You've Been... Thunderstruck! [Video]

[not_together_together]

[The video opens with a BANG. Nora has her laptop set up on a desk, and the camera is pointed at the rest of the desk; what she sets on it... appears to be a grenade launcher of some kind. Xavier's... meet Magnhild.]

Oh, Hellions~

[And her voice is the most sweet, sing-song ever.]

Come out and pla-aaay~

[References to movies that were old before she was born? It's more likely than you think.]

I got us time in the Danger Room! I know I kicked around the idea that like, we should totally get together and do some ~team building exercises~, so now it's. Gonna. HAPPEN~

And! Anyone else that wants to help me train mano a mano is totally welcome to it! [She puts on a childish, sing-song mocking tune.] I'm queen of the castle~ I'm queen of the castle~

[And she picks up the grenade launcher, hits a button, and with a few metallic clanks and clicks and some scraping later, she's holding a warhammer as long as she is tall.] And you're not~. [She giggles, and shuts off the feed.]

Comments

[Voice]

[stillinthedark]

[Pardon Eddie as he sounds a little more... off than usual. He's still nursing a few remaining wounds from that encounter with a Skaar.]

Good work, Nora. When are we goin' in?

[Voice]

[not_together_together]

I got us some time on Friiiiday~ right in the sweet spot, after classes. Which means we'll still have the weekend open to study or whatever, and... yanno, ice any pulled muscles or whatever. Which, let's try not to, right? It's a team building exercise, not a team... beating each other upcersise.

[Voice]

[stillinthedark]

I'll head down after my homework. If I have any.

[Because finals. Yuck.]

[Voice]

[not_together_together]

Yeah! Definitely. Bring your bad self and anything else you wanna bring to help you out. I'm gonna see how high of a difficulty we can do this for!

[Voice]

[stillinthedark]

You make the Danger Room sound like some kind of video game.

[Not that he minds. He needs the distraction from his injuries.]

[Voice]

[not_together_together]

Well, they have different intensity levels they can set it at, so...

... Actually, I guess it kind of is! Except we can get really, really hurt there. That's what makes it so much more exciting.

[Voice]

[stillinthedark]

Can't argue there. It's definitely more exciting.

You think they'll let us put some music on while we train? We need a soundtrack.

[Voice]

[not_together_together]

I dunno. They really like talking through that loudspeaker, but maybe they'll let us, cuz we're the Hellions. [HELL YEAH.]

[Voice]

[stillinthedark]

That gets really distracting too since I like to focus on sounds. Music kinda helps me focus better compared to yelling.

We'll have to ask Emma if we can do it.

[not_together_together]

Yeah, we can definitely ask! Since you can't see, she might be able to make an exception for it. [... Nora. Don't play the disability car-

nevermind.]

Cuz I'd rather have some kind of rockin' music like TYR or Arkona! [... Yes she did just name off Viking Metal bands. She wasn't kidding about the Thor thing. But then she catches herself.] ... Or whatever you guys want, yanno. It's still a team building exercise.

[stillinthedark]

Whoa, I didn't know you listened to that kind of stuff. It would be perfect, as long as Raven's cool with training with two metalheads.

[not_together_together]

Yeah! Well I really like... folk metal and like... viking metal and stuff, it really gets the blood pumping, yanno? Well, you do know, you just called yourself a metalhead, which is awesome. And my gramma said it would make me go deaf some day, what a silly.

But yeah, I'll see what I can do!

yeah I'm totally here, and late

[loveswaffles]

Are you two really suggesting that we go into the Danger Room while listening to heavy metal.

[stillinthedark]

Why not? Sounds like a perfect idea to me.

[loveswaffles]

It's called the Danger Room for a reason. We don't need background noise.

[stillinthedark]

Aw come on. We need some kind of music to get our energy goin'. Doesn't have to be loud or anything.

[He says that now.]

[loveswaffles]

Something tells me you and Nora aren't going to let this go.

Great.

[stillinthedark]

Probably not.

[Heheheheheheh...]

[loveswaffles]

Fine.

[She knows better than to waste her time on a lost argument.]

[not_together_together]

I mean, if they let us.

Oh, do you not like metal, Raven? We can tone it down to other kinds of rock or something!

[loveswaffles]

How about no music at all?

[Yeah, she's being un-fun today.]

[not_together_together]

Boooooo, who doesn't want a totally awesome backdrop to their being awesome?

[loveswaffles]

Someone who's trying to concentrate.

[not_together_together]

... I listen to music when I'm studying, it helps me concentrate. Do you not?

I gotta introduce you to TYR sometime!

[loveswaffles]

Introduce me to what?

[not_together_together]

TYR!

They're a band.

[loveswaffles]

So... what do they play?

[not_together_together]

Rock. Folk metal. Scandinavian folk metal. It's not like... death screaming like you probably expect when I talk about like... Norwegian and Swedish metal.

[loveswaffles]

That's, uh, some variety.

[not_together_together]

It's amaaaazing, is what it is~

[loveswaffles]

That really doesn't tell me much.

[not_together_together]

What else is there to say but maybe to make you listen to it?

[loveswaffles]

Or you can always... not.

[not_together_together]

Booooo, party pooper.