Swordplay - 3rd Period - 9/2

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

The class was a greeted by a man in bright red pajamas with a pair of swords strapped to his back. He would snuggle them like a security blanket, but that would totally ruin his street cred, yo. Playah haters gonna hate.

"Goooood morning boys and girls! Welcome to your very first ever, bestest, most awesome swordplay class. With me. Me, who makes it better than anything ever."

Live the dream, Deadpool. Live the dream.

"So, you've done this in probably every class up until now and out of class and sometimes in your sleep. But we're gonna fall into the need for us all to get to know each other and blah, blah, blah... Names. Past experience with swords. Whether or not you enjoy watching So You Think You Can Dance or not. The last question is the most important, mind you. Without that, how will we know your deep, innermost thoughts?"

A beat.

"Oh right, and since this in Fandom and I'm sure you got 'em, any super special secret powers that will screw up how I pair you guys off for my own amusement," Deadpool added cheerfully. "I'll even go first. My name is Deadpool and I enjoy long walks on the beach, nights spent at home watching bad reality TV and Blues Clues. My favorite books are those Twilighty one. I mean, c'mon. Who doesn't wanna read about a Byronic douche woo a mentally unstable chick?"

Wrong answers!

"...Iiiii mean, Deadpool. I've been a mercenary longer than most of ya'll have been alive and if it can kill ya, I can use it. And how. I hate that show with a fiery passion and yet find myself unable to look away from the trainwreck. Aaaaand I have a healing factor that means if you accidentally or 'accidentally' hit me, I'll heal in a few minutes and smack ya back depending on my mood. I'm like a forest fire in the winds with my moods..."

He pointed at a student at random. "Your turn. Tell me everything, but only the stuff that'll be fun. I don't care about your deep emotional trauma or daddy issues."

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Dooo iiiiit.

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[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

When it was her turn, Claire took a deep breath and let it out slowly before speaking. "I'm Claire Bennet, a junior and I have no experience with sword work. I've never watched So You Think You Can Dance but I faithfully watch The Chad Show every week."

What? That's what Dinah called it. And it was way easier to remember.

"And, um... I heal from injuries too," she said, feeling awkward about sharing that with a group for the first time.

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"...The Chad show is acceptable," Deadpool granted her after a moment or two pondering. "I'd prefer it be something on a reputable channel like the CW, but I guess."

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[badassfullback.livejournal.com]

Riggins wanted to die. Or get the hell out of this class. He didn't think either was going to happen anytime soon.

"I'm Tim Riggins." Nooooooot Gambit. "Sophomore. I don't have any experience with swords. And I don't watch So You Think You Can Dance."

That was for girls and flamboyant men in red pajamas.

"And I don't have healing powers." So please don't stab him.

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

And people with Skrullmydia.

"Do you have any sort of crappy accent or charm powers?"

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[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"I am Worf. Son of mogh. I have been proficient with my bat'leth since I was six," he declared. "When do we spar?"

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

"When I say so." Because he was the teacher, damn it. "And what's a--you know, I'mma just say batty because I don't do those 'alien' names for things that are just funny sounding words with apostrophes thrown in for the hell of it."

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[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Am Blysse," Firekeeper said. "He is Blind Seer," she nodded to the wolf who... probably would not be handling any swords, but was still here because as if he was gonna spend time elsewhere? "I am best with my Fang," she briefly held up the dagger she kept by her side. "But have been teached how to use swords some."

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Hey. That is speciesist, man.

We don't do that here. It's a safe zone.

"By who?"

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[bitchprince]

"I am Prince Arthur Pendragon," Arthur announced - he felt it was going to be one of those rounds of introductions. Possibly because of previous experience with the teacher. "I'm a senior, and I have been trained to kill since birth, particularly favouring the sword."

A pause.

"And I don't watch a lot of teevee."

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[pyroliz.livejournal.com]

"I'm Liz Sherman," Liz said when it was her turn, "I'm a senior and I don't have any previous experience with swords," she paused, "I'm a pyrokinetic and I don't watch So You Think You Can Dance,"

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[bitchy_smurf]

"I am Illyria," said she who in fact was. Mostly. "I have been wielding blades since before your species was made up of more than one cell. I do not watch So You Think You Can Dance." Nor did she know what that was, but she wasn't about to admit that. "I watch Sam Winchester sleep."

The fact that she wasn't stupid enough to volunteer a list of her strengths and weaknesses was completely deliberate and not due to the player forgetting that bit.

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

It wasn't as if she needed the money, but Kennedy was starting to feel like she should get paid for these introductions already.

