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[jalan]

[ Unlike most instances when Daenerys addresses the network or those on it individually, she is more practical today than pretty. Intricate braids decorate her hair, but they likewise serve a purpose to control silver waves and keep them lashed down. Her face is clear of makeup, and her garments, leather and wool, are better suited for adventuring than high fashion.

Behind her, a late afternoon Virginian landscape from on high, as if she has climbed Whitetop Mountain just to make her pronouncement. ]

In light of recent attacks and violences against our little minority, I'm moved to address the fact that my imPort bodyguard has since been vanished home again. [ Feelings on the subject are mild, or have already been processed, practical in the moment. ] I envy her. And I've yet to determine whether appointing another is necessary, but--

[ The wind swamps her speakers, and she squints against it while it endures, before she starts again. ]

But I would be remiss if I did not learn how to defend myself. If there are those among you both adept at physical defense as well as willing to teach someone who is not, I'd like to come to an arrangement. I've no instinct for weaponry, [ she adds, to fend off the prospect of sword lessons and the like. ] But I would welcome the advice.

I hope you all remain safe. We have but one another.

[ Her message finishes with an understated smile, and an odd sound in the background, an animal, bass-deep purr, that some would recognise as to belonging to a dragon. Most may just think it to be more noise interference. She ends the transmission there. ]

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[brandishes]

( how...interesting she seems. certainly she doesn't have the look of the typical look young adults have in Beth's experiences, but maybe she's just spent too much time in Canada.

either way, this is a cause she can get behind. )

I've done some training. Self-defence and offensive, I used to do it through the precinct.

[jalan]

You were with the police?

[ Clarity. Every now and then, engaging with the institutional structures of this entirely alien land comes with obvious questions. ]

You must have found your training tested often, then.

[trouvaille]

If you find someone, I might snag the number from you.

[jalan]

Or I could hand down my knowledge to you personally. Our driving lessons have been invaluable.

[ We have fun here. ]

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[hardcut]

You look familiar.

[ Her clothes, today. (I take it you're from 'days of yore' as well.) Arthur is somewhere inside, the video a little swimmy-- still getting used to this thing. ]

Reckon I could scrape together some advice.

[jalan]

[ Musing; ] I don't hear that all the time.

[ She squints at her screen. ]

Advice beyond looking intimidating and bearing arms, you mean?

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[flightforfreedom]

You kept a body guard, here?

I mean, I'm starting to understand just how weirdly dangerous this place can get, but I hadn't really seen anyone with bodyguards.

[jalan]

It's my custom, admittedly. That, and I was due to travel beyond the Porter cities and engage with the media. Fans. [ She says the word delicately, like it's still unfamiliar. ] My agent thought it prudent that I see to some security, so I hired on someone I could trust.

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[deadsmizing]

[Hey, look! It's someone even paler in hair and complexion than Dany. And dressed like there should really be a flock of mean girls and a yacht or a prep school or something in the background of the shot right now (though it actually just looks like a downtown street somewhere).]

Sorry, I can't really help. I'm afraid I've missed my window for worrying about self-defense. [Whatever that means?] I just thought... I'd wish you good... luck.

[jalan]

Missed your window?

[ Whatever that means, and Daenerys is happy drill down on it. ]

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[song_of_ice]

I can offer you both, if you wish, your grace.

[Bodyguard, teaching her defense? He would make time for both.]

I taught the new recruits at Castle Black, many of them farm boys that had never held a weapon. [Along with criminals, but that doesn't need to be said.] It would be wise to at least have someone pledge their sword to you until you are able to protect yourself.

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[jalan]

And you believe you could train a queen into proficiency as you would a farm boy?

[ The sharpness and the ice have both departed, but the familiar ease of prior interactions is slow to return. She sounds, if anything, a little wearied, but also a little amused to receive his message.

She's rifling through something akin to a saddle bag as she speaks, drawing out a capped bottle of water that she twists open. ]

And should I interrogate your use of the privacy function, upon pledging your sword? Is it my pride you protect, or your own?

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[pillz]

hello miss targaryen
i taught somebody else from your world how to shoot a gun
are you into that kind of self-defense?
you gotten any other offers for that?

[jalan]

I dreamed of using a gun, in that time we were all dreaming as a collective. It wasn't what I think of when I consider self-defence.
You believe it a worthy pursuit, towards that purpose?

