anyway! it is Later. in theory, she's meeting up with adolphe so they can work on self-defense. in practice, wherever they are there's a reflective surface, which means memshares are happening even though she's been trying so, so hard to avoid being caught up with them (even to the point of not admiring herself in the mirror after getting dressed like she usually does).
maybe that's why, instead of just one memory, two play out in quick succession as she greets him. the first is fairly sweet, and ends with a promise - one that does not seem to have been kept in the second second (cw: forced abortion implication).
waner's expression is a little flat as she glares at the man in the memory who did not, in fact, keep his promise.]
[ Adolphe is actually pretty good at teaching self-defense and was getting things ready while thinking about all that factors into such things, until he's smacked in the face with two memories in quick succession.
Adolphe actually doesn't know what the hell abortion is, but it doesn't take long to understand with all the context surrounding it.
IS THIS HER FOOD AT HOME?? IM GONNA LOSE IT ]
...
[ He honestly doesn't have any other words for that as he looks at the guy with disdain. What the fuck. ]
anyway. yeah. mood. waner may think she deserves better than him - she wants more than what she has - but she doesn't want to be pitied, either, and so she makes a face and crosses her arms.]
...pretend you saw nothing, please. Let's proceed with our lesson.
[i want an adolphe memshare though]
heavy virche spoilers but i assume you know most of them by now
[ You know what, yeah. Adolphe will take Waner's suggestion and move right along to the lesson. He's not here to pity her--he's here to teach her how to protect herself, so he nods and is about to tell her about the main important things that she should know about self-defense, except...
A memory plays, and Adolphe is || close to shattering whatever the reflection is coming from. ]
is that how he ended up here in heaven, then? waner looks like she wants to ask him about it, or perhaps say something to try to comfort him, but he doesn't look like he'll appreciate it.
so, instead, she shrugs off the outer layer of her outfit - it's fine, she's got a billion layers because her clothes are just like that - and tosses it over the reflective surface to try to keep it from displaying anything else they both don't want seen.]
This is ridiculous. At least this should stop in a few days...
[she's just going off how the other weekly effects stopped with the new week. she does not know they have perma-memshare.]
[ He doesn't know that these are permanent either, so he quietly sighs, muttering a small thanks when Waner puts the single layer of clothes over the reflective surface. ]
I hope so too. They're highly distracting, and I don't think I've been able to find peace around any mirror around.
[ Their hopes on this being a weekly effect will be shattered next week... ]
Anyway, whatever you just saw—it isn't a good choice of self-defense.
[ Then he goes on to comment what would be most effective for Waner's level of strength, size and relative speed. It's really the basics. He's not going to expect her to know how to kick someone under the chin or for her punches to blow people away. The choices are deliberate and well thought out for the maximum amount of pain she can inflict to buy herself time to run away, or to just make them pass out. ]
[but it was, apparently, a good choice for defense of another? although yves and lucas certainly did not seem to happy about being defended in that way. she won't belabor the point, though; she's sure adolphe already knows.
anyway! she nods, paying close attention to his instructions. she does know a bit about self defense already - but it's fairly obvious that it was very recently learned and whatever lessons she was getting were cut short, so having adolphe help her to build on the basics is greatly appreciated.]
[ He uses his own hands to demonstrate. If the attacker holds your wrist like this, swiftly turn and tug the wrist towards yourself! And other similar techniques. If someone is choking you, try to calm down and go for the eyes if your hands are free. More things like that. ]
It's really more about staying calm, but I know that's difficult in situations where that could happen.
[ He has a bottle of water for her! Time for a break. ]
[she will pay attention to these techniques, too, mirroring the motion for how to turn and tug the wrist to break a hold and looking down at her nails to gauge how sharp they are. all the better to go for the eyes...]
...it is definitely easier said than done. [she accepts the bottle of water and takes a few sips from it.] Saber had begun to teach me a little, but we didn't have time for many lessons before... [she shakes her head.] ...we mainly focused on disarming someone who came at me with a weapon.
Well enough while we were practicing. We were of a similar build, so their techniques were not too difficult for me to pick up on... it just turned out not to be the most applicable thing for me to use right away.
