[Day 189] OPEN

[kyotoprincess]

Who: Bon, Yukio, and Everyone else
Open: Open
When: Day 189
Where: one of the corners of the dragon field
What: Dumb exorcist boys got a bazooka. They're blowing stuff up. It's loud.
Format: action
Warnings: explosions

[If anyone is outside during the day today, they may see Bon and Yukio dragging a few things over to one of the open corners of the dragon field. Those things happen to be targets from the training building.

Shortly after they have finished dragging the targets to where they need them, a very distinctive sound can be heard. At first it is a loud fizzle, like a bunch of steam had been left off, but it is quickly followed by a loud, ground-shaking BOOM

Should anyone go investigate, they will find Bon holding a smoking bazooka, while both he and Yukio inspect the crater where one of the targets used to be. The boys have ear protection, thankfully, but they did not see fit to warn anyone else.

It's Bon who speaks first.]

That was bigger than I thought it would be.

[All Yukio does is facepalm and sigh.]

Comments

[doctor_dragoon]

It's a bazooka, Suguru-kun. [Did he really expect it to be small?

Yukio drops his hand and steps away from the crater, moving several feet away and bending to pick something up off the ground. He's got a large chunk of splintered wood in his hand when he turns back to Bon. A piece of their first target.]

Your aim was a little off. Most heavy weaponry isn't exactly made for perfect accuracy, but we can still improve.

[kyotoprincess]

[Not small, but not so big? Bon's not well-versed in the ways of heavy explosives.

Fortunately, Bon can take the criticism from Yukio, since Yukio is his teacher and is just trying to help him. So he nods in response to what Yukio says.]

The kickback surprised me, and the shot went a little high. Is there a better way to brace the barrel?

[doctor_dragoon]

[It's all about what kind of rocket you're packing, bro. /eyebrow waggle

Yukio tosses the wood aside and walks back, glancing at the bazooka and nodding. It's been a while since he's needed to handle anything but his own personal weapons. His specialty has always been precision shooting, but Shiro had been pretty thorough with his training once Yukio had grown strong enough to handle it.]

Show me your stance again.

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon puts the bazooka on his shoulder again, just like he had been holding it when he had fired it. His stance is loose, but just a touch too loose for what he needs here. He's tensing up when he fires it, which is why the rocket keeps going off-target.]

Like this?

[doctor_dragoon]

[Yukio studies Bon's stance for a moment before reaching out to physically correct him, shifting his grip on the weapon just a little.]

You're a little too relaxed. When you fired, you tensed up to compensate and it changed your trajectory.

[hellpyre]

[Holy shit is the Bastion under attack?!

That's Rin's first thought when she feels the faint vibrations from the blast and hears the concussive noise from the kitchen, damn near dropping the pot she was holding at the time. She puts it on the counter a bit too hard and runs for the window, staring out to try and see what the source of it was.

The kitchen is a good distance from the Dragonfield, but after a bit of squinting she can see two fairly familiar figures and what looks like smoke rising from something near the ground.]

... what the hell are those two idiots doin'?

[Weird to be calling Yukio of all people an idiot, but an explosion being involved can't be something smart, right?

Huffing, she jerks off her apron, gathers up the Pokemon egg she had sitting near the brick oven for warmth, and stomps out there.]

What the fuck was tha-- ... is that a fucking bazooka?!

[kyotoprincess]

[Oh, hi Rin.

He looks down at the bazooka in his hands, then back up at her.]

Yeah? Okumura-sensei was teaching me how to use it.

[hellpyre]

... you gave my boyfriend... a bazooka.

[LOOKING AT YOU HERE YUKIO]

[doctor_dragoon]

Language, Neesan.

[Yukio reaches up to adjust his glasses, incredibly unimpressed with Rin's disapproval. Not seeing what the issue is.]

He is a dragoon in training.

[daughterofursa]

[Was that--!?

They may not have guns--and certainly not bazookas--where Zuko comes from, but the Fire Nation has developed plenty of other ways to blow things up, and she knows an explosion when she hears one. It actually sounds a lot like the abilities of that Fire Nation assassin she hired.

