Hey! It's your bodyguard from the rescue mission, if you don't remember my name. I just wanted to offer to help you learn how to shoot, since I remember you didn't really know how before.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
I know how to use both guns and crossbows, so if you want me to teach you, we can start with whichever you like better!
Hey give me a break remembering's something I'm actually good at!
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
But that would actually be really cool. That was like my first time holding a gun. Like hand to god I took it out of my bag and then you were there. It was not my finest hour
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
I mean I already have some practice with the gun we should prob just stick to that. And crossbow sounds a little too van helsing for me tbh
np! figured it'd be better to come in here than add to an already insane inbox :)
Well, I just wasn't sure! I wanted to make sure you didn't think I was some weirdo stranger coming into your inbox to ask you if you needed training. :)
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Yeah, I kind of thought so? Not that you were really incompetent or anything but you kind of had this look on your face that was like "oh wow what do I do with it". I figured you probably hadn't used one.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Gun it is! Although I'm a little offended, honestly, how dare you call my favorite weapon Van Helsing-y. And it's insensitive, too, I'm a vampire!
[ elena does not mean a word of that last text, but sometimes she likes to make people squirm. she'll chalk that down to damon's bad influence. plus it's better to get the vampire thing out of the way early, in case sigma has a problem with it. ]
and hey you get to break in my IC one, what an honor (8
Idk maybe the CDC had its own version of the tooth fairy for those of us who didn't take taekwondo as kids and by some stroke of luck I got you
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
To my credit I did know that it was in fact for shooting things. I even knew how to make the bullets happen.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Tho I ran into a little trouble w/ reloading and that was kind of inconvenient & terrifying so maybe we could start w/ that
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Whoa chill van helsing was a bamf in his own right, no shade, he's just not my style!!
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Also what
[ She can't possibly be serious... Sure there are crazy aliens running rampant, but in the grand scheme of people he's met since arriving, they've all... seemed relatively human. Besides, vampires are straight up fiction. (As if aliens aren't back home.) ]
The Battle Fairy? I kind of like that name, actually. I swoop in to teach people how to not die... but what's my payment, if I'm the fighting version of the tooth fairy? I can't take teeth, that'd be gross.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Yeah, we can start with reloading! It's not as hard as you'd think, it's just nerve-wracking the first time you have to do it in a combat situation. You'll get used to it, though.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Uh huh. Well, to be honest, we're rapidly running out of ammo. You might want to learn how to use a crossbow anyway, just in case we run out before the end of the mission.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
That was a terrible joke.
[ and yet she's grinning at her blackglass. ]
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
No, it's fine, though. I'm stronger and faster than humans, my senses are better, and as long as I keep up a good diet of human blood my body functions exactly as a human's does.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Before you get scared for your arteries, I drink from blood bags. Mothership provides them for me.
are you though. I'm so sorry this 200 character limit kills the man
Get that printed on something dude. And idk teeth would still be pretty fitting. Knock one out teaching people how to throw a punch.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
I'm kidding please don't do that. Also you offered help free of charge first!! But we could work something out if this is how you're gonna be. I helped think of it does that get me any credit??
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Yeah I mean if I just sat down and did it a couple times it'd be nbd I just didn't think of it...
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Anyway Operating under the assumption that xbows also use ammo, I'm going to assume they just aren't as popular. Hell we can do both let's do both.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Thx I'm here all week ;) [ And probably the rest of his life let's be real. ] You're... not joking though. Shit uh. Well at least you're upfront about it that's cool
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Wait so you were out in the sun when I saw you it doesn't burn you?? You don't have to like sleep in a coffin or get permission to walk thru a door or anything?
FROM: No teeth! That's gross. And what would I even do with them? Make some kind of gross teeth necklace? Ew.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Oh my gosh, no, I don't need any kind of repayment! I was totally joking. I like helping other people learn how to defend themselves, it makes me feel like I'm doing my job as a green properly.
[ green team is the team that protects the crew -- but part of protecting people is making sure they have the resources to protect themselves first. elena takes this responsibility very seriously -- maybe too seriously, honestly. when she really has to confront the fact that she can't save anyone... it's not going to be a good day. ]
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Well, crossbows aren't as popular and we can make more ammo for them. All you need is a sturdy piece of wood, some whittling skills, and a sharp rock to attach to the end and bam.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
You've got an arrow.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Nope, not joking. I find that being upfront about it tends to end better than hiding it, but I did that too for the first couple months. Everyone's been so cool about it here I don't anymore.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Id actually prefer not to answer those kinds of questions, sorry. Where I come from vampires are hunted and hated and its only a matter of time before someone who takes offense to my species shows up.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
The fewer people who know what I'm vulnerable to the better.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
But I can tell you that I don't turn into a bat, and I don't sparkle. You saw me out in the sun before, did I sparkle then?
Well if you insist. I guess new recruits not all biting it is a reward in itself for both of us huh.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
I hadn't thought of that. Pointed sticks sound like a riveting arts and crafts project for passing downtime... They don't need feathers??
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
It's cool that you don't have to hide it but we're all on the same side here, it'd be kind of shitty to hold it against you... I guess that makes sense tho, sorry for asking.
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Hey! It's your bodyguard from the rescue mission, if you don't remember my name. I just wanted to offer to help you learn how to shoot, since I remember you didn't really know how before.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
I know how to use both guns and crossbows, so if you want me to teach you, we can start with whichever you like better!
ah thank you! it's a real menace...
