EQUIPMENT ORIENTATION ♔ monday evening

[lissatrinall]

WHO || Lis'sa Trinall, any and all Knights who haven't attended an equipment orientation yet :D
WHAT || Equipment Briefing
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dragon's Hoard Laboratory
WHEN || Monday, May 6th, 7:00pm
HOW || Actionspam; don't feel obligated to tag all threads! Just whichever ones you want to play out your char's reactions to / questions

Lis'sa meets the squires inside the laboratory, behind its "Biohazard" labelled doors. She doesn't really offer much of a greeting, or even introduce herself - just waits inside the strange multi-storied library section until everyone is gathered, and then instructs them to follow her up the steps. A great deal of models are suspended from the ceiling that look like space age designs for jet planes, cars, boats, and any number of other things. There are other objects that are much more inexplicable: a giant silver ball, suspended by several rods, for example.

There's another set of doors at the end of the balcony, and she swipes an access card through a reader besides them. They depress with a space age his. revealing a clean white laboratory, with rows and rows of tables and lab equipment set up. Numerous knights buzz around in white lab coats, working under microscopes and on computers, conferring over a number of projects.

"This way," she instructs simply, not sparing the lab a second glance, heading for a door on the left hand side of the room. She presses a hand against the panel there, and the red light changes to green, unlocking the door for everyone's access.

Beyond is a very long room, with rows of labelled cases and cabinets with transparent glass revealing what's inside. Lis'sa steps crisply to the other side of the large stainless steel table.

Comments

[ex_noble101]

[There's at least one person who looks completely lost by this segment of the orientation. What is this little piece of plastic and how does translate into "dolla dolla bills, y'all" (which, yes, is mostly likely how Samuel L. Jackson Marshall talked about money when teaching Aedan the ways of the world.]

You may need to walk me through how this works, exactly.

[lissatrinall]

Are you familiar with bank notes? Or bonds?

The idea is more or less that someone else pays for your purchases, and then the Knights later repay them.

[ex_noble101]

Wouldn't it be much simpler to pay for purchases directly?

[It seems overly complicated when it doesn't have to be ... but then he is used to carrying a pouch of gold coins with him when he travels so money isn't exactly an issue.]

[lissatrinall]

Carrying that much cash around isn't particularly secure.

[ex_noble101]

[He doesn't look entirely convinced.]

I'd assume my money would be safer where I could ensure it was secure.

[Rather than with some third party. But then matters like that could have just been the way things were done here. In which case ... it was probably something he should look into it later.]

[lissatrinall]

What you do with your personal paycheck is one thing. What you do with company money is another. So we expect you not to carry around unlimited funds just in case you might need them. Buy what's required for your mission, and then we pay it off.

[ex_noble101]

Sounds simple enough.

[If she thought he was confused now just wait until they got to the handgun portion of the tutorial...]

[lissatrinall]

It's not rocket science.

[ex_noble101]

I'm sorry, what?

[lissatrinall]

I think explaining would just leave you more confused.

[ex_noble101]

Fair enough.

[It's hard out there for a pimp. He's getting used to it though.]

[lissatrinall]

They'll ask you to sign a piece of paper when you use the card. Consider it a contract. You can handle that part, I imagine.

[ex_noble101]

I'm meant to sign this paper, you say?

[Hey, at least he's able to make light of his own situation. Hopefully she'll realize he's not being serious.]

[lissatrinall]

You do know how to read and write, don't you? [ this r a legitimate question bro ]

[ex_noble101]

I'm afraid those memories may have been lost to me after passing through the Veil.

[No he isn't serious he is just tired of her lip tbqh. Now she gets straight-up sarcasm.]

Quite like your interpersonal skills, I'd imagine.

[lissatrinall]

[ she sounds almost cheery as she simply says: ] Here's another thing about modern equipment you should know: sometimes it's faulty. Hazards of technology. [ she flashes him a smile ] Hopefully not when your life is on the line. [ SHRUG LIKE IT AIN'T NO THANG from the girl designing all your equipment. do they have karma in your world wardenchan ]

[ex_noble101]

[He doesn't bother to reply. Going back and forth with her wasn't going to get him anywhere. Besides, it would probably be stupid to push her given that thinly veiled threat.]

[lissatrinall]

[ 1000 points to slytherin ]