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

[Video]

[usedforcepalm]

[Here, Laura. Have a concerned looking younger girl.]

...um. Are kidnappings a regular problem here?

[nobodysweapon]

*Laura has to consider for a moment.*

...No.

Enough information escaped the event to make such an attempt would be... ill advised.

*Look at how many details Laura isn't talking about!*

[usedforcepalm]

Oh, okay. Two men working for a kidnapping ring tried to kidnap me in June and I don't want that to happen again.

[nobodysweapon]

Understandable.

The overall campus security should deter most criminals.

Barring ones acting as faculty or enrolled in classes.

[usedforcepalm]

[Hanabi blinks. Well, she knows that some mutants can have tough lives.]

Oh. But the criminals who are here aren't going to try kidnapping anyone here, right?

[nobodysweapon]

Most are attempting to reform, so it is unlikely.

Unless they are under duress, or acting as an agent for a third party.

Like a spy.

[usedforcepalm]

[At least it's reassuring that most are trying to reform...]

Professor Xavier would know, wouldn't he? I mean, he's a very powerful telepath.

[nobodysweapon]

There are ways to deceive telepaths.

[usedforcepalm]

How would people do that? Do they have powers that can keep telepaths out of their minds or something?

[nobodysweapon]

Some.

There are ways to discipline the mind to limit a telepath's passive influences.

Also Professor Xavier does not pry if he does not feel there is a concern.

[usedforcepalm]

Really? Can you teach me how?

[nobodysweapon]

I am unsure how to best teach this.

[usedforcepalm]

Do you know how to keep out a telepath's passive influences, like you mentioned? I'm pretty good at things that take mental discipline.

[nobodysweapon]

My training was unorthodox, and illegal. I do not have any way to test your mental resolve.

I would need to think about how to best go about this.

[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]

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.

[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.

[usedforcepalm]

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

[nobodysweapon]

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

[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]

Your powers are lethal?

[usedforcepalm]

They can be. My father told me to leave the room when someone who works for him brought him a copy of the autopsy report, but I heard something about a ruptured stomach when I was leaving...

[nobodysweapon]

...Impressive.

[usedforcepalm]

[...okay, not the reaction she was expecting at all.]

...thank you. I can make energy and if I push it into things, it does internal damage even though it doesn't show a lot of damage on the outside. That was the first time my powers showed up. Father said it was probably "fight or flight" instincts.