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Haruka Tenoh (actsmagnificent) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-03-03 07:35:00

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:class, aidan reilly, asami sato, duo maxwell, euphemia li britannia, haruka tenoh, nico di angelo, sarah williams, seven of nine, trowa barton

Day 261 // video; action - sector 1 (driver's ed)
video

[ Waking up to Haruka is always a great thing, right? ~~Just ask Michiru.~~ Despite having been here for a few weeks, Haruka hasn't formally introduced herself over the network, so when she starts the feed up she coughs to clear her throat and gives the camera a smile. She's leaning on her motor scooter, and she's surrounded by bicycles. ]

Yo, everyone. If we haven't met before, I'm Tenoh Haruka - your new Driver's Ed teacher. We'll be meeting days 1 and 4 at 11, outside the sports center in sector 1. [ She laughs. ] Sure, we can't drive anything too fancy here, but I think we'll make do!

[ But enough cryptic references to her souped-up Vespa. The grin returns. ] Today we're playing with bicycles, so if you've never seen one of these before - [ she pats the handlebars ] - or never learned, or just want some exercise, we'd love to have you. I'll bring the bikes. You bring the balance.

See you then! [ A wink, and she cuts the feed. Wow, advertising feels weird. ]

action - driver's ed class

[ As promised, Haruka has something like half a dozen bicycles, complete with helmets and water bottles, lined up outside the sports center. She's in a tracksuit and is doing stretches while she waits for her class to convene, and she's also brought along a toolkit and enough training wheels for everyone, if necessary. Plans for the class involve getting everyone a bike, finding out who knows how to ride one and who doesn't, showing the different parts of a bicycle and how it works, and then practicing by riding around the area. She'll save taking a bike tour of the dome for the next class, unless everybody who shows up already knows how to ride.

Also, students beware. She's friendly for one-on-one, but Mentor Mode!Haruka can be a little strict.

((ETA: A mingle thread for riding around in class has been added!)) ]

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	actsmagnificent 2014-03-21 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	I've only just started. [ It feels better than she was expecting, though, as evidenced by the fact her smile seems sincere today. ] What about being the postman? [ They've both ended up with unusual jobs. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-03-21 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	I'm used to that. I do delivery stuff back home. It's not a huge change. [Which he just laughed at the idea.] It's a side job on top of being a mechanic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-03-22 12:54 am UTC (link)
	You're a general handyman. [ With mad bicycle skills. And no hands on your handlebars. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

devine_braid
2014-03-23 05:43 am UTC (link)

Guess so.

[And a lot more, but he wasn't going to get into the heavy details right now. He tended to pick and choose how much he shared and with whom. Haruka was getting closer.]

There's a lot of stuff I can do.

[He leaned forward now, taking hold of the handlebars again and standing on the pedals while coasting.]

Other than making things go fast, don't you have any special extra skills?

[It was an innocent question. He didn't know anything and was just genuinely curious.]

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	actsmagnificent 2014-03-24 02:34 am UTC (link)
	[ You have no idea. On multiple levels. Haruka smirks. ] I did win a medal yesterday. Obstacle course. [ She speeds up on the bicycle, leaning forward to make it jump twice - and then flips the bike in midair so that when she lands she's facing Duo. She sticks the landing, too. ] Mostly, though, I just like driving. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-03-28 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	That was you, huh? I was wondering who beat my time. [He laughed.] So you just have a thing for speed, yeah? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-03-29 04:12 am UTC (link)
	[ Gross understatement, but not inaccurate. ] If you want to be crude about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-03-29 07:21 am UTC (link)
	Oh, hey now... if I wanted to be crude, it woulda come out a lot worse. [He laughed.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-03-29 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	Fair enough. [ Enough fancy riding, too. Haruka turns back around - like a normal person - to set a good example for her students. ] Any ideas for the motor lately? [ She's willing to kill innocents in cold blood if it will save the world, but heaven forbid you make her say the word "Vespa". ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-03-31 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	[He settled down, too, riding normally.] A few. I wanna see about getting some tools. I went through my stuff and didn't have what I'm gonna need. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-04-01 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Have you checked the bike shop? [ Are we talking standard tools or science-fiction-world tools? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-04-06 04:08 pm UTC (link)
	[Somewhere in between?] Yeah. But they have mostly stuff for basic repairs. To get an engine to work faster, it requires a bit more than what they've got there can do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-04-07 12:13 am UTC (link)
	I see.... [ Darnit. She doesn't want to have to use points. But this class has probably earned her quite a few of those. ] If there's anywhere you need me to look, let me know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-04-07 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Alright. I think I've pretty much hit up anything that might have had anything. They kinda cleared out any spots where other mechanics I knew had been working, so anything that mighta been in those places is gone now. [Not to mention he'd walked in on a recent arrival having moved into a former prisoner's residence, and that hadn't gone over well.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-04-08 02:29 am UTC (link)
	How convenient. [ People really do just vanish without a trace. That's....actually, now that she thinks about it, that's more suspicious than she's been treating the disappearances thus far. She shouldn't worry about that while she's teaching, however. ] Thanks for checking, though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-04-08 02:33 am UTC (link)
	Sure. I'll let you know how it works out with the kiosk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	actsmagnificent 2014-04-08 02:37 am UTC (link)
	[ Haruka nods. ] Good luck. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	devine_braid 2014-04-08 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Thanks. [Slick smile.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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