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[namesaquestion]

[The most pressing thing on Niko's mind is-]

Was that a dragon I heard?

[jalan]

You must know a lot of dragons.

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[d33tached]

Are you opposed to using weapons?

[D33 has no intentions of passing along his knowledge on the matter, of course - his question is purely curious.]

[jalan]

I'm unsure I would develop the skills for them for training to be of any use.

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[ghoulking]

I hope you are alright, your Grace. Did you get hurt during these past events?

[ Kaneki hopes not. But in any case - ]

I can teach you. I know both hand to hand combat and combat with weapons. Most weapons, at least.

[jalan]

The Swear In was more exciting than I'd anticipated, but I was fortunate, and escaped without injury. And my shoes.

[ Kids, don't run in high heels. Unless you're an expert. ]

Thank you, Haise. Have you ever taught them before?

[godcomplexing]

I'm certain you've had your share of offers, but I'll add mine to the mix all the same. I know several types of swordplay, if that interests you.

[jalan]

Academically.

[ Increasingly, she's becoming interested in the thought in the capacity of something to do, anyway. ]

I've only witnessed two kinds, and one of them is rather unique to my world.

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[nastygram]

asks the bitch with the dragon

save the bodyguards and the tae kwon do bullshit for us norms w/out the friggin DEATH LIZARDS omg

[jalan]

Much as I would like to, I can't take him everywhere.
You know neither of those things are a finite resource.

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[onlyvengeance]

[Catelyn hesitates before replying. Should she offer even the most passing advice to a girl who feels herself to be the rightful queen of Westeros? Still, her words are polite and she has been no outward threat, even though her dragon had for a time slept near the home Jon had made for the family. On the strength of that reminder, she responds, her tone even and polite, neutral, but a far cry from fawning or simpering. Let's face it, it's probably a very mom tone, whether she means it that way or not. ]

It may be wise to consider at least some familiarity with weaponry, your Grace.

[She holds her hands up briefly, deep white scars lining her palms and fingers. Due to either the grace of the gods or the skill of the ones who gave her the ImPort abilities and mark, perhaps, she can use them again, but she keeps the scars on her hands. And the one at her throat. ]

Being unskilled in their use will not prevent someone who is willing to harm you to attempt to do so.

[jalan]

Lady Stark.

[ By now, you'd think she would have some practice in confronting those figures of recent history that are dead and gone, especially those she knows so little about, and what she does know being: 'enough'. And then they surprise her.

She doesn't know the story as to the scars on this woman's hands. She does know the story as to the ones at her throat.

Her expression holds reserve, but a sharper interest behind her eyes. ]

I don't advocate for myself a wilful ignorance, no. But if I can learn to defend myself without reliance on anything but myself, then I would.

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[accelerate]

[ the only bodyguard barry allen is familiar with is the whitney houston movie. that isn't why he's replying, however. ]

Do you need a bodyguard? Like someone to go with you from Point A to Point B?

[jalan]

Not in my daily life, fortunately. But for events, especially those outside of Porter cities, I prefer to have someone alongside with my personal safety in mind.

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[kestreldawn]

I'd be more than happy to teach. I currently teach a variety of classes at Neojedha, located in Maurtia Falls. My specialty is hand-to-hand combat, but I'm an excellent markswoman with guns and the like.

[jalan]

Classes?

[ She brightens at the prospect, as if that hadn't even occurred to her. ]

I'd be interested in attending, and I have friends who might be as well. Hand-to-hand would suit me well, I don't anticipate becoming expert enough in weapons enough to trust myself with any.

[morethan084]

I'm sorry about your loss.

[She's never had to experience someone she cares about going back home, but she's been on the other side of that. Except she's come back every time this has happened so far. Still, there was the possibility that might not happen for this woman's body guard and it never hurt to learn how to defend yourself.

Why she would need a body guard though was beyond her, but, she was willing to help her.]

Back home it was a big part of my training in my job to defend myself and others. I could help you, if you want.

[jalan]

The loss is more that I did not get to know her better than I did.

[ Herian was a tough nut to crack, but Dany, being so herself, imagined they'd have time.

Ah, well. ]

May I ask what your job was?

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[am_i_a_monster]

Are there any weapons you're interested in?

[jalan]

Suitable ones, I suppose. My experience with weaponry has been only the kind it takes a lifetime to truly master -- sword play, mainly.