open ♔ june/july castle socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || Any time after June 7th  
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of these few months. Because not everyone is into parties, ok.   

You are encouraged to start your own threads and tag around, and feel free to threadjack into any on-going threads that aren't specified as 'closed' in the subject lines since people can enter into rooms even in the middle of what's going on. WE ARE BIG ON THREAD-JACKING HERE. You can also specify 'single thread', meaning you want only one response for all participants, rather than multi-thread, where a number of different scenes/threads can be done as replies to the top prompt.]

On this log:

Rafael, Buffy, Des & Wynn | Closed
Frankie & Lis'sa | Closed
Taradiddle @ the desk
Lydia @ the desk
Abigail @ the desk 
Adam @ the desk
Bambi @ the desk
Rebekah @ the desk
Dawn @ the desk
Adi @ the desk 
Stiles @ the desk
Felicity @ the desk
Will @ the desk
Han @ the garage
Ric @ the bars.  all of them.  also dragon's hoard lab.
Team NYC | Closed
Lila @ the kitchen/castle grounds
Kate B. @ castle grounds / training room
Aedan @ training / woods / common areas
Frankie @ front desk / garage / various
Maxwell @  rec room / training room / castle bar / forest
Will @ firing range / pond / castle grounds
Sven @ the woods
Adam @ library / firing range / London
Jaime @ castle tavern / training room / stables
Hook @ castle grounds / bar
Jack & Christos @ the training room
Damon @ the castle bar / castle grounds / woods / London / library
Sean @ castle ground / jumping out a window
Des @ the woods
Kate @ training / shooting range / castle grounds
Vi @ her room / bathrooms / pantry / dragon's light wing / firing range
Francesca @ training room / bar
Francesca & Val'drin | Closed
Kenzi @ training room
Lila & Bambi | Closed
Spike @ training room
Lissa @ foyer / Dragon's light wing / garden
Andrew @ his birthday!
Buffy @ Rafael's room / firing range / training room / dining hall
Francesca, Will, & Max | Closed
Faith @ Kitchen / London bars
Abigail & Will | Closed
Des | Dragon's Light wing
Jackson | Train station / training room / garage
Klaus | Bar / garden

Comments

lila & bambi ♔ firing range (open)

[bittersweeter]

[ lila is probably not the best teacher, actually, let's be honest here. she doesn't ever remember learning how to use a firearm, she just knew how intrinsically. and she's good at it. but teaching someone else can't be that hard. probably? w/e this is a flaw free plan. making zero's squire finally look good.

it just bleeds annoying him and that's lila's favorite hobby.

she isn't doing much while she waits though, standing by one of the stalls and eating like three chocolate bars while she dissembles and reassembles her gun in quick succession. om nom nom. ]

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi walks to the firing range like she's entering the mouth of hell. She stops short as she watches Lila doing that whole... gun thing.]

Jesus. You're like one of those prepubescent sleeper operatives in those crappy spy shows.

[bittersweeter]

Told you I was a criminal. [ snap click snap, she pops the magazine in and pulls the slide back and voila, ready freddie. and she'll take another bite of her chocolate bar. ] Pretty sure I passed puberty. The no sleep thing just stunted my growth.

[theshameofcain]

I've worked with criminals. They mostly just keep their safeties off all the time because it makes them seem like loose cannons.

[But she worked with some bullshit blue collar criminals. She pulls her Excalibur out of the back of her pants.] I just want to be a master of improvisation weaponry. I assaulted a tentacle with a book once. [She looks pained.] It was a first edition.

[bittersweeter]

[ her noses wrinkles, but who is to say what for. (both.) ] As this is why I am teaching you to shoot. First lesson. [ she points to the safety. ] No pew. [ she clicks the safety off. ] Pew pew. Show me what you've got.

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi fixes the safety and holds the gun with both hands and fires off a shot with her EYES HALF-CLOSED. Unsurprisingly, she misses so hard (atk...4)]

[bittersweeter]

Okay, stop. stop! I've seen enough. [ she holds up her hands like oh god no please stop. ] Give that to me. Remedial things first. Earmuffs. [ her head bobs in the direction of the collection of said earmuffs. she didn't think that needed to be said. sob. ] Grab a pair of goggles while you're at it.

