( eve hasn't jumped straight into training, though the temptation is high with what they're supposedly facing. but it doesn't stop her from checking out the facilities, the supplies and the security of them: they need to be accessible in an emergency but not so accessible that the wrong person could take them. or anyone untrained.
even though she's not part of adi her nato badge does at least get her a few questions answered -- it's hard to deny the experience of a military colonel no matter where they're from.
if there is someone training, even if they have an instructor with them, she'll offer-- ) You should keep your elbow up.
( and the instructor hadn't picked up on that? for shame )
( even in a new place eve is quick to try and form something of a schedule: early morning run, gym late in the evening. or at least those are the times she's typically found there. and it's typically the bag that she can be found with, clearing her head, slotting new information into place, and keeping her skills sharp.
it also makes her miss what she'd gotten set up at home, the training she did with stone, even seeing flynn practice with excalibur. which, distracting her slightly, makes her next couple of hits on the bag not as solid as they should be )
( when a library has been your home for the past few years there's no wonder you'd gravitate there. it might not have her librarians or any of what she's used to, really, but eve's learned the power of a library and against something unknown or even just in a new place she knows she needs to catch up, to arm herself with what she can.
which is why she gets shocked at the size of the collections there, especially when she's trying to get information on anything magical or 'not natural' )
That's it?
( the poor library worker just shrugs and slinks away after taking her to the collection and she sighs, looking across the titles. there's already some doubt forming in her but she'll start by pulling out one of the books of maps of the area. better to know the place she's protecting )
[He doesn't have an instructor with him, Garner simply goes through his forms as he usually does, glaive spinning about him with occasional swipes or blocks thrown in as he goes through all of the motions (shirtless for Mercy's appreciation, he's finally realized, though he hasn't heard her today.)
Instead, he hears the soft approach and level voice of a woman he's only just beginning to recognize.
Their new roommates advice is met with Garner's form slowly sliding away into something more relaxed, glaive pointed tip-down at rest while his brow raises, blinded eyes aimed vaguely towards the far wall.]
Should I? I suppose I worry my arc might be too large and I am more likely to hit someone I cannot see...but I am always open to critique.
[Of course Jon spends a decent amount of time in the library. It isn't as detailed or extensive as the Magnus Institute library and Archives; when someone has spent two-hundred years cultivating a temple to the Beholding they tend to have an Eye (ha!) for the esoteric, but Jon knows what he's looking for more than anyone else.
He's actually looking through old newspapers now, seeking signs of occurrences, strange stories, things that might indicate the interference of an Avatar.
Maybe he should suggest that ADI starts taking statements... ah but that's probably a bad idea.
He overhears the woman sounding incredulous and glances over. Someone new? Not a regular of the library yet at least.]
( maybe it's a bias of working in her library, in being used to somewhere far larger that literally could expand as needed. but even without the artifacts it was the sheer amount of books that she was used to, that she wanted. how could they get anywhere when this felt like nothing? )
There can't actually be much useful information in this, most of it's likely to be falsely reported or exaggerated.
There's a limited amount of published material when you're dealing with the Entities considering the vast majority of people who know about them are serving them... and the rest tend to end up... well, hopefully they're dead.
[Because death is sometimes a kindness.]
There's enough. You have to learn what you're looking for.
( a glaive is a weapon that eve's never used before, only even recently familiar with a sword. so she doesn't know how useful her advice will be, at least outside of general tips that should always work.
should being the key point )
If you drop your arm too much it can give someone an opening, make you slower to react.
If these things are old there'll be accounts going further back, there always is. Actual accounts, not something written from hysteria or wanting to write something.
( in a library this small she wasn't expecting any first editions but if adi was dealing with these things they had to have scoured and collected anything that they could find? )
They do. The vast majority of them won't seem like anything other than hysterical ramblings, or accounts of... different things. It's not so straightforward to tell whether something is an account of encountering one of the entities, or some ancient cult.
Or the difference between a mass murder and an experience of the Slaughter.
[He can tell generally, but he's had a lot of practice and supernatural assistance.]
That makes sense. I suppose I am used to being in the front of my group to absorb the attention of our enemies, but that doesn't mean I should leave them openings to land a hit.
[He takes a step back from where he can hear she is and repeats the movement he'd made, glaive swiping out in a vicious and powerful arc, yes a little further out, but with his arm slightly lowered to better cover his side.]
[Caitlyn adjusts her shoulder tetchily, trying to get used to the odd way the gun sits in her hand. After a lifetime of using firearms, all the muscle memory she's built up has been thrown ever so slightly off.]
Yes, I know, I--
[Another adjustment, trying to gauge what the recoil will be like. It's only a pistol, but it's not quite like the pistols she's used to handling.]
