[Oh, Flayn... There's a beat of surprise, and then a sympathetic smile.]
--I don't mind at all. You're right, anyway - hope for the best and prepare for the worst, yes?
[He'll finish packing away his ye olde bao, first, and while he's working:] We can go to the washroom, then, so you can see what I'm doing in the mirror. There are a few other ways to kill someone swiftly that don't require much force outside of snapping the neck, too - I'll pass those on.
[Wei Wuxian rolls in with his shadyass knowledge.]
[Hope for the best, prepare for the worst sums it up rather well. She'll wait while he gathers up his things, and when he's ready to go, she'll follow him along to the washroom.]
...are they relatively painless? If it does turn out that I need to use them, I... I do not wish to hurt anyone more than I must.
[Away they go, to have an impromptu lesson on how to murder people in the bathroom! Wow that's wild. He'll swing by his cabin real quick to drop his buns off there because he isn't enough of an animal to bring food into a bathroom, at least.
Once inside, he'll lead the way over to the nearest mirror.]
Most of them are painless, but one or two aren't. I can go into a good amount of detail on each one, though - let you know what the risks are to you and to them, how easy it is compared to the rest, how painful it may be. Does that sound alright?
[I'm really glad we have the kind of CR where they can have murder lessons in a bathroom.
Anyway, Flayn nods as he explains, and she looks up to see their reflections in the mirror. Okay. It's fine. She's just going to... learn to kill someone.
[THIS SURE IS A WILD DIRECTION OUR CR HAS GONE IN.
But god he hopes she never has to use this either! He'll move to stand behind her, placing his hands in prime Neck Snapping Position.]
Like this- [And then kinda shuffle her around so she can see from the side, too.] -with your right hand here and your left over here. What you want to do to cleanly snap a neck is twist with an emphasis on speed rather than force. Lift upward here and move to the side, like this--
[DEMONSTRATING. i'm not googling this im already on too many watchlists]
The main danger with this is that if you do it incorrectly, the person may not die immediately. But they'll be incapacitated, so you could kill them in another way without worrying about being harmed. It also relies on you being able to get a good hold on them.
It's a little concerning to see his hands around her neck like that, but she trusts him not to actually do it - although wouldn't that be wild, to get killed after an execution? Dammit, we should have just had this go terribly wrong so someone could find her body in the bathroom on Monday.
Anyway, Flayn is paying attention to what he's saying. I'm not googling for deets either, because I don't want to be on any more watchlists than I already am either.]
I see... In some situations that may be easier said than done - getting close enough to get a good hold would mean giving them an opportunity to get a good hold on me, would it not?
[IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO FUCKIN FUNNY oh my god we didn't galaxy brain fast enough britt we're wholeass fools
He's grateful that she trusts him this much though, wow. It's pretty incredible for someone to feel safe enough allowing you to give them private demonstrations of How To Murder in the middle of murder hell.]
Exactly so. It's best used if you have an opponent who's willing to go easy, whom you trust to not be lying to you. [WHICH, LIKE. Who knows, maybe at this point in the game they have a good few of those left... Mysteries.]
Most of these do risk you needing to be in close range, unless you have some sort of projectile or long-range weapon. Unless you can snap a neck very quickly, though, it takes the longest time and thus carries the most risk of you being grabbed. You can also target someone pretty easily by aiming for the temple- [Tapping his!] -with something hard or sharp, but it's not as painless or as clean. It requires a bit more strength too, but one good, well-aimed hit often suffices.
[next time! murder lessons part two!! featuring Actual Murder.
but yeah, haha. There are some people here that Flayn trusts not to lie to her, but if she's lucky, she'll never, ever have to use it against them. The only circumstance she can think of where she might would be if she was in fact called to be an executioner, and even then -
Yeah, no.]
...unfortunately, I am a little too short to easily reach most people's temples.
[week 5 and we both die slipping on spilled soap while trying to do murder training
That sure is the mood, though! He hates that! The idea of someone trusting you enough to allow you to snap their neck is almost worse than the idea of having to fight tooth and nail against someone who wants desperately to live.]
Ah, that's fine! You can easily bring someone down closer to your height. If you're going up against a man, I'm sure you know where to aim, yes? But you can also hit the solar plexus or the back of the knees. If you wanted to do more permanent damage, you can cut the tendon on the back of the ankle. This one--
[He'll lift his robes to point out his Achilles tendon!]
