Self Defense, Thursday, Period One

[suitably_heroic]

The class had been told to meet up in the Danger Shop. There, they found a simulation that covered both a gun range and a bunch of punching bags. There was no one else there.

After a couple of minutes, their teacher came swaggering in - he wore a dark Jedi tunic with a brown-and-white jacket slung over it casually. The combination didn't quite work, but somehow it worked for him. "So, you've all had some time to poke around," Atton said. "Hope you took advantage of the opportunity, because it's all the lead-in you're getting."

Beat.

"Well, except for this. Hi, I'm Atton Rand. I'm teaching this class because this island can get pretty dangerous and I'd be marginally sad if some of you died. If you got put in here by mistake when you actually want to be in the advanced fighting class, let the office know, because I'm by and large going to assume you people barely know how to take the wings off a fly."

He clapped his hands. "That being said, I want to know where you people are at. Yell your name, hit that punching bag as hard as you can, then run over to the range, blast the target, and, I don't know, tell me something about how you feel about beating things up. Now go, I don't have all day."

Yes, he did, but he was trying to get them motivated.

"... and if anyone wants to be my TA, come see me after class."

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Re: Shooting Range

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

Four picked up the blaster and missed center mass on the first try--he wasn't that used to how a blaster felt in his hands--but bullseyed the next few shots.

"I don't beat people up for fun or anything, but if you're going to need to do this, you better know how to do it so once they go down, they stay down."

Re: Shooting Range

[suitably_heroic]

Wasn't that Sia's new boyfriend...?

"That's usually harder than it looks," Atton agreed. "Though hey, on the other hand, sometimes it's nothing a kick in the head can't cure."

Re: Shooting Range

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

Four's lips curled up. "If you yank 'em by the piercing, they tend to leave you alone afterwards, too."

Re: Shooting Range

[suitably_heroic]

"Lesson number two, don't get piercings," Atton said. He was gonna go and be an adult and ignore his instinctive desire to be a shit to Four. Call it maturity, call it being able to see how much of a kid the kid was, whatever. "Lesson number three, if you have piercings, get rid of them."

Re: Shooting Range

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I limit my self-expression to tattoos," Four assured him. "I leave the long hair and piercings to other members of Dauntless."

Re: Shooting Range

[suitably_heroic]

"Just long as none of them say 'shoot here'," Atton said sagely.

Re: Shooting Range

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

Four snorted. "I'm not stupid. Tat like that...someone's bound to take you up on the invitation."

Re: Shooting Range

[suitably_heroic]

"And that would be really sad," Atton replied.

Re: Shooting Range

[dauntless-four.livejournal.com]

"At least to me," Four agreed a little dryly. "Though I've heard girls like scars."