It kept you more protected. If you're drawing your enemy's attention you want to be protected.
( there's no use being the one to distract or take a hit if that hit would just weaken you or take you down. you weren't much good as a distraction then )
Sometimes a murder is just a murder, nothing supernatural about it. The fear it generates may still feed the entity passively, but it isn't caused by the entity.
Not every skydiving accident is an experience related to the Vast, and not every death to disease is caused by the Corruption.
Yes, I know, but... [She appreciates Eve's words, but it's frustrating nonetheless.] Yes, you're right.
[Another fussy little shift in her posture, another slight change in her grip.]
I was always best with a rifle. My mother had a custom lever-action commissioned for me when I was thirteen. The pistols I'm used to are muzzle-loaded, don't hold nearly so much ammunition at a time, and are rather heavier.
Sometimes. But it's good to practice lots of strategies. Then you're prepared for every possible situation.
[It's a bit extreme, but Winter cares a lot about preparedness. He's a bit obsessed with contingencies and being battle-ready and keeping in top fighting form.
Then, because he's also trying hard to be more like a person, he offers,]
( she watches him a little more as he moves, how he talks about strategies. and she'd noticed enough from watching him work before she'd spoken initially )
At some point a long time ago. Yes. After that, secret organization that wanted to take over the world. I was their asset.
[And they wanted him to be as highly trained for any combat situation as possible. And a handful of non-combat situations, though not nearly as many as he wished they had, now.
[He nods as though to say 'fair enough' and doesn't press it. It's served him so far.]
I used to fight with a large stick and magic, but that was before. Now, without vision and magic, it is more effective for my large stick to be sharp. It keeps people at a distance until I choose otherwise and handles much the same to what I was already used to. Besides, it makes a good walking stick.
I suppose any weapon can be useful, depending on the circumstances. I'm not sure I'd ever be comfortable fighting with a sword, though.
[Melee has always seemed so messy and chaotic. Guns, though... guns make sense. They're elegant, precise. You line up a shot, take a breath, and know exactly where you're going to hit.
She pulls the trigger twice in quick succession. Both shots hit dead center of the hanging target. Almost. One looks to be a hairsbreadth off. It's a still target, she ought to be able to hit it precisely in the center. The unfamiliar weight of the pistol is throwing her off ever so slightly.
Both useful methods of defending yourself. At least, to my understanding of how guns work. I have only fired one twice.
[Both times simply to know what it felt like to hold and use one, just in case, but they weren't practical for him when his movement and ability to find others relied on hearing.]
I am not as good with a traditional sword as my friend Jaeger is, but I'm certain your training could continue here, if you desired it.
[After a moment of pause, he holds the glaive out as offering.]
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► weapons training
even though she's not part of adi her nato badge does at least get her a few questions answered -- it's hard to deny the experience of a military colonel no matter where they're from.
if there is someone training, even if they have an instructor with them, she'll offer-- ) You should keep your elbow up.
( and the instructor hadn't picked up on that? for shame )
► gym
it also makes her miss what she'd gotten set up at home, the training she did with stone, even seeing flynn practice with excalibur. which, distracting her slightly, makes her next couple of hits on the bag not as solid as they should be )
► library
which is why she gets shocked at the size of the collections there, especially when she's trying to get information on anything magical or 'not natural' )
That's it?
( the poor library worker just shrugs and slinks away after taking her to the collection and she sighs, looking across the titles. there's already some doubt forming in her but she'll start by pulling out one of the books of maps of the area. better to know the place she's protecting )
weapons training
Instead, he hears the soft approach and level voice of a woman he's only just beginning to recognize.
Their new roommates advice is met with Garner's form slowly sliding away into something more relaxed, glaive pointed tip-down at rest while his brow raises, blinded eyes aimed vaguely towards the far wall.]
Should I? I suppose I worry my arc might be too large and I am more likely to hit someone I cannot see...but I am always open to critique.
Re: ► library
He's actually looking through old newspapers now, seeking signs of occurrences, strange stories, things that might indicate the interference of an Avatar.
Maybe he should suggest that ADI starts taking statements... ah but that's probably a bad idea.
He overhears the woman sounding incredulous and glances over. Someone new? Not a regular of the library yet at least.]
What were you expecting?
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( maybe it's a bias of working in her library, in being used to somewhere far larger that literally could expand as needed. but even without the artifacts it was the sheer amount of books that she was used to, that she wanted. how could they get anywhere when this felt like nothing? )
There can't actually be much useful information in this, most of it's likely to be falsely reported or exaggerated.
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[Because death is sometimes a kindness.]
There's enough. You have to learn what you're looking for.
