[He lifts his eyebrows when Heero mentions that cheating's allowed, vaguely wondering what the other teenager has in mind. He tries to wiggle his way around on the display, frowning lightly.] Pretty sure there's a hook stuck in the back of my armor that's keeping me here. And they took my helmet and hid it behind the counter somewhere, too after they realized I was talking to Baymax. [He eyes the baseballs before he attempts a nod. Not that he can move very far, but still.]
[ Picking up a baseball, Heero takes a moment to walk the length of the booth, eyeing the tower of bottles from every possible angle before choosing a spot where everything is in line and the ricochet would allow for multiples to be dropped at once. It also affords a glimpse of said hook holding Hiro in place should he need to forcibly remove him. The moment he's found his location, he pauses as if to focus and get his bearings, gauging the distance and mentally calculating the force needed to knock them down if they were filled with something... then lets the ball fly, clipping the first bottle on the bottom row hard enough to take it down, catching the second in squarely, and knocking it into the others, toppling the stack. At least his abnormal strength is good for something? ]
...you've gotta teach me how to do that. [Color Hiro impressed. The vendor's not entirely impressed though and shakes his head in disgust.]
"Foul ball. Negative 20,000 points." [He can't just give away prizes like that, he'd be out of business in a day! Hiro twists on his hook, trying to unhook himself even as he stares at the vendor.]
See what I mean? Cheating. And he won't let Baymax play since that's cheating.
It's just a matter of knowing where to aim, planning your trajectory, and providing the right amount of force. [ It also helps if you're used to battle simulations and knowing which mobile suit to take out in the pack in order to start a chain reaction.
But he's not surprised when the vendor gives his announcement. The 'games' here are easy: feats of strength, basic target practice... things he doesn't have to really try to do. It's not wonder they cheat. If they're easy for him, then how many others would have just as simple a time of it? ]
If it's foul, then reset them. [ Because either that poor vendor is going to get every ball thrown at him, every bottle plucked off as they're reset, or he'll cheat in his own way and turn this into a lethal affair. He's pretty sure he's got another clip on him, after all. ]
[Heero please don't actually kill everybo--well you kno--no please don't actually kill everybody. The vendor sneers slightly as he resets the bottles and Hiro's not at all surprised by the pilot's response.]
Pretty sure they don't train you for stuff like this when you're learning to pilot a gundam, but I get your point. But they definitely teach you creative thinking, don't they?
[Baymax attempts to grab his patient again while the vendor's resetting the stack, but a tentacle snaps out and wraps around his wrist to force him down. The stack's reset and the vendor moves out of the way, watching Heero closely.]
[ It's okay, little vendor dude, he'll just make it a point to keep knocking everything down and insist you pick them all up again. ]
Actually, they do, but not this exact situation. It's similar to facing off against a large number of opponents who all insist on being somewhat clustered together in a formation, mistakenly believing that the formation will succeed against something that was made to wreck it. Seek out the point where one shot will create the largest chain reaction and fire. [ Another ball thrown, from a different location this time. ] Even if you miss one or two, you've effectively thrown off the momentum of the group, knocked them off balance, and the rest can be easily taken down in close quarters.
[ He's not out to 'win', per se, he's more interested in seeing how long the vendor wants to put up with him before giving in just to make him go away. ]
...kinda sounds like a bowling strategy. [The bottles are knocked over again and the vendor frowns heavily, making a disgruntled noise as the bottles are reset. Unfortunately, another tentacle gets in the way and knocks over even more of the bottles.
The vendor has very little patience for these shenanigans and glares at Heero before setting everything up again. Surely he can't do this a third time.]
Trowa never really told me how you guys train. Suddenly a lot of things make more sense. [He glances at the vendor.] Your score went back up. One more should do it. [If only because the vendor's fuming by now, prodding Hiro with a tentacle. Ow?]
That isn't something I've ever done before. It's just a basic strategy for mobile suit combat. If your suit uses any sort of firearm, then concentrate on one in order to detonate it in hopes that the explosion takes out the others.
[ He watches the vendor's actions with the same blank expression, letting nothing slip through. It's always rather amusing to see one get so frustrated with things that don't go their way. ]
I have no idea how the others were trained. Until we all met up at New Edwards, I didn't even know they existed outside of Duo. If I had, I might have preferred their training to my own.
