Practical Weaponry [Wednesday, Period Four]

[doubleohblonde]

Upon entering the Danger Shop, the class would have found it set up to resemble the outskirts of a Madagascan marketplace. Bond leaned against a wall on the second story of a dilapidated building overlooking a crowd intent on betting on the outcome of some sort of animal fight. In the distance they would have been able to see a construction site.

Once the class had joined him in the building Bond began. "Good afternoon, class. Today we'll be looking at parkour, which is the art of getting from one place to another as quickly, directly, and efficiently as possible, regardless of the obstacles in your path. While this may not immediately sound like a weapon, practical or otherwise, any other skill you may learn in this class will be useless if you cannot get to or away from a given fight in time."

He nodded in the direction of the crowd. "In this exercise, you will take turns playing the role of an MI-6 agent, who along with your partner in the crowd is observing a bomb-maker with the intent to capture," Bond said, indicating a man in the crowd. The burn scars on his face made it clear which of the two he was supposed to be. "However, your partner managed to raise his suspicions and he's about to flee the scene. Given that your partner is currently trying to avoid a cobra bite, it's up to you to give chase and apprehend the bomb-maker."

"Your main tools in this exercise will be your wits and your environment, but you will also be armed with one of these." Bond held up a handgun. "This is a Walther P99. Semi-automatic handgun, nine millimetre calibre, fifteen rounds in the magazine. However, given that your objective is to capture the bomb-maker alive, you are to use it only as last resort, and if you shoot anyone who is not a direct and immediate threat, you will fail the exercise."

"So, who wants to go first?"

[ooc: wait for ocd up.]

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CHASE THE BOMBER - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

You can mod the chase and bomber for the most part but you won't be able to catch him until the embassy. If you get that far.

Safety protocols are on, so if you'll only harm our dignity if you do something that'd get you 'killed'.

The Marketplace - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

The bomb-maker has left the betting area and is now running though the marketplace, heading towards the building site.

Your chase starts here.

Re: The Marketplace - PW [Week 2]

[bitchprince]

Well, this part was reasonably simple yet.

And familiar.

So very familiar.

So Arthur broke off into a very familiar run through the crowds. At least he'd yet to run into a blacksmith's in this marketplace.

Re: The Marketplace - PW [Week 2]

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal took a split second to try and see if he could find a way to cut the bomber off before he took off through the crowd. He tried to avoid people as he ran, bouncing off them and avoiding obstacles as he ran.

He bowled over one man, throwing a quick apology over his shoulder while keeping the bomber in sight.

Re: The Marketplace - PW [Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah eeled through the crowds, keeping the bomb-maker in sight, and looking for a place to cut him off. Through a couple stands, over chickens, around a pole, slam slam slam slam feet on the pavement faster faster faster!

Re: The Marketplace - PW [Week 2]

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

This was easy. Leda bobbed and weaved through the crowd, never losing sight of her quarry.

Re: The Marketplace - PW [Week 2]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

The marketplace. Familiar ground for one T.R. Wexler. She took off after the bomb-maker, thinking he better have some fancy footwork, because she knew her way around a bargain and a bazaar.

Re: The Marketplace - PW [Week 2]

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle wasn't used to so many people, but boy could he run like the wind. He kept sight of his target and even gained some ground on him as they ploughed through the marketplace.

The Building Site - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

Man, that bomb-maker is fast, he's made it out of the marketplace, through that bit of greenery and now he's at the building site.

The Entrance - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

Up and over the chain-link fence goes the bomb-maker, and into the crowded building site. Oh, if only you had some way to clear a path to him.

Like, say, that bulldozer over there.

Re: The Entrance - PW [Week 2]

[bitchprince]

...Yes, the bulldozer.

The bulldozer got a look.

Arthur might have been wondering if it was more like a tank, or something. He still had several weeks of Driver's Ed left to go before he'd really understand what any of it was for.

Where was a good battering ram when you needed one? He set off for the bulldozer anyway, but kept his eyes open for something nice and big that he could just kind of throw at stuff.

Re: The Entrance - PW [Week 2]

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hannibal had no idea how to drive a bulldozer and he had no idea if the thing would even work. He started out for the chain link fence but stopped when he realized he had to chance the bulldozer to give himself some kind of advantage.

So, he backtracked and jumped in the bulldozer, starting it up and trying to get it under some kind of control.

Re: The Entrance - PW [Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah went over the chain link fence, flipping over the top and rolling as she landed, and groaned.

