EQUIPMENT ORIENTATION ♔ 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, July 7th, evening {forward 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.

[unforgivably]

So, nothing we can't get deducted from our taxes.

[badexample]

Considering you're working for a secret organization, I don't really think taxes are something you should be worried about. Accounting handles all that.

[unforgivably]

[ Wow. Joke sails overhead. ]

I haven't done my taxes - well, ever. So, that won't be a problem. How closely do they comb through our expenses? Say, if our proclivities involve Russian sex dungeons.

[badexample]

Whatever personal things you're into are your business. Just keep it out of any missions and don't use actual company funds for it? You're fine.

[sternshield]

[ erky is staring skeptically at the thing like this is a joke ] ... Those things supposed t'mean something to us?

[badexample]

It's money. The card connects to a bank account. Which is... like a cave where you're money is kept but you don't have to keep track of it. There are people that do that for you. So when you buy things with this, they take some out of the pile, and when Wynn pays you, they put some in.

threadjacking

[beatemup]

Just think of it as a free pass. Show it to the shops and they will borrow your card, do some mumbo-jumbo with it and they will give you the items you want. [So not true, but it's easier to explain it like that.] But they're not actually giving you items for free, they will visit the castle's treasury later and ask gold from the treasurer for the items.

Excalibur Brand Pistol

[badexample]

[Andrew points over to some aluminum cases lined up along the floor.]

That's your Excalibur. It's our signature issued firearm- a modified Glock 17 handgun. You don't have to take one, but if you do, there's weapons training to make sure you get certified to carry and use it in the field. We get that not everyone wants to use a gun. But we've got the resources to get you trained up, in the event that it's up your alley.

[As he speaks, he opens one of the cases to show off what's inside. The weapon is located inside with 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.]

Just don't mess around, alright, guys? If you're found out to be misusing the weapon, you could end up not being granted full knighthood in the order. I've seen some people wash out because they didn't take it seriously.

[unforgivably]

I think I'll be able to curb my shooting impulses around the castle.

[badexample]

Glad to hear it. And if you don't? You just lose your privileges. There's a firing range on the grounds for any shooting you feel like doing here.

[unforgivably]

I've seen it. [ Good to have his own, though. ] Why Excalibur? Is it ironic it's not a sword. Don't tell me, it shoots giant swords, too.

[beatemup]

Seriously? You claim to have the best techs and you're only giving us a Glock?

[badexample]

That's the standard issued weapon. If you want something else, you can talk to the people in the weaponry. Not really... sure what you're looking for, though.

[beatemup]

[Yeah-yeah, just send him away to the weaponry like what the other guy did. All hoards are basically the same.] Something more powerful like a Deagle. A normal glock with Excalibur written on it is far from special. Unless it shoots armor piercing bullets. I thought this place is supposed to have state of the art weapons.

[immuno]

I realize the hotel in Las Vegas has already thoroughly cheapened the name Excalibur, but isn't it tacky for people who call themselves knights to contribute to it? That sword was named because it was said to have magical properties—and because it was one of a kind.

[ yeah lydia doesn't want one but she's forced to sit through this part of the orientation so andrew gets her color-commentary regardless. ]

[bittersweeter]

Wynn is the Lady in the Lake. The sword he knighted you with? [ she motions to the guns with one hand, as if to say... that's the name for a reason. with her other hand she shoves her phone toward andrew. she picked a fucking awful time to hunt down andrew though. newbies. ] Can you upgrade my memory or something? I don't want to delete my text messages.

[badexample]

[Andrew takes Lila's phone and starts to fuss with it. He actually has an easier time falling into conversation if he's tinkering so this works out (computer use 34).]

It's a nod to all that, yeah. Like she said, the knighthood goes back to those days, so it's not like we just decided we wanted to be super cool and rip off some other group. [pause] But you gotta admit, it sounds pretty cool.

gadgetry

[badexample]

So that's the two basic things we have for you. Any other weapons like swords and bows and the like can be hashed out with the fellows from the Dragon's Hide during your weapons training.

[But he doesn't dismiss them yet. Instead, he walks over to one last case.]

So we have an R&D department here. Research and Development. Brilliant folks that are always looking to make new toys for all of us. Any time you want to take something for a mission, just come down and see us and we'll sign something out for you. Just try not to break it, alright?

[Inside the lighted case are a pile of what looks like jewelry and cosmetic materials, both men and women's.] They've got surveillance equipment and just about anything you can imagine built into all this stuff. The idea is to keep yourself prepared without looking like you're anything but the average joe walking about. Like this-

[He grabs a wrist watch.] It's got a wire grappling hook, recording device, miniature circular saw, and a high grade laser. [He presses a button and the saw blades come out of the clock face, just to show off a little. Done playing with the toys for now, he sets it back down and shrugs.]

We can train you on pretty much everything here. New stuff comes out all the time, so don't be afraid to toss out some ideas. If we don't have it now, we can probably whip it up in a few months.

So... questions?

[unforgivably]

Nope. Nothing James Bond couldn't answer.

[badexample]

Great. You're welcome to look around. Door's that way when you're done. I'll be over here until then.

[unforgivably]

And you are...

[theminotaur]

[ yeaaaah, abigail is going to let all those weirdos over there talk. many, many reasons, most of them because she's not feeling social and she's trying to stay out of will's way. and damon is rude tbh. so she made stiles stay in the general direction of not over there with her. ] You could be James Bond. Laser watch.

[killingtodeath]

[That conversation is... interesting. But it basically looks like Lydia is telling some bitches to sit down, so he's not concerned about jumping in. He's distracted though.]

Huh? Oh... Yeah? You think? [He can't help but smile at the thought.] I could get a tux and everything.

[theminotaur]

And a car. [ she feels like that would be Important, too. ] Lydia could be your M.