ext_250630 ([identity profile] mouthy-merc.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2011-01-26 08:01 am
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What NOT To Do In A Fight / Period III / Week 4 (Atreides/Deadpool)

After handwavily informing class to dress in clothing they didn’t mind getting dirty and to meet up in the danger shop, they were greeted by the most awesome of all things:

Paintball.

Hell yeah, bitches.

“Now, we’ve got a couple things to cover here, since most people seem to learn to use guns from TV and movies rather than the proper sources of the NRA and rednecks,” Deadpool said, snuggling his paintball gun like a mother with their child. It wasn’t disturbing at all. Really. “Such as the myth that bigger is better when it comes to guns. I mean, none of you guys are Cable and created by the man, the myth, the legend: Liefeld. So leave the BFG’s at home where they belong and you won’t end up getting your dumb asses fragged after you fall over from the kickback.”

"Beside, guns will be ineffective and obsolete in the future. There is no such thing as a bottomless magazine - you always need to reload - and it's nearly impossible to walk, let alone run and fire a weapon with any accuracy. Learn poison instead," Ghanima suggested. "...Which is not this class.”

Yes, hate this class, people. Hate it and all the horrible links.

“Another helpful tip is that holdin’ your gun sideways does nothing but make you look badass. It also throws off your aim unless you’ve spent all your time practicing it just like that. But that would be dumb, right, kids?” Deadpool totally thought it was cool and might have done just that. Word. “And unless you’re not firing real guns or have the right amount of upper body strength to deal with the Mexican stand off that will no doubt come from it, don’t use two guns at once. It doesn’t work unless you’re me.”

A beat.

“Or are from a comic book where you can also hold long, Shakespearean style monologues mid-action like you’re in freakin’ D&D game where talking is a free action.”

"Not to mention the sheer number of movies that teach you people how to use firearms fails gun safety forever," she continued. "And you cannot just 'aim to wound' or blast a gun out of someone's hand without injuring them. There's also no such thing as a flesh wound in real life. There's no 'safe' place to shoot a person, not even in a seemingly non-vital extremity like a leg or arm. So don't try it, you'll just feel guilty when you fail."

Deadpool sighed fondly at that. “But it sure is fun to do...” He shook his head, continuing on with the lecture. “So, before you kids go off and don’t do any of the things we’ve told you about, remember... don’t shove a loaded gun down your pants. Unless you never plan on havin’ kids. In which case, shove two down your pants!”

"Everyone, please don't reach into anyone's pants to see if they're toting a gun," Ghanima sighed. "That's sexual harassment, and I'm not doing the paperwork for it."

"Everyone has one RNG'd target, so you're all being hunted as you hunt others." With one smooth motion, Ghanima pulled a small paintgun from the sleeve of her robe and fired a pink, glittery round at Deadpool. "Lists are on the far side of the Danger Shop, along with your weapons. Begin."

Deadpool grinned and aimed back at her. “Oh, it’s on like Donkey Kong!”

Oh, this class.

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] daventryprince.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Prince Alexander of Daventry
heromaniac: (whitelight)

Re: Sign In

[personal profile] heromaniac 2011-01-27 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Momoko Akatsutsumi

Re: Sign In

[identity profile] aliceseesthings.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Alice Cullen

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] daventryprince.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Surprising as it was, Alexander found today's lecture actually to be...incredibly useful. He knew nothing about guns, had little intention of ever having to use one, but the suggestions made by the teachers were exactly the sorts of mistakes he was likely to make, so he was grateful for that.

The "hunting" part, he was not quite as sure about, but he hoped he could put up a good fight and at least avoid being shot if anything.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Somehow the idea of "killing" fellow students (and being a target for them in return) wasn't really sitting well with Kennedy. Funny, that.

Still, she was going to suck it up today and participate; she couldn't damn well be a wimp about this forever, right?

Just... guns. Her aim was fine, she knew that, but... not her favorites. Anyway. Sucking it up now.

...right. Any second.
glacial_queen: (Glance)

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2011-01-27 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Karla gave Kennedy and sidelong glance. She was pretty sure she knew what the other girl was thinking. And shared that opinion.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] brat-intraining.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Kennedy caught the glance and gave a lopsided little shrug as if to confirm Karla's guess. (At least, she thought that was what she was confirming.)

