video; this is a ridiculous safety PSA

[grylls]

Handcuffs, zipties, duct tape. Restraints can be a fun part of your chroma-generation routine, but when they're used against your will, they can be dangerous. If you get kidnapped, even people without superpowers or physical fitness can escape if you know how.

[ Unlike most videos you can find, Riou doesn't bother talking for 10 minutes that no one wants to hear before getting to the point, so he lifts his wrists up and they're already tied with zipties. He explains that you want to put as wide an angle as possible between the heels of your palm, then slam your wrists against your chest or, if from behind, your butt will do the job. He demonstrates. A less painful way is tying your shoeslaces together around the ziptie and doing a pedaling motion with your feet to saw through it. This is easier for people who have less physical strength. Like this. These methods will both work with duct tape too.

It cuts to him in handcuffs then, behind his back. He has a paperclip and shows that you can actually just press the pin in the handcuffs alongside the ratchet with a paperclip or bobby pin if you have one-- this is called shimming. With the shim in, click the cuffs tight as you can and the shim will block the pin and allow you to release the cuffs. He doesn't talk much during this one, just showing. ]

If you are unable to preform any of these, you can escape any means of wrist binding by dislocating your thumb.

[ Thankfully he doesn't do it. He's not going to do it unless he has a reason, but he does hold his hand up and show exactly where to push to do it for the video like he's going to do it. Please enjoy your near heart-attack before he stops. ]

I don't recommend practicing that last one. Many of these methods will hurt, but in a life or death situation, the hospital is better than the alternative. Stay safe.

Comments

[whosaysdajare]

How about a fence in that case?

[ He's the one pulling legs of course. Ah, Riou has the muscles but not the heart to. Sasara would have to agree anyway. ]

[grylls]

That won't do. He's my leader.

[ Some animals aren't meant to be caged, Sasara! Riou wouldn't dream of it. ]

[whosaysdajare]

[ Riou can show him a picture of Samatoki vs. a wolverine and he couldn't tell the difference. Sorry, Sasara's not so in tune with nature. ]

Ah-hah, as long as he's in front of ya just keep an eye on him!

[grylls]

I will.

[ he can definitely agree to keep an eye on him! though mostly to have his back more than to keep him out of trouble unless jyuto says so.

riou still doesn't feel like he really gets sasara. samatoki is obviously not ok with him, and yet sasara seems more like he wants riou to keep him out of trouble after this conversation. hm. he gets the feeling there's a lot of story that he doesn't know here, and no one's really sharing it with him. he doesn't feel like he can ask. ]

I hope I won't need to dislocate my thumb again for it though.

[whosaysdajare]

[ Sasara is hazarding the consequences of how Samatoki would explain an incomplete picture. That's his teammate, and he feels like he has no claim to talking himself out of it here. If Riou asked he'd get two stories or one at least; who knows what Samatoki'd do. A good people-sense is what Sasara'll rely on instead, Riou has a good head on his shoulders and seems to get the important stuff. ]

Eh? Let's hope not.

[ Just a reminder! He isn't into looking at dislocated joints! It's not something he ever had to do in this context, either... thankfully. That leader of his ought to cool it, he'll say. ]

Watching him's a full-time job, but ya shouldn't need to lean into it like that.

[grylls]

Then it's a good thing there are two of us.

[ Jyuto is more the babysitter than Riou is, after all. Riou is more like the enforcer. Samatoki can't fight if his feet can't touch the ground. ]

[whosaysdajare]

Haha! If it comes down to that I s'ppose two against one's fair.

[ Not to lead the soldier into any moral conflict here, really. Even if they don't like each other anymore he knows Samatoki can handle it. The image would be hilarious; Sasara's too short to even have a chance at it, but Riou is virtually a tree to leave him up on. ]

I think ya shouldn't fence off the fence though.

[grylls]

We have is back, so it is.

[ If they keep him out of trouble and support him when he's in it, then it's totally fair. ]

Fence?

[whosaysdajare]

Don't ya do yard work? Samatoki could build himself a pen.

