What NOT To Do In A Fight / Period III / Week 2 (Atreides/Deadpool)

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Today class met in the Danger Shop, which was set up like a church with high vaulted ceilings and crossbeams, shadows in the eves.

"Greetings, class," Ghanima said, apparently unconcerned that her co-teacher was nowhere in sight. "Today, we're going to discuss how over-reliance on a particular type of weapon can be hazardous to your health. Familiarity breeds contempt, as they say, and if you become too biased towards a particular form of combat, you open yourself for for more weaknesses than is sensible."

Shadoooows in the eeeeeeveeeeees.

This would be, of course, when a gunshot rang out. Just in case people weren’t paying attention before.

If they hadn't been paying attention before, they sure would be now! Except the bullet speeding towards their teacher stopped in midair, inches from her skin, before dropping to the ground.

"Wade," she said patiently, looking up to the Shadoooows in the eeeeeeveeeeees. "That wasn't very nice."

Deadpool dropped down from the Shadooooows in the eeeeeeveeees to land in a crouch, a sniper rifle strapped to his back. It was a very hands on lesson, okay? “Hey, if I was actually gonna shoot you, I woulda done better than that,” he replied cheerfully. “Even though I never managed to shoot Nate in the head...”

Damn it, Nate.

Ghanima didn't want to know about their version of foreplay, alright? "True, that was a shoulder-shot, not anything leathal," she agreed. "But the point is, Deadpool has a dependence on guns. While he can use other things, he likes shooting people. This becomes a problem when someone has a defense against that type of weapon; for instance, my personal shield stops all projectile weapons unless they are moving under a particular speed. Please don't try to hit me with a laser gun, you'll just blow yourself up."

"And if I wanted to disarm him..." Ghanima moved in a blur of motion, appearing to teleport next to Deadpool. "I tend to rely too heavily on the Weirding Way. If my opponent knows this, they can anticipate my next move and do something to throw my movement off."

And knives, Ghani really liked playing with knives.

Hey, everyone loved knives!

“Aww, I like all weapons equally! Did I ever tell you about the time my swords were these super hot Asian chicks that were into some freaky shit?” Deadpool asked with a grin, flicking his wrist to reveal a hereto unknown knife that was tossed up in the air toward her to catch.

"....why are you getting cheap knives imported from China?" she teased him, as she caught it with one hand. "Look at the workmanship on this thing. You'd end up hurting yourself before someone else." The knife fluidly vanished inside the sleeve of her robe. She'd be keeping this until the end of class, thank you.

That just earned her a pout. “I got that from Weasel,” Deadpool grumbled. “Alright, kids. Whatcha dependent on and where can you improve so people can’t just kill you easy-peasy?”

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

All weapony!

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[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Prince Alexander of Daventry

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Because, seriously? They let this guy teach children?

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[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Consider not only Alexander's lack of experience with guns, but also the fact that he was distracted by the pretty architecture (like a neeeerd), he definitely jumped when the gunshot rang out and, though he was on the alert for something to happen, took quite a while to actually pinpoint what had happened once the teachers started talking.

He instantly relaxed once he realized that they weren't all under siege and it was just a point of lecture. Zounds! Sometimes his nerves were just too much for things like guns.

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[trigons_child]

Raven flinched at the gunshot but managed to keep herself from reacting, just barely. Azar! Warn a demonically possessed girl when you're going to shoot at one of her favorite teachers.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla was already pretty jumpy today. When the shots rang out, her shields snapped up into place, glowing a bright blue for a minute before fading into invisibility.

Even when she saw that it was part of the lesson, her shields remained raised and at full strength for the rest of the class.

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[exspeedydotcom]

Roy was instantly alert at the sound of the gunshot, and looking around for the shooter.

Then it turned out to just be Deadpool. Oh, well.

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[heromaniac]

The gunshot had Momoko whipping out her compact and flipping it open, ready to transform if that hadn't been a Danger Shop bullet she'd just heard, while she tried to locate the shooter.