[i'm glad everyone immediately ran to flayn like JUST SO YOU KNOW--
Ah, boy though, he really. Really hopes that she'll never have to use any of this, with that being her reaction to the idea of cutting a tendon.]
If you're going to kick, I'd just aim for the knees or the crotch. The thing about cutting the tendon back here is that it severs a piece of basic support for the legs and renders a person incapable of walking or standing. Kicking it won't do much but hurt.
[Oof, bad. She definitely doesn't want to hurt someone like that - though she'll have to bear it in mind. You know, just in case.]
Ideally, I would... be using this simply to buy myself enough time to run and hide, or to... end things quickly. So, that being the case, I do not... think I should ever need to sever the tendon.
[Flayn just looking at her handful of terrible tips in tears like "TH... THANKS......"]
I hope you never need to. It's not pain-free. Ah - I could show you a few other things, but they require reaching the face and can also be painful. Still, it might be good to know in a pinch.
[SHE DID AND WEI WUXIAN STILL HATES HAVING TO TEACH HER. But he'll nod and change their angle again so Flayn is looking at herself in the mirror, and Wei Wuxian's back is facing it. He steps out of the way enough to show a palm strike from up under the nose.]
This is a good one, but it needs a bit of power. Just hit below the nose at an upward and inward angle with the heel of your palm, here - like that. It pushes the nose back through the skull and can pierce the brain.
[SO THAT'S FUN.]
Going through the eye socket is another way. You need less strength, but it's messy and painful, and unless you get through it with something long enough, you're more likely to blind and incapacitate than kill.
[Wow, Flayn looks vaguely ill just thinking about the nose pushing through the brain! But she watches his hand, and raises hers to try and angle her palm in the same way.]
Yes, but that's a good rule of thumb for anything I've taught you. It's unfortunate, but in the heat of the moment, your opponent won't be hesitating either.
[Since they either do not want to die in a very desperate way, or have already decided to target her. Bad any way it's sliced!]
[YOU SURE DON'T. He laughs, but it's a wry sound.]
I'd rather you not, either. ...Anyway - those are the most basic of moves if you're looking for things that don't take too much strength and won't be too messy or painful.
Of course! There are already enough unfair advantages in places you wouldn't expect. The very least I can do is ensure everyone has a fighting chance, you know?
[TERRIBLE. Wei Wuxian hates this because he never feels worthy of kind words!! There's a second where his smile is briefly tight, but it's there and gone in a flash.]
Hah - a strange thing to say to someone who just taught you how to snap a neck, you know! But if I can help even a little bit, even if it's in this way, then I'll be glad for it.
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--I don't mind at all. You're right, anyway - hope for the best and prepare for the worst, yes?
[He'll finish packing away his ye olde bao, first, and while he's working:] We can go to the washroom, then, so you can see what I'm doing in the mirror. There are a few other ways to kill someone swiftly that don't require much force outside of snapping the neck, too - I'll pass those on.
[Wei Wuxian rolls in with his shadyass knowledge.]
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[Hope for the best, prepare for the worst sums it up rather well. She'll wait while he gathers up his things, and when he's ready to go, she'll follow him along to the washroom.]
...are they relatively painless? If it does turn out that I need to use them, I... I do not wish to hurt anyone more than I must.
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Once inside, he'll lead the way over to the nearest mirror.]
Most of them are painless, but one or two aren't. I can go into a good amount of detail on each one, though - let you know what the risks are to you and to them, how easy it is compared to the rest, how painful it may be. Does that sound alright?
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Anyway, Flayn nods as he explains, and she looks up to see their reflections in the mirror. Okay. It's fine. She's just going to... learn to kill someone.
Gods, but she hopes she never has to use this.]
That sounds fine... thank you.
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But god he hopes she never has to use this either! He'll move to stand behind her, placing his hands in prime Neck Snapping Position.]
Like this- [And then kinda shuffle her around so she can see from the side, too.] -with your right hand here and your left over here. What you want to do to cleanly snap a neck is twist with an emphasis on speed rather than force. Lift upward here and move to the side, like this--
[DEMONSTRATING. i'm not googling this im already on too many watchlists]
The main danger with this is that if you do it incorrectly, the person may not die immediately. But they'll be incapacitated, so you could kill them in another way without worrying about being harmed. It also relies on you being able to get a good hold on them.
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It's a little concerning to see his hands around her neck like that, but she trusts him not to actually do it - although wouldn't that be wild, to get killed after an execution? Dammit, we should have just had this go terribly wrong so someone could find her body in the bathroom on Monday.