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should being the key point )
If you drop your arm too much it can give someone an opening, make you slower to react.
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( in a library this small she wasn't expecting any first editions but if adi was dealing with these things they had to have scoured and collected anything that they could find? )
People write things down before they die.
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On that particular move. I do it on purpose. It's an invitation. For people to break their hands on this.
[Perhaps oddly, he doesn't meet her eyes at all, looking slightly off to the right of her gaze, about the level of her temple.]
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Or the difference between a mass murder and an experience of the Slaughter.
[He can tell generally, but he's had a lot of practice and supernatural assistance.]
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That makes sense. I suppose I am used to being in the front of my group to absorb the attention of our enemies, but that doesn't mean I should leave them openings to land a hit.
[He takes a step back from where he can hear she is and repeats the movement he'd made, glaive swiping out in a vicious and powerful arc, yes a little further out, but with his arm slightly lowered to better cover his side.]
Was that better?
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Yes, I know, I--
[Another adjustment, trying to gauge what the recoil will be like. It's only a pistol, but it's not quite like the pistols she's used to handling.]
The guns in my world are different.
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( especially with a name like slaughter. she's very new to figuring out these entities )
If the entities are here. I'd question it more elsewhere.
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( it's just a helpful reminder to keep in mind )
What kind of guns are you used to?
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( not one she's really seen used before but if you've got something like that why not use it to your advantage? )
By that point isn't there a quicker way to take them down?
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( there's no use being the one to distract or take a hit if that hit would just weaken you or take you down. you weren't much good as a distraction then )
Have you always used this weapon?
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Not every skydiving accident is an experience related to the Vast, and not every death to disease is caused by the Corruption.
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( an obvious statement but-- )
Sounds like more of an experience than reading.
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[Although much of his experience had legitimately come from reading, just... influenced by the Eye.]
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( is it suspicion or does she just want to know how long she has to be here to get a good cliff notes? )
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[A bafflingly large amount of time considering how much could happen in that time frame.]
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[Another fussy little shift in her posture, another slight change in her grip.]
I was always best with a rifle. My mother had a custom lever-action commissioned for me when I was thirteen. The pistols I'm used to are muzzle-loaded, don't hold nearly so much ammunition at a time, and are rather heavier.
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[It's a bit extreme, but Winter cares a lot about preparedness. He's a bit obsessed with contingencies and being battle-ready and keeping in top fighting form.
Then, because he's also trying hard to be more like a person, he offers,]
I'm Winter.
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Oh...including my time here, a little over a year and a half, just about the time I lost my sight. Does it show?
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( she's not familiar with the weapon and even though eve had started learning how to use a sword she didn't know that well either )
Why choose this one?
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( she watches him a little more as he moves, how he talks about strategies. and she'd noticed enough from watching him work before she'd spoken initially )
You're well trained. Military?
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( it's potentially an option depending on if there was anyone capable of modifying it. and if they could get a rifle )
Though it's a good idea to be familiar with other weapons. I started trying to learn how to use a sword before coming here. Just in case.
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Why a sword?
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[And they wanted him to be as highly trained for any combat situation as possible. And a handful of non-combat situations, though not nearly as many as he wished they had, now.
He feels like he has to add:]
I'm not their asset anymore.
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( she was also surprised at first and then it just became another library thing )
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I used to fight with a large stick and magic, but that was before. Now, without vision and magic, it is more effective for my large stick to be sharp. It keeps people at a distance until I choose otherwise and handles much the same to what I was already used to. Besides, it makes a good walking stick.
Do you have a particular weapon you favor?
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[Melee has always seemed so messy and chaotic. Guns, though... guns make sense. They're elegant, precise. You line up a shot, take a breath, and know exactly where you're going to hit.
She pulls the trigger twice in quick succession. Both shots hit dead center of the hanging target. Almost. One looks to be a hairsbreadth off. It's a still target, she ought to be able to hit it precisely in the center. The unfamiliar weight of the pistol is throwing her off ever so slightly.
She frowns in frustration.]
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( would she ever be? eve might learn how to fight well with it but would that make her used to it or that comfortable? )
I trained with guns and in unarmed combat for a long time.
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( there are other weapons she's picked up along the way for close combat situations but she's not as skilled )
I started learning how to use a sword but it's new.
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[Both times simply to know what it felt like to hold and use one, just in case, but they weren't practical for him when his movement and ability to find others relied on hearing.]
I am not as good with a traditional sword as my friend Jaeger is, but I'm certain your training could continue here, if you desired it.
[After a moment of pause, he holds the glaive out as offering.]
Would you like to try?
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[She glances curiously at Eve before raising the pistol again, this time adjusting her stance slightly to account for the weight.]