[closed] "getting three gorgeous men to protect you during training is impressive..."

[gotyourbach]

Who: kaede akamatsu (gotyourbach), qrow branwen (blodsvorr), goro akechi (grakraka), gundam tanaka (gundamned), ryuji sakamoto (ryuji)

Where: the dojo!

When: pre-Candlenights log

What: Nervous about taking a weapons class for the first time, Kaede invited several of her friends to come with her. Like, half of them are there for entirely different reasons, though.

Content Warning: Ryuji is a vulgar boy, also Akechi is here? So who knows, really. Possible spoilers for DRV3 I guess.

[Welcome to the dojo! While this particular room might be soundproofed from the outside, the inside is anything but restful and contemplative. The high ceilings and slightly-springy mats reflect the sound back inside, the crack of wood against wood and metal against metal as others train inside really creating the atmosphere that this is a place to learn how to fight. Or wallflower. Or watch out for weird perverts. Hey, whatever you're here for!]

Comments

[blodsvorr]

[....?????]

You wanna run that one by me again?

[ryuji]

She said that some old guy at the warehouse wanted to teach her how to use a staff.

[And considering the number of adults present.]

1/kelly

[blodsvorr]

[She said what.]

2/??

[blodsvorr]

[Gods. Of course she did. Of course she'd put it like that. This is the kid who just readily trusted him. Why wouldn't she put it like that?]

done

[blodsvorr]

[Qrow groans, running his hand over his face.]

Well, I can tell you the kid has no sense of stranger danger, so sure, fair enough. We met at Fantasy Costco while she was debating weapons. We talked about what she thought would suit her, and I said a staff. [He counts off the reasons on his fingers] Range, crowd control, and a lack of sharp edges. My first suggestion was hand-to-hand, actually, but she wanted to keep her fingers safe for piano. I offered to go with her, because she seemed worried about combat, and I wasn't sure if the teachers here were any good at their job.

[Qrow glances back at Schimmeister, his expression briefly flickering back to annoyed. Because Schimmy sucks!!

His attention then comes back to Ryuji, because Ryuji's concerns were very fair, and they need to be addressed.



Wait a second.]

She called me old? Not okay.

i love that we all just drag kelly now

[ryuji]

[The gut feeling in his stomach that had displaced a weird sense of "this isn't right" seems to calm down a bit. The guy he met in the Test of Initiation didn't sound like he fit the bill, but chalk this up to Ryuji's ever persistent distrust of adults.

He's actually grateful for the explanation. He was, seriously, going to confront Qrow about it, and if he got dodgy, he'd pull off trying to threaten him, even without the credentials to back any of that up. He doesn't care about the size of the enemy or the skill, just like Qrow going off later to "discuss" with the teacher instead of facing someone that's outclassed him by a wide margin.]

Shit... thank god.

[He sighs, posture going back to its own shitty slouch to take pressure off of his leg.]

I dunno what I was kinda expectin' here. Seriously... was ready to throw down a fight with you. Just, uh... Past experiences, I guesses.

[Ryuji also sucks at not telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.]

Yeah, no shit. Teachers are never good at their job.

[He'll evade the "old" comment, at least.]

[blodsvorr]

[Oh good, he doesn't have to field another upset blond coming at him. Qrow relaxes a fraction too, even as he files away the different things Ryuji said. Past experiences, huh? It's nice to know Ryuji would have gone after him for it. It doesn't surprise him at all, just confirms who Ryuji has shown himself to be.]

Hey, if you were right, I'd agree that I had it coming. If you suspect something shady, it's worth taking the time to figure it out.

[Authority can't be trusted just for being authority. Qrow can't be trusted just because he seemed alright at their last encounters. Ryuji was not wrong to want to know.

At least Ryuji doesn't also call him old...

Qrow's eyes actually flicker away.]

Hey, I've known some decent teachers over the years. I wouldn't be where I am without them. [And that's the distant look: the teachers Qrow has known, people who are now gone. (People who would be so much better here in his place.) Qrow exhales, and like Ryuji has seen before, he brings himself back to the present.] This guy, though, doesn't seem like he's going to get himself added to that list.

[ryuji]

[Leave it to Qrow to tell a kid that their distrust in the system and strangers is absolutely founded, even if it's him. Especially if it's him. Qrow also knows a few things about him, which... if Ryuji couldn't actually trust him, he'd be kind of scared to deal with any of that in its own right. But they agreed on it, and the sleazy vibes he got from the exchange with Kaede are slowly melting away.]

Forreal...

[And if he's trying to pull himself back to the present, Ryuji will add a layer on top of all that to strike it home.]

Lucky. All of mine sucked ass. [Ironic usage of the word lucky, check.] You're right though... this guy's a grade F chunk of asshole meat. You gonna do something about it?

[blodsvorr]

[There's that little exhale, a small expression of his recognition of that word's unique ability to get to him. It's so casually used so often, but he can never quite ignore it. A reaction always comes out one way or another.

The teacher, though. Qrow watches him rather than looks at Ryuji. The fingers of one hand tap against his arm, the clear irritation shining through.]

I'll give him ten more minutes to prove me wrong. As a professional courtesy. Then I'll do something.

[And that something will be......

....pick a fight and then be a petty-ass ho. Hey Ryuji maybe widen the net on your search for decent adult male role models, because Qrow is not a great option.]

[ryuji]

[If the exhale registers as anything in particular to Ryuji, he's just assuming it's over the theatrics that are going on in front of them. This guy doesn't really seem to do well with people who don't have any experience. Shit, even as he is now, with as much training he's had in the Metaverse, Ryuji doesn't even think that he'd be performing very well either. Not that this is his open invitational or anything.

But he watches Kaede try as hard as she can, and it pisses him off to see someone treat this as a disciplinary lesson. It's almost like watching volleyball practice back at Shujin and it's starting to get to him.]

Dude, she looks spent.

[And it's when Kaede is so tired that she begins tripping over her own staff that Ryuji's body instinctively presses off the wall.

He's going to say something. And it's going to be incredibly vulgar.

Does Qrow stop him?]

[blodsvorr]

[He absolutely does not, why would he ever, Ryuji is a good boy doing the right thing. Press X to SUPPORT]

[ryuji]

[Having been filled with the power of SUPPORT, Ryuji moves forward to the demonstration that's going on in the middle of the room. He's been trying to keep a low profile ever since deciding to enroll back into school, but this is definitely going to send him straight back to the bowls of "don't talk to that weird, vulgar boy" hell all over again.]

Hey, asshole!

[He's gotten the attention, but maybe it's a little overboard.]

You think you're helpin'? This is a goddamned joke, what the hell's wrong with you? Not everyone's been swingin' around a stick since they were a baby, you get that, right? Knock this shit off.

[Schmucksmcgee over there doesn't seem all too pleased. He's about one second from having to be the next class demonstrator.]

[blodsvorr]

[Okay, so Qrow should have seen how this was going to go. And as a responsible adult, he absolutely should tell Ryuji to calm down.

No, he's fucking grinning, because Ryuji is a great kid, and Qrow absolutely supports him tearing into the teacher. Sure, it's not going to work, but he supports it. Still, Qrow to do his own delinquent-style kick off the wall, stepping in to get into an argument with Schimms before Ryuji gets himself hit by a teacher who is not any good at his job (in Qrow's opinion).

And We Know What Happens Next.]