foxfireheart | SEASONS : IC Inbox

Hey, this is Wash.
Donnie said you were interested in proper combat training?
Also said you were a mutant turtle too. Is mutant offensive to you? Donnie and his brothers weren't, but it feels like one of those very personal feeling labels.
Anyway, I'm also in the scientifically enhanced individual camp. Been in the army for the better part of two decades and dealing with insanity for almost as long, trained both soldiers and civilians so I don't have to be nightmare drill sergeant if you don't learn well with that.

Heya! Good to hear from you!

Yeah, Donnie was talking about how it not only helps with maybe taking on some of the threats around here but can also help with the powers we've been given? And even the possibility of latent ones I might have from being mutated. So I'm hoping to find ways to delve into that without blowing myself or anybody else up.

And mutant is perfectly fine for me. It is what it is kinda thing.

Is there somewhere you do your training at? Specific classes or groups or anything like that?

He just talked to me about normal combat stuff. I have some experience with magic, but it comes from places that aren't my homeworld. My place is just super advanced tech.

But the focus and routine can help with any kind of training. Including the powers here. Part of what I try to teach is keeping your head on straight regardless of what you're feeling and that can help with having the emotions for the seasonal powers without losing it.

You don't have to worry about blowing me up though. I have definitely taken worse and got back up again.

Got it. Just wanted to check.

Yeah, Donnie has a whole danger room set up at the Birdtile home. I haven't started any groups. Maybe I should, but that's for later. Either way, its better to start one on one, then I can judge what you can and can't physically take. Its important to be very aware of that with world differences.

Honestly, I've never had any kind of training outside of 'just trying to survive' so anything at all is gonna help, I'm sure. I know just as little about using tech, though, too. Haven't had any access to that kind of thing.

That's good to know. I've taken out mutant guys way bigger than me, before, let alone when I've faced off against regular human guys, so if you can take big hits, it should be fine.

Yeah, Donnie mentioned that! I'd be glad to meet up there sometime and you can put me through the paces?

That can be a very good teacher. Number one when it comes to combat: Rules are for sparring and people you like. If you're in a real fight, you do what let's you win. Spars are good to get you to do certain moves by habit and not accidentally fuck yourself up in a fight, but its better when you know the proper forms, and how to break out of them to take out someone's kneecap with a bottle opener.

Most of my fighting tech is the stuff in my body. It let's me use power armor without breaking all my bones. Really, stab, shoot, explode is pretty effective at killing most things as long as you can make it stabby, shooty, and explodey enough.

I've been run over by several cars and gotten up again. So long as you're not hitting harder than a car at speed, we're all good.

Sure. He's already got you marked for the system, so you can come over today if you want.

'No Rules, Just Win' sounds about my speed. It'd be great to have even better ways to do that, too. I've gotten pretty handy with being able to grab whatever's near by and taking somebody out with it but I don't know much about being effective with a knife or something other than 'pointy bit goes in the other guy'. Not even gonna go near how miserable a shot I'd be with any kind of gun, either.

The fact that it's 'several' is both horrifying and also amazing. Sounds like you've seen some pretty hardcore stuff.

Awesome! Send me the address and I'll get myself there. Thanks! I appreciate it.

And that's what proper training teaches. Lots of fun tricks and doing them enough to not need to think about it.

Using your environment is a good skill to have. Shows you have good awareness. And I can show you how to use knives and guns. Sometimes guns is also finding the one that suits you. I can use a sniper rifle, but I'm a way better shot with a mid-range gun. I could probably make the sniper shot better with a rifle than the sniper itself.

I wanna say I was in an intergalatic war, but the cars are largely unrelated to that. They just don't like me, only time I've safe from them is when I'm riding in them. Been run over plenty, but never an actual car accident.

My luck is stupid. Not good, not bad, just very, very stupid. You will have to try to find something that sounds weird to me.

[PING! Address get.]

I haven't touched a gun since I was a little guy and even then that was just a pellet gun, not a serious one.

Woah... unrelated to the car thing or not, intergalactic war counts as pretty damned hardcore. Yikes. I'm starting to get why people around here don't seem to think mutants are all that strange or scary, even. Everybody I've been meeting has seen and been through WAY worse than a giant walking, talking turtle.

Cool. Might take me a minute, since I'm still learning my way around, but I'll be there soon.

