Garrus Vakarian (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
forgivetheinsubordination) wrote2037-04-27 09:49 pm
forgivetheinsubordination) wrote2037-04-27 09:49 pm
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IC Contact - Consignment
vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
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FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
No.
[D'Artagnan's angry with him; there's not a chance the musketeer wants to see him.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
I'm not with anyone.
[In more ways than one.]
No.
[D'Artagnan's angry with him; there's not a chance the musketeer wants to see him.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
I'm not with anyone.
[In more ways than one.]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Either way, I don't need you to tell me off for it. You wanted to know what bothered me; well, that's what did. Can you accept that, or are we going to argue over semantics?
Either way, I don't need you to tell me off for it. You wanted to know what bothered me; well, that's what did. Can you accept that, or are we going to argue over semantics?
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Yeah. Can you accept that's not how I meant it to come across?
Yeah. Can you accept that's not how I meant it to come across?
[ A delay, while he sighs, and contemplates aiming the blackglass in the direction of the trees he's just emerged from.
He'd only have to go and find it later. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Yes. I can accept that.
He'd only have to go and find it later. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Yes. I can accept that.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Thanks.
[At least, he thinks, that's one thing he hasn't completely messed up. Now he has to go see about messing up something else with someone else, but before he does...]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
How was your drop point? Less than professionally speaking.
Thanks.
[At least, he thinks, that's one thing he hasn't completely messed up. Now he has to go see about messing up something else with someone else, but before he does...]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
How was your drop point? Less than professionally speaking.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
All right.
[He's to the south of camp, but not too far from it, still easily visible from the rovers as he leans against a tree.]
All right.
[He's to the south of camp, but not too far from it, still easily visible from the rovers as he leans against a tree.]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Tiring, but we survived. They stopped chasing us once we reached the trees. I'll feel better once I've had a shower.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Yours?
Tiring, but we survived. They stopped chasing us once we reached the trees. I'll feel better once I've had a shower.
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Yours?
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Showering was the first thing I did when I got here. The shower rover's back, so that might mean less of a wait for you. Don't know who you have in your rover; I've got three people with long hair.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
And once we got done with the butterflies things were easier. Still had people sick, but it wasn't as bad as sharks, in my opinion.
Showering was the first thing I did when I got here. The shower rover's back, so that might mean less of a wait for you. Don't know who you have in your rover; I've got three people with long hair.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
And once we got done with the butterflies things were easier. Still had people sick, but it wasn't as bad as sharks, in my opinion.
You'll get it.
[He sounds confident because he is. She's smart and determined.]
You've got the pattern down, now you just need to know the gun. That was closer than the other shots, too. And I'm gonna bet none of your Academy instructors were as stylish as me.
[He sounds confident because he is. She's smart and determined.]
You've got the pattern down, now you just need to know the gun. That was closer than the other shots, too. And I'm gonna bet none of your Academy instructors were as stylish as me.
I thought it would be harder than this.
[She says now. She'll change her mind after she fires it and experiences an actual firearm's recoil.
Experimentally, she looks through the scope, sights down it toward a distant stump.]
How do I take off the safety? I kinda want to shoot something.
[It'll be fun.]
[She says now. She'll change her mind after she fires it and experiences an actual firearm's recoil.
Experimentally, she looks through the scope, sights down it toward a distant stump.]
How do I take off the safety? I kinda want to shoot something.
[It'll be fun.]
[This is going to be a disaster. But at least it could be a controlled disaster. Garrus reaches over and turns the safety off.]
Like that, but keep your finger off the trigger until you've aimed, and breathed. Once in, once out, then fire.
[He's not sure she'll listen.]
Like that, but keep your finger off the trigger until you've aimed, and breathed. Once in, once out, then fire.
[He's not sure she'll listen.]
[Miracle of miracles, she does actually listen. For all that Erin is a difficult child sometimes, she is aware of the fact that Garrus is experienced and she knows jack shit about this thing in her hands. So she takes a breath, lets it out slowly, and just like a crossbow, squeezes the trigger.
On the upside, she hits the stump.
On the downside...yeah, remember that thing about thieves and sudden loud noises?
Judging from her yelp it's probably an even bigger miracle she didn't drop the gun.]
On the upside, she hits the stump.