[ Just think about the lives that'll be saved– ]

I'm kidding!

[grylls]

[ Well, if they're only joking them Riou will think of his own for a second to try to participate. ]

It would be a bone yard.

[ Because.. it would be a yard they penned in... and Samatoki likes bones and skulls and stuff.

Look Riou isn't good at jokes, it's a stretch. ]

[whosaysdajare]

AH-HAH!!

[ Riou is also talking to someone who can laugh at pretty much anything, and Sasara basically slaps his knee out of view of the video. He trades off of the soldier's joke right away. ]

He'll dig that job, right!

[grylls]

Yes, that's the job.

[ That's why it's funny. :) Riou seems pleased with both of them, even if he doesn't laugh. ]

[whosaysdajare]

[ As worked out as he is, the muscles in his face could use some action. Sasara thinks about that for a second, not that he means anything by incidentally calling MTC's leader a killjoy. ]

Does Samatoki brush his muck off on ya or are you just the serious type? [ Because that's serious business, whether he can make Riou laugh. ]

[grylls]

[ Riou doesn't think he's particularly inexpressive or anything... rather, he finds it difficult to contain himself sometimes, but he does his best. So the question causes a bit of confusion to him. ]

Samatoki doesn't do anything like that. Do I seem serious?

[whosaysdajare]

[ ( No one's ever told him? ) Suppose calling himself Crazy M doesn't invite conversations like that. ]

Samatoki hates my jokes, but he makes sure to tell me. [ Somehow Sasara sounds almost as satisfied about that as if he found them funny, or in any case he doesn't break too much of a sweat over it after the fact. Back to Riou. ]

You don't crack at all, ya see, even on stage!

[grylls]

I don't joke around with Samatoki much. That's not our relationship.

[ Sasara's the only one he really tries it with.. and one time with Kay, because she started it. ]

I was in the navy; it would be bad if I cracked easily.

[whosaysdajare]

Well, I'm not surprised. That other teammate of yours doesn't seem to encourage it either.

[ Riou is pretty blunt, so he can be too. Though, Sasara hasn't really tried to joke with Jyuto, anyway. ]

In that case it's a habit, right? Why not give it up now that you're out?

[grylls]

[ They all have their own sense of humor.. it's just not the same as Sasara's. ]

Jyuto Iruma.

[ He should remember his name. ]

I'm still a soldier. I won't lose who I am because I lost my job.

[whosaysdajare]

[ Pfff! No joke!! At least Riou's doesn't seem like a lost cause. Just a nod, he's picked up Jyuto's name before but they have nothing personal between them. ]

I'm not saying lose it, but how about letting loose? [ It's like Sasara's own face hurts if he even just thinks about keeping it so straight. ] Ya know, I think it's tough to be serious all the time.

[grylls]

[ Riou doesn't really get what the point of this conversation is. He's just being himself? ]

Samatoki and Jyuto have seen me let loose over beers.

[ It's not impossible! He's just not about to do it left and right. ]

[whosaysdajare]

[ Sasara is just being his pushy self. For someone who just said it's hard to always be serious, he's got staying power. ]

Ah-hah! Getting out for drinks makes anyone happy, right!

[ Though, Riou seems more like someone who'll pick up the bill, instead– ] I'll have to take your word for it. [ The Samatoki-ex-baggage-past probably doesn't make for becoming drinking buddies all that soon. ]

[grylls]

[ Riou understands. He wouldn't invite Sasara out for drinks. That's something for comrades, and they are not. ]

Mm.

[whosaysdajare]

I have a question.

[ Like he hasn't had many already. Just not any more about that business of restraints and getting out, haha... ]

You're a pretty hands-on guy. Did ya ever brew any beer yourself?

[grylls]

I haven't tried yet. I'd like to learn. I grew my own non-alcoholic drinks in Yokohama.

[ Lavender drink, coffee, and so on.. ]

[whosaysdajare]

Eh, you did?

[ That's more interesting to him than that ropes course of sorts. ]

Ah, something that keeps you tied together, right? Instead of letting loose!