[EVENTUALLY IN PERSON]

When Ishkode gets to the address in question he's gotta double check it about three times. THIS is the place?! Is it a freaking mansion?! He's not sure what he was expecting but this wasn't exactly it, either!

When he gets to the main gate he gives what he's guessing is the security system a wave (feeling a little silly as he does). Wash said Donnie had done something to clear him for a visit but now he can see WHY. Wow.

"Uh, hey! I'm Ishkode and I'm here to meet up with Wash? For training?"

I have some training guns.

It was a lot and yet, all the strangeness I'm used to came after that. Funny how some things work out. [Thankfully he was used to the strange because ngl, mutant turtles look like Sangheili mixed with a big of human and he might have been a heart attack earlier on.]

See you soon.

At least Ishkode won't have to wait long. Wash figured he would wait by the gate, walking some of the cats. He knows better than to let them run around FREELY, but he's trained them to keep close and he can let them run around and enjoy the outdoors.

When Ishkode calls out, the gates open on their own. Donnie knows how to program his system and as the doors open, Wash is walking to the main path, pulling out a packet of treats. "Hey, welcome," he said and whistles, holding up the treats when the cats look over.

They rush over, taking the treats as he hands them out and pulls out a toy on a stick to lead them back to the house. "This way," he said, gesturing to the house and started to walk with the cats trailing along behind him, jumping after the toy.

He's a brickhouse of a guy. He's got a lot of grey in the blonde hair, though he doesn't seem that old, depending how well Raph can judge human ages. Grey blue eyes, a number of scars. Some nasty ones on the back of his neck, though its mostly covered by the hoody. Which looks like this.

That's quite the first impression he's getting from Wash, that's for sure! The size and shape of him reminds Ishkode of a couple of the guys he knew to avoid back home.

The hoodie and the gaggle of cats that are following along with him give a very different idea. Ishkode finds he can't help but smile at it. He follows along, looking around as he does.

"Thanks! Man, this place is incredible... wow. I wasn't really thinking about what to expect but somehow a mansion wasn't anywhere in the possibilities." he says in open appreciation, then gives Wash a grin. "I love the shirt, by the way."

~~How well Ishkode can judge ages, you can tell I was talking to multiple turtles at once, oi~~

"A lot of us are pretty good at quests and Donnie has some pretty high buyers for his work," Wash said. Some of which he knows is very illegal, but its not danger territory, so he just keeps an eye out for Donnie not getting in over his head. "And most of us have day jobs, so it makes for a pretty penny. And we prefer to have the space. Been a looooong time since a lot of us get to enjoy a lot of space for ourselves."

"Thank you. I saw it and knew I had to have it. It absolutely delighted Choco so a win in my book," he said, stepping to the front door of the house and holding it open for Ishkode. A lot of very warm colors and plenty of space for movement.

Please know that while I have sent this en masse to a fair-sized handful of people, those of you who have received this haven't been chosen at random; I have chosen you, specifically, to invite. It's purposeful, I promise you.
This will be my first birthday celebration. It would mean quite a lot to me if you were to attend.

[Unfortunately, when it comes to his invitations, Louis only had the supplies to make so many physical ones... and he only has so much energy in that mental battery of his, he can only do the "nice, personalized message" thing so many times before he's drained.
He means it, though, when he says he's purposefully chosen them. Worn out though he may be, he still knows who he'd consider worth seeing at his first ever birthday party.]

RSVP : Yes! 2 Attending.

[Ishkode on Christmas is going to receive a rather saucy picture from MK. MK is clearly set up in his own nest and how he took the picture is a mystery. Enjoy having this on your phone this festive holiday, Ishkode.]

Happy Yuletide, Ishkode. Thinking of you.

[ Oh well, after he's done being utterly flustered, that's going in the hidden folder on his phone~ Keeping it for... reasons. Yup. ]

[ MK will get a photo in return, a few hours later. Ishkode's laying on his stomach on his bed, taking the photo at an angle where over his shoulder and shell you can just see the curve of his butt and his feet idly held in the air. All done to frame that thick tail that's curled up and seems to have a sprig of mistletoe tied to it by a red bow~ ]

Right back at you, MK~ Mino-niibaanamaang~

[At some point during the musical week, one minute Ishkode is the only one in his own head, the next, someone's wandered in while he's sleeping. Someone with sparkling eyes, fluffy ossicones, and no idea where she's going.]

Whoa... Hello? Where am I this time?

