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knightsoflegend2013-05-06 07:58 pm
lissatrinall) wrote in knightsoflegend2013-05-06 07:58 pm
EQUIPMENT ORIENTATION ♔ monday evening
WHO || Lis'sa Trinall, any and all Knights who haven't attended an equipment orientation yet :DLis'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.
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
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.
Credit Cards
Each envelope contains a card in your name that can be used to pay for any mission related expenditures. Our financial department tracks expenses, so you're asked not to make unnecessary purchases, but hotel rooms, air fare, meals, equipment not provided by this lab, and so on can all be covered. [Each card is silver, with this logo branded on it, and the words KARTHUR INSTITUTE across the top]
You'll receive a monthly stipend for your work here as well, that should cover any personal necessities.
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Samuel L. JacksonMarshall talked about money when teaching Aedan the ways of the world.]You may need to walk me through how this works, exactly.
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The idea is more or less that someone else pays for your purchases, and then the Knights later repay them.
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[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.]
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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.]
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[If she thought he was confused now just wait until they got to the handgun portion of the tutorial...]
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[It's hard out there for a pimp. He's getting used to it though.]
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[Hey, at least he's able to make light of his own situation. Hopefully she'll realize he's not being serious.]
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[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.
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Excalibur Brand Pistol
Help yourself to one. These contain your Excalibur - a modified Glock 17 handgun. You'll be expected to train with it if you have no firearms experience, though if you have no interest in using the weapon, you may leave it here.
We ask that all Knights train in some manner to defend themselves, but whether you prefer gun, sword, martial arts, or something combination thereof, is entirely up to you.
[Opening a case reveals a weapon that looks something like this, except that it also has the Knight's symbol of a dragon on the handle, and the words EXCALIBUR across the barrel. Below it are located several 17 shot magazines and a silencer]
Misuse of a firearm, or failure to avail yourself of the necessary training will result in consequences, which could include a denial of your position as a Full Knight of this Order.
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It wasn't his Magnum. It didn't settle in his hand with the comfort of a weapon he had been using so long he had memorized the shape of the grip and the weight.
He traces his thumb over the name on the barrel while Lis'sa speaks and sets the gun down to get a better look at the magazines and silencer. First thing on his list when this is over is taking that gun apart and getting to know it real well. ]
If we use a different gun, does the card cover magazines for that?
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What's the recoil like on the Excalibur, anyway? Similar to a magnum or is it more of a pistol?
[Not that he doesn't fully intend to explore for himself. But he likes to know what to expect.]
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[Much as he hates to admit it, it might be good to have a lighter kick-back. If nothing else a silencer is a helpful tool.]
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[Though Alec supposes they are always expecting trouble.]
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Exactly my kind of job. What kind of trouble do we usually go looking for?
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Who would we talk to about--specialized ammunition for this thing?
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I'll do that. Thanks.
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Gadgetry
[She move smoothly to the case behind her, unlatching it and removing several items, which she lines up perfectly on the table.]
Our Research & Development team is consistently working to invent or improve items to assist in field work, and after being assigned a mission, you are free to return to this room with a member of the Dragon's Hoard in order to sign out any of the items you see in these cases.
[She gestures over a pile of what looks like jewelry and cosmetic materials, both men and women's] High tech surveillance equipment, and a variety of other tools are built into innocuous looking devices in order to allow you to operate more subtly, without revealing the existence of our Order to those outside of it.
[She points out a wristwatch] Our most popular item as of late. It features a wire grappling hook, recording device, miniature circular saw, [She depresses a button on the side that makes the clock face suddenly sprout tiny blades and whir around rapidly] and an extremely potent high grade laser.
[She snaps the watch off, looking at the squires finally. Yes, somehow he has managed to almost entirely avoid eye contact until now.] You'll be expected to receive proper orientation to any item before using it in the field. The same warning applies about misuse of equipment.
Do you have any questions?
Re: Gadgetry
Lis'sa... any chance for something a little more face-to-face later? Everything in this world is so... [He stops for a moment, looking at her] exotic, and I'm having a hard time acquainting myself with it all.
[Attempting to be charming and not crude, with a Cha roll of 23 (19+4). Also very much truth to that, as he missed about half the devices she was talking about. What in the nine hells is a laser?]
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Well... I've got an extra, I suppose - though I'm admittedly rather partial to them.
[He says jokingly, lifting his hands]
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I'll make a note of that. Hopefully I'll not need their services often.
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