Whatever the cause, it is not something she wants to be hearing inside the Bastion. She rushes out towards the source of the noise, but her alarm quickly turns to annoyance as she sees that it's not an attack but two of their own with some other strange-looking weapon.]

What do you two think you're doing!? You think this world needs more holes in it?

[kyotoprincess]

It's called practice.

[He's pulling the earplugs out so he can talk for a minute without having Zuko's words muffled. He looks entirely unapologetic, by the way.]

Would you rather I took this thing out on the Skyway with no practice at all and just missed every time I shot it?

[doctor_dragoon]

[Siiiigh. Yukio pulls out his own earplugs, looking only slightly apologetic himself.]

A weapon like this can't be used without preparation.

[daughterofursa]

[That's fine, Zuko would probably just plow through any apologies and continue being mad at you.]

At least on the Skyway you'd have some chance of hitting something that isn't the rock we're living on.

And what kind of preparation doesn't involve telling people you're going to be testing some kind of... bomb-thrower?

[notachickenhawk]

[There's an annoyed screech from the field, and a hawk flies towards them, landing nearby.]

<Warn people next time. Some of us have sensitive hearing!>

[Sorry for the sudden telepathy?]

[kyotoprincess]

[Suddenly burd and suddenly telepathy. But that's alright, Bon knows of Tobias, so he's not as surprised as he would have been normally. And he doesn't even have to take the earplugs out to communicate!]

I thought it'd be far enough away that the sound wouldn't hurt anyone.

[doctor_dragoon]

[Yukio, however, does not know of Tobias, so the sudden telepathy catches him very much by surprise. He spends a few moments looking around for the source of the voice before he spots the bird nearby.]

... Is the hawk talking?

[notachickenhawk]

<Yes, the hawk is talking. Long story.>

[He balances on one leg and reaches up to scratch his beak.]

<The Bastion isn't that big, even with the field.>

[freedom_engineer]

[Unlike everyone else, Colin's not terribly worried about the blasts. If someone wanted to attack the Bastion with high explosives, worrying wasn't going to stop it. Besides, the blasts were coming from Paar's part of the Bastion. There weren't any roars, and shouts, anything he'd associate with panic.]

[So, Yukio, Bon, have the resident mad scientist wandering out to see what you two maniacs are up to.]

[kyotoprincess]

[Good on Colin, for taking a read of the situation before reacting.

That said, Bon is still raising an eyebrow when Colin approaches. He knows Colin's world has some crazy shit in it, so a bazooka shouldn't be that impressive, right?

But he'll offer Colin a wave, letting him know it's okay to approach.]

[freedom_engineer]

[Once he's been given the all clear, he approaches and grins.]

Explosives training, I take it? Or are you two just blowing off some steam?

[doctor_dragoon]

[Yukio removes his earplugs after Bon gives the all-clear, greeting the new arrival with a nod.]

Training. Better to do it here than to risk an accident on the Skyway.

[therealprotagonist]

Golden Tiger Claws!

[The voice rings out from a swirling vortex that opens behind Yukio and Bon. A tired looking teenager steps through the portal and it closes.]

You know, some of us are trying to catch a few winks. I need my nine hours of beauty sleep...

[His eyes widen when he finally sees and registers the weapon.] Is that what I think it is?

[doctor_dragoon]

[First telepathic birds, and now teleporting teenagers. Geez, this place... but Yukio's seen stranger things, and he recovers from his surprise fairly quickly.]

Sorry. [He pulls out his earplugs, looking vaguely apologetic.] It's a rocket launcher. Or a bazooka, if you'd prefer.

[kyotoprincess]

[Bon is less apologetic.]

It's two in the afternoon.

[Clearly the perfect time for blowing things up.]

[therealprotagonist]

Hey, it takes a lot of sleep to look this good. You wouldn't understand. [Rai says to Bon before he looks over at Yukio again.]

You guys got a rocket launcher? Cool! Can I give it a try?