[ The dreamscape here seems to be a sprawling boreal forest by a river, all covered in snow. Ishkode is standing, watching the ice edge water flowing out at the center, thoughtfully. When he hears the voice, he turns and blinks. ]

Rinku! Hey~

[ It doesn't seem to register on him quite yet that she shouldn't be here, dreaming as he is. He often has dreams about his friends these days, after all. He gives her a broad smile. ]

Came to visit the river, too, eh? Isn't it gorgeous?

[ Something niggles at him, though, and his brow furrows faintly. ]

Wait... you dunno where the reserve is...

[Rinku looks around excitedly with a sparkle. When Ishkode realizes, though, Rinku makes a concerned noise and shakes her head.]

I think we're in your head, Ishkode-kun. Or your heart. It's kinda both of those things. That's all I've been able to do.

[She bites her lip and makes a sad noise.]

Do you remember the New Year's concert?

In my head? The New Year's--!!

[ He cuts off, eyes suddenly going wide as he remembers. He immediately rushes over to her, grabbing her into a worried hug. ]

Ohmygod, Rinku, I saw the whole thing?! I don't know what the hell is going on but are you okay?! Well, no, I guess you're not, but what... can I help?!

[Rinku hugs him back tightly. She makes a worried noise and shakes her head slowly.]

I dunno. I'm worried about Davis-san. I think there's a part of him who's still alive. I don't know how to save him, or how to stop that other guy, but I'm looking for everything I can find. Right now I can't get back to my body, but I can go into other people for a while.

What's going on out there? I managed to find Neechan and she told me a little.

[ Ishkode frowns, more than a little concerned about his friend. He shakes his head. ]

It's... it's weird right now, honestly. I don't even really know what's going on?? Ever since all of that happened it's like some kind of a... I dunno... a music sickness is happening? People keep bursting into song like we're all in a big Broadway show now or something. Like you can't help it once it starts. It just happens, whether you want it to or not.

[ He frowns, deeply, eyes worried. ]

I know you're in the hospital. Evangeline is looking after you. And I dunno anything about the guy who did all this. It all happened so fast! I know there's people trying to figure it out but I'm just kinda trying to keep out of the way so far.

[huuuuug]

The music part sounds like something Davis-san would do for fun. That's one of his powers. But from what I heard from Neechan, the person who was controlling him and came out of him is the guy he got that power from... I think. He used both of us to get out and do whatever he's planning.

Are you okay?

[ He gives a low hum as he frowns. ]

Which means it's probably not something from here... so who knows if our Season powers can even help.

[ He mutters a curse in another language and then blinks and gives her a reassuring smile and a nod. ]

Yeah, I'm okay! I'm worried as heck about everybody, especially you. I dunno if there's anything I can do to help out. I met Mr Davis once but I don't, like, know him at all...

[Worried noises. Rinku pulls back and shakes her head.]

That's okay. I'm just glad you're doing all right. Are Neechan and Mary-chan and the Pokémon okay? I know Mary-chan gets a little... scary when bad things are happening. She's a good kid, really, and I've been trying, but she's really scared of losing us.

Evangeline is holding in there. And the Pokemon, too. They've got lots of us checking up on them while they're all keeping an eye on you, too. We'll make sure they're okay. I'm... afraid I don't know Mary, yet, so I'm not sure if she's been there. I haven't heard about anything really bad since things went weird, other than the singing and dancing, so I'm gonna guess she's okay? Maybe Evangeline talked to her?

I hope so... I know Neechan would take care of her. She'd never leave the kids alone without anyone watching over them.

[She takes in a deep breath and shakes her head.]

So if this is your heart, then is it your home?

There's people helping out, I promise. I'll go check for myself and make sure they're okay later.

[ He gives her a reassuring smile. Then blinks and looks around. ]

I... guess it's my heart? But yeah, it's definitely home.

[ His smile softens. ]

This is where I was happiest. Where I lived with my Gookomis and Miishomis. It's my homeland back in Canada. Beautiful, isn't it?

Yeah, it's amazing!

[Rinku lets go and spins, looking around excitedly.]

It sounds like it was a long time ago... But I'm really happy you had someplace nice.

SEASONS : IC Inbox

Username: FireStarter

un:puma

UN: FireStarter

Re: UN: FireStarter

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

text, un: goated;

Text | UN : FireStarter [He's so excited to get to bring his 'girlfriend' to a party lol]

Photo - NSFW

no subject

dream (sometime between Jan 1-Jan 5 before she finds Max's heart)

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject