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[boutant]

--like this?

[ Hello, City. Instead of more people discovering sand in things, this accidental broadcast seems to be showing two familiar ladies doing... something outside. Natasha is pressed up against Ariadne's back, one hand on the shorter woman's hip as she slides her back slightly, adjusting the way she's standing. ]

This gives us a better angle.

[ Natasha's other hand is on Ariadne's arm, and now she's shifting that, too. ]

Eyes forward.

[ There's a quiet noise of assent from Ariadne, and then Natasha shifts, tucking some hair behind Ariadne's ear. Lips close in, moving as the redhead says something. It's probably a wonderful sight for some of the City's residents...

...and then something shiny and sharp flies out of Ariadne's hand, embedding itself in one of the targets and making some sand trickle off the top upon impact. ]

I did it!

[ And that, City, is how to use throwing knives. ]

((ooc: regular black is Ariadne, bold is Natasha, and we make no apologies.))

Comments

ACTION SPAMS FOREVER

[duplicities]

Your aim is improving.

[ BEST PUPIL. ]

AWWWWYEAH

[boutant]

[ :'D ]

Hopefully it'll keep improving with practice.

[signatures]

Learning new tricks of the trade, are we?

[ video ]

[the_dawnster]

[Dawn watches, blinks, watches, blinks, swallows hard, blinks, grins, watches. She is an awesome voyeur, okay? There had never been that kind of attention and contact when Buffy had been teaching her how to throw knives and daggers. Which, yay for that cause ew, sisters. But still, this is a super special lesson with pretty girls. Now Dawn feels jipped in the lessons department, even if hers did come from Slayer, The.]

That is totally impressive! Throwing knives is so not easy, especially with someone else so close since it takes like... movement and stuff to get the rotation and aim and all that. That's awesome, Ariadne. You win! [Dawn, the cheerleader.] This means if I need protection and my sister's not available, I'm calling you... or maybe your girlfriend cause she's probably really good at getting her fight on too.

[boutant]

I thought it sounded interesting.

CRYING DAWN LMFAO HAHAHAHA ilher ;;

[boutant]

[ The truth of the matter is that Ariadne's stance is one best suited for throwing baseballs instead of knives, and Natasha had learned it was easier to just put her limbs where they're supposed to be. She's grinning back, though. ]

Thanks! I thought it sounded cool, so I asked if Natasha would show me. Maybe it'll come in handy. I mean, I hope it doesn't, but... [ dsgklhsdg WHOA HOLD ON-- ] She's not my girlfriend.

She is just... /laughs forever.

[the_dawnster]

It'll totally come in handy! I mean this is the City with cursed and craziness, less of the apocalyptic kind but more with the occasional monster some people can handle kind. You get to be some people!

[Dawn thinks it's cute, Ariadne's stance. Plus, she's one of those weird people that is pro weaponry when fighting the big bads. Weapons are good when you don't have brute strength! And if she isn't forever open mouth insert foot girl, she doesn't know who is.]

Oh. Ooops. Strike that. Pretend I didn't say it. Except... she's not? Really?? [You mean she made up that sexual tension??? Her imagination is a scary and yet terribly active place sometimes.]

lmfao I love her so much

[boutant]

Not having the apocalyptic kind is definitely good. I mean, I doubt throwing knives are going to do anything if those weird statues come back, but if there are giant bugs or something...

[ Ew. Okay. No giant bugs. It's more likely that she'll be using them on people or projections anyway. ]

She's not. I think Tony would've been too scared to hire me if she was. Besides, I have a boyfriend. [ Who... also has red hair... ]

[punchedhitler]

[Staring]

Did you really need to learn to do that?

[boutant]

Well, you never know what the City's going to throw at us, right?

[ Plus she thought it sounded cool. ]

[punchedhitler]

Well, I guess we don't.

[Consider]

Natasha looks like a good teacher.

[boutant]

Oh yeah, definitely. She really knows what she's talking about. To tell you the truth, I wasn't sure she'd say yes to teaching me, but I'm glad she did.

[punchedhitler]

Why would she say no?

[boutant]

[ Because Natasha is cool and Ariadne might have a tiny bit of hero worship? ]

Would you have said no, if I asked you to teach me how to do something like this?

[punchedhitler]

I throw a massive shield like a discus. I wouldn't be the best person to ask.

Bucky might, though.

[the_dawnster]

Ohmigosh, I've seen giant bugs and at first I was like 'how much grossness is that?' but then I realized they were good giant bugs, or... okay so maybe they were aliens who just looked like giant bugs. Either way, super creepy of the good and helpful kind! I'd be all question ask-y first before going 'ooo attack!'. But still, evil kinds of giant bugs, totally what I would use knives for... or a crossbow. Have you ever shot a crossbow? They're really cool!

[But she digresses from the most important topic here. Yes, that long ramble you just witnessed was simply a digression. Cause Dawn is not letting this go so easily. She still has the mental vision of the knife throwing lesson seared onto her brain, okay?]

But there was totally chemistry there, I saw it! [Of course she thought there was chemistry when she had been cursed to kiss Ariadne too. So maybe Ariadne just has chemistry with everyone and everything. Her sister is like that. Stand her next to a telephone pole and you're gonna end up rooting for them to be together!

And now she's got to get in the girl talk.] And who's your boyfriend? Tell me, tell me, I wanna know!

[boutant]

I'm pretty sure you can do more than that.

I should probably stop teasing him about the time we beat him at baseball, then. [ But it's so much fun. ]

[punchedhitler]

That might help.

[boutant]

Giant alien-bugs? Was that at home or here? I've never shot a crossbow; they look cool, though. Have you? [ Now she wants to learn how. ]

I don't know about that. She's definitely not my girlfriend, though. We kissed during the mistletoe curse but so did you and I, and we're not dating.

[ Dawn is also not teaching her how to stand to use throwing knives, either. But oh boy, girl talk time. Ariadne isn't always great at this, at least not in public, but Dawn is... Dawn. Her enthusiasm for things is contagious. ]

You know those twins who did the fireworks for the gala?

[boutant]

It's good for him.

[punchedhitler]

I already give him enough grief as it is.

[boutant]

Yeah, but he's used to you.

[the_dawnster]

That was at home during the umpteenth apocalypse... the most recent one. Luckily, no giant bug-aliens. Which... [She smirks.] ...if you smush those words together you get bugliens or aliugs. Kind of funny.

But I could show you how to use a crossbow! Buffy taught me how and I think it's my favorite cause it's all long range-y.

[She's gonna look skeptically at you for a moment, Ariadne. Just a moment because she's almost positive that she didn't make up the sexual tension in her brain.] Okay, I'm totally not gonna get all juvenile and wish my kiss was as awesome as her was, and instead get all squeal-y about the Weasley twins cause yes I know them and they are all kinds of adorkable.

[ Video ]

[latenightfondue]

[ Howard watches the video feed with great interest, intrigued, and for once he's so engrossed in something other than work that he forgets to speak, which is a rare thing.

There may be the odd impressed noise, though, not the best first impression, but still. ]

[boutant]

Hmm?

[ She heard that noise. ]