She wasn't into the whole LOLcat thing, but she was firmly on the side of Do Not Want here.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] willbethenight.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
No, Bruce didn't have a problem with paintball guns. They didn't kill people unless the shooter was extremely creative. (And yes, Bruce had worked out several ways in which a person could be killed with a paintball gun, just in case it ever came up in a case.)

Yes, Bruce was taking careful notes. Because of course he was.

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[identity profile] svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
The lecture was a more amusing version of the same lecture Dru had gotten from her father several times over the years. Entertained, Dru sat back and listened, occasionally nodding in agreement with something one of the teacher's said.
heromaniac: (suggestive)

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[personal profile] heromaniac 2011-01-27 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Paintball. How many times has she played it now?

Momoko listened (because it was about guns and gun safety) and wondered why the game was so popular.
exspeedydotcom: (Default)

Re: Listen to the Lecture

[personal profile] exspeedydotcom 2011-01-27 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Roy had seriously improved his gun skills since leaving Ollie and his Opinions behind. This was exciting!

Re: Play the Game

[identity profile] daventryprince.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
First things first. Alexander gave the gun a look to ensure that he could actually figure out how to use the things, and then he turned his attentions to the surroundings, to best get an idea of where he could position himself to make him less vulnerable to whoever was targeting him. And then, once he felt he'd secured that, it was time to consider where his target might be and work his strategy from there...
momslilassassin: ([neu] eye closeup)

Re: Play the Game

[personal profile] momslilassassin 2011-01-26 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Seeing his name listed first under "assassins" gave Ben a bit of a start, especially since he'd been talking about his past with Ender just the other day, but he picked up the weapon and gave it a quick but thorough once-over. He loaded the weapon carefully and then glanced the class over, looking for Leo.

Sorry, Leo, you got paired with an actual assassin.

Re: Play the Game

[identity profile] wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, shooting stuff. One of Wesley's favorite pastimes. And something that he was awesome at, so yay for that. He found a dark corner to crouch in, gun cocked and ready for his target to arrive. Oh, how badass he felt.

Re: Play the Game

[identity profile] willbethenight.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Tag a person with paint, don't get tagged himself. Easy enough. He was just going to be here for a moment. Over in a shadow. Blending in, being all casual in the darkness. Oh, stealth.

Re: Play the Game

[identity profile] svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Dru had been helping her dad hunt things that lurked in the shadows for years.

See Dru search the shadows. Search Dru. Search.

Re: Play the Game

[identity profile] squire-hand.livejournal.com 2011-01-28 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hunting someone he barely knew, hunted by someone he barely knew. Oh, his life was a joy.

James found a location where he could familiarize himself with the weapon. "It's just a fancy crossbow," he muttered to himself, trying to look in all directions and the gun at the same time.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[identity profile] wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Wesley was feeling maybe a little bit sassy today.

"I was not reading up on dating Jono," he announced, referring to certain comments Deadpool had made in last week's radio broadcast.

Ah, Wes. Somehow still sensitive after almost six months in Fandom, bless him.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[identity profile] wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Wes blinked, wiping his foot on the ground.

"I -- I'm not even sure what that means," he admitted. "But I'm certain that I am not, er, whatever you said."

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[identity profile] wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com 2011-01-26 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Limey, yes," Wesley conceded, guessing at what the term might mean. "Er -- koolaid... whatever you said, I would have to say no."

Maybe this topic (and accompanying sass) wasn't quite necessary after all.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[identity profile] wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com 2011-01-27 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! So he won, then.

"Oh," said Wesley, a little caught off guard by this unexpected triumph. "Well. Good."
heromaniac: (thinking)

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[personal profile] heromaniac 2011-01-27 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Momoko had a question!

And she decided to ask Lady Ghanima instead, since while she couldn't read narrative, she's met Professor Deadpool.
atreideslioness: (Default)

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[personal profile] atreideslioness 2011-01-26 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Ghanima was there, but generally not shooting people who did not take aim at her first. She needed to be accessible for the students, after all.
heromaniac: (big wave)

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[personal profile] heromaniac 2011-01-27 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Momoko cheerfully approached, in no way aiming her paint gun. "Lady Ghanima? Is the point of the class to win? If so, I can totally play much better if I'm flying."

She wasn't desperate to play as Blossom, but she didn't want to fail because she didn't take all of her advantages.