"Kennedy. I'm sixteen, I'm a junior, and I don't know what the hell So You Think You Can Dance is anyway. I've been training with swords since I was six--" just not the overly heavy broadsword from Monday. "And when I told my dad I was gay he told me he'd buy me anything I wanted if I fixed that.*"

[[*-with a hat tip to obliquereference's w/k fic for that.]]

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[wannabehunter]

"Jo Harvelle, senior." It still felt kind of weird to be saying that. "Not a whole lot of experience with swords, but a whole heap with knives. Some of them were pretty big too."

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[redandblueblur.livejournal.com]

Clark couldn't very well share his abilities outright with the group, though should someone try to stab him, blades shattering against his skin might give a few things away.

"I'm Clark Kent, a junior and I'm pretty new with swords." He couldn't count watching Lex work with his, could he? "I've never seen So You Think You Can Dance, but my mom loves that Dancing with the Stars show."

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[spiritandsword]

"I'm Annja Creed, senior. I have experience fighting with a sword and with knives." Though to be honest, she did fight better with one particular sword than any other. "I've never seen So You Think You Can Dance. I don't really watch a lot of T.V."

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[puppy_fair]

Bouncy kid alert!

"Hi! I'm Zack Fair, SOLDIER 2nd class! Which means that my experience with a sword comes in really handy back home in the military I'm a part of, and keeps me from not getting, like, eaten by monsters and stuff. Oh, and I help run the regular Reserves group on Tuesdays with Arthur and Leto! Aaaaand I don't really watch much television, so I haven't seen that show before."

This was possibly because he had the attention span of a hyperactive- OH A SHINY THING.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I am Triela." Triela was still wearing a splint, a sling, an a medical eye patch courtesy of her last knife fight. "I have limited experience with shorter-bladed weapons such as knives and bayonets. I am cybernetically enhanced so that I am stronger, faster, and tougher than most people."

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[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"My name is Mat Cauthon, and where I come from swords are for Warders, merchant guards and bloody annoying nobles," Mat said, glancing around the group. He was fairly certain there were a few bloody annoying nobles in the class--that Arthur name had sounded entirely too familiar. "I prefer the quarterstaff and the ashandarei. (http://wot.wikia.com/wiki/Ashandarei)."

He ignored the blithering about dancing.

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[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

"Anemone, senior, and I don't know what So You Think You Can Dance is," she confessed, flipping her pink hair over her shoulder. "I like hitting things and knives, but I've done some training with swords." Wow, this was really the week for missing Cassandra; Anemone hadn't done any formal sword training since the other girl had left, except for what Talho had been willing to teach her whenever she was home on break.

"I've got enhanced reflexes and I have a higher pain tolerance than humans do. I'll still bleed if I get cut, but it doesn't bother me the way it would someone else. And I don't have an instant healing-power or whatever, but I do recover faster from injury than most people."

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[therhimineecat.livejournal.com]

"I am Seregil i Korit Solun Meringill Bokthersa and I am a senior," Seregil said, with his usual wry look when saying his full name. "I've been wielding a sword since I was big enough to lift one; it's something that has always come easy to me. I've never seen So You Think You Can Dance and have no special powers per se, but," he grinned suddenly, "I do cheat."

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[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"Fiona Post," she said, glancing around, "a sophmore. I have some experience with sword work as I was given lessons earlier this year. I haven't ever seen 'So You Think You Can Dance' as I don't usually watch television."

Beat.

"And I'm relatively difficult to injure."

And by this, she meant that she'd been thrown into a VW Microbus by a demon lord, ground into broken glass, survived a minature black hole, and been whipped around by hurricane force winds without breaking skin.

"I also learn" wow this was going to sound lame "quickly."

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[wantstodirect]

"I'm Tony Foster, a senior, and I don't have any experience with swords. I'm not into reality TV," Tony said. "I'm a wizard. I can heal myself with magic, but it really, really hurts."

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[gotyourmateria.livejournal.com]

Yuffie was literally bouncing in place, mostly because she'd needed a double mocha shake after Anakin's class.

"Yuffie Kisaragi. Some sword experience, but I prefer my fūma shuriken because when I throw it, it cuts off the monster's head and then comes back! So I don't usually have to go yank it out of guts or something. Also, I don't like the dancing shows, but I really like the one where they lock all the people in the house and make them play stupid games and vote people out and the model shows because I want to see the models trip and fall. And special powers, well, I have materia so I can like, heal people and set them on fire or freeze them and stuff."

Yes, she said that all in one breath.

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[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

"I'm Zayne Carrick. I'm a senior. And I've been trained with a lightsaber and have some sword training," Zayne said. "I'm not that great with either, but I've managed not to cut any of my limbs off. And I can use the Force for telekinesis, enhancing my physical abilities, and healing and stuff."