Anyway, Flayn is paying attention to what he's saying. I'm not googling for deets either, because I don't want to be on any more watchlists than I already am either.]
I see... In some situations that may be easier said than done - getting close enough to get a good hold would mean giving them an opportunity to get a good hold on me, would it not?
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He's grateful that she trusts him this much though, wow. It's pretty incredible for someone to feel safe enough allowing you to give them private demonstrations of How To Murder in the middle of murder hell.]
Exactly so. It's best used if you have an opponent who's willing to go easy, whom you trust to not be lying to you. [WHICH, LIKE. Who knows, maybe at this point in the game they have a good few of those left... Mysteries.]
Most of these do risk you needing to be in close range, unless you have some sort of projectile or long-range weapon. Unless you can snap a neck very quickly, though, it takes the longest time and thus carries the most risk of you being grabbed. You can also target someone pretty easily by aiming for the temple- [Tapping his!] -with something hard or sharp, but it's not as painless or as clean. It requires a bit more strength too, but one good, well-aimed hit often suffices.
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but yeah, haha. There are some people here that Flayn trusts not to lie to her, but if she's lucky, she'll never, ever have to use it against them. The only circumstance she can think of where she might would be if she was in fact called to be an executioner, and even then -
Yeah, no.]
...unfortunately, I am a little too short to easily reach most people's temples.
[She misses her lance.]
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That sure is the mood, though! He hates that! The idea of someone trusting you enough to allow you to snap their neck is almost worse than the idea of having to fight tooth and nail against someone who wants desperately to live.]
Ah, that's fine! You can easily bring someone down closer to your height. If you're going up against a man, I'm sure you know where to aim, yes? But you can also hit the solar plexus or the back of the knees. If you wanted to do more permanent damage, you can cut the tendon on the back of the ankle. This one--
[He'll lift his robes to point out his Achilles tendon!]
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[She sure does know where to aim! Two different people taught her that week zero.
Ah, but - yikes. Permanent damage? Her face goes a little pale at that, and she shakes her head.]
...if I did not wish to hurt them permanently, would kicking them there very hard suffice?
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Ah, boy though, he really. Really hopes that she'll never have to use any of this, with that being her reaction to the idea of cutting a tendon.]
If you're going to kick, I'd just aim for the knees or the crotch. The thing about cutting the tendon back here is that it severs a piece of basic support for the legs and renders a person incapable of walking or standing. Kicking it won't do much but hurt.
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Ideally, I would... be using this simply to buy myself enough time to run and hide, or to... end things quickly. So, that being the case, I do not... think I should ever need to sever the tendon.
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I hope you never need to. It's not pain-free. Ah - I could show you a few other things, but they require reaching the face and can also be painful. Still, it might be good to know in a pinch.
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...it might be best to learn them. Just... just to be safe.
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This is a good one, but it needs a bit of power. Just hit below the nose at an upward and inward angle with the heel of your palm, here - like that. It pushes the nose back through the skull and can pierce the brain.
[SO THAT'S FUN.]
Going through the eye socket is another way. You need less strength, but it's messy and painful, and unless you get through it with something long enough, you're more likely to blind and incapacitate than kill.
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[Wow, Flayn looks vaguely ill just thinking about the nose pushing through the brain! But she watches his hand, and raises hers to try and angle her palm in the same way.]
...like this?
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[A nod! G...good murder work there, Flayn.]
If you can get it with a quick jab, all the better. The faster you move, the less you have to worry about raw power.
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[She mumbles to herself, but nods.]
Thank you - for teaching me.
[Honestly I hope she gets to be an executioner one of these days so she can show off the murder skills WWX just taught her.]
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[Since they either do not want to die in a very desperate way, or have already decided to target her. Bad any way it's sliced!]
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[You never know what'll happen when it comes to Murder.]
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I'd rather you not, either. ...Anyway - those are the most basic of moves if you're looking for things that don't take too much strength and won't be too messy or painful.
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[...for all he knows she might end up using these skills on him someday! Wouldn't that be ironic. Ha ha ha.]
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Of course! There are already enough unfair advantages in places you wouldn't expect. The very least I can do is ensure everyone has a fighting chance, you know?
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Anyway, wow. That is super nice of him.]
...we are lucky to have someone like you here with us, you know.
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Hah - a strange thing to say to someone who just taught you how to snap a neck, you know! But if I can help even a little bit, even if it's in this way, then I'll be glad for it.
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