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Commander J. Shepard ([personal profile] galacticheroine) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2012-08-16 12:41 am

003 ◢ AUDIO;

As some of you may have noticed, a very significant portion of this crew isn't ready to stand up and fight if something happens, whether it be on or off the ship, as our recent shore leave proved.

If you don't want to learn how to fight, that's fine. However, if anyone is willing to learn, I'll offer what free time I have to teach basic hand-to-hand. I'm a trained Marine, and while I come from what some of you might consider the future, the basics on using an opponent's strength to disarm them have remained the same over the generations.

I'd like to focus on teaching people how to disarm an armed opponent and escape without injury, but if anyone wants to learn anything more advanced, feel free to contact me either here, or privately.

I'm not interested in arguing the pros and cons of civilians getting involved in a fight, so save your breath if you're going to raise complaints. I'm trying to make sure people who want to defend themselves have the tools they need to do it. All things considered, we could use a little more of that right now. ["And a little less irresponsible behavior" goes unsaid, but implied. Shepard is all for cutting loose and having fun, but not when people have been disappearing and dying all willy-nilly. Right now is a time for srs business.]
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[personal profile] statsraaden 2012-08-16 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'm in. I'm really bad at it, so I could use some lessons.
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[personal profile] raffish 2012-08-16 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Like hand-to-hand combat will do any good against a fucking mob. What you need to do is learn to use your surroundings to run the fuck away, man.
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[personal profile] raffish 2012-08-17 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Just kick them in the groin.
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[personal profile] raffish 2012-08-17 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Use all of your phlegm available and spit in their mouth or eyes.

[ He's an awful human being. ]
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[personal profile] rickon 2012-08-16 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
me i want to fight
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[personal profile] rickon 2012-08-28 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
im big enough to fight
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[personal profile] fuckinghysterical 2012-08-17 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[This is... actually very relevant to her interests, as she was currently without bullets and needed to figure out another way to defend herself.]

I'm - I'm not sure what I can offer in return -- heheheh -- but I'll take you up on that offer, if you wouldn't mind.
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[personal profile] fuckinghysterical 2012-08-18 09:04 am (UTC)(link)
You're sure? Eheh?

[This one's used to people wanting something in turn for services like that; the idea that not everything had to be repaid in her services was a concept she was still getting used to.]


It seems like a steep responsibility to want everyone to stay alive -- heehee -- but I guess I can at least promise that I really don't want to die.
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[personal profile] fuckinghysterical 2012-08-20 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
...I guess not, eheh.

[Even if it still seemed like a lot more work than necessary, to her.]


So - uh - where and when do you want to do this?
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[personal profile] fuckinghysterical 2012-08-29 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
Uh - whatever works best for you, I guess.

Heheheh... just let me know when you figure out a good time, all right?
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[personal profile] astrogate 2012-08-17 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
You willing to take responsibility for them messing up and getting themselves killed too?
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[personal profile] astrogate 2012-08-20 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Half-ass information or not. There is still a chance these people can't cut it. And I'm not saying you shouldn't do it - cause I sure as frak think some need it.

I just don't want to give these people false hope.
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[personal profile] astrogate 2012-08-26 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
I don't question your motives - frankly I don't give a flying frak why you do it. They need it.
Just don't want you getting your hopes up is all.


[ yes, this is karas odd attempt at caring (in some small way) as she has seen what happens when people who don't cut it pay the ultimate price. Guilt is a bad thing, okay? ]
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[personal profile] andblockbuster 2012-08-17 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[She's okay! She's okay. Relief doesn't last long, however, because it's overwhelmed by crippling guilt.]

It's... Not a bad suggestion. [Cough. Cough. AWKWARD.]
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[personal profile] andblockbuster 2012-08-18 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't. The ship gets attacked, there's more people who need to be protected than can actually fight. And you can't just lock everyone who can't fight in a room and expect them to go along with it.

[That's sort of his problem. Even if he acknowledges he's a crap fighter, he's not just gonna sit there- he'll do something, even if that something usually gets him beaten all to hell.]

I'm... Up for it, BTW. So we don't have a repeat of... Yeah.
andblockbuster: (Hold on. The catch is broken.)

[personal profile] andblockbuster 2012-08-20 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It's human nature... Barring the fact that a chunk of us aren't human. So long as the things lurking here aren't breathing down our necks, it's fine. If you can't see it, it's better to ignore it.

[Sociology nerd, ho.]

You'd be the third person who offered to teach me. I figure I can save myself some embarrassment if I just accept I need it. [And being just the science guy isn't cutting it.]
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[personal profile] andblockbuster 2012-08-22 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs a little.] See? That is way more encouraging than "You'll shoot your foot off, so we're not giving you a gun." This is already going way better than back home.
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[personal profile] leaps 2012-08-17 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
If you wind up with too many students, I'd be willing to help.
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[personal profile] leaps 2012-08-19 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Who says you'll be the one disarming me?
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[personal profile] leaps 2012-08-24 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Experience isn't always key, right? I could get lucky.
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[personal profile] leaps 2012-08-29 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I don't. But I like to stay optimistic.
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[personal profile] notmydiagnosis 2012-08-18 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite forward of you. Initiative is a good thing here.