[ But one more is something he can do, and he even takes a moment to catch the vendor's eye before smirking slightly and taking the last shot. ]
[Down the bottle goes and the vendor's entirely not impressed. Using the tentacles Hiro's soon lifted off of his perch and dropped rather heavily on the ground. At least he has enough time to tuck and roll to land next to Heero's feet as the vendor starts cursing the pair of them out.
Easy enough to ignore, really.]
Yeah. He told me that part, too. That you guys didn't know you all existed. I think that's the part that still is the weirdest. [He's up and Baymax scans him, dusting him off for him.] Thanks for your help. Ready to get out of here?
Those who built the mobile suits weren't exactly strangers to one another. I assume they probably decided to build one each and carry out their own plan instead of what was originally intended. The ones they chose to pilot them didn't need to know of one another's existence, so there was no reason to tell us. Knowing them, they probably thought we'd figure it out on our own and work together. Not that it happened that way...
[ A small shrug. He'd played his part in helping Hiro down, pissed off the vendor who would probably find another way to rig his game to avoid the same thing happening a second time, and he's pretty much decided that carnivals? So not for him. ]
Are you going to continue wandering around here? [ Because he'll probably see if he's allowed to leave yet. He's only there because he'd been dragged in anyway, so if the creepy clowns have been appeased... ]
And yet three out of five of you still showed up here anyway. Kind of a weird coincidence if you think too hard about it. [Which he won't. At Heero's question he nods though.]
Places to go, people to find. I have a few I need to catch up with now that I'm mobile again. Gonna take off? [In all honesty he can't say he blames him anyway.]
It chose the three quietest. Quatre talks, but he's not nearly as vocal as Duo, and the last time I saw Wufei, he wasn't that much better. [ It's okay, Hiro, he won't think too hard on it either. As far as he's concerned, the place was smart to pick the ones it did. ]
Probably. There isn't much here of interest, and I should probably go do the homework I keep putting off because I don't care for classes that are unnecessary. [ Then again, he's been in school here for longer than he's ever been in school anywhere else, so maybe it's just that he's getting frustrated and bored with it. ]
So I've heard. [Mostly about Quatre. Wufei's a brand new name though and it's clear judging by his expression. Okay. So that fills in the missing puzzle. He huffs lightly though.]
You actually have homework? ["You're going to school???" But hey. Not his business. If that's what Heero wants to do, then that's what Heero can do.] I dunno, dude. You could always procrastinate a little longer, but if you're really sure. [He shakes his head.] Be careful on your way out. Who knows what else is around here.
Unfortunately. I'm not used to being in any one school for this long, though, so that may have something to do with the disinterest. Schools were usually used as a means of cover and I didn't stay in any one place long enough to make it through a few weeks, and I never bothered with the assignments unless it was something I couldn't get out of. [ Or if he could traumatize the entire class with a dissertation on war from a first-hand perspective... ]
If something manages to kill me on the way out, I'll be impressed. [ But there's a hint of amusement in his tone as he says it, and give Hiro a nod before turning to head out. ] Don't get yourself caught again. Who knows what they'd do with you if this ended and you were still entangled. They'd probably keep anyone who didn't escape as payment.
I guess it's better than being a target for throwing knives at a circus. [Although much less boring.]
Hey, just remember you've still got a walk ahead of you. [He's at least mostly confident Heero will be okay.] And yeah, yeah, I'll do my best. It'll be fine. [He's already moving in the other direction with Baymax.] That's what I'm gonna go stop. I'll catch you later!
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HEERO;
[He lifts his eyebrows when Heero mentions that cheating's allowed, vaguely wondering what the other teenager has in mind. He tries to wiggle his way around on the display, frowning lightly.] Pretty sure there's a hook stuck in the back of my armor that's keeping me here. And they took my helmet and hid it behind the counter somewhere, too after they realized I was talking to Baymax. [He eyes the baseballs before he attempts a nod. Not that he can move very far, but still.]
Do your best, dude.
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[ Picking up a baseball, Heero takes a moment to walk the length of the booth, eyeing the tower of bottles from every possible angle before choosing a spot where everything is in line and the ricochet would allow for multiples to be dropped at once. It also affords a glimpse of said hook holding Hiro in place should he need to forcibly remove him. The moment he's found his location, he pauses as if to focus and get his bearings, gauging the distance and mentally calculating the force needed to knock them down if they were filled with something... then lets the ball fly, clipping the first bottle on the bottom row hard enough to take it down, catching the second in squarely, and knocking it into the others, toppling the stack. At least his abnormal strength is good for something? ]
I don't miss.
