equipment orientation ♔ sunday afternoon

[spellfile]

WHO || Gregor Hughes, Chiaki Yoshida, Haymitch Abernathy, Rayna Valentine, Fyrel Lear, Finnick Odair
WHAT || Equipment Briefing
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dragon's Hoard Laboratory
WHEN || Sunday, March 4th, 4:00pm
HOW || Actionspam; don't feel obligated to tag all threads! Just whichever ones you want to play out your char's reactions to / questions

For starters, Sir Hughes is late to the equipment briefing by a good fifteen minutes.  Yep.  Sorry, guys.  When he does finally show up, he's coming down the hall in ridiculously casual wear, as if maybe he just rolled out of bed.  He mumbles an apology as he pats his pockets down to try and locate his card, before finally discovering it was tucked behind his ear with an "Aha!"  He fumbles it through the reader, and the doors labelled "Biohazard"  slide open.

He guides them through the bizarre multi-storied library and up the steps, beyond the models suspended from the ceiling that look like space age designs for jet planes, cars, boats, and any number of other things.  At the end of the balcony he swipes his card through the reader with a much higher degree of ease and then ushers them all inside.

"Well c'mon, c'mon, don't got all day," he mutters, even if he was the one who ... showed up late.  The doors  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 is one part of the lab, where the Hoard does their research and general... bomb-building or whatever," he says, waving a hand vaguely in that direction as he heads for the left hand side of the room.  He places his palm on a panel there until the red light blinks green, and then moves into the narrower space there - a long room with rows of labelled cases and cabinets with transparent glass revealing what's inside.

Comments

Gadgetry

[spellfile]

Now if you're looking for something with a little more style, we've got you covered for that too. Anything you see in here's been lab tested and approved for use in the field, so you can come check it out before you head on a mission. Not just weapons, though we've got those here too - grenades, explosives, that kind of thing - but also infiltration gear, top of the line. James Bond gear, you know the type. Unless you're from the Shadow World, then you probably have no idea what I'm talking about.

[He looks across your faces, before deciding he can't tell by looking at any of you. YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME TO HIM.] Here, this one's the favorite right now. [He yanks a man's wristwatch out of a case, and hits a button on either side, causing the face to suddenly sprout tiny blades and spin rapidly like a buzzsaw] Plus, it's got lasers.

[chiakiyoshida]

[Chiaki isn't terribly impressed by the blade-watch, but the rest of the stuff looks pretty cool. She's just going to move over to the stuff and kind of poke at a few things.]

[spellfile]

You got somethin' special you're looking for?

[chiakiyoshida]

Just browsing, really. I prefer things that are a little more subtle than a bladed laser watch.

[spellfile]

[He chuckles at that] Do you? How subtle are we talking?

[chiakiyoshida]

Oh, I don't know. Devices to disable security systems, get past locks, access cameras, things like that. [Which she could probably theoretically whip up on her own, but shh.]

[spellfile]

[He snorts] Child's play. [And moves to a far box, unlatching it and lifting the glass with both hands] Anything in here, from the pens to the earrings'll do the trick.

[chiakiyoshida]

[Chiaki looks amused by his reaction.] Earrings? Mm, sounds interesting. I'll have to check those out. [And maybe make improvements, if she can.]

[spellfile]

Some of these things even double as on the go doc scanners. [He holds up a pen and waves it] Just click the button and wave it over. Info auto-uploads to our servers.

[chiakiyoshida]

Oh, now that's nice. [She grins and picks up one of the pens, examining it.]

[killarevolution]

[It's around this time that Haymitch realizes he's the oldest person here except for the dude doing the orientation and he feels like Billy Madison. If he knew who that was.

And, man, all this weird shit seems so familiar to him in a way. Shame he can't remember it. And, anyway, it seems a little excessive.] What do you use it for? A distraction? Doesn't seem very practical.

[spellfile]

[He fixes Haymitch with an almost 'bitch plz' kind of stare. If he cared enough to bitch plz about anything] For cutting things. [The "genius" is strongly implied]

[killarevolution]

Funny. Thought that's what a knife is for. [Genius.]

[spellfile]

You know of a knife that can cut through concrete like it's nothin', you sign me up for one.

[killarevolution]

How often do you have to cut through concrete? [What? It's an honest question. :|]

[spellfile]

It's been known to happen. [Smartass.]

[killarevolution]

[This is all well and good if you're from District Three...] I'll be sure to let you know when I've got a concrete wall that needs to be killed.

[spellfile]

Make sure to give it a good thrashing with that knife of yours first.

[lear]

[ Lear doesn't appear to have quite the age gap of the others, though then, she hasn't been withered by twenty-for years straight of intoxication. But she's riiiight there with him on the impracticality. ]

To look like the sort of person who can afford unnecessary gadgets, I should imagine.

[killarevolution]

And what good is that? Only useful until they stop working.

[lear]

Oh, but appearance is very important to some people. And it's a lot less noticeable than slinging around a bowie knife, isn't it.

[killarevolution]

[Haymitch grunts an affirmation.] Shame it doesn't make much of a difference how impressive you are. Either you kill them or they kill you.

[lear]

[ W o w. Lear's eyebrow's lift, very slightly. ]

That's quite pragmatic of you. But I think intimidation and subtlety goes a very long way to avoid needing to kill someone.

[killarevolution]

Doesn't always work that way. [His Teenage Dream was not like Katy Perry talked about. It involved death and more death. Sob.]

[lear]

So what would you use, then?