Mr Deadpool's entry had her relaxing enough to finally notice Lady Ghanima had stopped the bullet. HOW COOL WAS THAT?

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[eyesofahero.livejournal.com]

Yeah well, Cloud was just going to roll his eyes and try not to glare too much at the teachers. Considering they both could probably fight better than him which was code for "totally better" he supposed that looking mildly surprised would do.

He could totally stop bullets, too.

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[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy wasn't sure what that sound was, but her shields came up reflexively when she heard it. When she saw that it was safe and part of today's lesson, she lowered her shields.

Scaring a witch wasn't nice, Mr. Deadpool.

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[puppy_fair]

Zack was... a bit squirmy, in the chosen setup for today's class. But in spite of the occasional downward pull on his lips, he was managing to more or less keep that smile of his firmly pasted in place.

He wasn't too dependent on his swords, was he?

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[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce snapped to attention, tracking the sound of the gun back to the source immediately.

It was entirely possible that he was holding his pen like a knife before it became obvious that it was just some kind of insane lesson. You know. Just in case he needed to stab an assailant in the shoulder with it. As you do.

But when the lesson became obvious, Bruce merely stared ahead at the discussion. And he glared. All italicsy and everything.

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[dontvotemeout]

Jason was caught by surprise by the gunshot, and he couldn't stop himself from glancing at Bruce, trying to be subtle about it as he did so. Did they really need to talk about guns here?

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Stabby, stabby, stabby!

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[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

"I'm quite dependent on guns," Wesley admitted. That was because he was awesome at them, shh. "I'm also moderately competent with a sword, but my strength is my marksmanship. I suppose it would be advantageous to work on honing other strengths as well."

Wow, Wes admitting something he could work on? That was crazy. Crazy.

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[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"This," Alexander realized after a moment, "is something I suppose I should be grateful to my upbringing for, but I have never had a dependency on any particular weapon, having had no weapons immediately at my disposal in my upbringing. I had to compromise with what was available, and so that ability to modify what I needed to fit my situation has been quite helpful."

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[not_tylerdurden]

"I guess I rely on Hobbes," Calvin said after thinking it over. "He's a tiger. He eats people. Also slushballs, I use those a lot."

You know, the sad part was that he was being completely serious and sincere.

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

"I don't do guns," Kennedy said, with a quick, surprised look at Wesley; Constance had always been really strict about that. Was that a personal thing? Now she was starting to wonder. "I'm really good with a crossbow, and knives, and I'm getting pretty good with swords and throwing knives, but basically, if it's anything, um, with a blade on it and kinda mostly medieval? I at least know the principle of how to use it."

A beat, then: "Well, and stakes, but that's kinda-- specialized."

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[trigons_child]

"I do not use weaponry," Raven said quietly. "I rely upon my gifts, though I know they are ineffective if my foe is something soulless like a robot or if they are well-shielded."

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[glacial_queen]

"Craft," Karla said immediately. "Until I came to school, I didn't know anything other than Craft. I thought I was okay with a knife, though I quickly saw how much I didn't know after Leto started training me."

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[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"I'm like Karla and Raven," Sookie offered, still a little jumpy after the noise. "I rely on my gifts, though I'm still learning how to use them."

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[exspeedydotcom]

"Bow," Roy said simply. "I'm pretty good with other projectiles," and this was an understatement, "but mostly I depend on my bow. I've been trying to improve my gun skills, since they were practically nonexistent before, and I'm pretty decent at hand-to-hand but I could stand to improve there. My blade skills are kind of substandard, though," he admitted.

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[heromaniac]

Momoko thought back to her sparring session with Centurion and frowned. "My yo-yo. I totally depend on it, and the flying, I guess." Or really, just totally being Blossom at all. "But I'm pretty good with guns, now, too! Although I won't use them in a fight."

Talk to the Teachers

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

When they both tag.

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Deadpool was aaaalways available for a friendly chat, you know. Always.

OOC

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Why so slow today, LJ?