[video]

[felttheburn]

[This is another network post from the worst video personality imaginable. Kieran is on one of the fields at the arena, and there's several bags and a large pile of … something..? behind him. It could be easels or barricades or anything like that. He glances off camera for a moment, then speaks, and anyone who knows him will recognize that he's doing his 'I'm totally not scary' thing.]

We just got a big wake up call about powers not working outside the city. Not everyone can do hand to hand or blades but everyone should be able to fight.

I'm giving shooting lessons at the arena. One on one or small groups for now. You pay for your ammo, unless you want to practice resisting body control. Then it's on me.

[He says this as if it's a favor to you rather than the other way around, that he's a body controller looking for people to practice on. Kieran glances offscreen again, and the feed cuts out.

At least he doesn't waste words.]

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[action]

[bulletwithmyname]

[it is a surprise to exactly nobody that ash is here. depending on how well one knows ash, it may or may not be a surprise that he's there to practice, although at the moment he's just fussing with gun maintenance]

I wonder how many you'll catch.

Re: [action]

[felttheburn]

Hopefully some. I got more than we thought last time, even being shitty bait.

[let's face it, he's not the most approachable person. he picks up one of the handguns and spins it. equius did good work -- sometimes only one person is enough, see, ashes?]

[tongue3y3s]

[She leans her chin on her hand and examines the video feed for a second, then grins.] How about I trade you for sword lessons?

[felttheburn]

[Kieran looks pretty disinterested.]

I didn't say 'or best offer,' trollgirl.

[tongue3y3s]

No shit! I'm blind, not deaf.

But if you don't accept, who knows how long it'll be before you find out anything more about troll fighting styles? There's a lot more adults showing up in Asgard. [Her claws drum against her cheek.]

[felttheburn]

[his eyes narrow, like he wants to glare but knows that other people can see the video feed so he has to keep the 'i'm not scary' going.]

Not my problem.

[tongue3y3s]

Violent aliens with superiority complexes and unfamiliar fighting styles aren't your problem? Even when you live with one?

[video]

[nukeoleptic]

I can donate ammo for people who can't afford it. I don't mind.

[ A pause. And then - ]

.. and I need to learn how to resist body control.

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[felttheburn]

[well. he remembers jade. you could even say that she's the reason he decided to learn his power in the first place, though you wouldn't because that would be suggesting kieran listened to a little girl. he gives her image a long look, then:]

You train with me, two people get free ammo.

[felttheburn]

We're moving out. Anyway, I've sparred with you already.

[tongue3y3s]

Doesn't mean you'll be invulnerable to other trolls. Duh. [She sticks her tongue out at him because nyeh nyeh.]

You think hand-to-hand combat is all I can do? I thought it was bad to underestimate your opponents!

[felttheburn]

Doesn't mean they'll be invulnerable to me.

[he grits his teeth; she's annoying the fuck out of him but NETWORK, MUST BE NICE]

Pay for ammo or trade it for training, Terezi.

[tongue3y3s]

[Oh, and you bet she knows it, which is why she didn't just show up and have the confrontation in person. No one ever said she was nice, Kai.]

I am trading it for training! Jegus, you'd think I was trying to eat your baby rather than help you out.

[felttheburn]

I'm hanging up.

[tongue3y3s]

Of course you are!

[felttheburn]

[kieran glancing offscreen during conversations is something terezi should be used to... it looks like he's listening to something and then he's rolling his eyes.]

It's the north field.

[then he actually does hang up]

[kuramaless]

[It's not that he can't fight. Far from it, really. He's trained a lot recently to try and get better at hand to hand stuff as well as other stuff...

Shooting though, that sounds interesting.

For all of five seconds until he hears the terms.

Of course, even that has a bright side. Well, at least that he can make out.]

You're sayin' if someone tries to-- resist the thing, you'll let 'em shoot stuff for free?

[felttheburn]

You get lessons where you shoot a target. But yeah.

Don't think of it as free, it's a trade.

[kuramaless]

Yeah yeah, that's what I said. [Nope.]

A trade then!

I never thought of practicin' like-- with the body thing!

[felttheburn]

[....this kid may not actually get to touch a gun.]

Exactly how new are you?

[kuramaless]

[He's counting on his fingers...]

Let's see well I was here that day and-- like two weeks?

[Don't judge a book by it's co-- no, do. Really. Trust your instinct.]

[felttheburn]

[uuuhhhhh huh. he's trying to smile, it isn't quite working.]

House and power?

[kuramaless]

[Wow. Okay, straight to the point or something.]

Huh? What for?

Freya? I got that...

[Okay, now he's embarrassed.]

Energy Transfer.

[felttheburn]

[that's what he was afraid of]

You have no idea what body control is, do you?

[kuramaless]

Huh?

Well, yeah - 'course I do. Sasuke's got it.