EQUIPMENT ORIENTATON - Monday evening

[badexample]

WHO || Andrew Gatewood and any/all Knights who haven't attended an equipment orientation yet
WHAT || Equipment Briefing
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dragon's Hoard Laboratory
WHEN || Monday, June 15th, evening {back dated}
HOW || actionspam

Anyone showing up to equipment orientation would find a very tall, curly haired man leaned against a wall. He's waiting inside the lab, behind its "Biohazard" labelled doors. Once people begin to show up, he offers a quick greeting and a brief smile, gesturing for them to continue on while he waits for the rest. People are free to look around at the grand library while he waits for the proper head count. Once he thinks everyone has arrived, he takes them 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 he swipes his access card through a reader beside them. They depress with a space age hiss. 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.

"Just a bit further." He calls over his shoulder as he waves to a few of the lab techs that he knows. There's a door on the left side of the room with a panel that he presses his hand to, causing the light to change from red to green, unlocking the door for the group.

Beyond is a very long room, with rows of labelled cases and cabinets with transparent glass revealing what's inside. He puts both hands on the edge of the table and takes a deep breath to begin.

Comments

Credit cards

[badexample]

[There's a stack of envelopes on the table, which Andrew spreads out and tries to explain.]

There's an envelope for each of you with a credit card in your name. We've got a financial department that tracks the expenses, so try to keep it to business purchases only. Things like hotel rooms, air fare, meals, any equipment you can't get from the lab? Those sort of things are fine.

[Each card is silver with this logo branded on it, and the words KARTHUR INSTITUTE across the top.]

You'll also be getting paid monthly, so don't think we've forgotten about you.

[byyourleave]

[he's going to take his envelope, looking at the card a moment before putting it into his wallet.]

Do we also have someone to help us file our taxes at the end of the year?

[totally not serious. Okay, maybe a little, but it's coming off as a joke]

[badexample]

Sure do. [He says with a shrug.] Despite what you may think, this is a business. Not a normal one, but yeah- We have accountants and all that.

[byyourleave]

Good. [because this one? no idea how to really use money.]

[badexample]

If you need help with managing it, you can always ask. There's plenty of people that would love to tell you how to spend your money, I'm sure.

[byyourleave]

I may take you up on that and knowing who to talk to.

[badexample]

Yep, I can point you in the right direction.

[byyourleave]

That would be most appreciated.

[he flipped the card around in his fingers, and then went to slide it into his jacket]

Thank you.

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn will take his credit card and study it for a moment.]

Question! How flexible exactly is "business expenses"? Or meals, for that matter. Seeing as I am currently on the "hobbit" diet, I find that my first and second breakfasts can really add up.

[badexample]

[He rolls his eyes.]

I'd say use your best judgement, but something tells me you might have left that on the wrong side of the Veil.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Oh, no. I didn't have good judgement there either.

[At least now you know.]

I'll do my best.

[badexample]

Maybe shoot for better than that. [He adds with a slight wince. God help them all.]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn just ... squints at him for a moment like ... what? before shaking his head and slipping his credit card into his wallet.]

So when do we start getting sent out on missions and stuff?

[badexample]

Whenever Wynn thinks you're ready. Putting the groups together is his thing.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Is there any kind of pre-mission audition? I just want to know if I need to prepare my witty, good guy banter in advance, because I'm really more of an off the cuff kind of guy.

[badexample]

There's no auditions. You just-- He just knows what you're good at. He's Wynn. That's just what he does.

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn nods slowly.]

So he's psychic?

[So does he know that Shawn is a great big faker?]

[leftenants]

Very nice-- the sheriff's department was never interested in covering expenses.

[It's nice to know that on top of being provided with a place to live, they're being well taken care of in other areas, too. So far, being a knight pays a hell of a lot better than being a Witness.]

So no impromptu shopping sprees. Got it.

[badexample]

No offense to the place you worked before, but... We're probably better at-- Well, just about everything. [He grins]

So you were a cop before?

[leftenants]

Probably more true than you realize.

[There was a hell of a lot of denial going around in Sleepy Hollow. Made certain cases damn near impossible to work.]

Lieutenant, Sleepy Hollow Sheriff's Department. Almost got shipped off to Quantico for criminal profiling, but something came up. Long story short, I wound up here instead of the FBI.

[badexample]

Profiling, huh? [He likes the sounds of that. Means she's smart! He's always on board for more smart folks.]

So how do you like it here?

[leftenants]

That was the idea. Turns out leaving home wasn't quite as easy as I thought it was.

[Until she wound up wandering so far from home that she wound up in an alternate dimension of sorts. Welp.]

I've settled in alright-- been a couple of months now, finally starting to feel comfortable here. Not exactly at home, but I hear that comes in time. [She's still not sure she wants it to, but she does know the cause here is one worth fighting for, one she's interested in serving.] The training facilities here are like nothing I've ever seen before-- talk about quality.

[badexample]

Yeah, we do alright. Got pretty much something for everything you can imagine. You'll sort of get the best of both worlds if you keep working like you did before you came through. Any firearms training you want to do, you can get some excellent help with the Hide. And then any research you need to do to help you get a read on people? All sorts of resources here for that.

[leftenants]

Good to know what's available-- both of those are definitely of interest. I've been looking to the different sects of the knighthood since shortly after I got here-- still haven't decided which one might be a good fit.

[She can see the merits of more than one, but she's starting to lean towards following in her mentor's footsteps as a freelancer.]

Assuming I make the cut in the long run, that is.

[badexample]

Try not to worry about it. The people here are going to do everything they can to help you succeed- me included. Not sure how much good my help would be but.. I know a bit about worrying if you'll make the cut. If they let someone like me stick around, you'll be alright.