First Target - Video

[nobodysweapon]

*The video opens on a girl with... does that teddy bear behind her have a bullet hole through its head? That's creepy. The girl isn't nearly as creepy in a rather ordinary sundress, a nice blue-gray number. Nothing fancy and it clearly allowed her to move freely as she stepped into center frame. To those that know her before she seems less... paranoid, angry, and ready to kill things at a moment's notice than she was five years ago. Even if she hasn't aged as much as everyone else.*

Hello. I am a returning student, I am a little old for high school, but I needed to withdraw from my last school for personal reasons. I am attempting to finish my education so I can properly enter the workforce without forged documentation.

*Yes, that was all said with a straight face.*

Some of the staff and students from before the incident might remember me. I-

*She hesitated, just slightly*

Will be using the name Laura now. And I would like people to respect this.

I wish everyone a school year with less kidnapping and property damage than previous years.

*Look she's trying really hard not to be scary, she has to get points for that! She walks over and shuts down the feed.*

Comments

[nobodysweapon]

Yes.

[usedforcepalm]

[...well then. Hanabi won't push that, but now she is curious.]

Does that mean you have a lot of martial arts training?

[nobodysweapon]

I would not know. I have withdrawn from each school I have attended, but my childhood was... unique.

[nobodysweapon]

Mutants are volatile. Damage is expected.

[nobodysweapon]

Yes.

[usedforcepalm]

Maybe we could spar sometime, Laura?

[Oh, look at that. She's trying to reach out and be friendly in her own little Hyuuga way.]

I'm probably not as good at fighting as you are, but I've trained in Gentle Fist style since I was a toddler. My father is a master.

[tofudog]

I missed my afternoon nap chatting with The Big Bad Wolf himself, so I'm losing it a bit.

[spes_phthisica]

Ah. Well, I mean... I have been thrown out of most the schools I went to, but probably not for the same reason, I imagine.

[nobodysweapon]

I...

*How do you politely say you were trained since birth in various martial arts with the direct intention of turning you into a perfect assassin?*

Would be very interested to see your Gentle Fist style. I have not faced it since I was your age. But I must warn you my own training was... thorough.

[nobodysweapon]

Probably not.

[spes_phthisica]

You probably had better reasons, really.

[Depends on how you see it, but... probably not, Souji.]

Unless, I guess, you're a lot more dangerous than you seem like at first.

[You have no idea, boy. But that's partly because of the amnesia, since he's more or less grown up at the Institute until it was Phoenix'd; he just doesn't remember that part. But still.]

[aile_noire]

Volatile and adolescent. A winning combination.

[toycommander]

The world doesn't really align itself to anyone's well intentioned ideals.

[wholovesyou]

Until their insurance kicks in, then it's like nothing ever happened. Heck, they probably end up better off than before.

[nobodysweapon]

I am very dangerous.

[nobodysweapon]

It does not.

[nobodysweapon]

Humans are sentimental and possessive.

[spes_phthisica]

Really? [He blinks, and then laughs, his demeanor suddenly tipping over into downright childish for a while.] I really deserved such an answer. Of course a lot of people here are dangerous.

[And then, perhaps, with a bit more solemnity:] But perhaps you meant more than what's ordinary.

[usedforcepalm]

That's all right. I'm used to sparring against more experienced martial artists. It's the best way to improve.

[nobodysweapon]

Yes.

*Laura you can elaborate on that, she won't, but she probably should.*

[nobodysweapon]

It would be... useful. If you believe you will be the target of directed covert assaults.

[spes_phthisica]

It's hardly nice to admit as much and then leave me curious, is it?

[He really just wants to know more about other dangerous people. People who might be more dangerous especially. Being a dangerous person is pretty lonely, after all.]

[usedforcepalm]

It's possible. The only reason the kidnappers failed before was because my powers killed them. They moved like people who know how to fight.

[nobodysweapon]

I have killed many people.

I do not do this anymore. If that matters.

[nobodysweapon]

Your powers are lethal?