[theshameofcain]

Yes, mistress. [UGH. WHY GUNS. She stomps over to the earmuffs and goggles and returns with goggles hanging around her neck like an anime character and carrying the earmuffs by the muddle.] I've never in my life been in a situation where I have had to use a gun, okay. And it worries me that people walk into this place and just go "oh okay" about it.

[bittersweeter]

Well, I've only been on one mission where I didn't need a gun to survive, so the odds are not in your favor unless you can punch people to death. [ slooooooow pan up bambi's frame. ] So, like I said.

[ ANYPOODLE. she positions herself near bambi and demonstrates the proper way to hold a pistol. "proper", like lila even fucking knows. she shot "Hi!" into a target to get certified, bambi is in good hands, if not appropriate ones. at least she makes bambi put the safety gear on so she is a conscientious teacher. ] Keep your finger outside the trigger guard until you absolutely need to fire, there is literally no other reason for your finger to be on the trigger unless you're pulling it. Proper gun handling is not just safe, it's kind of hot.

Which is your dominant hand?

[theshameofcain]

I'll maul them with copies of the Bible. Or the Oxford English Dictionary. But mostly the Bible, because maybe the power of Christ will hurt more.

[She doesn't fucking know. She obeys, keeping her finger off the trigger.] Kinda hot?

[SERIOUSLY??? That causes her to balk a bit before she answers the question.] Right. Why?

[bittersweeter]

Your dominant hand is the one you'll hold it with, then use your passive hand to either cradle it. [ she demonstrates putting both her hands on either side of the grip. ] Or cup it. [ and she shifts her hand to cup the bottom of the grip. ] Whichever is easier or feels better, I guess.

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi experiments with the two different holds and decides she likes cupping it best.] Okay. Got it.

[bittersweeter]

Okay. [ good. she sets down her own gun so she can adjust bambi's shoulders and stance and hips, explaining what she is doing the whole time. ] You want your shoulders to be relaxed and your elbows slightly bent so you can absorb the recoil, don't lock your elbows, and the foot opposite your dominant hand, in this case your left foot, should be about a step in front of your other foot, slightly more than shoulder width apart. [ one last adjustment and bambi is in the correct position. hope you enjoy being a barbie doll. ] Like this.

[theshameofcain]

[AAAAAAH. TOUCHING WHY. She tenses a little, but she allows herself to be adjusted making the most UNCOMFORTABLE FACE the whole time. This is how prison rape stories begin okay.]

Yeah. Got it. [Luckily she has an A+ memory.] So do I fire the thing now or what?

[No Bambi.

You have to aim it.]

[bittersweeter]

[ on the upside, lila has gloves on, so no germs. or dna when she spontaneously murders you, idk, maybe both. ]

No. Radi trakhayet. No. This is the sight. [ she taps the tiny thing on the top of the slide. ] You line up your shot here, breathe, and squeeze the trigger slowly after you exhale, when you're about to take another breath.

[ then she can shoot. which lila seems to imply by backing the fuck up. ]

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi does what she's told. Breathes correctly and... fires the gun and actually hits the target (atk 19). Her eyes go wide.]

HOLY SHIT!! I did it! I fucking did it!

[bittersweeter]

[ and to think, i've never held a hand gun in my life. bullshit master.

lila grins, more self-satisfied and proud of herself than proud of bambi. ] Now if you manage to keep that up you'll pass your certification.

[theshameofcain]

I feel so powerful. [calm down, annie oakley.] It's sexy.

[bittersweeter]

Duh. [ no really, just duh. ] Why so you think I favor them? Aside from the never getting hurt on missions because I'm always out of range.

[theshameofcain]

Also definitely a pro. Less shit monsters in my face.

[bittersweeter]

[ she circles her face with her index finger. ] Not just a pretty face.

[theshameofcain]

Bet it throws off all the bad guys. [That kawaii genki shojo heroine bullshit. Shut up. She watched a lot of terrible anime in her youth.]

[bittersweeter]

[ ngl idek wtf that means. ] Yep. Right up until I shoot 'em in the face.

[theshameofcain]

[It means you're like a gun-toting Sailor Moon.]

Do I have to shoot people in the face? I'm a brain girl, but I don't like seeing them splattered on the wall.

[bittersweeter]

It's really pretty, like a macabre Jackson Pollack. [ she's only 78% serious. ] Leg or arm is decent for disabling. Stomach if you want them to suffer. Heart if you are a really good shot, which you're not. Your best bet is to aim for the torso.