Hey give me a break remembering's something I'm actually good at!
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
But that would actually be really cool. That was like my first time holding a gun. Like hand to god I took it out of my bag and then you were there. It was not my finest hour
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
I mean I already have some practice with the gun we should prob just stick to that. And crossbow sounds a little too van helsing for me tbh
np! figured it'd be better to come in here than add to an already insane inbox :)
Well, I just wasn't sure! I wanted to make sure you didn't think I was some weirdo stranger coming into your inbox to ask you if you needed training. :)
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Yeah, I kind of thought so? Not that you were really incompetent or anything but you kind of had this look on your face that was like "oh wow what do I do with it". I figured you probably hadn't used one.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Gun it is! Although I'm a little offended, honestly, how dare you call my favorite weapon Van Helsing-y. And it's insensitive, too, I'm a vampire!
[ elena does not mean a word of that last text, but sometimes she likes to make people squirm. she'll chalk that down to damon's bad influence. plus it's better to get the vampire thing out of the way early, in case sigma has a problem with it. ]
and hey you get to break in my IC one, what an honor (8
Idk maybe the CDC had its own version of the tooth fairy for those of us who didn't take taekwondo as kids and by some stroke of luck I got you
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
To my credit I did know that it was in fact for shooting things. I even knew how to make the bullets happen.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Tho I ran into a little trouble w/ reloading and that was kind of inconvenient & terrifying so maybe we could start w/ that
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Whoa chill van helsing was a bamf in his own right, no shade, he's just not my style!!
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Also what
[ She can't possibly be serious... Sure there are crazy aliens running rampant, but in the grand scheme of people he's met since arriving, they've all... seemed relatively human. Besides, vampires are straight up fiction. (As if aliens aren't back home.) ]
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Wow that kinda
[ Sigma no ]
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
sucks
truly, i am blessed.
The Battle Fairy? I kind of like that name, actually. I swoop in to teach people how to not die... but what's my payment, if I'm the fighting version of the tooth fairy? I can't take teeth, that'd be gross.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Yeah, we can start with reloading! It's not as hard as you'd think, it's just nerve-wracking the first time you have to do it in a combat situation. You'll get used to it, though.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Uh huh. Well, to be honest, we're rapidly running out of ammo. You might want to learn how to use a crossbow anyway, just in case we run out before the end of the mission.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
That was a terrible joke.
[ and yet she's grinning at her blackglass. ]
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
No, it's fine, though. I'm stronger and faster than humans, my senses are better, and as long as I keep up a good diet of human blood my body functions exactly as a human's does.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Before you get scared for your arteries, I drink from blood bags. Mothership provides them for me.
are you though. I'm so sorry this 200 character limit kills the man
Get that printed on something dude. And idk teeth would still be pretty fitting. Knock one out teaching people how to throw a punch.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
I'm kidding please don't do that. Also you offered help free of charge first!! But we could work something out if this is how you're gonna be. I helped think of it does that get me any credit??
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Yeah I mean if I just sat down and did it a couple times it'd be nbd I just didn't think of it...
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Anyway Operating under the assumption that xbows also use ammo, I'm going to assume they just aren't as popular. Hell we can do both let's do both.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Thx I'm here all week ;) [ And probably the rest of his life let's be real. ]
You're... not joking though. Shit uh. Well at least you're upfront about it that's cool
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Wait so you were out in the sun when I saw you it doesn't burn you?? You don't have to like sleep in a coffin or get permission to walk thru a door or anything?
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Important question can you turn into a bat
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
More important question do you sparkle
oh, i am. i adore sigma never leave me.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Oh my gosh, no, I don't need any kind of repayment! I was totally joking. I like helping other people learn how to defend themselves, it makes me feel like I'm doing my job as a green properly.
[ green team is the team that protects the crew -- but part of protecting people is making sure they have the resources to protect themselves first. elena takes this responsibility very seriously -- maybe too seriously, honestly. when she really has to confront the fact that she can't save anyone... it's not going to be a good day. ]
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Well, crossbows aren't as popular and we can make more ammo for them. All you need is a sturdy piece of wood, some whittling skills, and a sharp rock to attach to the end and bam.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
You've got an arrow.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Nope, not joking. I find that being upfront about it tends to end better than hiding it, but I did that too for the first couple months. Everyone's been so cool about it here I don't anymore.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
Id actually prefer not to answer those kinds of questions, sorry. Where I come from vampires are hunted and hated and its only a matter of time before someone who takes offense to my species shows up.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
The fewer people who know what I'm vulnerable to the better.
FROM: gilbert.elena@cdc.org
But I can tell you that I don't turn into a bat, and I don't sparkle. You saw me out in the sun before, did I sparkle then?
well you're stuck with him forever now.
Think of the intimidation factor though!!
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
Well if you insist. I guess new recruits not all biting it is a reward in itself for both of us huh.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
I hadn't thought of that. Pointed sticks sound like a riveting arts and crafts project for passing downtime... They don't need feathers??
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
It's cool that you don't have to hide it but we're all on the same side here, it'd be kind of shitty to hold it against you... I guess that makes sense tho, sorry for asking.
FROM: klim.sigma@cdc.org
... Maybe a little.
[ Sparkled, that is. ]