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Finn ([personal profile] hatejakku) wrote in [community profile] ximilialog2021-10-17 01:38 pm

Open; October

CHARACTERS: Finn & You
LOCATION: Various places on the station
DATE: All of October
CONTENT: Finn's got his eye sight back! Also, come take his gun safety/self-defense courses.
WARNINGS: fighting and guns and things?



I. Seeing for the First Time, a Second Time
[ Finn's got a headache that slowly wants to transition into a migraine but it's like the best migraine ever if there is such a thing. It's caused by the sudden amount of light and information and everything that his eyes are suddenly getting. Because he can see now. After being blind for a few weeks, he can see.

In a way, it's almost like just became blind all over again considering how much it's knocked him off-balance. He'd just managed to get used to navigating with the Force and now--

Well, now he's kind of gawking. Finn's already gotten Blue and James seen to in the infirmary, and now he's just sort of wandering around. (He's going to go back soon, though, since he didn't really want to leave them in the first place.) What Finn should maybe do is go to his room, rest his eyes, slowly crawl back into the world, but that's obviously not what he's doing.

It's just. Everything. Everything is so pretty and shiny, and how did he forget all of these little things? The floor is so polished that it's practically reflective. There are tiny little lights on the doors that blink bright colors when they sense movement. And don't even get him started on the view outside the windows.

He spends a lot of time in the sunlight room for the next few days and can be found squinting at the fake flowers and fake trees and fake sky. There's a dopey grin on his face, even if he's trying to find tells that prove these aren't real.

During the station's evening hours, however, he's usually in the common living area. Finn's found a window with a couch in front of it and usually just sits there in the dark, watching the outside. There's not much to see if you've seen this view a million times like he has, but it reminds him of the rare glimpses of space he'd get during his childhood. Weirdly, it took all this to remember why he treasured those sights so much.

... For anyone that argued with him back in Braccia, though, this is absolutely not proof that he wasn't fine being blind. Because he was. It was fine. Everything was fine. This is just... better. ]

II. /plays that one mulan song
[ True to his word, Finn can be found in the training room during the station's morning hours. This is where he goes for his own training, anyway, so it's not like he's going out of his way to wait on someone that may not appear.

But if they do appear, they'll be met with a bright smile and a lot of questions. After the whole "how are you? how was your morning? did you sleep okay?" since he's in such good spirits lately, he'll actually ask the real questions. What do you want to learn? What do you already know? Have you ever been in a fight before? Have you ever used a weapon before? Etc.

If you're a seasoned fighter and just here to spar, he's down with that, too. Everyone needs to keep their skills sharp.

Want to learn self-defense? Well, the first lesson is to know how to fall properly, because you're going to fall a lot. You should also know how to take a punch, how to give a good punch, how to break defenses, how to disarm your opponent, how to handle the weapon you just disarmed them of, all of that good stuff.

Want to learn how to use a firearm? Be prepared for a lecture before you even so much as see a gun. Don't point it at people, always assume it's ready to fire, don't point it at people, keep your finger off the trigger unless you're shooting it, and, for Force sake, don't point it at people. If he trusts you enough after The Lecture, then he'll let you give it a go with every single safety precaution he can think of, but don't expect to use one on your first day with him.

>> ooc. He'll be doing this for the entirety of their downtime, so feel free to start a thread at any point of the learning process you prefer. ]

III. Wildcard
[ ooc. Want to do something else? Go for it! PM me if you want to plot something. ♥ ]
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[personal profile] blackfire 2021-11-05 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
spoilers: itachi overthinks literally everything.

Hm.

it's a soft, neutral sound, meant to convey consideration without commitment. he could share what he knows. what he expects to be happening, and how the mind can be broken to tolerate illusions — even welcome them, after a time. very likely, what unsettles him about the other room is its malleability, contrasted against what he imagines is the consistency of this one.

but that would, undoubtedly, lead to further questions. how he knows those things, and why. instead, he briefly checks the area map and then orients towards the exit that will lead them to the armory.


I imagine it's a comfort to most. The station can be — bleak.
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ahhhh so sorry this notif never made it to me!!

[personal profile] blackfire 2021-11-09 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
red eyes slant sideways as they fall into step. his gaze doesn't quite land on finn in a curious look, but it is... appraising. some people would live the whole of their life inside a pleasant fiction if they could. finn's answer is a rare one, and itachi acknowledges it with a faint incline of his head.

what is reality, but a thing experienced by the mind? what you perceive is not always true.


I was intending to make a sword. I know the dimensions I require and will be satisfied with the standard metal.
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and then i went on vacation oop

[personal profile] blackfire 2021-11-16 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
given the nature of the illusion, he is no more comfortable in this new room with its stark, sterile walls than he was in the one prior. it isn't uncommon to have several layers constructed to the same genjutsu — it will likely be a while before he trusts his senses entirely on this station.

the bows get a sidelong glance — they stir up the bones of an old memory — before he drifts to stand before the replicator. he has spent sufficient time figuring out the communicators, et al that it is perhaps less daunting than it might have otherwise been — but he does not yet move to begin the process.

instead:


What level of complexity is it capable of?

the sword is simple. kunai likewise — he does not need much. but he prefers to know as much as possible about something before he chooses to act.
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<3!

[personal profile] blackfire 2021-11-17 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
he makes a soft, contemplative sound, sort of an aa, intended to be nothing more than acknowledgement of what finn is relaying.

If the weapons here are free use and not intended for or belonging to anyone in particular, I can repurpose an existing sword for its materials.

since. it's not like he just carries around steel ingots, what do you think he is, a bioware protagonist? but he does look to finn to ensure he isn't about to take anyone's particular weapon down off the wall.
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[personal profile] blackfire 2021-11-18 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
he takes one of the swords finn indicates. a bit heavier than the one he's envisioning — he could use it just as well, having trained in many disciplines, but nothing ever fits so well in the hand than that to which you're accustomed. he steps back from the rack and takes it over to the machine, observes it for a moment and then deduces How to Use It Somehow (#justninjathings)

(description of magical machine doing its work go brrr)

what results is a chokutō of a modest length, lacking a cross-guard, in a simple saya without ornamentation or flourish. the sword is pulled from its sheath for only a brief inspection — the blade is straight and shining — before he stows it again.

to finn —


Thank you. I appreciate your assistance.
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[personal profile] blackfire 2021-11-20 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
he lowers the sword — he will have to find a sling for its saya at a later time — and gives finn a nod.

It would be an honour, Finn-san.

having seen finn at work without a sword, he can tell the man has good instincts and very likely significant training of his own. itachi has been... cautious, thus far, about revealing too much of his own capabilities, but it is certainly easier to explain a familiarity with swords than the use of his genjutsu.

I do not presume to know more than you on the matter, but I would be pleased to teach you what I do know given that our styles likely differ.
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[personal profile] blackfire 2021-11-23 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
it's a 'you will pry his honourifics from his cold, dead hands' thing, lbr, but his tone does at least indicate equal parts calm neutrality and respect. it's certainly not ill-meant.

Now, please excuse me. I have taken enough of your time.

finn gets a final nod, and then — unless stopped — itachi will turn to leave. notably, he chooses one of the doors that doesn't lead to the sunshine room.