equipment orientation ♔ monday afternoon

[lissatrinall]

WHO || Lis'sa Trinall, Katniss, Myrilandel, Andrea, Arthur, Merlin, Riddick, and James
WHAT || Equipment Briefing
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dragon's Hoard Laboratory
WHEN || Monday, February 13th, 1:00pm
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

[befree]

[She looks around the room to see if anyone else is listening in closely, but still takes a step in closer to him, just to be safe. She keeps her voice low, not wanting anyone to hear the shame in her voice at showing weakness.]

If I tried other weapons, would you help me?

[She quickly looks all kinds of sour and embarrassed at having to ask for help. She feels weak and childish, and forces herself to stare up at him even while she wants to look away and bask in her shame for a few prolonged minutes.]

I'll need help in making sure I'm using them properly.

[She trusts him just enough to know that he could probably do a good job and wouldn't lie to her about how she was doing.]

[lightblindbadass]

[She was a kid. He was encouraging her to get more familiar with weapons, to learn to use them better than anyone else and she was just a kid. Then again, he had been so much younger than she was now when he had first learned to kill. He could understand where she was coming from. He wasn't sure what pissed him off more about her entire situation.

He looks around casually, doing the same sweep she did to buy himself time to think before looking back down at her, completely serious.]

Yeah. I'll help you. We can learn a few things from each other, I think. [He very slowly and casually reaches out a hand for her to shake, making it as non-threatening and non-touchy-feely as possible.]

[befree]

[She nods, and glances down at his hand. As discreetly as possible, she reaches over to shake his hand, keeping the contact brief but firm. She feels a little more confident now that she's made a deal, and she holds her head a little higher and looks a little more reassured and proud of herself.]

We'll start with a gun, then try blades.

[lightblindbadass]

Sure. You're already more familiar with ranged weaponry so it should be a cinch for you. Just lemme know when you wanna start.

[He looks around again, a grimace on his face as he looks at how many people are in the training area.] There're too many people here for my taste, anyway. Training at night would probably be a better idea.

[befree]

Nights are fine.

[She's quick to agree, eagerly nodding. She's not going to let him know that she can't sleep at night because of nightmares, so she'll just let herself look extra studious and eager instead.]

We should start tonight. Unless you had other plans already?

[lightblindbadass]

[Behind his goggles his gaze briefly flicks to Lis'sa, but he shrugs, nodding at Katniss.]

Sure, tonight sounds good to me. Lets meet up around 10, here.

[befree]

[She nods, and opens her mouth as if she wants to say something else. But really, she's not sure how to properly express gratitude for his assistance, so she just locks her jaw shut and gives a firmer nod.]

I won't be late.

[She promises, and offers him a very brief lopsided smile before turning to leave. Above anyone else here, maybe even Christos, she considers Riddick to be a true ally. A part of her hopes that maybe she might even be able to call him a trusted friend one day, if she's lucky enough to be able to actually gain friends here.]

Bawww BFF'S noooowww

[lightblindbadass]

[He gives her a smirk and a tiny nod back as she turns to go, looking forward to later that night. He had something to really look forward to now, and from such an unexpected source.]

Good. [He watches her go, then turns to gather his own things. He'd have to remember to check her gun tonight as well for the same flaw that had been in his.]