'round and Listen -- 05/15.

[kickyouinthe.livejournal.com]

Whoa. This guy's enthusiasm was seriously contagious, because by the time he was finished, Chie felt as pumped as ever to get things started. Oh yeah, this class was deeeefinitely gonna be a good one.

Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Let us hear it! Who are you? Where are you from? What is your favourite weapon? And why are you in this class? Besides the fact, of course, that it's awesome.

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Am Blysse," Firekeeper said. "He is Blind Seer. We is from Iron Mountains, north of Hawk Haven. Though I am knowing other weapons well, like sword and bow, favorite weapon is being my Fang," she pulled out the dagger kept by her side and held it up for a moment. "And Blind Seer have his fangs and claws. He not need other weapon. We is here because as you say, we wish to learn more of... buttkicking." She said that last word a bit hesitantly, as, while accurate, it wasn't the word she'd have originally chosen.

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[weetuskenraider]

"Tahiri Veila," she said in her usual rapidfire style, sure she wasn't going to be able to match Minsc's particular talent for italics and not even trying. "I'm originally from Tatooine, and lived on Yavin Four for a few years after that, and no, I'm not telling that whole story again," she added with a wry glance at anyone in the class who might realize that sometimes this was actually a concern. *kicks JJK*

"Favorite weapon is my lightsaber, but I can use a gaderffii, so I know something about staff fighting, and a blaster," Tahiri continued, only the slightest flicker of uncertainty in her eyes for a nanosecond; she wasn't going to address the amphistaffs, coufees, and projectile biots that Riina knew how to use, but she'd almost mentioned them. "I'm a Jedi apprentice, and I'm in this class because this is the sort of thing that comes in really handy in that line of work."

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

"I am Prince Edward of Andalasia!" he exclaimed boisterously, gloved hand fisted upon his hip. "I am in this class because I love to hunt! And rescuing fair maidens is lovely!"

Oooh! Joy!

"Of course my favorite weapon of choice is my sword! I am an excellent swordsman! You may all trust me and believe it to be true for I am your TeeeeeAaaaaa!"

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[bitchprince]

"I am Prince Arthur of Camelot," he recited, and anyone who was going to look at him funny for it this time would get their head kicked in. Even if Prince Edward had it just made that much harder for him to be taken seriously. "I'll take the sword above anything else, although I've been trained to use any number of weapons since birth," Arthur was so humble, really. "And I'm in this class because it actually looks useful."

Backwards compliment, maybe. He could never match Sir Minsc's italics, but he could try.

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[momslilassassin]

"I'm Ben Skywalker," he began, "from Coruscant. I'm a Jedi, so I use a lightsaber, though I'm also pretty good with a sniper rifle. I've been learning swords and staffs while I've been here. I'm in the class because sometimes Jedi get marooned on planets and I need to brush up on my survival skills."

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[formerbrat.livejournal.com]

"I'm Lady Elspeth of Valdemar, which is on the continent of Velgarth. My favorite weapon is the sword," Elspeth said. "At home, we are at war with two of our neighboring countries, so the more I learn about, ah, buttkicking, the better I'll be able to deal with what waits back home."

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[outofthecage.livejournal.com]

"My name is Éowyn," she said. "I come from Rohan, my favorite weapon is my sword, and I am in this class because I can be. I might never be taught these skills at home, despite their use, because I am a girl, and I was determined to not let the opportunity pass when I saw the class listing."

Re: Introduce Yourself! -- 05/15.

[kickyouinthe.livejournal.com]

"Hiya!" She sounded more chipper than with most introductions this time. "I'm Chie, comin' all the way from Japan. My favorite weapon is, well... my feet!" It was different from everybody's response of swords or daggers or whatever, but totally just as effective. "That is, I've trained long and hard in martial arts, so it's what I use for anything that needs a stomping on. I'm here 'cause I wanna keep up with my practice, and maybe even pick up on a few other things too."

ATTACK!!! -- 05/15.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

"Enough talking!" Minsc declared once everyone had been through with their introductions. "To arms!"

With a great pump of his fist in the air, he hoped that all the students were as excited as he was and would rush to their weapons and their adversaries and have at them with great gusto! He wanted to see what they had to show!

The weapons are, of course, many and moddable.

Re: ATTACK!!! -- 05/15.

[bitchprince]

Arthur eyed Sir Minsc with an expression that rather clearly telegraphed seriously?!.

An epic bitchface at nothing in particular followed, and then Arthur took a sword and, quite frankly, massacred his dummies. It was his way.

Re: ATTACK!!! -- 05/15.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri had had designs on getting hold of a lochaber axe, but once she actually got a close-up look at it she realized the polearms weren't designed for someone her size, and gave up on that idea pretty quickly. Most of the broadswords were pretty much out of the question for similar reasons -- it wasn't that she couldn't find a way to adapt, but she also didn't particularly feel like looking dumb, even temporarily, in front of a few people in the class.

She did find a short sword -- a wakizashi, not that she knew it was called that -- that she felt fairly comfortable with and started in on a practice dummy.

"Wow," she blurted out when the sword sliced through the dummy's arm with an ease she didn't expect from an actual bladed weapon.

Okay, so she couldn't take this class as seriously as she'd thought she might, but still, it looked fun.

Re: ATTACK!!! -- 05/15.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, the fake people did not stand a chance! Prince Edward thrust and leapt, twirled and lunged, all with an exceedingly graceful air, and every bit as energetic.

Ah-hah! Bring on the ogres!

Talk to the TA -- 05/15.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Singular at the moment since the other will be picked out today!

Re: Talk to the TA -- 05/15.

[defeats-buses.livejournal.com]

He is here! And very much glad to be!

Talk to the Teacher! -- 05/15.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Minsc is around after class and during all the fighting, looking very pleased with himself and occasionally chuckling. It will be a fine semester indeed!

OOC -- 05/15.

[berserkerminsc.livejournal.com]

Man, I love this class already. XD

Second TA has been arranged; Minsc will be picking her out during class, so la to that.

And also? RL? CALM THE F DOWN PLEASE, THANKS! Apologies for any SP on my end today! But SP IS LOOOOOVE!

Re: OOC -- 05/15.

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

SP is much the love!