Unconventional Tactics, Tuesday, Period 2

[raspberryturk]

Once again, Reno was holding class in the Danger Shop, which had been programmed to look like your regular old Fandom Island street scene. He could have tossed you outside, but he wanted to limit the possibility of there being actual bystanders out there.

Which was probably a bad sign, right?

"Yo, Rookies," he said, leaning back against the front of Turtle and Canary with a crooked grin on his face. "Last week, we covered a little slice of life from the Support Services corner of the island's Reserves groups. This week, we're gonna cover a bit of what the fighters got to offer, yo."

He nodded back over his shoulder through the window of the store.

"Normally, I ain't gonna encourage looting, but this week we're gonna focus on usin' whatever the hell you got at your disposal in order to get the job done. Hate to do this to you powered kids, but this is gonna be a no-powers class again, yo. File inside the T&C here. You got five minutes to grab whatever you think you need before a flock of Griffins comes wheelin' in and tries to bust in the windows to tear you apart, yo. Why Griffins? They have the ability to drain magic, and they're resistant to any spells you might throw at 'em that'll slow 'em down, yo."

Reno liked to keep these things on an even playing field, yes. He'd find a way to even out the fighters next week when they covered magic, too.

"If you ain't a fighter, group together and get to work buildin' a barricade for these windows, because they'll make quick work of 'em. If you are a fighter, feel free to improvise up a weapon outta whatever's in here, yo. But make it good, because the pointiest shit you're gonna find in here is probably a set of kitchen knives."

Reno gave his hands a clap and then gestured toward the door. "Five minutes, Rookies. In you go."

[OCD up, in spite of LJ being laggy like a laggy website that lags! Open!]

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[raspberryturk]

Like you're not going down without a fight!

Re: Sign In

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe Saunders

Listen to the Lecture

[raspberryturk]

There probably aren't many notes to take, but feel free to contemplate what might be inside the T&C that you can use to your benefit.

Or just go OMGWTFBBQ GRIFFINS?

Whichever.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Well, Kennedy was down with it being a no-powers class, as she stood with her thumbs in her pockets, leaning against a lamppost.

Just.

Griffins? Really?

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[trigons_child]

Raven was uneasy around violence, but she knew she had to keep working at becoming accustomed to it so she wouldn't freak out when she was needed, so she steeled herself to face the class.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

"I...I work here!"

And she was going to bust in a make a barricade.

...win.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[momslilassassin]

Ben's lips quirked up. This was going to be astral.

Five Minutes And Counting!

[raspberryturk]

This is your grace period, kids. Either go scrounging for something that you can use as a weapon, or else get to work shoving shelves and furniture up against those windows, because once those go, you'll be facing off against four-hundred pounds of beak and talon within a confined area, and that would suck.

... Looking for an adequate hiding place is also acceptable, but keep in mind that these things can fly, so hiding on the roof is probably not going to help you out.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[awakestheghosts]

Griffins?

They were going to be attacked by Griffins?

One of these days, Chloe would like for them to be attacked by something smaller than her. You know, so she could STOMP ON THEM.

However, right now, she was using the time to find something heavy or pointy to use to defend herself. After that, she was going to start barricading the windows with whatever she could drag over there.

Griffins.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[intraspective]

It was... probably a worrisome thing that Ino was humming as she went and found the kitchen knives--claiming two butcher knives and a crazed assortment of steak knives to arm herself with.

The smaller knives would work well enough as throwing blades and the butcher knives would help her if she had to come into true close combat with them.

It was possibly even more worrisome that Ino managed to hide all of those knives on her person and came strolling back out of the aisle looking like she only had the butcher knives.

It was totally a beautiful day.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Okay, no fangs meant he needed to get something at least so knives it was. Well one was enough and then he was going to help push those shelves towards the window.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[trigons_child]

Raven definitely wasn't scrounging for weapons. She was, however, taking anything that could be used as first aid supplies if she couldn't use her powers to heal. So primitive!

