Improving Your Skills [Friday, 3rd Period]

[so_hawkward]

When the students arrived today, they'd find the Danger Shop set up with a bunch of targets, training dummies, and a pile of moddable weapons.

"It seems like a lot of folks at this school, and in town, come from kind of dangerous places," Clint said. "Honing a skill requires time, which requires staying alive, and that isn't always a luxury. Today, I want to see how well you guys can handle weapons to defend yourselves, and don't worry if the answer is 'not all that well' because everyone's got to start somewhere. If you've already had some training in this area, and you want to spar with each other, go right ahead because you won't really hurt anyone. Supposedly." It wasn't that Clint didn't have faith in technology, but that part of the Danger Shop's settings still had him a little worried.

Comments

Sign In [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

Armed and dangerous! Or just dangerous!

Re: Sign In [01/25]

[myownface]

Sparkle

Re: Sign In [01/25]

[hasadestiny]

Lex Luthor

Listen to the Lecture [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

He just wants you all to be safe!

Re: Listen to the Lecture [01/25]

[myownface]

... Hey, weapons. Sparkle was actually kind of thankful that Alec had been teaching him how to use a bow, now.

Yes, that was because he could actually use one today in class without looking like a total idiot. It seemed like a good reason to him.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [01/25]

[arsenicmauls]

Great. Gert could do exactly none of this. She was just going to scowl and sulk for a minute or two, thanks.

Or... the entire class period. Probably that.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [01/25]

[mummyspromdate.livejournal.com]

It sorta figured that this was the first class that made Maddie think of her old school. Was it bad that that sort of made her feel better? It was probably bad.

Re: Listen to the Lecture [01/25]

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Sholeh listened to the lecture with growing apprehension, even as Zeela gleed inside her head. =Finally! Something useful!=

::I don't feel so good about this...::

=Aww, buck up, little sister! You'll do fine! Against, like, a pillow or something.=

Re: Listen to the Lecture [01/25]

[beautifulsenshi.livejournal.com]

See Minako wilt. Wilt, Minako, wilt.

Because Aino Minako did not use weapons, unless you count sports equipment. That was totally Sailor Venus territory, and she had to be plain-old-Minako during class.

And during her entire life unless there was Yoma involved.

Show Off Your Weapon Skills! [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

 

Shoot at the Targets [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

There was a row of targets set up at varying distances along one of the walls, for anyone who preferred to fight from afar.

Re: Shoot at the Targets [01/25]

[myownface]

Sparkle really wouldn't call his performance with a bow here today 'showing off.' Not by a long shot. He was still more or less a beginner, and that showed, if not in his form exactly, then by how anal he was about making sure that his form was right.

There were people. They could see him.

Eventually he'd even actually shoot. Honest.

Re: Shoot at the Targets [01/25]

[hawkeye-too.livejournal.com]

Well. Kate had already been training today, but that didn't mean she wasn't ready to shoot some more.

First she spent a stupid long time choosing a bow - eventually going with one of the least awesome because, hey, she could still shoot it, but it'd suck to have someone else get frustrated.

Then she shot a quiverfull of arrows into the bullseye of the farthest target. Cause why not.

Re: Shoot at the Targets [01/25]

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Emily really didn't have neither be training nor the patience to use a bow. It was a good thing there were a couple of handguns on the pile. The bow/gun ratio was noticed though; apparently there was a bias going. Or something.

She didn't really care though; soon after Emily was putting some bullets into human-shaped targets, and while she wasn't being extremely deadly she was pretty sure she had put all the shots into parts that had points so far.

Re: Shoot at the Targets [01/25]

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

William spent a moment internally debating whether to go for the bow, which he'd never used before, or the handgun, which he was reasonably familiar with.

In the end, the fact that this was likely one of the only chances he'd get to use a bow was the reason why he didn't go for it. It had been a while since his last lesson at the shooting range, but muscle memory kicked in after the first couple shots.

Whack the Training Dummies [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

There was also a row of training dummies to hack at from up close. Don't worry, they're probably used to it.

Re: Whack the Training Dummies [01/25]

[reven8e.livejournal.com]

Hitting things up though, Emily was more comfortable doing that.

Again, she wasn't precisely the best fighter; but she had a lot of energy she had been bottling up ready to go. Those dummies wouldn't know what hit them.

Re: Whack the Training Dummies [01/25]

[robinonadderall]

Stiles had absolutely no weapons skills whatsoever. Which the teacher probably knew since he had saved Stiles twice. So he would be by the dummies.

He wasn't even hitting them, he was just kind of zoning out.

Re: Whack the Training Dummies [01/25]

[3girls-1core.livejournal.com]

Sholeh was just going to stand in front of the dummies a little helplessly. She was hardly dressed for sparring as it was.

::I don't know how to do this,:: she sulked. ::Can't I go read a book about this or something?::

=No,= Zeela snapped. =Now make a fist and punch.=

"Ow!"

=Thumb on the outside, nit.=

Re: Whack the Training Dummies [01/25]

[beautifulsenshi.livejournal.com]

Minako looked at the training dummies and made a face. "Look, just because I'm Japanese does not mean I'm a ninja!" she sulked, folding her arms.

She was a Sailor Senshi, dammit. Not a ninja.

"I'm in Vollyeball Club, not Kendo!"

Re: Whack the Training Dummies [01/25]

[new-it-girl.livejournal.com]

Hanna didn't exactly have shooting skills, and she was certain she wasn't ready for sparring. Hitting things, though? She could do that.

Besides, one never knew when dummies might attack, right?

Spar With Each Other [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

For anyone who's comfortable enough with that!

Talk to Clint or Kate! [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

If anyone needed Clint, he'd be off to the side, observing and playing with his bow.

Cleaning and restringing it, not anything bad!

Re: Talk to Clint or Kate! [01/25]

[hawkeye-too.livejournal.com]

This was a class - real class, not a summer camp thing. Where they got to use bows. Kate was incredibly pleased.

Also slightly peeved that she had to use a random bow instead of her own. At least they were nice ones since Hawkeye picked them out.

OOC [01/25]

[so_hawkward]

Have I mentioned how ready I am for this week to be over? SO READY.