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Vastra ([personal profile] eversohungry) wrote in [community profile] trainingwings2012-09-20 07:09 pm

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Player Name: Serey
Are you new?: Not new, but currently not in game
Character Name: Vastra
Character Fandom: Doctor Who

[Vastra hasn't been around Luceti very long, but she's been around long enough to know that this "draft" is something that's most likely right up her alley. Despite the fact that some of those being forced to go are mere children, and mammals who wouldn't last three minutes against their foe (whatever it is--Vastra is mostly certain that whatever it is, she can handle it).]

[Which meant that she couldn't rely on someone to watch her back. Jenny wasn't with her, nor was the Doctor or any of his friends. It had been some time since she had been so very on her own, but though she misses Jenny very much, she is ready. Mentally, at the very least.]

[Slowly, Vastra unsheathes one of her swords, and begins moving, very deliberately, through an advanced kendo kata. Her eyes closed and breathing steadily, she moves through the space of the forest clearing with absolute certainty. The movements are second nature, but it isn't in her nature to be cocky or shirk practice the eve before battle.]
bitunlikely: (beam beam beam)

what am i even doing, she's not even in the game

[personal profile] bitunlikely 2012-09-21 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe the best part about the wings was that if she flapped them just right, she could almost imagine herself running faster. And that was absolutely brilliant.

Sure, Jenny was trapped here. But there was more than enough space to run and certainly loads of people to help. Battles to fight, monsters to defeat. Overall, not such a bad place for a soldier.

When she stumbles across Vastra in the forest, she slows in her run to watch. The movements are clearly those of a trained warrior. Really brilliant to watch, if you ask her.

As soon as there's a pause in the kata, Jenny claps.]
Oh, brilliant!
bitunlikely: (listening and considering)

Fun times for both! <333

[personal profile] bitunlikely 2012-09-21 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
A good soldier's always prepared.

[Although it's said solemnly, the smile on her face remains friendly and bright. She walks closer, wanting a better a look at the sword.]

I didn't get drafted. [Jenny sounds almost disappointed by that.] And I tried to volunteer for some of the people who shouldn't be going, but they wouldn't let me.
bitunlikely: (smug timelady)

[personal profile] bitunlikely 2012-09-21 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[She takes the sword, unable to keep a smug grin off of her face. Oh, how she likes a challenge.

Adjusting the weight of the sword in one hand, she taps at her head with the other.]
Generation 5000 soldier. A sword like this? Easy.

[And just to prove her point, she smoothly runs through the kata the woman had been practicing moments ago.]
bitunlikely: (smug timelady)

[personal profile] bitunlikely 2012-09-23 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[When the sword is stopped, she lets the woman take it back. Even if Jenny doesn't exactly see what the big deal is.

...spoilsport.]


Maybe.

[It'd certainly make her dad proud.]
jamesbarnes: (time out)

[personal profile] jamesbarnes 2012-09-22 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Bucky has spent most of the day running drills for the draft himself, so he's only out in the forest trying to unwind in a way that doesn't involve a lot of alcohol. Luceti can be peaceful most of the time, at least inside the barrier, and for a city kid he's come to like working in the forest.

When he comes to the clearing he stops, just at the edge of the treeline. He's been around long enough that he's seen a lot of pretty weird things. A lizard lady with a sword wasn't one of those things until today, but it isn't as crazy as it might have been a while before.

He leans against a nearby tree to watch as she moves through stances. He doesn't know the first thing about swords, but it doesn't take a lot to pick out skill and precision in the movement. It's really something else. When she comes to a stop, he nods a greeting.]
'Afternoon, ma'am. [His gaze flicks to the sword before he meets her eyes again.] You shipping out with us later or just trying to keep sharp?
jamesbarnes: (salute)

[personal profile] jamesbarnes 2012-09-23 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He's a little glad she decides to sheathe her sword - he's unarmed except for a combat knife strapped to his thigh, and while she's obviously not a hostile, you never know who's just itching to pick a fight when tensions are running high before the draft.]

You and me both. Best you can do is keep working, and get to know the people who are gonna watch your back, I suppose. [He nods at her question.]

Sargent James Barnes, at your service. [He gives her a proper salute, but it's at odds with his posture and the easy grin on his face.] You're pretty impressive with that. You don't see a lot of people using swords anymore, where I'm from.
jamesbarnes: (that so?)

[personal profile] jamesbarnes 2012-09-24 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't mean much around here. [Bucky shrugs. He's not the least bit put off by her amusement.] Good to meet you.

[He folds his arms across his chest.] Got that right. Although I try not to run at the enemy in general. They'd make swiss cheese outta me, easy. [He tilts his head up a little, still calm and curious.] If you don't mind my asking, is there a war going on where you come from too, ma'am?
jamesbarnes: (lean in)

[personal profile] jamesbarnes 2012-09-24 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bucky actually drops his gaze at her words, remembering something of his own, sharply and suddenly, but when he looks at her again there's no trace of it in his eyes.]

You're certainly not gonna run out of battles. [He gives her a wry smile.] I've been to London. Not your version of it, I suppose, but it's something.
jamesbarnes: (I have no idea)

[personal profile] jamesbarnes 2012-09-27 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bucky grins, small but genuine. That's a good way of looking at it.]

I was deployed there for training. Got shipped out to Italy with a few of your boys. [She's English, whatever else she might be.] They were crazy... and they were good men.

I'm from 1942, but the history books don't mention anyone like you. [His expression is a mixture of curiosity and interest, and he lifts a hand to the back of his neck, an almost self-conscious gesture.] I'm not trying to be rude ma'am, but I've never seen anyone like you, period. Mind if I ask what you are?
jamesbarnes: (profile)

[personal profile] jamesbarnes 2012-10-04 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[The scientific stuff goes over his head, but he thinks he can remember 'Silurian.' He remembers some of the extinction stuff from school, even. Giant hunk of space rock that killed the dinosaurs and most of his interest in ancient history at the time. He would have never thought anyone like Vastra existed somewhere underground, but stuff like this gets easier to believe every day.

She keeps speaking, and he knows what she's about to say a moment before she says killed most of my sisters. It's sad, but he's not surprised at all. Lizard people sound like something out of a bad dream.

He nods, when she finishes speaking.]
I suppose you don't. [It would be the same story all over again.]

I'm sorry. About your sisters.