And waaaait. Heh. If nothing else, it'd give her a view from the high-seat-- yes!

The bulldozer actually had its keys in it, so Dinah started it up, took a breath, and put it in gear.

Low gear. Really low. But at least she knew that much of how to get it going.

Re: The Entrance - PW [Week 2]

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda didn't actually think about the bulldozer. Who from Bordertown would have the slightest idea of how to drive one anyway?

On the other hand, what B-Town street kid couldn't scale a fence like it was nothing?

Re: The Entrance - PW [Week 2]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle would be lying if she said that she didn't think of the bulldozer. Especially since she took drivers' ed with Mr. Bond. But a bulldozer was pretty freakin' obvious, and she felt like she'd want to be more a subtle type, so she was making the scramble over the fence as quickly as she could.

The Girders - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

You almost caught up to him but now he's...climbing the girders. You'd better find a way up and quickly.

The Cranes - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

Up and up the bomb-maker goes, where he'll stop, nobody knows. Which mean you have to get up there too.

CRANEFIGHT - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

Who throws a gun? The bomb-maker apparently. Now's a good chance to try and catch him before he jumps off the crane and onto that other building.

The Building - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

Well, now you're going to have to jump down there too. And get through that tiny hole in the top of that drywall.

The Cherrypicker - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

What goes up must go down, and quickly too. Try to find a way down in time to catch that white van.

The Embassy - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

Oh noes, the bomb-maker has left the building site and made it to the Nambutu Embassy. Whatever shall you do?

Re: The Embassy - PW [Week 2]

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Sneak in? Maybe?

Dinah waited for a car to approach the gates, then knocked on the window, putting on her most winsome smile. "Hi! I'm soooo lost, could you--" The driver gave her an irritated look, waving his arm, then froze when he saw the gun she was holding.

"Open the door," she said.

"This will not work," he told her in heavily accented English.

"Open it anyway."

He did, and Dinah got in, smiling cheerfully. "Okay. Drive."

He drove, and before he reached the front door, Dinah opened her door and rolled out, running for the back of the building.

How to find the bombmaker? The driver would alert the guards in two seconds, how to find him how how how... fast, that was how.

Dinah climbed the stairs to the upper gallery of the compound and kept her head down, peeking in doors until HI THERE. Bombmaker.

She walked in, eyes huge, and waved to the guy behind the desk as he started to stand, frowning. "Hi! I just gotta--"

She picked up a statue and threw it at him with all her strength as he ducked. "--talk to this guy," she said, punching the bombmaker in the face, then the throat. The guy behind the desk was scrambling for a drawer, but Dinah had her gun out and pointed at him as she grabbed the choking bombmaker. "Two fingers! Just two! And throw it over here."

Grimacing, he did so, and Dinah kicked it under cabinet--then he hit an alarm on the bottom of the desk. Damnit!

She hauled the bombmaker along with her out of the room, and looked down; soldiers coming. Whoooops.

Back into the room, frantic, trying to think. Windows! Okay, second floor, but so?

She kicked the office-guy, who was on his knees scrabbling to get the gun back, then used him to haul the still struggling bomb guy up and through a window, then followed him.

Right, how was she getting out of here, again?

Another elbow to the face to her struggling captive when she landed, and oohhh crap. She'd totally lost her sense of direction. Front was-- that way! And here came the soldiers!

She ran, half-dragging and half-pushing her captive, but only made it to the wall before they were surrounded.

She just had time to strip his gear off him, then throw it over the embassy wall.

Then she had to surrender. Damnit. And hope her partner got the backpack.

Re: The Embassy - PW [Week 2]

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle didn't know what the purpose of an embassy was, but he knew a secure facility when he saw one. Some dodging of cameras and laying low later and he was in. He managed to sneak up on the bomb-maker, but not before he drew the attention of every damned guard in the area.

Kyle pointed the gun at the bomb-maker's head, keeping his newly found prisoner in between him and all of the people with the guns.

But there was no way out and he'd learned his lesson about shooting things to get them to explode - it didn't work so well. He backed away from the guards with the bomb-maker, edging towards the gate.

Behind the Embassy - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

Congratulations, you just blew up an embassy, and killed the bomb-maker you were trying to catch.

There's now a middle-aged woman in England developing a migraine without knowing why.

HANDWAVE CHASING THE BOMBER - PW [Week 2]

[doubleohblonde]

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