Third Befriending - Extra Training

[white-deviling.livejournal.com]

1. [So you're going about your own business - eating, maybe having a workout or just sitting around. All's well, until you notice an object (or multiple objects) rising into the air nearby. The object(s) suddenly fall (with or without disastrous results), and Nanoha shows up a moment later, looking frantic.]

I'm sorry! Are you hurt?

(For the record, what Nanoha is practicing will eventually evolve into this. It's far from complete at the moment though.)


2. [A wonderful aroma is coming from the kitchen. If you decide to investigate, you'll find this normally destructive nine-year-old working hard. She's following some recipes from a cookbook she bought in Corinth, and despite having to make some improvisations (because the Chalice doesn't have everything), the results are quite amazing.

Nanoha herself looks quite pleased with her work, and she feels better after a little taste-test. Bother?]

Comments

[chozo_girl]

[Samus had been passing through when the heavy Harvester piece rose and aimed for her accidentally. The bounty hunter, however, catches it without breaking stride as if it didn't have more mass than a Nerf pellet. She looks at the frantic kid that approaches with the same expressionless face she always wears]

No.

[She then simply motions to give it back, as if nothing happened. Might be a tad heavy for Nanoha to lift by hand, though...]

[white-deviling.livejournal.com]

[And Nanoha just stares, both in awe and trepidation.]

Ah, no...I think it's better if you set it down.

[chozo_girl]

[Nodding, Samus turns for a corner and leaves the thing there. Would be silly to leave junk in the middle of the way where people walk through, after all]

If you are learning telekinetic maneuvering, you should do it in a controlled place. There is a shooting range in the ship.

[white-deviling.livejournal.com]

...I thought about that, but I didn't plan on shooting anything just yet.

[She lowers her head and exhales.]

It really is different from image training.

[chozo_girl]

It is a long open space where people do not cross. Even if you do not intend to aim at the targets, it is a good place to train undisturbed.

[white-deviling.livejournal.com]

Mm. I understand.

[Thinking pose.]

I'll need some help gathering different kinds of objects to practice on though.

[chozo_girl]

[Nod]

The mechanics have been salvaging parts from Harvesters. Enough shape and weight variance. They can spare some.

[And with that, Samus starts towards the hangar, where the parts are being piled up in mounds of junk. Seems she's going to help carry them?]

[white-deviling.livejournal.com]

I see. Thank you.

Then...

[Nanoha's about to head there herself, when Samus coolly takes the lead.]

Eh? Samus-san...does this mean...you'll lend me a hand with these?

[chozo_girl]

[A simple nod as she leads Nanoha down the corridor to the hangar. Talkative girl, isn't she?]

[When they arrive, there are indeed some haphazard mounds of junk all around, where Roads and Lowe have been piling up salvage for later classification. Samus turns at Nanoha.]

Choose which ones you wish to take. I will find a container for ease of transportation in the meantime.

[It would be annoying to have to cart around a bunch of stuff without a box or a bag or something, after all]

[white-deviling.livejournal.com]

[It's no big deal; Nanoha's always seen Samus as the calm, cool type, with or without that armor on. With that understanding, she adds a simple but sincere "Thank you", and follows quietly. Then, when prompted to choose, she nods.]

Mmh. But I don't think we'll need anything too big for now.

[There are four pieces of varying sizes that she picks out, the largest being slightly bigger than the wheel of a truck (it's actually a portion of one of the Harvester drones' claws).

Now, she had to see what Samus would bring as a container...]

[chozo_girl]

[Samus, on her end, comes back pushing a boxy trolley of the sort used to move things around in storage. Mechanics always had a few around to move things. And Samus already knew where they were from having had to cart a couple troublemakers around before.

Wordlessly, she grabs the pieces Nanoha points at (she makes it look as if they were made of styrofoam rather than steel, really) and tosses them inside the trolley with loud *CLANG*s]

Do you have enough?

[white-deviling.livejournal.com]

[Another nod.] Mmn. That should be it.

It's best to start small, right?

[chozo_girl]

[Unexpectedly, that makes Samus's expression relax a bit. You could swear she almost smiled a tiny little bit]

Yes. Yes it is. [She starts to push the trolley with easedown the corridor]

You are prudent for one so young.