[Tucker turns and takes the batteries, in a motion a bit too quick to follow. His fingers are alarmingly fast when he wants them to be. When he turns back to Wash, he appears to be juggling the batteries.
After a few seconds of this, he catches them all in his right hand, closing his fist around them. But when he dramatically flicks his hand open, there's nothing there. He uses the empty hand to point to his left, which is now also a fist- and when he opens that one, of course, there are the missing batteries.
But wait there's more, as he opens his right hand again, and seems to have doubled the amount of batteries... except actually, his left hand is empty now, so he somehow transported them back. The whole trick takes less than a minute.]
[Yeah, yeah, okay, Kyna is impressed. Really, she's usually impressed with him, it's just that she can't not give him shit. She claps for his little display regardless.]
[ It's impressive, but not quite setting him on fire or bringing down lightning. Wash tilts his head, reaching out with the arm that isn't around Kyna to take the batteries back. ]
[He turns just enough to reach out and poke Wash in the arm. And then he returns to regular conversation, as if being invisible is just normal for him. This is fine.]
And yeah they don't run out of ammo, but you do run out of knives, eventually.
[ Oh, he's just invisible -- that, Wash is familiar enough with. Freelancer had active camouflage, which meant the space pirates did, too. God knows he fought an invisible Locus often enough. He eases back against the counter, though as he continues the conversation his eyes are scanning for any hint of Tucker's current location. Trying not to seem too visibly unnerved by the possible threat. It's just Tucker. ]
Well I asked her to teach me how to fight with all blades. Not just throwing knives.
[Sorry, Wash, Tucker is a rogue- his whole job is being silent, pretty much. Well, maybe half stealth, and half parkour. Whatever, the point is, he's hard to detect unless he's talking. Which luckily he does.]
So you know how to use like, a sword, too? Or do you just mean knife-type blades?
[Shit. Whoops. Of course Tucker picks up on it, and of course he saves her from her own screw up. It's like a well practiced routine with them at this point. Kyna doesn't want to make it worse, so she just lets Tucker carry the conversation, leaning into Wash slightly as a silent apology.]
[Tucker has decided that the eggplant is done frying, so he starts layering it into the glass dish with the pasta sauce and some herbs he stole out of a garden in the orchard. Nobody'll miss them, right?]
I've heard that Rage'll give you bullets if you kill something. [He frowns.] Something like a monster outta the caves, probably. The problem with that being you'd probably waste ammo to do it.
Yeah, she does. I've gone hunting a few times since she got back already, killing shit with knives but I should do it more. It's only one clip a corpse.
[ He's been spending most of his non-training time with Kyna lately. ]
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[He eyes the batteries. Those'll work.]
Put a few of 'em on the counter, if you will.
[He moves slightly aside.]
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I'm ready to be super tricked, JT.
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[Tucker turns and takes the batteries, in a motion a bit too quick to follow. His fingers are alarmingly fast when he wants them to be. When he turns back to Wash, he appears to be juggling the batteries.
After a few seconds of this, he catches them all in his right hand, closing his fist around them. But when he dramatically flicks his hand open, there's nothing there. He uses the empty hand to point to his left, which is now also a fist- and when he opens that one, of course, there are the missing batteries.
But wait there's more, as he opens his right hand again, and seems to have doubled the amount of batteries... except actually, his left hand is empty now, so he somehow transported them back. The whole trick takes less than a minute.]
There you go, and I won't even charge you for it.
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Good job. Very magical.
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People think sleight of hand is magic?
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People see shit disappear, they think magic first. [At least they do in a world where magic exists...]
Whatever, always made more money throwing knives at people anyway.
[He turns around to flip the eggplant over.]
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Okay, my turn. Want me to make something disappear?
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Funny, I was going to teach Kyna how to do that.
[ He glances down at her, then. ]
That depends, where would it go?
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Good luck with that. She barely caught those chips earlier. Wait, why do you know how to throw knives?
[The only people he's ever met with that skill were either very old-fashioned assassins or other people who've worked in a sideshow.]
It wouldn't go anywhere, she can't teleport shit except herself.
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[But god, whatever! Kyna reaches out to brush her fingertips against Tucker's shoulder, and poof! He disappears. Or turns invisible, whatever.]
Abracadabra. Or something.
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[ Wait whoa wtf.
See now that's magic. ]
...Tucker?
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[He turns just enough to reach out and poke Wash in the arm. And then he returns to regular conversation, as if being invisible is just normal for him. This is fine.]
And yeah they don't run out of ammo, but you do run out of knives, eventually.
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So spooky. I'm fucking terrified.
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Well I asked her to teach me how to fight with all blades. Not just throwing knives.
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So you know how to use like, a sword, too? Or do you just mean knife-type blades?
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Did you learn from Carolina?
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I could probably learn swords here. Might be fun.
[ He goes very still and quiet for a moment at Kyna's question, then shakes his head. ]
Connie.
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Yeah, there's a bunch of swords in that armory, down across the river. Battle axes too, if you're feeling nostalgic. No guns, though. I checked.
[Because of course he did.]
People still use swords where we're from, but they're mostly for monsters. There are some things bullets won't kill. [He shrugs.]
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Luckily I'm covered on the gun front. Could stand to stockpile some more ammo, though.
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I've heard that Rage'll give you bullets if you kill something. [He frowns.] Something like a monster outta the caves, probably. The problem with that being you'd probably waste ammo to do it.
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[That's the first she's heard of this.]
Why didn't you just have me go kill something and get the ammo for you?
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[ He's been spending most of his non-training time with Kyna lately. ]
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[He got two whole boxes for surviving that paintball thing.]
And I didn't have you get me any because I've got some for now. Also: stay out of the caves, your ribs are broken.
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