[neverah didn't come at her with a weapon at first, and her arm and wrist were broken before she could really make use of any of the techniques she'd learned. rip.]
... Then after the break, we can try learning self-defense methods you can use without your hands. Let me know if it gets too overwhelming, and we can slow down if you want.
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week 3, saturday
anyway! it is Later. in theory, she's meeting up with adolphe so they can work on self-defense. in practice, wherever they are there's a reflective surface, which means memshares are happening even though she's been trying so, so hard to avoid being caught up with them (even to the point of not admiring herself in the mirror after getting dressed like she usually does).
maybe that's why, instead of just one memory, two play out in quick succession as she greets him. the first is fairly sweet, and ends with a promise - one that does not seem to have been kept in the second second (cw: forced abortion implication).
waner's expression is a little flat as she glares at the man in the memory who did not, in fact, keep his promise.]
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Adolphe actually doesn't know what the hell abortion is, but it doesn't take long to understand with all the context surrounding it.
IS THIS HER FOOD AT HOME?? IM GONNA LOSE IT ]
...
[ He honestly doesn't have any other words for that as he looks at the guy with disdain. What the fuck. ]
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anyway. yeah. mood. waner may think she deserves better than him - she wants more than what she has - but she doesn't want to be pitied, either, and so she makes a face and crosses her arms.]
...pretend you saw nothing, please. Let's proceed with our lesson.
[i want an adolphe memshare though]
heavy virche spoilers but i assume you know most of them by now
A memory plays, and Adolphe is || close to shattering whatever the reflection is coming from. ]
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is that how he ended up here in heaven, then? waner looks like she wants to ask him about it, or perhaps say something to try to comfort him, but he doesn't look like he'll appreciate it.
so, instead, she shrugs off the outer layer of her outfit - it's fine, she's got a billion layers because her clothes are just like that - and tosses it over the reflective surface to try to keep it from displaying anything else they both don't want seen.]
This is ridiculous. At least this should stop in a few days...
[she's just going off how the other weekly effects stopped with the new week. she does not know they have perma-memshare.]
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I hope so too. They're highly distracting, and I don't think I've been able to find peace around any mirror around.
[ Their hopes on this being a weekly effect will be shattered next week... ]
Anyway, whatever you just saw—it isn't a good choice of self-defense.
[ Then he goes on to comment what would be most effective for Waner's level of strength, size and relative speed. It's really the basics. He's not going to expect her to know how to kick someone under the chin or for her punches to blow people away. The choices are deliberate and well thought out for the maximum amount of pain she can inflict to buy herself time to run away, or to just make them pass out. ]
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[but it was, apparently, a good choice for defense of another? although yves and lucas certainly did not seem to happy about being defended in that way. she won't belabor the point, though; she's sure adolphe already knows.
anyway! she nods, paying close attention to his instructions. she does know a bit about self defense already - but it's fairly obvious that it was very recently learned and whatever lessons she was getting were cut short, so having adolphe help her to build on the basics is greatly appreciated.]
...you're a good teacher, Adolphe. Thank you.
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[ He uses his own hands to demonstrate. If the attacker holds your wrist like this, swiftly turn and tug the wrist towards yourself! And other similar techniques. If someone is choking you, try to calm down and go for the eyes if your hands are free. More things like that. ]
It's really more about staying calm, but I know that's difficult in situations where that could happen.
[ He has a bottle of water for her! Time for a break. ]
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...it is definitely easier said than done. [she accepts the bottle of water and takes a few sips from it.] Saber had begun to teach me a little, but we didn't have time for many lessons before... [she shakes her head.] ...we mainly focused on disarming someone who came at me with a weapon.
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[ He's curious on how Saber would have taught her, since disarming someone barehanded is quite a feat. ]
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[neverah didn't come at her with a weapon at first, and her arm and wrist were broken before she could really make use of any of the techniques she'd learned. rip.]
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... Then after the break, we can try learning self-defense methods you can use without your hands. Let me know if it gets too overwhelming, and we can slow down if you want.
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...very well. I look forward to trying them.