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"Foul ball. Negative 20,000 points." [He can't just give away prizes like that, he'd be out of business in a day! Hiro twists on his hook, trying to unhook himself even as he stares at the vendor.]
See what I mean? Cheating. And he won't let Baymax play since that's cheating.
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But he's not surprised when the vendor gives his announcement. The 'games' here are easy: feats of strength, basic target practice... things he doesn't have to really try to do. It's not wonder they cheat. If they're easy for him, then how many others would have just as simple a time of it? ]
If it's foul, then reset them. [ Because either that poor vendor is going to get every ball thrown at him, every bottle plucked off as they're reset, or he'll cheat in his own way and turn this into a lethal affair. He's pretty sure he's got another clip on him, after all. ]
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Pretty sure they don't train you for stuff like this when you're learning to pilot a gundam, but I get your point. But they definitely teach you creative thinking, don't they?
[Baymax attempts to grab his patient again while the vendor's resetting the stack, but a tentacle snaps out and wraps around his wrist to force him down. The stack's reset and the vendor moves out of the way, watching Heero closely.]
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Actually, they do, but not this exact situation. It's similar to facing off against a large number of opponents who all insist on being somewhat clustered together in a formation, mistakenly believing that the formation will succeed against something that was made to wreck it. Seek out the point where one shot will create the largest chain reaction and fire. [ Another ball thrown, from a different location this time. ] Even if you miss one or two, you've effectively thrown off the momentum of the group, knocked them off balance, and the rest can be easily taken down in close quarters.
[ He's not out to 'win', per se, he's more interested in seeing how long the vendor wants to put up with him before giving in just to make him go away. ]
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The vendor has very little patience for these shenanigans and glares at Heero before setting everything up again. Surely he can't do this a third time.]
Trowa never really told me how you guys train. Suddenly a lot of things make more sense. [He glances at the vendor.] Your score went back up. One more should do it. [If only because the vendor's fuming by now, prodding Hiro with a tentacle. Ow?]
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[ He watches the vendor's actions with the same blank expression, letting nothing slip through. It's always rather amusing to see one get so frustrated with things that don't go their way. ]
I have no idea how the others were trained. Until we all met up at New Edwards, I didn't even know they existed outside of Duo. If I had, I might have preferred their training to my own.
[ But one more is something he can do, and he even takes a moment to catch the vendor's eye before smirking slightly and taking the last shot. ]
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Easy enough to ignore, really.]
Yeah. He told me that part, too. That you guys didn't know you all existed. I think that's the part that still is the weirdest. [He's up and Baymax scans him, dusting him off for him.] Thanks for your help. Ready to get out of here?
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[ A small shrug. He'd played his part in helping Hiro down, pissed off the vendor who would probably find another way to rig his game to avoid the same thing happening a second time, and he's pretty much decided that carnivals? So not for him. ]
Are you going to continue wandering around here? [ Because he'll probably see if he's allowed to leave yet. He's only there because he'd been dragged in anyway, so if the creepy clowns have been appeased... ]
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Places to go, people to find. I have a few I need to catch up with now that I'm mobile again. Gonna take off? [In all honesty he can't say he blames him anyway.]
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Probably. There isn't much here of interest, and I should probably go do the homework I keep putting off because I don't care for classes that are unnecessary. [ Then again, he's been in school here for longer than he's ever been in school anywhere else, so maybe it's just that he's getting frustrated and bored with it. ]
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You actually have homework? ["You're going to school???" But hey. Not his business. If that's what Heero wants to do, then that's what Heero can do.] I dunno, dude. You could always procrastinate a little longer, but if you're really sure. [He shakes his head.] Be careful on your way out. Who knows what else is around here.
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If something manages to kill me on the way out, I'll be impressed. [ But there's a hint of amusement in his tone as he says it, and give Hiro a nod before turning to head out. ] Don't get yourself caught again. Who knows what they'd do with you if this ended and you were still entangled. They'd probably keep anyone who didn't escape as payment.
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Hey, just remember you've still got a walk ahead of you. [He's at least mostly confident Heero will be okay.] And yeah, yeah, I'll do my best. It'll be fine. [He's already moving in the other direction with Baymax.] That's what I'm gonna go stop. I'll catch you later!