On the downside...yeah, remember that thing about thieves and sudden loud noises?
Judging from her yelp it's probably an even bigger miracle she didn't drop the gun.]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
I have Alina, but I haven't found h
[ Yes, that text literally cuts off midsentence. It's swiftly followed by another. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Did you say butterflies?
I have Alina, but I haven't found h
[ Yes, that text literally cuts off midsentence. It's swiftly followed by another. ]
FROM: dartagnan@cdc.org
Did you say butterflies?
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Biting, poisonous, sharp-winged, carnivorous butterflies. Swarms. Sniping them didn't work well, but the gauntlet did. Calling it a bugzapper now. Definitely missed the landsharks, not the cold.
Biting, poisonous, sharp-winged, carnivorous butterflies. Swarms. Sniping them didn't work well, but the gauntlet did. Calling it a bugzapper now. Definitely missed the landsharks, not the cold.
[Garrus jumps at the yelp, moving forward on instinct to put one hand under the barrel of the gun and his other on Erin's back as he tries to figure out what just happened. She yelped. Why? As soon as the moment of shock and reaction is over, he's... not sure. He blinks and tilts his head at her.]
Uh. You okay?
Uh. You okay?
[His mandibles flicker out a little. Making someone laugh makes him feel a little better, actually, and between the lesson and her sense of humor Garrus is successfully pushing back his heartache.]
So what Kakashi wears is what you're always subject to. Sorry to hear that. I'd try to give him advice, but nothing turian will fit him. At least it looks like the younger generation isn't gonna have to deal with that mishap.
So what Kakashi wears is what you're always subject to. Sorry to hear that. I'd try to give him advice, but nothing turian will fit him. At least it looks like the younger generation isn't gonna have to deal with that mishap.
[If it was possible for a person's face to resemble an emoticon, she's definitely a 8C right now. Eyes wide, mouth somewhere between pout and frown.
...She's embarrassed.]
I'm fine.
[Ok, if she's snapping at Garrus that badly, she's really embarrassed.
Thieves and loud noises. Bad combination. And, okay, yes, she's technically already heard this brand of loud noise, but it was her causing it this time, and it's just different okay?! Don't judge her.]
...She's embarrassed.]
I'm fine.
[Ok, if she's snapping at Garrus that badly, she's really embarrassed.
Thieves and loud noises. Bad combination. And, okay, yes, she's technically already heard this brand of loud noise, but it was her causing it this time, and it's just different okay?! Don't judge her.]
[Garrus slips the safety back on.]
Let's call that an end to the lesson for today. We can give it another go tomorrow.
[Because she's snapping and probably won't be in a learning-more mood, and he's not sure how much patience he has after the day's earlier events.]
Let's call that an end to the lesson for today. We can give it another go tomorrow.
[Because she's snapping and probably won't be in a learning-more mood, and he's not sure how much patience he has after the day's earlier events.]
[That is probably for the best. Erin is clearly going to need a little more time to get used to weapons that make loud sounds. She makes a soft, frustrated noise, but doesn't stop Garrus from slipping the safety on. Ending the lesson there is probably for the best; she really isn't meant for this kind of weapon.
Her poor crossbow.]
At least you know I'm not gonna be shooting anyone in the foot anytime soon.
Her poor crossbow.]
At least you know I'm not gonna be shooting anyone in the foot anytime soon.
[She could always see if there's someone who doesn't mind parting with theirs. Like Temeraire.]
There's that, at least.
[Provided she keeps the safety on and handles the gun with care.]
I'll expect you to remember how to hold the gun at next lesson.
[No backsliding allowed.]
There's that, at least.
[Provided she keeps the safety on and handles the gun with care.]
I'll expect you to remember how to hold the gun at next lesson.
[No backsliding allowed.]
[He crosses his arms.]
Students forget things sometimes. Doesn't matter if they're adult or child. That's why teachers review at the start of lessons, a lot of the time, but we didn't go over much this time. Next one will be more difficult.
[Terminology, and how to take the gun apart and put it back together.]
Students forget things sometimes. Doesn't matter if they're adult or child. That's why teachers review at the start of lessons, a lot of the time, but we didn't go over much this time. Next one will be more difficult.
[Terminology, and how to take the gun apart and put it back together.]
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