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

OMGWTFBBQ GRIFFINS?!?!?!

Zatanna was already moving some of the stands to the places that would break first, and hoping there wasn't an Apu programmed. It was enough stress to have an indian dude yelling at you over your shoulder.

She would hide behind the counter, probably.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[momslilassassin]

Five minutes wasn't enough time for Ben to program the Squishy machine into being a weapon, so he was looking for something more in the projectile weapons department.

He emerged from the school supply aisle with pointy pencils (even without Jedi powers to enhance them, he was a good shot from his training as an assassin), then went down to kitchen wares. Most of the knives had already been taken, so Ben went for the frying pans instead.

None of it was as good as a lightsaber, but it was a lot better than nothing.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

With all the good knives taken, Kennedy... ended up with a mop handle and a barbecue fork.

It was entirely possible the ironic humor of the latter choice was lost on anyone who didn't know her world the same way she did, so the fact that she kept snickering when she looked at it could be kinda confusing.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela had two sections to check out in order: cleaning supplies, and hair care. Chemicals were already fun on their own, of course, but when you added aerosol cans? Well, things got a whole lot more exciting.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[life_inshadow]

Tara worked to gather together heavy boxes of things that could be used to build a barricade. Somehow, powder laundry detergent seemed like it might come in handy a lot.

Re: Five Minutes And Counting!

[notmyownage]

Claudia went looking for power tools. A) They could totally be used as weapons -- especially if she found a nail gun or something -- and B) they'd be pretty damn useful in building a barricade.

Also . . . she liked power tools.

Shut up.

Suddenly, Griffins!

[raspberryturk]

Yeah, they're exactly what they sound like. Your average Griffin is susceptible to elemental damage, but that would be defeating the point of this exercise, wouldn't it?

Your five minutes are up, and there are eagle-lion hybrids clawing at the windows and snapping their beaks at you. If you're a fighter, guard that barricade with your improvised weapon! If you're not, for the love of Holy, get more crap to pile on! Keep those monsters out!

[And feel free to mod your Griffins, kids. Think of them like big, hungry lions. That fly.]

Re: Suddenly, Griffins!

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Get ready, incoming," Jake shouted the instant his ears picked up on the Griffin's approaching. What? Look, he couldn't turn that off.

Neither could he really turn off much of anything else and he wasn't going to be holding back here. First Griffin through the door was getting punched in the face... Unless he needed to avoid Ino's knives. Right.

Re: Suddenly, Griffins!

[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Zatanna was going to keep pushing things on the windows, yes, but not before getting a hold of a baseball bat. Whatever came too close? It better be prepared.

She was hoping nothing got that close.

Re: Suddenly, Griffins!

[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

She'd save the barbecue fork for close range; Kennedy brought the mop handle up and braced herself.

"This is gonna be fun," she announced gleefully.

Talk to the TAs

[raspberryturk]

Will they fight, flee, or help with the barricade?

Oh, decisions!

Re: Talk to the TAs

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe had a weapon -- of a sort -- but she was still concentrating on helping build the barricade.

Talk to Reno

[raspberryturk]

He has way too much fun with this class. He totally admits that.

OOC

[raspberryturk]

Contents of the T&C are totally moddable, but you're not going to find weapons in there. And you might have a difficult time locating the duct tape as well, for whatever reason.

Griffins are moddable, too! They won't actually hurt you, since this is the danger shop, but it's not like Reno is going to tell you these things. He's nice that way, really.

True fact: I chose them because they're way more generic than the other things that I was considering for today, including but not limited to Bandersnatches, Blood Tastes, Ancient Dragons, and one big, nasty Behemoth.

The Behemoth would have been fun, but that might have made a few students pee themselves in terror, so he got the veto.

Re: OOC

[awakestheghosts]

Chloe will be throwing things at their heads and hitting them with whatever she can to keep them away from the barricades.

Being around Ino and Reno must be rubbing off on her because she no longer hides as a first resort. :D